Merida, 7th October 2012 – Hugo Chavez has won the Venezuelan elections with over 54.44% of the vote against 45% of the vote for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.
The results were announced by the president of the National Electoral Council, Tibisay Lucena, a few minutes ago.
Over 80% of the 19,119,809 registered voters in Venezuela participated in the election.
Fireworks are already going off in the centre of the Andean city of Merida, and a massive crowd of Chavez supporters have begun celebrating in front of the presidential palace, Miraflores, in Caracas.
Dan Canuckistan
AnonAF
greenstarnews
