Venezuelan Municipalities: The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and its allies reached a majority in the national political arena after winning in 212 council halls during Sunday’s municipal elections.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) recently reported the right-wing Democratic Unity Committee (MUD) obtained 74 seats, while 51 are still pending to be occupied.
The PSUV and the Great Patriotic Pole reached a majority in 21 states of the country since only in Tachira, the MUD triumphed in 16 of the 29 municipalities.
The PSUV lead the elections with 4,584,477 votes (44,1 percent), a number that increased up to 5,111,336 when taking into account the forces that supported it, reaching 49,2 percent of the valid ballots.
On the other hand, the opposition only got 4,435,097 votes, 42,7 percent of the total.
Authorities consider that the pending seats will be declared within a few hours to finally close the elections that convened 19 million Venezuelans.
Venezuela Oil Production Remains Normal Today
Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) the state oil company is operating today in a normal way as to guarantee the domestic supply during the municipal election process taking place today.
Minister of Oil and Mining, Rafael Ramírez, said that the oil industry is completely operational.
Pdvsa produces 1,2 million barrels daily. Some of the important installations of the company are the Paraguaná Refinery in the state of Falcón, El Palito and Puerto La Cruz Refineries,and the one in Isla,located in Curazao.