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Venezuela's ruling party wins majority of regional elections
 Venezuela's National Electoral Council says candidates for the ruling socialist party have won a majority of the 23 governors' offices up for grabs in Sunday's regional elections. Opposition leaders are disputing the vote count.Pro-government electoral council president Tibisay Lucena says opposition candidates won just five of 22 races where the results are considered Projections by independent pollsters had predicted the opposition would win a majority of the governorships for the first time in nearly 20 years of socialist rule Posted by: Frank G 2017-10-16 |
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