Hugo Chavez has won the Venezuelan elections with over 54.44% of the vote against 45% of the vote for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. The results were announced by the president of the National Electoral Council, Tibisay Lucena, a few minutes ago. Over 80% of the 19,119,809 registered voters in Venezuela participated in the election.

Venceremos! We will win! Viva Venezuela!