President Nicolás Maduro’s rivals win two-thirds of seats in national assembly,strengthening their hand as country grapples with inflation and shortagesVenezuela’s opposition has won a key two-thirds majority in legislative elections, according to final results, and dramatically strengthening its hand in any tender to wrest power from President Nicolás Maduro after 17 years of socialist rule.
More than 48 hours after polls closed in the mid-term election,the National Electoral Council published the final tally on its website, confirming that the last two undecided races went the opposition coalition’s way, and giving them 112 out of 167 seats in the national assembly. The ruling socialist party and its allies got 55 seats.
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Source: theguardian.com