2024 Venezuelan presidential election#Conduct and irregularities

{{See also|Economy of Venezuela}}

The 2024 elections occurred within an authoritarian regime with significant democratic backsliding under Maduro.

Rampant crime, hyperinflation and shortages beginning in 2010 led to a crisis in Venezuela;{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/world/americas/venezuela-blackout-power.html |work= New York Times |title= Venezuela blackout, in 2nd day, threatens food supplies and patient lives |date= 8 March 2019 |access-date= 18 March 2019|quote= The Maduro administration has been responsible for grossly mismanaging the economy and plunging the country into a deep humanitarian crisis in which many people lack food and medical care. He has also attempted to crush the opposition by jailing or exiling critics, and using lethal force against antigovernment protesters. |archive-date= 16 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316205111/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/world/americas/venezuela-blackout-power.html|url-status= live }}{{cite news|last = Corrales |first = Javier |title= The House That Chavez Built |url= https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/03/07/the-house-that-chavez-built/ |access-date = 6 February 2015 |work = Foreign Policy |date = 7 March 2013 |archive-date= 11 April 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200411142428/https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/03/07/the-house-that-chavez-built/ |url-status = live }} amid declining popularity of the government, the opposition was elected to the majority in the 2015 National Assembly.{{cite news |last1=Casey |first1=Nicholas |last2=Torres |first2=Patricia |title=Venezuela Muzzles Legislature, Moving Closer to One-Man Rule |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/world/americas/venezuelas-supreme-court-takes-power-from-legislature.html |access-date=31 March 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=30 March 2017 |page=A1 |archive-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209043708/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/world/americas/venezuelas-supreme-court-takes-power-from-legislature.html |url-status=live }} Following that election, the lame duck National Assembly—with an outgoing pro-government majority—packed the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) with Maduro allies.{{cite news |title = Venezuela's Lame-Duck Congress Names New Supreme Court Justices |url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-23/venezuela-s-lame-duck-congress-names-new-supreme-court-justices |access-date = 31 March 2017 |work = Bloomberg |date = 23 December 2015 |archive-date = 4 July 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190704033155/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-23/venezuela-s-lame-duck-congress-names-new-supreme-court-justices |url-status = live }} The new tribunal stripped three opposition lawmakers of their assembly seats in 2016, citing alleged "irregularities" in their election, thereby preventing an opposition supermajority which would have been able to challenge Maduro.

The TSJ granted Maduro more powers in 2017. As protests mounted, Maduro called a constituent assembly to rewrite the 1999 Venezuela Constitution created under Hugo Chávez.{{cite news|title=Venezuela's embattled socialist president calls for citizens congress, new constitution|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/01/maduro-citizens-congress/101175468/|access-date=1 May 2017|newspaper=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|date=1 May 2017|archive-date=16 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116080133/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/01/maduro-citizens-congress/101175468/|url-status=live}} Over 40 countries stated that they would not recognize the 2017 Constituent National Assembly (ANC).{{cite news|url=http://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2017/07/31/la-lista-de-los-40-paises-democraticos-que-hasta-el-momento-desconocieron-la-asamblea-constituyente-de-venezuela/|title=La lista de los 40 países democráticos que hasta el momento desconocieron la Asamblea Constituyente de Venezuela|date=31 July 2017|work=Infobae|access-date=1 August 2017|language=es-LA|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801050300/http://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2017/07/31/la-lista-de-los-40-paises-democraticos-que-hasta-el-momento-desconocieron-la-asamblea-constituyente-de-venezuela/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Venezuela: New assembly leader warns 'justice will come'|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/04/americas/venezuela-assembly-first-day/index.html|date=4 August 2017|access-date=19 August 2017|archive-date=27 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527222851/https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/04/americas/venezuela-assembly-first-day/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=40 countries protest Venezuela's new assembly amid fraud accusations|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/02/venezuela-voting-fraud-corruption-allegations-protests|access-date=4 August 2017|archive-date=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414053444/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/02/venezuela-voting-fraud-corruption-allegations-protests|url-status=live}} The opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable boycotted the election, saying that the ANC was "a trick to keep [the incumbent ruling party] in power";{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN18424I|title=Venezuela opposition boycotts meeting on Maduro assembly, clashes rage|date=8 April 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=7 August 2017|archive-date=4 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904194556/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN18424I|url-status=live}} thus the coalition dominated by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela won almost all assembly seats.{{multiref|{{cite news|last1=Mogollon|first1=Mery|last2=Kraul|first2=Chris|title=As Venezuelan election nears, more upheaval and cries of fraud|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-venezuela-constitution-20170730-htmlstory.html|access-date=30 July 2017|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=29 July 2017|archive-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803020957/http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-venezuela-constitution-20170730-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}}|{{cite news|title=What are Venezuelans voting for and why is it so divisive?|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40704184|access-date=30 July 2017|work=BBC News|date=30 July 2017|archive-date=7 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407075113/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40704184|url-status=live}}|{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/venezuela-politics-idINKBN1AE0JM|title=Venezuelan opposition promises new tactics after Sunday's vote|last=Bronstein|first=Hugh|work=Reuters|date=29 July 2017|access-date=30 July 2017|archive-date=10 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510175924/https://www.reuters.com/article/venezuela-politics-idINKBN1AE0JM|url-status=live}}}} On 8 August 2017, the ANC banned the National Assembly from performing actions that would interfere with the constituent assembly, effectively stripping the elected opposition-majority National Assembly of power.{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Joshua|last2=Sanchez|first2=Fabiola|title=New Venezuela assembly declares itself superior government branch|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-venezuela-political-assembly-20170808-story.html|access-date=9 August 2017|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=8 August 2017|archive-date=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414150542/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-venezuela-political-assembly-20170808-story.html|url-status=live}}

Scholars have argued that since Maduro assumed the presidency in 2013, the nation has veered towards dictatorship. Maduro "consolidate[d] power" by creating an alternate legislative body (the 2017 ANC) to eliminate the National Assembly and then using a packed Supreme Court to sideline the legislature and bar the major opposition figures from the 2018 Venezuelan presidential election.{{cite journal|url=http://www.cries.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PPN58-Digital.pdf#page=19|publisher= La Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (CRIES)|pages=17–18|journal=Pensamiento Propio|date= July–December 2023|volume=28|title=Political Survival and... Authoritarian Consolidation? The Maduro Government and Venezuela's Political Crisis|first1=John |last1=Polga-Hecimovich|first2=Raúl |last2=Sánchez Urribarrí}}{{cite journal |last=Corrales |first=Javier |date=3 July 2020 |title=Authoritarian survival: why Maduro hasn't fallen |url=https://cpo4303.info/assets/docs/why_Maduro_hasnt_fallen_2020.233145855.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Journal of Democracy |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=39–53 |doi=10.1353/jod.2020.0044 |s2cid=226738491 |id={{ProQuest|2429461768}} |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930195511/https://cpo4303.info/assets/docs/why_Maduro_hasnt_fallen_2020.233145855.pdf |archive-date=30 September 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.populismstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ECPS-Leader-Profile-Series-5-2.pdf|pages=6–8|date=February 2021 |first=Imdat|last=Oner|title=Nicolas Maduro: A populist without popularity|publisher=European Center for Populism Studies}}

{{Further|Venezuelan presidential crisis|Sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis}}

Maduro called for the 2018 presidential election to occur months before the prescribed December date.{{cite news |title=Venezuela opposition weighs election run |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42984448 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |date=8 February 2018 |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427225847/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42984448 |url-status=live }} He was declared the winner in May 2018 after multiple major opposition parties were banned from participating, among other irregularities.{{multiref|{{cite web |title=ANC aprobó un decreto para la validación de los partidos políticos |url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/gobierno/anc-aprobo-decreto-para-validacion-los-partidos-politicos_216253 |website=El Nacional |language=es |date=20 December 2017 |access-date=25 May 2019 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404012312/http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/gobierno/anc-aprobo-decreto-para-validacion-los-partidos-politicos_216253 |url-status=live }}|{{Cite news |last=Olmo |first=Guillermo D. |date=10 January 2019 |title=Por qué es polémico que Maduro jure como presidente de Venezuela y por qué lo hace ahora si las elecciones fueron en mayo |url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-46805683 |website=BBC News Mundo |language=es |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427230023/https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-46805683 |url-status=live }}|{{cite web |title=Maduro gana con la abstención histórica más alta en comicios presidenciales |url=http://efectococuyo.com/politica/maduro-gana-con-la-abstencion-historica-mas-alta-en-comicios-presidenciales/ |website=Efecto Cocuyo |language=es |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221101748/http://efectococuyo.com/politica/maduro-gana-con-la-abstencion-historica-mas-alta-en-comicios-presidenciales/ |archive-date=21 December 2018 |url-status=dead }}|{{cite web |title=Venezuela opposition banned from running in 2018 election |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42304594 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |date=11 December 2017 |access-date=25 May 2019 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214165554/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42304594 |url-status=live }}}} The election results were widely disputed both nationally and internationally, and politicians considered him an ineffective dictator.{{multiref|{{cite web |last1=Corrales |first1=Javier |title=Venezuela's Odd Transition to Dictatorship |url=http://www.americasquarterly.org/content/venezuelas-odd-transition-dictatorship |work=Americas Quarterly |access-date=10 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220103221/http://www.americasquarterly.org/content/venezuelas-odd-transition-dictatorship |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=live}}|{{cite news |last1=Brodzinsky |first1=Sibylla |date=21 October 2016 |title=Venezuelans warn of 'dictatorship' after officials block bid to recall Maduro |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/21/venezuela-president-maduro-recall-referendum |work=The Guardian |access-date=10 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209230102/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/21/venezuela-president-maduro-recall-referendum|archive-date=9 December 2016|url-status=live}}|{{cite news |title=Almagro: Maduro se transforma en dictador por negarles a venezolanos derecho a decidir su futuro |url=http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2016/08/23/almagro-maduro-se-transforma-en-dictador-por-negarle-a-venezolanos-derecho-a-decidir-su-futuro/#0 |work=CNN en Español |language=es |date=24 August 2016 |access-date=10 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220135042/http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2016/08/23/almagro-maduro-se-transforma-en-dictador-por-negarle-a-venezolanos-derecho-a-decidir-su-futuro/|archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=live}}}} In the months leading up to his 10 January 2019 inauguration, Maduro was pressured by international groups and other nations to step down; this pressure was increased after the new National Assembly of Venezuela was sworn in on 5 January 2019.{{cite news |title=Venezuela Swears in an illegitimate President |url=https://www.ft.com/content/401e52a0-1405-11e9-a581-4ff78404524e |website=Financial Times |date=10 January 2019 |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-date=20 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920084639/https://www.ft.com/content/401e52a0-1405-11e9-a581-4ff78404524e |url-status=live }}{{multiref|{{Cite news |last1=Herrero |first1=Ana Vanessa |last2=Specia |first2=Megan |date=10 January 2019 |title=Venezuela Is in Crisis. So How Did Maduro Secure a Second Term? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/world/americas/venezuela-maduro-inauguration.html |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111012015/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/world/americas/venezuela-maduro-inauguration.html |archive-date=11 January 2019|url-status=live}}|{{cite web |title=Peru, Paraguay recall diplomats over Maduro inauguration |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/peru-paraguay-recall-diplomats-maduro-inauguration-190110180310100.html |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |date=10 January 2019 |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110232447/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/peru-paraguay-recall-diplomats-maduro-inauguration-190110180310100.html |archive-date=10 January 2019 |url-status=live}}}}

