Fraternal greetings and congratulations to the citizens of Venezuela for electing the heroic socialist Hugo Chavez, tireless opponent of the imperialist US and their lickspittle allies. Needless to say, it is impossible for the ruling class and their wannabe supporters to believe that any socialist could win a free and fair election, and true to form, these opinions now descend on this forum.
The one exit poll conducted by a Spanish source was not mentioned by the Opposition.
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With 90% of the ballots counted, Chavez had more than 54% of votes, with nearly 45% for Capriles, Venezuela's National Electoral Council said Sunday night.
Chavez had secured 7.4 million votes and Capriles 6.1 million votes, election officials said.
Capriles' supporters made a significant showing, bringing the opposition candidate the closest any presidential election opponent has come to defeating Chavez. But the high turnout wasn't enough to win for Capriles' campaign, which had criticized the Chavez administration for inefficiencies, infrastructure shortcomings and corruption.
"We began the construction of a path," the opposition coalition candidate told supporters after conceding his defeat. Capriles congratulated Chavez on his victory and urged him to take into account the different views expressed by voters.
"Being a good president means working for the vision of all Venezuelans," he said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/08/world/americas/venezuela-elections/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Comrade Stalin
Friend of the people of Venezuela
