Chavismo allegedly won 82.6% of the vote and nearly all governorships, amid widespread abstention. María Corina Machado praised the population for ‘not heeding the regime’s call’

The party of President Nicolas Maduro has won 40 out of 50 seats, though the divided opposition has denounced irregularities in the vote count.

Polling places in Caracas, the capital, and other cities were sparsely populated but officials claimed turnout was higher than 40 percent.