Maduro took his official oath on 10 January 2019.{{cite web |title=Venezuela's Maduro begins second term |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46821653 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |date=10 January 2019 |access-date=4 December 2023 |archive-date=10 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110231014/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46821653 |url-status=live }} That same month, the National Assembly invoked clauses of the 1999 Venezuelan Constitution to install National Assembly Speaker Juan Guaidó as acting president, precipitating the Venezuelan presidential crisis.{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2019/01/24/actualidad/1548324278_362240.html|title=Los argumentos legales detrás de la batalla política|date=24 January 2019|work=El País|access-date=1 June 2019|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}

By January 2020, efforts led by Guaidó to create a transitional government had been unsuccessful and Maduro continued to control Venezuela's state institutions.{{Cite web|date=16 November 2019|title=Venezuela: Thousands take to the streets of Caracas for rival protests|url=https://www.dw.com/en/venezuela-thousands-take-to-the-streets-of-caracas-for-rival-protests/a-51280074|access-date=4 December 2019|website=Deutsche Welle|language=en-GB|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204131921/https://www.dw.com/en/venezuela-thousands-take-to-the-streets-of-caracas-for-rival-protests/a-51280074|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Venezuela: Rival rallies held as Guaido calls for daily protests|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/venezuela-rival-rallies-held-guaido-calls-daily-protests-191117060107276.html|access-date=4 December 2019|website=Al Jazeera|archive-date=2 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202133038/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/venezuela-rival-rallies-held-guaido-calls-daily-protests-191117060107276.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=3 December 2019|title='Missed his moment': opposition corruption scandal undermines Venezuela's Guaido|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-analysis-idUSKBN1Y72BB|access-date=4 December 2019|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204082956/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-analysis-idUSKBN1Y72BB|url-status=live}} In January 2021, the European Union stopped recognizing Guaidó as president, but still did not recognize Maduro as the legitimate president;{{Cite news|last=Emmott|first=Robin|date=6 January 2021|title=EU no longer acknowledges Venezuela's Guaido as interim president|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-election-eu-idUSKBN29B2A9|access-date=7 January 2021|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119122244/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-election-eu-idUSKBN29B2A9|url-status=live}} the European Parliament reaffirmed its recognition of Guaidó as president.{{Cite web |date=21 January 2021 |title=MEPs: Juan Guaidó is the legitimate interim President of Venezuela |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210114IPR95633/meps-juan-guaido-is-the-legitimate-interim-president-of-venezuela |access-date=21 January 2023 |website=European Parliament |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121164424/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210114IPR95633/meps-juan-guaido-is-the-legitimate-interim-president-of-venezuela |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Juan Guaidó remains legitimate interim president, according to European Parliament |url=https://agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/article/12641/9 |access-date=21 January 2023 |website=Agence Europe |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121163213/https://agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/article/12641/9 |url-status=live }} After the announcement of regional elections in 2021, Guaidó proposed negotiations with Maduro with a schedule for free and fair elections in exchange for lifting international sanctions.{{Cite web|date=11 May 2021|title=Juan Guaidó abre la puerta a la negociación con Nicolás Maduro al invocar un acuerdo de salvación nacional|url=https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2021/05/11/609ac387fc6c83506e8b460d.html|access-date=14 May 2021|website=El Mundo|archive-date=18 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218205303/https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2021/05/11/609ac387fc6c83506e8b460d.html|url-status=live}}

In December 2022, three of the four main opposition political parties (Justice First, Democratic Action and A New Era) backed and approved a reform to dissolve the interim government and create a commission of five members to manage foreign assets, as deputies sought a united strategy ahead of the 2024 elections,{{Cite news |last=Armas |first=Mayela |date=31 December 2022 |title=Venezuela opposition removes interim President Guaido |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-opposition-removes-interim-president-guaido-2022-12-31/ |access-date=31 December 2022 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706001659/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-opposition-removes-interim-president-guaido-2022-12-31/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Martínez |first=Deisy |date=30 December 2022 |title=AN de 2015 aprueba su extensión por otro año y elimina gobierno interino |trans-title=2015 NA approves its extension for one more year and eliminates interim government |url=https://efectococuyo.com/politica/an-de-2015-aprueba-su-extension-por-un-ano-mas-y-elimina-gobierno-interino/ |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=Efecto Cocuyo |language=es |archive-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230234206/https://efectococuyo.com/politica/an-de-2015-aprueba-su-extension-por-un-ano-mas-y-elimina-gobierno-interino/ |url-status=live }} stating that the interim government had failed to achieve its goals.{{Cite web |date=30 December 2022 |title=Mayoría de la AN-2015 ratifica disolución del Gobierno interino |url=https://talcualdigital.com/an-2015-debate-eliminacion-del-gobierno-interino-en-segunda-discusion/ |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=Tal Cual |language=es |quote=Hemos tenido algo que pasó de ser provisional a convertirse en algo perpetuo. Y no se celebraron las elecciones, de manera que el artículo 233 perdió su razón de ser para justificar el gobierno interino. |archive-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230230840/https://talcualdigital.com/an-2015-debate-eliminacion-del-gobierno-interino-en-segunda-discusion/ |url-status=live }}

On 31 March 2020, the United States proposed a transitional government that would exclude both Maduro and Guaidó from the presidency.{{cite news|last1=Faiola|first1=Anthony|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-proposes-transitional-government-for-venezuela-without-maduro-or-guaido/2020/03/31/8642a99a-7352-11ea-ad9b-254ec99993bc_story.html|title=U.S. proposes transitional government for Venezuela, without Maduro or Guaidó|date=31 March 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=31 March 2020|last2=Morello|first2=Carol|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217221515/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-proposes-transitional-government-for-venezuela-without-maduro-or-guaido/2020/03/31/8642a99a-7352-11ea-ad9b-254ec99993bc_story.html|url-status=live}} The power-sharing deal provided for elections to be held within the year, and foreign militaries, particularly Cuba and Russia, to leave the country. The US was seeking Maduro's arrest at the time of the announcement.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52111805|title=US offers Venezuela deal to lift sanctions|date=31 March 2020|work=BBC News|access-date=31 March 2020|language=en-GB|archive-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403204222/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52111805|url-status=live}} Experts stated that the deal explicitly mentioned who would lead a transitional government, something which stalled previous discussions, and coming shortly after the US indictment of Maduro, might pressure him to peacefully leave power.{{Cite news|last=Borger|first=Julian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/venezuela-us-transition-plan-maduro-guaido|title=US calls on Maduro and Guaidó to stand down in Venezuela transition plan|date=31 March 2020|work=The Guardian|access-date=31 March 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403205803/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/venezuela-us-transition-plan-maduro-guaido|url-status=live}}

Guaidó accepted the proposal,{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlantico.net/articulo/mundo/guaido-acepta-gobierno-transicion-propone-eeuu/20200401004816766792.html|title=Guaidó acepta el gobierno de transición que propone EEUU|date=1 April 2020|website=Atlántico|language=es|access-date=10 April 2020|archive-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715165523/https://www.atlantico.net/articulo/mundo/guaido-acepta-gobierno-transicion-propone-eeuu/20200401004816766792.html|url-status=live}} while Venezuela's foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, rejected it and declared that only the parliamentary election would take place in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-arreaza-rechaza-propuesta-eeuu-transicion-democratica-venezuela-20200331184928.html|title=Arreaza rechaza la propuesta de EEUU para una "transición democrática" en Venezuela|date=31 March 2020|website=Europa Press|language=es|access-date=1 April 2020|archive-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715032208/https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-arreaza-rechaza-propuesta-eeuu-transicion-democratica-venezuela-20200331184928.html|url-status=live}}

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In November 2022, Diosdado Cabello, vice-president of the PSUV and president of the ANC, insisted that the presidential election be moved forward to the first semester of 2023.{{Cite web |date=5 November 2022 |title=Diosdado Cabello insistió en la posibilidad de adelantar las elecciones presidenciales para 2023 |trans-title=Diosdado Cabello insisted on the possibility of advancing the presidential election to 2023 |url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/diosdado-cabello-insistio-en-adelantar-las-elecciones-presidenciales-para-2023/ |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=El Nacional |language=es |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105143010/https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/diosdado-cabello-insistio-en-adelantar-las-elecciones-presidenciales-para-2023/ |url-status=live }}

