(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) CARACAS Venezuela Safar 27 1437 December 09 2015 SPA -- Electoral authorities in Venezuela say the opposition coalition won a key two-thirds majority in the National Assembly in legislative voting according to AP.
The National Electoral Council has published on its website the final tally of results from Sunday's elections showing that two previously undecided races had broken in favor of the opposition giving them 112 out of 167 seats in the incoming National Assembly. The ruling socialist party and its allies got 55 seats.
The supermajority gives the opposition a strong hand in trying to wrest power from President Nicolas Maduro after 17 years of socialist rule. It now has the potential votes to sack Supreme Court justices initiate a referendum to revoke Maduro's mandate and even convoke an assembly to rewrite Hugo Chavez's 1999 constitution.
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03:34 LOCAL TIME 00:34 GMT
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