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Venezuela's ruling party wins majority in legislative elections
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September 27, 2010, Monday
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VENEZUELA'S Hugo Chavez's Socialist Party won a majority in the 165-seat parliament, electoral authorities said today.
With most votes counted, the Socialist Party won some 90 of the 165 seats and the opposition won 59, said National Electoral Council president Tibisay Lucena.
Yet the opposition claimed it had won a majority by getting 52 percent of the country's popular vote.
On Sunday, about 17.5 million Venezuelans voted to choose 165 deputies to the National Assembly and 12 representatives to the Latin American Parliament.
Chavez said that with these elections Venezuela would show the world it was a democratic country, underlining transparency, reliability and security of the electoral process.
With most votes counted, the Socialist Party won some 90 of the 165 seats and the opposition won 59, said National Electoral Council president Tibisay Lucena.
Yet the opposition claimed it had won a majority by getting 52 percent of the country's popular vote.
On Sunday, about 17.5 million Venezuelans voted to choose 165 deputies to the National Assembly and 12 representatives to the Latin American Parliament.
Chavez said that with these elections Venezuela would show the world it was a democratic country, underlining transparency, reliability and security of the electoral process.
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