On 16 May 2023, the Unitary Platform announced it would hold a primary to elect a single candidate for the presidential election, the 2023 Unitary Platform presidential primaries, on 22 October 2023. On 24 July 2023, the application period ended, with 14 candidates registered.{{cite web|access-date=21 October 2023|date=27 May 2023|language=es|title=Venezolanos podrán votar en 80 ciudades de 31 países en la primaria opositora|url=https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/venezuela-voto-extranjero-primaria-80-ciudades-31-paises-/7111826.html|website=Voz de América|archive-date=13 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613170442/https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/venezuela-voto-extranjero-primaria-80-ciudades-31-paises-/7111826.html|url-status=live}}

On 30 June 2023, the {{ill|Comptroller General of the Republic of Venezuela|es|Contraloría General de la República (Venezuela)}} announced that former National Assembly member María Corina Machado was disqualified from holding public office for 15 years, claiming she was linked to alleged crimes committed by Juan Guaidó and had supported international sanctions against Venezuela. She would be allowed to participate in the opposition primaries because they were not regulated by Maduro's government.{{Cite news |last1=Armas |first1=Mayela |last2=Sequera |first2=Vivian |date=30 June 2023 |title=Venezuela opposition candidate Machado barred from holding office-gov't |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-opposition-candidate-machado-barred-holding-office-govt-2023-06-30/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630171330/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-opposition-candidate-machado-barred-holding-office-govt-2023-06-30/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|access-date=10 July 2023|date=30 June 2023|first=Luna|language=es|last=Perdomo|title=José Brito: Contraloría inhabilitó a María Corina Machado por 15 años|url=https://talcualdigital.com/jose-brito-contraloria-inhabilito-a-maria-corina-machado-por-15-anos/|website=Tal Cual|archive-date=10 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710151421/https://talcualdigital.com/jose-brito-contraloria-inhabilito-a-maria-corina-machado-por-15-anos/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|access-date=10 July 2023|date=30 June 2023|first=Ronny|language=es|last=Rodríguez|title=Contraloría inhabilita a María Corina Machado por 15 años, dice José Brito|url=https://efectococuyo.com/politica/contraloria-inhabilita-a-maria-corina-machado-por-15-anos-dice-jose-brito/|website=Efecto Cocuyo|archive-date=10 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710151426/https://efectococuyo.com/politica/contraloria-inhabilita-a-maria-corina-machado-por-15-anos-dice-jose-brito/|url-status=live}} Capriles was given the same sentence and barred from holding office until 2032. Analysts stated that the accusations were incoherent, as Machado was not a member of the 2015 opposition National Assembly with Guaidó, having been disqualified by the Comptroller's Office, nor had she served in his government.{{cite web|access-date=12 July 2023|language=es|title=Los cinco vicios que hacen nula la inhabilitación de María Corina Machado|url=https://accesoalajusticia.org/cinco-vicios-hacen-nula-inhabilitacion-maria-corina-machado/|website=Acceso a la Justicia|archive-date=12 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712235041/https://accesoalajusticia.org/cinco-vicios-hacen-nula-inhabilitacion-maria-corina-machado/|url-status=live}} The disqualification was considered illegal and unconstitutional by several jurists, including constitutional lawyer {{Ill|Allan Brewer Carías|es}} and the Latin American and Caribbean Network for Democracy.{{cite web|access-date=10 July 2023|language=es-CO|title=Alerta Venezuela: Inhabilitación inconstitucional de la candidata de la oposición María Corina Machado manipula elecciones en Venezuela|url=https://redlad.org/alerta-inhabilitacion-inconstitucional-de-la-candidata-de-la-oposicion-maria-corina-machado-manipula-elecciones-en-venezuela/|website=REDLAD|archive-date=10 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710152927/https://redlad.org/alerta-inhabilitacion-inconstitucional-de-la-candidata-de-la-oposicion-maria-corina-machado-manipula-elecciones-en-venezuela/|url-status=live}}

Machado's disqualification from holding office was pending a court decision{{Cite news |last1=Armas |first1=Mayela |last2=Sequera |first2=Vivian |date=30 June 2023 |title=Venezuela opposition candidate Machado barred from holding office-gov't |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-opposition-candidate-machado-barred-holding-office-govt-2023-06-30/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630171330/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-opposition-candidate-machado-barred-holding-office-govt-2023-06-30/ |url-status=live }} when a debate was held on 12 July 2023 between eight of the thirteen opposition pre-candidates: Machado for Vente Venezuela, {{ill|Carlos Prosperi|es}} for Democratic Action, Freddy Superlano for Popular Will, transgender candidate Tamara Adrián for Unidos por la Dignidad, Delsa Solórzano for Encuentro Ciudadano, Andrés Velásquez for La Causa R, César Pérez Vivas for Concertación Ciudadana and Andrés Caleca for Movimiento por Venezuela.{{Cite web |date=12 July 2023 |title=¡Histórico! Tuvieron que pasar 11 años para que se volviera a celebrar un debate electoral en Venezuela |url=https://expansion.mx/mundo/2023/07/12/venezuela-celebra-su-primer-debate-electoral-opositor-en-11-anos |access-date=13 July 2023 |website=Expansión |language=es |archive-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713011622/https://expansion.mx/mundo/2023/07/12/venezuela-celebra-su-primer-debate-electoral-opositor-en-11-anos |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=12 July 2023 |title=Venezuela: ocho candidatos opositores realizaron el primer debate antes de las primarias |url=https://www.france24.com/es/am%C3%A9rica-latina/20230712-venezuela-ocho-candidatos-opositores-realizaron-el-primer-debate-antes-de-las-primarias |access-date=13 July 2023 |website=France24 |archive-date=12 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712234153/https://www.france24.com/es/am%C3%A9rica-latina/20230712-venezuela-ocho-candidatos-opositores-realizaron-el-primer-debate-antes-de-las-primarias |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=12 July 2023 |title=Hablan los candidatos: vea en vivo el debate de los opositores en la UCAB |work=El Nacional |url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/politica/hablan-los-candidatos-vea-en-vivo-el-debate-de-los-opositores-en-la-ucab/ |access-date=16 July 2023 |archive-date=12 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712225320/https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/politica/hablan-los-candidatos-vea-en-vivo-el-debate-de-los-opositores-en-la-ucab/ |url-status=live }}

Pro-government militants tried to attack Machado during a 15 July campaign in Vargas and prevented a campaign rally in Petare the next day.{{Cite web |date=14 July 2023 |title=Chavistas intentaron agredir a María Corina Machado cuando se trasladaba a un acto de campaña en el estado La Guaira |url=https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-politica/chavistas-intentaron-agredir-a-maria-corina-machado-cuando-se-trasladaba-a-un-acto-de-campana-en-el-estado-la-guaira-431419 |access-date=26 July 2023 |website=NTN24 |language=es |archive-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726122652/https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-politica/chavistas-intentaron-agredir-a-maria-corina-machado-cuando-se-trasladaba-a-un-acto-de-campana-en-el-estado-la-guaira-431419 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Turba chavista impidió acto de María Corina Machado en Petare, al este de Caracas |url=https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-politica/turba-chavista-impidio-acto-de-maria-corina-machado-en-petare-al-este-de-caracas-431602 |access-date=26 July 2023 |website=NTN24 |language=es |archive-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726122651/https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-politica/turba-chavista-impidio-acto-de-maria-corina-machado-en-petare-al-este-de-caracas-431602 |url-status=live }} On 22 July, Vente Venezuela denounced death threats to Machado by the National Liberation Army (ELN), a far-left Colombian guerrilla group, after her campaign headquarters in Táchira state were painted with messages of "death to María Corina" signed by the ELN. The group denied being the author of the threats.{{Cite web |date=22 July 2023 |title=Urgente: ELN amenaza de muerte a María Corina Machado en Venezuela: le exigen que se aparte de las elecciones primarias |url=https://www.semana.com/mundo/articulo/eln-amenaza-de-muerte-en-venezuela-a-maria-corina-machado-le-piden-que-se-aparte-de-las-elecciones-primarias/202306/ |access-date=26 July 2023 |website=Semana |language=es |archive-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726122646/https://www.semana.com/mundo/articulo/eln-amenaza-de-muerte-en-venezuela-a-maria-corina-machado-le-piden-que-se-aparte-de-las-elecciones-primarias/202306/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=26 July 2023 |title=ELN niega autoría en grafitis que aparecieron en una sede de María Corina Machado |url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/eln-niega-autoria-en-grafitis-que-aparecieron-en-una-sede-de-maria-corina-machado/ |access-date=10 August 2023 |archive-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726132851/https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/eln-niega-autoria-en-grafitis-que-aparecieron-en-una-sede-de-maria-corina-machado/ |url-status=live }}

Venezuelan fact checking outlet {{ill|Cazadores de Fake News|es}} published information relating to an operation to discredit Machado, carried out by a disinformation network which had formerly spread disinformation about Leopoldo López, Juan Guaidó and other opposition politicians.{{Cite web |title=Alerta: hay una operación de influencia en contra de @MariaCorinaYA en curso. (...) |url=https://twitter.com/cazamosfakenews/status/1678486166876585985 |access-date=26 July 2023 |website=Twitter |language=es |publication-date=10 July 2023 |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029021225/https://twitter.com/cazamosfakenews/status/1678486166876585985 |url-status=live }}

