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Legitimacy under Pressure: The Role of Electoral Observation

Results of the election of 28 July 2024

**Nicolás Maduro**. *Source:* Khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

President Nicolás Maduro (United Socialist Party: socialist and populist left) was declared re-elected with 51.2% of the vote against his ten opponents, including Edmundo González Urrutia (independent; 44.2%). Following the government’s refusal to allow independent election observers, nine Latin American countries called for the results to be re-examined in the presence of foreign observers.

Note: Venezuela is an authoritarian regime; the electoral campaign of opposition candidates is restricted in various ways by the government.

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Legitimacy under Pressure: The Role of Electoral Observation

Results of the election of 28 July 2024

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