#Venezuela: Polls are open in today's presidential election. There are reports that some voters have been queuing outside of polling stations since yesterday evening.

#Venezuela: Counting is underway in today’s presidential election. Here are our profiles on the main two candidates.

#Venezuela, presidential election, Edison Research exit poll:

Gonzalez (PUD, centre-left to conservative): 65%
Maduro (GPPSM, left): 31% (-37)
Bertucci (EC, liberal): 1% (-10)
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+/- vs. 2018 election

Sample size: 6,846

#Venezuela, presidential election, government results, 80% votes counted:

Maduro (GPPSM, left): 51% (-17)
Gonzalez (PUD, centre-left to conservative): 44%
Others: 5%

+/- vs. 2018 election
Participation: 59%

#Venezuela: A death has been confirmed in the state of Tachira, during an attack by armed individuals at the John F. Kennedy school where a poll station was located.

#Venezuela: María Corrina Machado (VV, conservative) has alleged fraud in the election, claiming that the opposition has data showing Edmundo González (PUD, centre-left to conservative) has 70% of the vote.

#Venezuela: Following last night's CNE declaration giving victory to Nicolas Maduro (PSUV, left) in the presidential election, nationwide protests have broken out. In Caracas, military police have surrounded the presidential palace to block protesters from reaching it.

#Venezuela: With the electoral authority having declared Nicolas Maduro (GPPSB, left) as the winner of the presidential election without releasing full results, opposition candidates and other countries in the region have been split in their reactions. Here’s our guide

#Venezuela: Presidential candidate Edmundo González (PUD, centre-left to conservative) has left the country to requested asylum in Spain, as confirmed by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and by Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez (PSUV, left).

#Venezuela: Opposition politician Maria Corina Machado, the leader of Vente Venezuela (conservative), was arrested at a protest today against the swearing-in of Nicolas Maduro (PSUV, left) for another presidential term.