Henrique Capriles said he was physically assaulted in June by individuals associated with the ruling party.{{cite web|date=3 June 2023|title=El antichavista Henrique Capriles es agredido durante visita en el centro de Venezuela|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/venezuela-oposici%C3%B3n_el-antichavista-henrique-capriles-es-agredido-durante-visita-en-el-centro-de-venezuela/48563244|website=Swissinfo|access-date=17 June 2023|archive-date=27 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027235322/https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/venezuela-oposici%C3%B3n_el-antichavista-henrique-capriles-es-agredido-durante-visita-en-el-centro-de-venezuela/48563244|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=3 June 2023|title=Grupos chavistas atacaron al líder opositor Henrique Capriles durante una visita al interior de Venezuela|url=https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2023/06/03/grupos-chavistas-agredieron-a-golpes-al-lider-opositor-henrique-capriles-durante-una-visita-al-interior-venezuela/|website=Infobae|access-date=17 June 2023|archive-date=29 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029021204/https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2023/06/03/grupos-chavistas-agredieron-a-golpes-al-lider-opositor-henrique-capriles-durante-una-visita-al-interior-venezuela/|url-status=live}} His followers said Chavistas attacked Capriles supporters at an August rally, which they said was the seventh aggression since 29 May.{{cite news|access-date=6 September 2023|date=15 August 2023|periodical=El Nacional|title=Simpatizantes del chavismo agredieron a seguidores de Henrique Capriles durante un acto en Apure|url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/simpatizantes-del-chavismo-agredieron-a-seguidores-de-henrique-capriles-durante-un-acto-en-apure/|archive-date=15 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815215824/https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/simpatizantes-del-chavismo-agredieron-a-seguidores-de-henrique-capriles-durante-un-acto-en-apure/|url-status=live}} On 27 July, Popular Will denounced that Freddy Superlano's passport was confiscated by authorities at the Colombian border.{{cite news|access-date=6 September 2023|date=27 July 2023|periodical=El Nacional|title=Voluntad Popular denuncia que autoridades le retiraron el pasaporte a Freddy Superlano|url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/voluntad-popular-denuncia-que-autoridades-le-retiraron-el-pasaporte-a-freddy-superlano/|archive-date=27 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727171653/https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/voluntad-popular-denuncia-que-autoridades-le-retiraron-el-pasaporte-a-freddy-superlano/|url-status=live}} Delsa Solórzano complained in August of death threats, including messages on social media such as "the collective forces of the ELN are going to kill you".{{cite news|access-date=6 September 2023|date=14 August 2023|periodical=El Nacional|title=La Fiscalía investigará amenazas de muerte contra Delsa Solórzano|url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/la-fiscalia-investigara-amenazas-de-muerte-contra-delsa-solorzano/|archive-date=15 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815221838/https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/la-fiscalia-investigara-amenazas-de-muerte-contra-delsa-solorzano/|url-status=live}}

On the morning of the 22 October primary, in Caracas, colectivos prevented the installation of a voting center and violence with a firearm was registered.{{cite news|access-date=22 October 2023|periodical=El Carabobeño|title=Colectivos impiden instalar centros de votación en el Guarataro, Caracas|url=https://www.el-carabobeno.com/colectivos-impiden-instalar-centros-de-votacion-en-el-guarataro-caracas/|archive-date=22 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022142624/https://www.el-carabobeno.com/colectivos-impiden-instalar-centros-de-votacion-en-el-guarataro-caracas/|url-status=live}} Nuns denounced that voters were threatened by colectivos, and that a voting center had to be moved.{{cite web|date=22 October 2023|first=Raylí|last=Luján|title=Elección primaria en Venezuela: Así transcurrió la jornada para definir un candidato único opositor|url=https://www.bloomberglinea.com/latinoamerica/venezuela/en-vivo-eleccion-primaria-en-venezuela-minuto-a-minuto-se-definira-candidato-unico-opositor/|website=Bloomberg Línea|access-date=23 October 2023|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023102246/https://www.bloomberglinea.com/latinoamerica/venezuela/en-vivo-eleccion-primaria-en-venezuela-minuto-a-minuto-se-definira-candidato-unico-opositor/|url-status=live}} Armed civilians entered a voting point and pointed at the coordinator, firing several shots.{{cite web|date=22 October 2023|first1=Lucía Fernanda|last1=Ramírez|first2=Norma|last2=Rivas|title=En el municipio Sucre inicio de la elección primaria fluyó a pesar de las trabas de funcionarios y civiles|url=https://cronica.uno/en-el-municipio-sucre-inicio-de-la-eleccion-primaria-fluyo-a-pesar-de-las-trabas-de-funcionarios-y-civiles/|website=Crónica Uno|access-date=23 October 2023|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023102248/https://cronica.uno/en-el-municipio-sucre-inicio-de-la-eleccion-primaria-fluyo-a-pesar-de-las-trabas-de-funcionarios-y-civiles/|url-status=live}} Motorcyclists threw a tear gas cannister in the vicinity of a voting center,{{cite web|date=22 October 2023|language=es|title=Motorizados lanzan lacrimógena en centro de votación en Caracas, electores vuelven a la fila|url=https://elpitazo.net/gran-caracas/primaria-motorizados-lanzan-lacrimogena-en-centro-de-votacion-en-caracas-electores-vuelven-a-la-fila/|website=El Pitazo|access-date=23 October 2023|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023102251/https://elpitazo.net/gran-caracas/primaria-motorizados-lanzan-lacrimogena-en-centro-de-votacion-en-caracas-electores-vuelven-a-la-fila/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|work=El Impulso|last=Aulino|first=Carmenmilagro|title=#VIDEO Electores de la parroquia Santa Rosalía de Caracas afectados por ataque con gas lacrimógeno #22Oct|url=https://www.elimpulso.com/2023/10/22/video-electores-de-la-parroquia-santa-rosalia-de-caracas-afectados-por-ataque-con-gas-lacrimogeno-22oct/|access-date=23 October 2023|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023033017/https://www.elimpulso.com/2023/10/22/video-electores-de-la-parroquia-santa-rosalia-de-caracas-afectados-por-ataque-con-gas-lacrimogeno-22oct/|url-status=live}} and two men fired shots into the air at another voting center.

The vice-president of the Regional Board of Monagas state, Dexcy Moya, denounced that colectivos shouted expletives and threats in several voting centers in Maturin.{{cite web|access-date=23 October 2023|title=Primaria en Oriente: Electores reportaron lentitud en la jornada|url=https://elpitazo.net/oriente/primaria-en-oriente-alta-participacion-de-electores-durante-la-tarde/amp/|website=El Pitazo|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023102255/https://elpitazo.net/oriente/primaria-en-oriente-alta-participacion-de-electores-durante-la-tarde/amp/|url-status=live}}

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File:Tarek William Saab como defensor del pueblo.jpg, Venezuela's Prosecutor General]]

María Corina Machado won the October 2023 Unitary Platform primary by a landslide.{{cite web | last=Garcia Cano | first=Regina | title=María Corina Machado is winner of Venezuela opposition primary that the government has denounced | website=Associated Press | date=26 October 2023 | url=https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-opposition-primary-machado-winner-5d3c4c4b9a4cd42f52729fc0e798954f | access-date=8 May 2024 | archive-date=11 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511030721/https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-opposition-primary-machado-winner-5d3c4c4b9a4cd42f52729fc0e798954f | url-status=live }}

In October 2023, the Maduro government and representatives of the opposition signed the Barbados Agreement. Both parties agreed to hold free and fair elections, and accept their results, in exchange for sanctions imposed by the US on petroleum sales to be eased.{{Cite news |last1=Spetalnick |first1=Matt |last2=Parraga |first2=Marianna |date=19 October 2023 |title=US broadly eases Venezuela oil sanctions after election deal |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-easing-venezuela-oil-sanctions-response-election-deal-official-2023-10-18/ |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019012345/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-easing-venezuela-oil-sanctions-response-election-deal-official-2023-10-18/ |url-status=live }} Despite the agreement, Machado's disqualification was confirmed by the TSJ in January 2024.{{cite web |title=Venezuela's Supreme Court disqualifies opposition leader from running for president |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/01/27/venezuela-s-supreme-court-disqualifies-opposition-leader-from-running-for-president_6469941_4.html |website=Le Monde.fr |publisher=AFP |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=en |date=27 January 2024 |archive-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327102951/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/01/27/venezuela-s-supreme-court-disqualifies-opposition-leader-from-running-for-president_6469941_4.html |url-status=live }}

Following poor turnout in the 2023 Venezuelan referendum, the chief prosecutor of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, accused opposition leaders of sabotaging the referendum and issued arrest warrants for 15 of them, with charges such as treason and conspiracy.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/world/americas/venezuela-opposition-arrest-orders.html |title=Venezuela Orders Arrest of Top Opposition Figures, Claiming Treason |newspaper=The New York Times |author1=Genevieve Glatsky |author2=Isayen Herrera |date=6 December 2023 |access-date=7 December 2023 |archive-date=14 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214092211/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/world/americas/venezuela-opposition-arrest-orders.html?searchResultPosition=2 |url-status=live }} Saab—under sanctions for multiple alleged offenses—is charged by human rights organizations as "being one of the key people in the regime's efforts to use the Venezuelan justice system as an instrument of political persecution", according to an August 2024 Miami Herald article.

Machado and her supporters said they were attacked by colectivos during a February 2024 campaign rally in Charallave, Miranda state. Machado denounced that the attack occurred in front of security officials, who did not intervene.{{Cite news |date=8 February 2024 |title=María Corina Machado denunció ante el mundo el violento ataque que sufrió en Charallave |trans-title=María Corina Machado denounced the violent attack she suffered in Charallave to the world |url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/maria-corina-machado-denuncio-ante-el-mundo-el-violento-ataque-que-sufrio-en-charallave/ |work=El Nacional |language=es |access-date=9 February 2024 |archive-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208123411/https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/maria-corina-machado-denuncio-ante-el-mundo-el-violento-ataque-que-sufrio-en-charallave/ |url-status=live }} With the main opposition candidate banned from running, the US stated that Maduro's government had "fallen short" on its commitments, and reinstated some sanctions in April 2024.{{cite web | url=https://www.ft.com/content/85a4e5b9-c536-4bfb-8dee-32bbed60311e | title=US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela after broken election promises | access-date=11 July 2024 | archive-date=11 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711230348/https://www.ft.com/content/85a4e5b9-c536-4bfb-8dee-32bbed60311e | url-status=live }}{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/world/americas/us-oil-sanctions-venezuela-maduro.html | title=U.S. Restores Oil Sanctions on Venezuela as Hopes Dim for Free Election | work=The New York Times | date=17 April 2024 | last1=Glatsky | first1=Genevieve | access-date=11 July 2024 | archive-date=11 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711230348/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/world/americas/us-oil-sanctions-venezuela-maduro.html | url-status=live }}

