US does not recognize the results of elections held in Venezuela, because they do not meet the aspirations of the Venezuelan people and are not legitimate, RIA Novosti reported statement by the representative of the State Department Heather Nauert.
The so-called elections in Venezuela today are not legitimate. USA, together with democratic countries around the world support the Venezuelan people and their sovereign right to choose their representatives through free and fair elections, said Nauert.
Today in Venezuela opened the polls for the presidential election. Citizens elect the head of state for the next 6 years. The registered candidates 4 man: incumbent President Nicolas Maduro, opposition leader Henri Falcón, Engineer Reynaldo Kihada and former Pastor Javier Bertucci.
According to a recent survey, conducted by Hinterlaces, voters gave 48% votes to the incumbent president Maduro, 31% - his opponent Falcon. Yet 14% respondents were going to vote for a representative of the movement "Hope for Change" Javier Bertucci.
Several other figures from the company Datanalisis. According to her, Falcon opposition to the current president 7 percentage points: more 41% of respondents declared their readiness to vote for the Falcon and over 34% - for Maduro.
The current president has already voted in the election.
Today - a historic day, Let no one miss. Get up early and vote together with his family. Let us show the world, we the people, which now elects a president, Maduro wrote in the "Twitter".
