Exit polls showed opposition easily defeating Venezueala's Nicolás Maduro, but he has declared victory anyway

Opinion polls taken before Venezuela's presidential election showed incumbent leader Nicolás Maduro trailing, and exit polls taken on the day show the opposition candidate, Edmundo González, running huge margins over Maduro. Maduro has, nonetheless, declared victory.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's electoral council declared the authoritarian socialist the winner of Venezuela's election Sunday despite partial resultsand independent exit polling that suggested opposition candidate Edmundo González had captured twice as many votes.

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