Organizations such as the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the European Union, and Human Rights Watch along with several countries and their leaders rejected or condemned Machado's disqualification.{{cite news |date=8 July 2023 |title=¿Cómo ha sido el apoyo de la comunidad internacional a María Corina Machado? |periodical=El Nacional |url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/como-ha-sido-el-apoyo-de-la-comunidad-internacional-a-maria-corina-machado/ |access-date=12 July 2023 |archive-date=9 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709215845/https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/como-ha-sido-el-apoyo-de-la-comunidad-internacional-a-maria-corina-machado/ |url-status=live |language= es |trans-title=How has the international community supported María Corina Machado?}}{{cite web |last=Maza |first=Jesús |date=4 July 2023 |title=Mercosur: Luis Lacalle pide 'alzar la voz' por la inhabilitación de María Corina Machado |trans-title=Mercosur: Luis Lacalle asks to 'raise our voices' for the disqualification of María Corina Machado|url=https://larepublica.pe/mundo/venezuela/2023/07/04/mercosur-luis-lacalle-pide-alzar-la-voz-por-la-inhabilitacion-de-maria-corina-machado-lacalle-pou-cumbre-mercosur-en-vivo-lacalle-defiende-a-maria-corina-machado-uruguay-venezuela-lrtmv-259416 |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=La República |location=Lima |language=es |archive-date=29 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729022911/https://larepublica.pe/mundo/venezuela/2023/07/04/mercosur-luis-lacalle-pide-alzar-la-voz-por-la-inhabilitacion-de-maria-corina-machado-lacalle-pou-cumbre-mercosur-en-vivo-lacalle-defiende-a-maria-corina-machado-uruguay-venezuela-lrtmv-259416 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=4 July 2023 |title=Presidente de Paraguay denuncia veto a María Corina Machado |url=https://www.diariolasamericas.com/videos/presidente-paraguay-denuncia-veto-maria-corina-machado-n5338866 |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=Diario Las Américas |language=es-US |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710151421/https://www.diariolasamericas.com/videos/presidente-paraguay-denuncia-veto-maria-corina-machado-n5338866 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=La reacción de Alberto Fernández luego de que Uruguay y Paraguay denunciaran la inhabilitación de María Corina Machado en Venezuela |url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2023/07/04/la-reaccion-de-alberto-fernandez-luego-de-que-uruguay-y-paraguay-denunciaran-la-inhabilitacion-de-maria-corina-machado-en-venezuela/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=infobae |date=4 July 2023 |language=es-ES |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710151423/https://www.infobae.com/politica/2023/07/04/la-reaccion-de-alberto-fernandez-luego-de-que-uruguay-y-paraguay-denunciaran-la-inhabilitacion-de-maria-corina-machado-en-venezuela/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=María Corina Machado, no es Sergio Moro, es Lula da Silva |url=https://urgente24.com/mundo/maria-corina-machado-no-es-sergio-moro-es-lula-da-silva-n557468 |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=Urgente24 – primer diario online con las últimas noticias de Argentina y el mundo en tiempo real |language=es-ES |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710151422/https://urgente24.com/mundo/maria-corina-machado-no-es-sergio-moro-es-lula-da-silva-n557468 |url-status=live }} Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, called Machado's disqualification "deeply unfortunate".{{cite web |date=7 July 2023 |title=Blinken: "Profundamente desafortunada" la inhabilitación de María Corina Machado en Venezuela |url=https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/blinken-profundamente-desafortunada-inhabilitacion-machado-venezuela/7171287.html |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=Voz de América |language=es |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710151422/https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/blinken-profundamente-desafortunada-inhabilitacion-machado-venezuela/7171287.html |url-status=live }} The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, stated that the disqualification "undermines democracy".{{cite news |date=3 July 2023 |title=Unión Europea expresa "preocupación" por inhabilitación de precandidata María Corina Machado en Venezuela |language=es-PE |periodical=El Comercio |agency=AFP |url=https://elcomercio.pe/mundo/europa/elecciones-venezuela-2024-maria-corina-machado-union-europea-expresa-preocupacion-por-inhabilitacion-de-precandidata-opositora-josep-borrell-contraloria-general-nicolas-maduro-ultimas-noticia/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |issn=1605-3052 |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710151421/https://elcomercio.pe/mundo/europa/elecciones-venezuela-2024-maria-corina-machado-union-europea-expresa-preocupacion-por-inhabilitacion-de-precandidata-opositora-josep-borrell-contraloria-general-nicolas-maduro-ultimas-noticia/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=La UE rechazó la inhabilitación de María Corina Machado en Venezuela: "Le impiden ejercer su derecho político" |url=https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2023/07/04/la-union-europea-rechazo-la-inhabilitacion-de-corina-machado-en-venezuela-le-impiden-ejercer-su-derecho-politico/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=Infobae |date=4 July 2023 |language=es |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710151421/https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2023/07/04/la-union-europea-rechazo-la-inhabilitacion-de-corina-machado-en-venezuela-le-impiden-ejercer-su-derecho-politico/ |url-status=live }} On 13 July 2023, the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning the disqualification.{{cite web|url=http://efectococuyo.com/cocuyo-chequea/ics-latam-encuestadora-inconsistette/|title=ICS resucitó para publicar encuesta inconsistente con 56,9% para Maduro|access-date=16 July 2024|last=Gutiérrez|first=Jeanfreddy|date=11 July 2024|website=Efecto Cocuyo|language=es|archive-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716013432/https://efectococuyo.com/cocuyo-chequea/ics-latam-encuestadora-inconsistette/|url-status=live}}

The presidential election was scheduled to be held in 2024; according to the Venezuelan Constitution, presidential elections are to take place no later than December in the election year.{{Cite web |last=Singer |first=Florantonia |author-link=Florantonia Singer |date=18 October 2023 |title=El chavismo y la oposición acuerdan celebrar las elecciones presidenciales en el segundo semestre de 2024 |url=https://elpais.com/america/2023-10-18/el-chavismo-y-la-oposicion-acuerdan-celebrar-las-elecciones-presidenciales-en-el-segundo-semestre-de-2024.html |access-date=23 November 2023 |website=El País |language=es |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123053506/https://elpais.com/america/2023-10-18/el-chavismo-y-la-oposicion-acuerdan-celebrar-las-elecciones-presidenciales-en-el-segundo-semestre-de-2024.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Olloqui |first=Álvaro |date=18 October 2023 |title=Maduro acuerda con la oposición la celebración de elecciones presidenciales en 2024 |url=https://www.larazon.es/internacional/maduro-acuerda-oposicion-celebracion-elecciones-presidenciales-2024_20231018652f829c8160fc00013a8690.html |access-date=23 November 2023 |website=La Razón |language=es |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123082202/https://www.larazon.es/internacional/maduro-acuerda-oposicion-celebracion-elecciones-presidenciales-2024_20231018652f829c8160fc00013a8690.html |url-status=live }}

The National Election Council (CNE) announced on 5 March 2024, the date of Hugo Chávez's death, that the election would be held on 28 July, the day that would have been his 70th birthday,{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/america/2024-03-05/venezuela-anuncia-la-celebracion-de-elecciones-para-el-28-de-julio-el-dia-del-nacimiento-de-chavez.html|work=El País|date=5 March 2024|access-date=24 August 2024|language=es|title=Venezuela celebrará las elecciones presidenciales el 28 de julio, el día del nacimiento de Chávez|trans-title=Venezuela will hold presidential elections on July 28, Chavez's birthday|author=Quesada, Juan Diego }}{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/es/elecciones-presidenciales-de-venezuela-ser%C3%A1n-el-28-de-julio/a-68449063 |title=Elecciones presidenciales de Venezuela serán el 28 de julio |language=es |date=5 March 2024 |accessdate=5 March 2024 |website=Deutsche Welle |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305212508/https://www.dw.com/es/elecciones-presidenciales-de-venezuela-ser%C3%A1n-el-28-de-julio/a-68449063 |url-status=live }} with filing of candidacies taking place from 21 to 25 March{{cite web |date=12 March 2024 |title=Venezuela's Maduro selected as ruling party election candidate |url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240312-venezuela-s-maduro-selected-as-ruling-party-election-candidate |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=12 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312024656/https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240312-venezuela-s-maduro-selected-as-ruling-party-election-candidate |url-status=live }} and campaigning from 4 to 25 July.{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-presidential-election-july-28-fb270567897dbc2641e2062c3e877ce2 |title=Venezuela sets its presidential election for July 28 as the opposition candidate remains barred |language=en |date=5 March 2024 |accessdate=6 March 2024 |website=Associated Press |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305201922/https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-presidential-election-july-28-fb270567897dbc2641e2062c3e877ce2 |url-status=live }}

