Politics
Opposition leaders denounced that the National Electoral Council (CNE) intended to implement an extension of the electoral process, running counter the law.

Some minutes before the CNE president announced the closing of the polls at 4:00 pm in the polling stations where there were not people waiting to cast their ballots, opposition party leaders Julio Borges (Primero Justicia), Henry Ramos Allup (Acción Democrática) and Ismael García (Podemos) denounced on TV that the CNE intended to declare and extension of the polls. They said that this would have been a fraud against Venezuelans. 

Henry Ramos Allup said that they will not allow "any fraud, cheating or opportunism." He added that the opposition parties would not allow any violation of electoral rules.

Ismael García asked the CNE to uphold the results and to Venezuela's President, Hugo Chávez, to acknowledge people's will. "No instruction from the Miraflores Palace (the seat of the Venezuelan Executive Branch) can not change the agreements made in the last few hours," said García.