Venezuelan presidential election, 2018 (20 May)

[jaichind]

Maduro should win but Falcon should get a good percentage of the votes.

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Turnout in wealthy area very low and higher in poorer areas.  Things are working the way Maduro planned it. 

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2.5 million which is around 12.5% have voted as of 10am. Voting ends 6pm.

[jaichind]

Turnout in wealthy area very low and higher in poorer areas.  Things are working the way Maduro planned it. 

I guess poor people are (still) more pro-Maduro than Venezuela at large?

Yes.  And I think if they do not turn out they might not get their government subsidies since Maduro's gang will be at the voting booth keeping track of who turns out. 

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From AP:

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As of 1pm turnout is 25.8%

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MUD claims turnout is less than 30%. We will see what the administration claims.

[jaichind]

It seems turnout was 36%-37% around 4pm. 

Venezuelan Electoral Observatory, an electoral watchdog, projects turnout less than 50%
Pollster Delphos estimates turnout to be around 45%.

[jaichind]

2 hours after the polls supposed to have closed many are staying open and TV playing public announcements asking voters to vote.  I guess the turnout rate has not hit the target of the Maduro regime.

[jaichind]

Electoral Board source says turnout was 32.3% as of 6PM which is lower than private estimates. 

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Maduro got 5.8 million votes out of 8.5 million votes cast.  Falcon got 1.8 million votes.

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Trump Prohibits Purchase of Debt Owed to Venezuela

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Torino Capital chief economist Francisco Rodriguez write that Exit polls conducted by Gente de Mercado on behalf of opposition candidate Henri Falcon’s campaign show President Nicolas Maduro won the May 20 election, albeit by a smaller margin than reported by authorities.

The exit pollshowed Maduro won 48.6% of votes compared with Falcon’s 30.0% and Javier Bertucci’s 18.0%.  Falcon campaign doesn’t allege vote-rigging but rather that Maduro campaign engaged in vote-buying through cash bonuses.