On 2 April, Delcy Rodríguez presented the Law against Fascism, Neofascism and Similar Expressions to the Maduro-controlled V National Assembly of Venezuela;{{cite web |first= Andreina |last= Itriago Acosta |date= 2 April 2024|title= 'Anti-Fascism' Law to Tighten Crackdown on Venezuelan Opposition |url= https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/anti-fascism-law-to-tighten-crackdown-on-venezuelan-opposition-1.2054372 |publisher= Bloomberg News|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240403083036/https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/anti-fascism-law-to-tighten-crackdown-on-venezuelan-opposition-1.2054372 |archive-date= 3 April 2024 |access-date= 1 May 2024}}{{cite news|title= La AN de Venezuela recibe proyecto de ley contra el fascismo|language= es|trans-title= The AN of Venezuela receives a bill against fascism|url= https://www.dw.com/es/el-parlamento-de-venezuela-recibe-proyecto-de-ley-contra-el-fascismo/a-68726526|date= 3 April 2024|work= Deutsche Welle|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240501222314/https://www.dw.com/es/el-parlamento-de-venezuela-recibe-proyecto-de-ley-contra-el-fascismo/a-68726526|archive-date= 1 May 2024|access-date= 1 May 2024|url-status= live}} it passed its first reading that day.{{cite news |title= Venezuela Opposition Fear Arrests Amid 'Anti-fascism' Bill Debate |date= 3 April 2024 |agency= Agence France-Presse |work= Barron's |url= https://www.barrons.com/news/venezuela-opposition-fear-arrests-amid-anti-fascism-bill-debate-d82d13e5 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240404012000/https://www.barrons.com/news/venezuela-opposition-fear-arrests-amid-anti-fascism-bill-debate-d82d13e5 |archive-date= 4 April 2024 |access-date= 1 May 2024}}{{cite news |first= Daniel |last= Lozano |date= 3 April 2024 |title= El chavismo inventa una ley contra el fascismo para aumentar la represión en época electoral |language=es |trans-title= Chavismo invents a law against fascism to increase repression during electoral times |url= https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2024/04/03/660d8a9fe4d4d8564c8b459f.html |work= El Mundo |access-date= 1 May 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240404122517/https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2024/04/03/660d8a9fe4d4d8564c8b459f.html |archive-date= 4 April 2024}} The law, if passing a second hearing, would create penalties including increased sentences for organizations that promote what Maduro's government defines as fascism; critics said it would be used to limit opposition to Maduro's government ahead of the July election.{{cite web |first= Florantonia |last= Singer |date= 2 April 2024 |title= El chavismo aprueba una ley para prohibir organizaciones consideradas fascistas |language=es|trans-title= Chavismo approves a law to prohibit organizations considered fascist |url= https://elpais.com/america/2024-04-03/el-chavismo-aprueba-una-ley-para-prohibir-organizaciones-consideradas-fascistas.html |work= El País |access-date= 1 May 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240404024509/https://elpais.com/america/2024-04-03/el-chavismo-aprueba-una-ley-para-prohibir-organizaciones-consideradas-fascistas.html |archive-date= 4 April 2024}}{{cite news |first= Mauricio |last= Torres|title= Cárcel, inhabilitación política y disolución de organizaciones: ¿qué propone la ley 'antifascista' que impulsa el Gobierno de Venezuela? |language=es |trans-title= Prison, political disqualification and dissolution of organizations: what does the 'anti-fascist' law promoted by the Government of Venezuela propose?|date= 4 April 2024|url= https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/04/04/que-es-la-ley-antifascista-venezuela-orix/ |publisher= CNN en Español |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240405005041/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/04/04/que-es-la-ley-antifascista-venezuela-orix/ |archive-date= 5 April 2024|access-date= 1 May 2024}}{{cite press release |title= Venezuela: Alarming persecution of critical and dissident voices intensifies |date= 15 April 2024|url= https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AMR5379492024ENGLISH.pdf |publisher= Amnesty International |access-date= 1 May 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240501174206/https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AMR5379492024ENGLISH.pdf|archive-date= 1 May 2024}}

{{Further|Foreign policy of the United States}}

Direct talks between senior Venezuelan and United States officials that had been stalled since mid-April were restarted in early July, a few weeks prior to the election.{{cite web | last=Garcia Cano | first=Regina | title=Venezuela's opposition coalition welcomes President Maduro's plan to jumpstart dialogue with the US | website=Associated Press | date=2 July 2024 | url=https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-maduro-opposition-machado-ac96fd2f93a5a8d702e7e8a905f1ca29 | access-date=6 July 2024 | archive-date=14 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714135312/https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-maduro-opposition-machado-ac96fd2f93a5a8d702e7e8a905f1ca29 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | author1=Vivian Sequera | author2=Matt Spetalnick | title=US resumes talks with Venezuela, pushes for fair July 28 election | website=Reuters | date=3 July 2024 | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-us-conclude-virtual-meeting-pledging-constructive-talks-2024-07-03/ | access-date=6 July 2024 | archive-date=5 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705003004/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-us-conclude-virtual-meeting-pledging-constructive-talks-2024-07-03/ | url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Herrero |first1=Ana Vanessa |last2=Schmidt |first2=Samantha |last3=DeYoung |first3=Karen |title=Biden made a bold deal with Venezuela's strongman. Will it pay off? |newspaper=Washington Post |date=15 July 2024 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/15/venezuela-election-maduro-biden-deal/ |access-date=29 July 2024 |archive-date=15 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715122425/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/15/venezuela-election-maduro-biden-deal/ |url-status=live }} According to The Washington Post, the US had been willing to remove {{em|all}} sanctions if Barbados Agreement conditions were met, but the Maduro-controlled Venezuelan Supreme Court made Machado ineligible for the presidency in January 2024. The opposition was not included in the negotiations. Former US ambassador to Venezuela Bill Brownfield stated that the US deal was "looser than it should have been" and "Maduro got, front-ended, all of the benefits he was supposed to get in exchange for promises to comply with in the future. He didn't comply, but he got the stuff he really wanted." Several proposals to grant immunity to the loser of the election have been proposed; while the US restarted talks in the hope of furthering a fair election, the opposition held out "that a strong showing will force Maduro to the table".

{{See also|Elections in Venezuela#Polling procedure}}

The President of Venezuela is elected by plurality in a single round of voting.[http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2248/ Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515112333/http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2248/ |date=15 May 2018 }} IFES On 5 March 2024, the National Electoral Council (CNE) set the presidential election for 28 July and set the electoral schedule:{{cite web |author=Pablo Zapata |date=6 June 2024 |title=Cronograma electoral CNE 2024: revisa plazos y fechas de las elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela |url=https://larepublica.pe/mundo/venezuela/2024/03/06/cronograma-electoral-cne-2024-revisa-plazos-y-fechas-de-las-elecciones-presidenciales-en-venezuela-lrtmv-425352 |access-date=17 March 2024 |archive-date=11 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311095531/https://larepublica.pe/mundo/venezuela/2024/03/06/cronograma-electoral-cne-2024-revisa-plazos-y-fechas-de-las-elecciones-presidenciales-en-venezuela-lrtmv-425352 |url-status=live }}

Venezuelan elections are overseen by the CNE, with poll workers drafted via a lottery of registered voters. Polling places are equipped with multiple high-tech touch-screen DRE voting machines, one to a "mesa electoral", or voting "table". After the vote is cast, each machine prints out a paper ballot, also known as a voter-verified paper audit trail, which is inspected by the voter and deposited in a ballot box at the machine's table. The voting machines perform in a stand-alone fashion, disconnected from any network until the polls close.[http://www.cne.gov.ve/elecciones/presidencial2006/documentos/ManualPresidencial2006.zip Manual Operativo para Miembros, Secretaria o Secretario de Mesa Electoral] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927013043/http://www.cne.gov.ve/elecciones/presidencial2006/documentos/ManualPresidencial2006.zip|date=27 September 2007}} Consejo Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 28 November 2006 {{in lang|es}}{{cite news |url= https://apnews.com/world-news/general-news-24358044cea98b3ce4f6a316bdbd3508 |work = Associated Press |date= 30 July 2024 |access-date= 30 July 2024| title= Little-known paper sheets are key to declaring victory in Venezuela's election|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240730221113/https://apnews.com/world-news/general-news-24358044cea98b3ce4f6a316bdbd3508|archive-date=30 July 2024|url-status=live}} Voting session closure at each voting station is determined either by the lack of voters after the lines have emptied, or by the hour, at the discretion of the president of the voting table.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Venezuelan law provides for representatives to observe at each voting place; anyone can witness the electoral process. Each machine prints tally sheets (actas de escrutinio or actas{{cite news |url= https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/07/29/como-es-sistema-conteo-verificacion-votos-venezuela-orix/ |publisher= CNN en espanol |date= 29 July 2024 |access-date= 30 July 2024 |title= ¿Cómo es el sistema de conteo y verificación de votos en Venezuela? |language= es |trans-title= What is the vote counting and verification system in Venezuela? |archive-date= 29 July 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240729201452/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/07/29/como-es-sistema-conteo-verificacion-votos-venezuela-orix/ |url-status= live }}) after the polls close, showing how many votes were received by each candidate, and representatives of the parties receive a copy. After the secretary of the voting table and the witnesses accredited by the CNE agree that the acta tally matches the paper receipts in the ballot boxes, they sign the acta, which is transmitted to the CNE and signed copies are given to the witnesses.{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyj439myd1jo |publisher= BBC |title= Maduro manoeuvring to stay in power in Venezuela |first= Vanessa |last= Buschschlüter |date= 1 August 2024 |access-date= 1 August 2024 |archive-date= 1 August 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240801185207/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyj439myd1jo |url-status= live |quote= Mr Maduro has turned to Venezuela's top court ... But instead of making the tallies public, he took the unusual step of filing a 'writ of amparo' - a legal move normally used by citizens who think their constitutional rights have been violated. He asked the top court to audit the voting tallies with a view to confirming the results provided by the CNE which handed him another six-year term in power. ... However, this move has already been dismissed by independent bodies, including the Carter Center.}} CNE typically posts counts, but not images of the tally sheets.

Lester Toledo, a strategist for the opposition, told the Miami Herald that—anticipating fraud in the vote tally—the opposition coordinated for several months before the election to arrange 600,000 volunteers into "command" groups of 10 (comanditos) to include "witnesses for each voting machine, lookouts outside the centers to ensure everything ran smoothly and monitors who made sure the actas were printed and then taken to outside locations to be scanned and, ultimately, uploaded to a centralized cloud". The Associated Press reported that 90,000 opposition party representatives were trained to use a custom-made app to report results and irregularities, and had been instructed not to leave polling centers before obtaining a copy of the tally sheets.{{cite news |title=Venezuela's opposition secured over 80% of crucial vote tally sheets. Here's how they did it |url=https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-election-maduro-machado-edmundo-chorizo-6d9f3999c60c09eb30e69c757ce80b11 |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=AP News |date=2 August 2024 |language=en}} Volunteers obtained over 80% of the actas, uploaded 24,576 of them, and tallied the votes by using the QR codes printed on each one.{{cite news |url= https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article290667524.html|title= Inside the Venezuelan opposition's effort to prove Maduro lost the presidential election |date= 2 August 2024 |work=Miami Herald |access-date= 2 August 2024 |first1= Ana Claudio |last1= Chacin |first2= Antonio Maria |last2= Delgado|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240802193050/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article290667524.html|archive-date=2 August 2024|url-status=live}}

Following the election, the opposition published a database and searchable website with images of the tally sheets, which registered voters could check and which they provided to international observers.

