Maduro Wins Venezuela Election - Capriles Refuses to Accept Maduro Victory Lucia Newman - Al Jazeera
go to original April 15, 2013

Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman, reports from Caracas. (AlJazeeraEnglish)

Ruling party candidate Nicolas Maduro has narrowly won Venezuela's presidential election with 50.8 percent of votes, the electoral authority has said, allowing him to carry forward the policies of the late Hugo Chavez.

Maduro's challenger, Miranda state Governor Henrique Capriles, took 49.1 percentof the ballots, the authority said on Sunday, in a tighter-than-expected vote.

Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman said the situation was "extremely tense" and described the hard-fought election as a "nail-biter".

Venezuela's Capriles refuses to accept Maduro win (AlJazeeraEnglish)

Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles refused on Monday to accept ruling party candidate Nicolas Maduro's narrow election victory and demanded a recount.

"We have different results," Capriles said in a speech to the nation shortly after midnight, alleging thousands of irregularities in Sunday's vote. "Mr Maduro, if you were illegitimate before, now you are more so."

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