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2013 Venezuelan presidential election

2013 Venezuelan presidential election

← 2012 14 April 2013 (2013-04-14) 2018 →
Turnout79.65%
 
Candidate Nicolás Maduro Henrique Capriles
Party PSUV PJ
Alliance GPPSB MUD
Popular vote 7,587,579 7,363,980
Percentage 50.62% 49.12%

Results by state
Results per state

Results by municipality

Acting President before election

Nicolás Maduro
PSUV

Elected President

Nicolás Maduro
PSUV

Presidential elections were held in Venezuela on 14 April 2013 following the death of President Hugo Chávez on 5 March 2013.[1] Nicolás Maduro—who had assumed the role of acting president since Chávez's death—was declared winner with a narrow victory over his opponent Henrique Capriles, the Governor of Miranda. Capriles had run in the previous election less than a year before, losing to Chávez by an 11-point margin. This time the margin of victory was much smaller (being 1.49%), and thus became the closest presidential election of the country since the 1968 election.

Capriles did not accept the results of the elections, claiming election irregularities.[2] Capriles initially called for an audit of the remaining 46% of votes, asserting that this would show that he had won the election. The election council agreed to carry out an audit, and planned to do so in May.[2][3] Capriles later asked a full audit of the electoral registry, with validation of all fingerprints and signatures in the records.[3] On 12 June 2013 National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that the audit had found no discrepancy with the initial results and confirmed Maduro's electoral victory.[4]

Maduro was sworn in as the new head of state on 19 April.[5] The Supreme Court of Justice denied Capriles' appeal on 7 August 2013.[6]

  1. ^ Venezuela announces post-Chavez election date BBC, 9 March 2013
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference BBC19April was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference BBC28April was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Venezuela audit confirms Nicolas Maduro electoral victory". BBC News. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Nicolas Maduro sworn in as new Venezuelan president". BBC News. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Venezuela top court rejects Capriles' election appeal". BBC News. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.

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