Parties and countries disputing the government results have urged the CNE to produce the tally sheets to verify its count.

The Electoral Gazette number 1023 of 25 May 2023 reported that Venezuela's Electoral Registry had 21,010,514 registered voters. Of these, 20,675,478 were in Venezuela, 107,836 were abroad, and 227,200 were foreign citizens in the country. The NGO Súmate noted a decline in registered voters over the past six publications in 2021 and 2022, with 84,115 fewer voters since the last publication. They also highlighted that 53,991 voters had objections and couldn't vote, urging them to check their status on the Electoral Council's website and file a claim if necessary.{{Cite web |last=Suarez |first=Enrique |date=25 July 2023 |title=Súmate alertó que más de 50.000 electores no podrán votar en las presidenciales de 2024 #25Jul |url=https://www.elimpulso.com/2023/07/25/sumate-alerto-que-mas-de-50-000-electores-no-podran-votar-en-las-presidenciales-de-2024-25jul/ |access-date=26 July 2023 |website=El Impulso |language=es |archive-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726022024/https://www.elimpulso.com/2023/07/25/sumate-alerto-que-mas-de-50-000-electores-no-podran-votar-en-las-presidenciales-de-2024-25jul/ |url-status=live }} Referring to [https://web.archive.org/web/20230606133736/http://www.cne.gob.ve/web/gacetas_electorales/gacetas/2023/gaceta_electoral_1023.pdf Gaceta Electoral Número 1023], 25 May 2023.

On election day, 15,767 poll stations had been set up by 08:20 am local time, which amounted to 95% of the total, according to CNE.{{Cite web |last=Amaya |first=Sol |date=28 July 2024 |title=Elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela de 2024, en vivo: votaciones, noticias y última hora |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/07/28/elecciones-presidenciales-en-venezuela-de-2024-en-vivo-votaciones-noticias-y-ultima-hora-orix/ |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=CNN |language=es |archive-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728135052/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/07/28/elecciones-presidenciales-en-venezuela-de-2024-en-vivo-votaciones-noticias-y-ultima-hora-orix/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=28 July 2024 |title=Abren los centros electorales en Venezuela para las presidenciales |url=https://efe.com/mundo/2024-07-28/venezuela-elecciones-presidenciales/ |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=EFE Noticias |language=es-ES |archive-date=29 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729022918/https://efe.com/mundo/2024-07-28/venezuela-elecciones-presidenciales/ |url-status=live }}

There were very few independent international election observers.{{cite news |first= Vanessa |last= Buschschlüter |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1we220ew71o |publisher= BBC News |title= Venezuelans vote in election challenging Maduro's grip on power |date= 28 July 2024 |access-date= 29 July 2024 |archive-date= 28 July 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240728204849/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1we220ew71o |url-status= live }}{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c720dr48g1po |publisher= BBC News |date= 25 July 2024 |access-date= 29 July 2024 |title= Venezuela election: Five things you need to know |first= Vanessa |last= Buschschlüter |archive-date= 28 July 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240728160440/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c720dr48g1po |url-status= live }}

On 20 June 2024, the Carter Center agreed to send observers in response to concerns about the lack of sufficient independent monitors, which could undermine the legitimacy of the election results.{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-19/carter-center-to-send-a-team-to-observe-venezuelan-election | title=Carter Center to Send a Team to Observe Venezuelan Election | newspaper=Bloomberg | date=19 June 2024 | access-date=6 July 2024 | archive-date=18 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718042852/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-19/carter-center-to-send-a-team-to-observe-venezuelan-election | url-status=live }} It sent only "small technical team", according to the BBC of 17 experts to 4 cities.

The Carter Center stated on 30 July that it could not verify the results from the election authorities and that the election "cannot be considered democratic".

On 25 June 2024, the United Nations announced that it would send four monitors, following the opposition's refusal to sign an agreement recognizing the presidential vote's results. The UN team planned to independently produce a confidential report for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, including recommendations for future elections in Venezuela.{{cite web | url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/un-deploy-electoral-monitors-venezuela-175941698.html | title=UN to Deploy Electoral Monitors to Venezuela Presidential Vote | date=25 June 2024 | access-date=6 July 2024 | archive-date=6 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706230719/https://www.yahoo.com/news/un-deploy-electoral-monitors-venezuela-175941698.html | url-status=live }}

The UN released their report publicly on 13 August;{{cite news |title= U.N. experts say Venezuela election results lack basic transparency |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= 13 August 2024 |first= Samantha |last= Schmidt| access-date= 14 August 2024 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/13/venezuela-election-results-un-report/}} it stated that there was a lack of “transparency and integrity measures that are essential to holding credible elections".

Following the requirements stipulated in the Barbados Agreement for transparent elections with observers, the Maduro administration invited over 600 international participants.{{cite news |url= https://www.france24.com/es/am%C3%A9rica-latina/20240727-quienes-ser%C3%A1n-los-observadores-electorales-en-las-presidenciales-de-venezuela |work= France 24 |title= ¿Quiénes serán los observadores electorales en las presidenciales de Venezuela? |language= es |trans-title= Who will be the electoral observers in the Venezuelan presidential elections? |date= 27 July 2024 |access-date= 6 August 2024 |archive-date= 4 August 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240804041705/https://www.france24.com/es/am%C3%A9rica-latina/20240727-quienes-ser%C3%A1n-los-observadores-electorales-en-las-presidenciales-de-venezuela |url-status= live }}{{cite news |url= https://www.clarin.com/mundo/enviados-iran-china-rusia-nicaragua-observadores-elecciones-venezuela_0_kAM8XQf9d3.html |work= Clarin |language= es |title= Enviados de Irán, China, Rusia y Nicaragua serán observadores de las elecciones en Venezuela |trans-title= Envoys from Iran, China, Russia and Nicaragua will be observers of the elections in Venezuela |date= 26 July 2024 |access-date= 6 August 2024 |first= Ludmila|last= Vinogradoff}}{{cite news |url= https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/venezuela-recibir%C3%A1-a-m%C3%A1s-de-630-observadores-internacionales-para-las-elecciones/83375716 |work= SWI swissinfo |title= Venezuela recibirá a más de 630 observadores internacionales para las elecciones |language= es |date= 10 July 2024 |access-date= 6 August 2024 |trans-title= Venezuela will receive more than 630 international observers for the elections |archive-date= 25 July 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240725101155/https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/venezuela-recibir%C3%A1-a-m%C3%A1s-de-630-observadores-internacionales-para-las-elecciones/83375716 |url-status= live }} Along with groups such as the United Nations, invitees were members from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the African Union and representatives from Iran, China, Russia and Nicaragua, among others.

BBC News stated that Maduro "welcomed hundreds of guests from countries allied with his government, who he says will 'accompany' the vote." Argentina's Clarin newspaper wrote that some invited envoys "were allowed entry on the condition that they belong to leftist organizations and not criticize the government", stating that "The observers are limited and cannot declare or express their opinion within Venezuela."

According to France 24, "numerous international actors, who were expected to participate in the oversight" stated that "Chavismo has revoked their accreditations, while the opposition denounce[d] obstacles for their guests", adding that "not all actors accredited to verify the functioning of Venezuelan democracy have the same powers" and that the "Carter Center and the United Nations mission were the only missions accredited to carry out mere technical observation work, that is, limited."

Infobae wrote that the guests received as observers were "allies" of the Maduro administration who would not criticize, while others were not allowed to enter.{{cite news |url= https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/07/27/maduro-expulsa-a-observadores-criticos-pero-recibe-a-veedores-de-rusia-china-y-regimenes-afines-para-las-elecciones-de-venezuela/ |work= Infobae |title= Maduro expulsa a observadores críticos, pero recibe a veedores de Rusia, China y regímenes afines para las elecciones de Venezuela |language= es |trans-title= Maduro expels critical observers, but receives observers from Russia, China and related regimes for Venezuelan elections |date= 27 July 2024 |access-date= 6 August 2024 |archive-date= 28 July 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240728170057/https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/07/27/maduro-expulsa-a-observadores-criticos-pero-recibe-a-veedores-de-rusia-china-y-regimenes-afines-para-las-elecciones-de-venezuela/ |url-status= live }}

On 28 May 2024, the CNE revoked its invitation for observers from the European Union, citing existing sanctions against Elvis Amoroso, the head of the CNE and a Maduro ally.{{cite web |date=29 May 2024 |title=Venezuela revokes invitation for EU to observe July election |url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240528-venezuela-revokes-invitation-for-eu-to-observe-july-election |work=France 24 |access-date=29 May 2024 |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529023401/https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240528-venezuela-revokes-invitation-for-eu-to-observe-july-election |url-status=live }}

After the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning the political disqualification of opposition pre-candidate María Corina Machado, the president of the pro-government National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, declared on 13 July 2023 that the Venezuelan government would not allow a European Union electoral observation mission.{{cite web |last=Moleiro |first=Alonso |date=14 July 2023 |title=Venezuela anuncia que no aceptará la observación europea en las elecciones presidenciales de 2024 |url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2023-07-14/venezuela-anuncia-que-no-aceptara-la-observacion-europea-en-las-elecciones-presidenciales-de-2024.html |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=El País |archive-date=6 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906003827/https://elpais.com/internacional/2023-07-14/venezuela-anuncia-que-no-aceptara-la-observacion-europea-en-las-elecciones-presidenciales-de-2024.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=14 July 2023 |title=Venezuela niega el acceso a observadores europeos para las elecciones de 2024 |url=https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-venezuela-niega-acceso-observadores-europeos-elecciones-2024-20230714060851.html |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=Europa Press |archive-date=6 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906003827/https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-venezuela-niega-acceso-observadores-europeos-elecciones-2024-20230714060851.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Gómez Piña |first=Shirley |date=13 July 2023 |title=Rodríguez asegura que no aceptarán observadores europeos en elecciones del 2024 |url=https://www.radiofeyalegrianoticias.com/jorge-rodriguez-asegura-que-no-aceptaran-observadores-europeos-en-elecciones-del-2024/ |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=Radio Fe y Alegría Noticias |language=es |archive-date=6 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906003833/https://www.radiofeyalegrianoticias.com/jorge-rodriguez-asegura-que-no-aceptaran-observadores-europeos-en-elecciones-del-2024/ |url-status=live }}

