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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been re-elected, according to partial results announced by the electoral council.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) said that with 80% of ballots counted, President Maduro had 51% of the vote, compared to 44% for his main rival.
The Venezuelan opposition dismissed the CNE's announcement as fraudulent and said its candidate, Edmundo González, had won with 70% of the votes.
In a speech, opposition leader María Corina Machado said her party wouldn't rest until "the will of the people of Venezuela is respected.”