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Chavez Allies Win Most Posts in Elections |
2005-08-12 |
Candidates in parties backing President Hugo Chavez won many more seats than opposition challengers in Venezuela's local elections this week, according to preliminary results. With nearly all votes counted from Sunday's elections, Venezuela's major newspapers calculated that pro-Chavez candidates won some 47 percent of city council posts across the country, while opposition candidates won 17 percent and other independent parties had 18 percent of posts. The National Electoral Council released preliminary results Thursday evening showing Chavez's Fifth Republic Movement party won some 1.3 million votes, or about 30 percent, with other pro-Chavez parties accounted for the remainder. The local elections were to decide 5,599 posts, including thousands of city council and neighborhood board members. |
Posted by:Fred |
#10 BaR: Until the Democrat wins, then the totals are final. |
Posted by: Jackal 2005-08-12 19:18 |
#9 I guess they can pass the Enabling Act, then all go home. |
Posted by: Jackal 2005-08-12 12:41 |
#8 That's certainly the way it works in the USA, How many times do you think votes should be counted? |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-12 10:05 |
#7 Yup, EC9740, we in the USA sure do have the worst and least transparent government in the world. Except for all the others, that is. |
Posted by: docob 2005-08-12 10:04 |
#6 Likw in this case, EC9740. |
Posted by: Korora 2005-08-12 08:18 |
#5 In Democratic counties |
Posted by: JFM 2005-08-12 07:59 |
#4 That's certainly the way it works in the USA, |
Posted by: Ebbuse Thriper9740 2005-08-12 04:30 |
#3 "The people who cast the votes do not decide an election, the people who count the votes do." -Joseph Stalin |
Posted by: .com 2005-08-12 00:44 |
#2 How many of his opponents got whacked, I wonder? |
Posted by: Raj 2005-08-12 00:37 |
#1 (tap tap) |
Posted by: mojo 2005-08-12 00:34 |