Merida, 7th October 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Hugo Chavez was won the Venezuelan elections with over 54% of the vote against 45% of the vote for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.
The results were announced by the president of the National Electoral Council, Tibisay Lucena, a few minutes ago.
Over 80% of the 19,119,809 registerd voters in Venezuela participated in the election.
Fireworks are already going off in the centre of the Andea city of Merida, and a massive crowd of Chavez supporters have begun celebrating in front of the presidential palace, Miraflores, in Caracas.
Hugo Chávez Wins in Venezuela
