[News] Venezuela - Second CNE Bulletin Confirms Nicolás Maduro’s Victory in July 28 Elections

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Second CNE Bulletin Confirms Nicolás Maduro’s Victory in July 28
ElectionsAugust
3, 2024
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[image: Venezuela's National Electoral Council president, Elvis Amoroso,
announcing the second bulletin with the updated results from the
presidential elections held last Sunday, July 28. Photo: Ciudad CCS.]

Venezuela's National Electoral Council president, Elvis Amoroso, announcing
the second bulletin with the updated results from the presidential
elections held last Sunday, July 28. Photo: Ciudad CCS.

Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com <https://orinocotribune.com/>)—National
Electoral Council (CNE) President Elvis Amoroso reported the second bulletin
<https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/COMUNICADO-02-DE-AGOSTO-DE-2024.pdf>
of the results from last Sunday’s presidential elections in Venezuela.

During a press conference held this Friday, August 2, Amoroso highlighted
that massive cyberattacks from different parts of the world against the CNE
and the main State telecommunication companies delayed the transmission of
the results. He also referred to the setting fire of the CNE headquarters
and the voting transmission and reception centers during this week’s
violent events. Despite this, the final results were transmitted.

Amoroso confirmed the victory of the candidate of the Great Patriotic Pole,
Nicolás Maduro, with 6,408,844 votes, representing 51.95% of the vote.

The opposition candidate of the Unity Platform (PUD), Edmundo González,
only obtained 5,326,104 votes, representing 43.18% of the vote.

In this bulletin, the CNE provided detailed information about the votes
obtained by the rest of the candidates:

• Luis Eduardo Martinez for Democratic Action: 152,360 (1.24%)
• Antonio Ecarri for the Lápiz party: 116,421 (0.94%)
• Benjamin Rausseo for the Conde party: 92,903 (0.75%)
• José Brito for the Primero Venezuela party: 84,231: (0.68%)
• Javier Bertucci for the El Cambio party: 64,452 (0.52%)
• Claudio Fermin for the Solutions party: 40,902 (0.33%)
• Enrique Márquez for the Centrados party: 29,611 (0.24%)
• Daniel Ceballos for the Arepa party: 20,056 (0.16%).

Amoroso said that the results of this second bulletin represent 96.87% of
the votes counted. The president of the CNE explained that the
participation in the presidential election of July 28 was 59.97%, with a
total of 12,386,669 votes.

Of the total votes, 12,335,884 were valid, representing 99.59%. Overall,
50,785 were invalid, representing 0.41% of the votes.

In his speech, Elvis Amoroso also spoke about the cyberattacks against CNE,
stating that it delayed the transmission and issuance of the final results.

Finally, Amoroso congratulated the people of Venezuela for the profound
demonstration of democratic vocation shown during the elections, the troops
deployed through the Plan República to guarantee the security of the
elections and the international observers.

In the first bulletin issued early Monday morning, the CNE reported that
Nicolás Maduro had won with 51% of the votes. Meanwhile, Edmundo González
had obtained 44%.

Special for Orinoco Tribune by staff

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