You know the election is rigged when they release a percentage, not a vote count

Stuff reports:

Venezuela’s opposition and President Nicolas Maduro’s government are locked in a high-stakes stand-off after each side claimed victory in a presidential vote that millions in the long-suffering nation saw as their best shot to end 25 years of single-party rule.

Several foreign governments, including the U.S., held off recognising the results of Sunday’s election, and officials delayed the release of detailed vote tallies after proclaiming Maduro the winner with 51% of the vote, to 44% for retired diplomat Edmundo González.

Reputable polls had Gonzalez ahead by 30% or more. But Maduro appoints the Electoral Commission who decreed him the winner. The fact they have been unable to release any vote count, either nationally, or by polling place, shows that they have just invented a result. No doubt after a few days they will backfill enough data to justify it.

It would be interesting to do a left/right breakdown of governments that were initially elected into power, but then corrupted the electoral process to stay in power.

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