May 26 (UPI) — Venezuela’s ruling party, led by President Nicolas Maduro, swept to victory in regional and parliamentary elections.
The elections Sunday came as multiple opposition groups called for Venezuelans to boycott the vote in protest to last July’s presidential election in which Maduro was declared the winner in a disputed contest over Edmundo Gonzalez, who is recognized by the United States and several other nations as the lawful winner and Venezuelan president.
Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela , or PSUV, took 23 of the 24 state gubernatorial races and an absolute majority of 285 seats in Parliament.
The opposition candidates won the governorship of one state, Cojedes, which is down from the four states in 2021 but won three national assembly seats under the UNT party.
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