There were two mayoral elections today in Carrizal, near Caracas, and Nirgua, in Yaracuy state. The CNE has declared the two opposition candidates the victors in the two races.
In Carrizal, Jose Luis Rodriguez, an AD candidate defeated the MVR candidate Luis Aponte 6088 to 6022, a very small margin. Abstention was high 56.7%. Rodriguez had opposed the use of fingerprint capture machines, even introducing an injunction in the Supreme Court. The Court never replied. Rodriguez was the current mayor and was supposed to be in danger of losing as people were not too happy with his performance as mayor.
In Nirgua, Luis Vasquez, the candidate of an alliance led my MEP got 10,698 votes versus 8750 of Miguel Sanchez, the candidate of MVR. In this race, the usually pro-MVR Tupamaros sided with the winner. Abstention was 43% in this race.
Interesting!
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