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Táchira and Carabobo states in the hands of the opposition

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The president of the Electoral Board of Andean Táchira state, Carolina Barrientos de Colmenares, said that out of 1,563 vote records, the board had totalized 1,539 which showed opposition party leader César Pérez Vivas as the winner.

"César Pérez Vivas got 49.54 percent of the votes, whereas Leonardo Salcedo received 48.04 percent. So far, the trend is irreversible," Barrientos said.

The Electoral Board president expected to total the rest of the vote records on Monday morning and then they would proceed to proclaim César Pérez Vivas as governor of Táchira state.

For her part, the president of the Electoral Board of central Carabobo state, Roraima Bermúdez, reported that the opposition leader Enrique Salas Feo is the new governor with 402,904 votes, that is, 47.72 percent.

Mario Silva got 44.29 percent for a total of 373,946 votes, and Luis Felipe Acosta Carlez was the recipient of 55,445 votes (6.5 percent).


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