On 17 July 2024, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) of Brazil, which had previously rejected the invitation from Maduro's government to send observers, announced a reversal of its decision, stating that it would send two observers.{{cite web | url=https://bitlyanews.com/principales/brasil-revierte-decision-y-anuncia-que-enviara-observadores-para-las-elecciones-presidenciales-en-venezuela/ | title=Brasil revierte decisión y anuncia que enviará observadores para las elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela | date=17 July 2024 | access-date=18 July 2024 | archive-date=18 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718004657/https://bitlyanews.com/principales/brasil-revierte-decision-y-anuncia-que-enviara-observadores-para-las-elecciones-presidenciales-en-venezuela/ | url-status=live }}

On 22 July 2024, Brazilian President Lula da Silva stated: "If Maduro wants to contribute for growth to return to Venezuela, for people who left Venezuela to come back and to establish a state of economic growth, he needs to respect the democratic process." Lula, who had previously refused to openly criticize Maduro, said he would send former foreign minister Celso Amorim to watch the election.{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/brazil-venezuela-lula-maduro-elections-7f75e9f4eac2208772d639a3b9fb5793|title=Brazil's Lula urges Venezuela's Maduro to respect vote results, is 'frightened' by talk of bloodbath|date=22 July 2024|website=Associated Press|first=Mauricio|last=Savarese|access-date=22 July 2024|archive-date=22 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722192939/https://apnews.com/article/brazil-venezuela-lula-maduro-elections-7f75e9f4eac2208772d639a3b9fb5793|url-status=live}}

On 24 July 2024, TSE announced it would no longer send observers to the election in light of statements by Maduro in which, without proof, he accused the Brazilian electoral system of not being auditable.{{cite web |title=TSE desiste de enviar observadores à Venezuela após fala de Maduro |date=25 July 2024 |url=https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-justica/tse-desiste-de-enviar-observadores-a-venezuela-apos-fala-de-maduro/ |publisher=Poder360 |access-date=2 August 2024}}{{cite news |title=Sem provas, Maduro critica Brasil por "não auditar" urnas |url=https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-internacional/sem-provas-maduro-critica-brasil-por-nao-auditar-urnas/ |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=Poder360 |date=24 July 2024 |archive-date=24 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724103531/https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-internacional/sem-provas-maduro-critica-brasil-por-nao-auditar-urnas/ |url-status=live }} Nonetheless, Brazil's observation went on as planned.{{cite news |title=Eleição na Venezuela: Maduro recebeu Amorim no Palácio Miraflores e disse que entregará atas eleitorais 'nos próximos dias' |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2024/07/29/eleicao-na-venezuela-maduro-recebeu-amorim-no-palacio-miraflores.ghtml |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=O Globo |date=29 July 2024 |language=pt-br |archive-date=2 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802144913/https://oglobo.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2024/07/29/eleicao-na-venezuela-maduro-recebeu-amorim-no-palacio-miraflores.ghtml |url-status=live }}

Former Argentine president Alberto Fernández was uninvited to observe after agreeing with Lula.{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentinas-fernandez-brazilian-court-withdraw-venezuelan-election-observer-2024-07-25/ |title= Argentina's Fernandez, Brazilian court withdraw from Venezuelan election observer mission |work= Reuters |date= 25 July 2024 |access-date= 29 July 2024}}

Spanish left-wing parties Podemos, United Left, Galician Nationalist Bloc and EH Bildu sent observers.{{cite web |last=Redondo |first=Víctor |date=30 July 2024 |title=Podemos, IU, EH Bildu y BNG felicitan al pueblo venezolano |url=https://www.diario.red/articulo/actualidad/podemos-iu-eh-bildu-bng/20240729152534033413.html |access-date=30 July 2024 |work=Diario Red |language=es |archive-date=30 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730132908/https://www.diario.red/articulo/actualidad/podemos-iu-eh-bildu-bng/20240729152534033413.html |url-status=live }} Officials from Spain (ten members of its parliament), Portugal,{{Cite web|url=https://albertonews.com/internacionales/impiden-a-cayetana-alvarez-de-toledo-y-comision-del-partido-popular-ingresar-a-venezuela-seran-deportados-en-proximas-horas/|title=Retenida en Caracas la delegación del Partido Popular español que viajó a las elecciones: serán deportados en próximas horas|date=26 July 2024|access-date=27 July 2024|archive-date=27 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727080732/https://albertonews.com/internacionales/impiden-a-cayetana-alvarez-de-toledo-y-comision-del-partido-popular-ingresar-a-venezuela-seran-deportados-en-proximas-horas/|url-status=live}} and Colombia (senator Angelica Lozano) said they were denied entry to Venezuela days before the election.{{cite news |url= https://www.voanews.com/a/concern-grows-as-venezuela-blocks-election-observers/7715124.html |publisher= Voice of America |title= Concern grows as Venezuela blocks election observers |agency= Agence France-Presse |date= 27 July 2024 |access-date= 29 July 2024 |archive-date= 28 July 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240728012935/https://www.voanews.com/a/concern-grows-as-venezuela-blocks-election-observers/7715124.html |url-status= live }}

A Copa Airlines flight from Panama{{Cite web|url=https://albertonews.com/internacionales/ultima-hora-dos-vuelos-de-copa-airlines-retenidos-en-panama-por-tener-a-bordo-a-expresidentes-de-la-region-que-intentan-viajar-a-venezuela-para-las-presidenciales/|title=Impiden despegar de Panamá a vuelo con expresidentes que iban a Venezuela como observadores invitados por la oposición|date=26 July 2024|access-date=27 July 2024|archive-date=27 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727092131/https://albertonews.com/internacionales/ultima-hora-dos-vuelos-de-copa-airlines-retenidos-en-panama-por-tener-a-bordo-a-expresidentes-de-la-region-que-intentan-viajar-a-venezuela-para-las-presidenciales/|url-status=live}} bound for Caracas the day before the vote with former presidents Mireya Moscoso (Panama), Miguel Angel Rodriguez (Costa Rica), Jorge Quiroga (Bolivia) and Vicente Fox (Mexico), as well as Marta Lucia Ramirez (former Colombian vice president), was unable to depart Panama until the former officials deplaned.{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4v963pzm2o |publisher= BBC News |title= Venezuela accused of grounding Latin American ex-leaders' flight |date= 27 July 2024 |access-date= 29 July 2024 |first= Leonardo |last= Rocha |archive-date= 29 July 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240729182314/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4v963pzm2o |url-status= live }}{{cite web |author1=Elida Moreno |author2=Vivian Sequera | title=Panama says flights operating normally after Venezuela plane was blocked | website=Reuters | date=26 July 2024 | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panamas-mulino-says-plane-with-ex-presidents-heading-venezuela-not-allowed-leave-2024-07-26/ | access-date=27 July 2024}}

Chilean Senators Felipe Kast and Rojo Edwards were deported by Venezuelan authorities a day after arriving to observe the vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/se-suma-al-rojo-edwards-felipe-kast-tampoco-pudo-ingresar-a-venezuela-y-es-deportado-por-el-regimen-de-nicolas-maduro_20240726/|title=Se suma a Rojo Edwards: Felipe Kast tampoco pudo ingresar a Venezuela y es deportado por el régimen de Nicolás Maduro|website=CNN Chile|access-date=26 July 2024|archive-date=27 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727011526/https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/se-suma-al-rojo-edwards-felipe-kast-tampoco-pudo-ingresar-a-venezuela-y-es-deportado-por-el-regimen-de-nicolas-maduro_20240726/|url-status=live}} {{ill|Francisco Paoltroni|es}}, president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Argentine Senate, invited by the opposition for the election, was also deported.{{Cite web|url=https://bitlyanews.com/internacionales/ultima-hora-deportan-de-venezuela-al-senador-francisco-paoltroni-presidente-de-la-comision-de-rree-del-senado-de-argentina-invitado-por-la-oposicion-para-las-elecciones/|title=Deportan de Venezuela al senador Francisco Paoltroni, presidente de la comisión de RREE del Senado de Argentina, invitado por la oposición para las elecciones|date=26 July 2024|access-date=26 July 2024|archive-date=27 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727004154/https://bitlyanews.com/internacionales/ultima-hora-deportan-de-venezuela-al-senador-francisco-paoltroni-presidente-de-la-comision-de-rree-del-senado-de-argentina-invitado-por-la-oposicion-para-las-elecciones/|url-status=live}} Former Mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, was also expelled from Venezuela after arriving to observe the election.{{Cite web |url=https://www.lapatilla.com/2024/07/26/claudia-lopez-tambien-fue-deportada-de-venezuela-en-su-intento-por-observar-eleccion-presidencial/ |title=Claudia López también fue deportada de Venezuela en su intento por observar elección presidencial |access-date=27 July 2024 |archive-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728040947/https://www.lapatilla.com/2024/07/26/claudia-lopez-tambien-fue-deportada-de-venezuela-en-su-intento-por-observar-eleccion-presidencial/ |url-status=live }} Uruguayan deputy Pablo Viana was deported from Venezuela after being invited by the opposition to attend the election.{{Cite web |url=https://bitlyanews.com/internacionales/ultima-hora-deportan-de-venezuela-a-diputado-uruguayo-pablo-viana-invitado-por-la-oposicion-para-las-presidenciales-del-28j-detalles/ |title=Deportan de Venezuela a diputado uruguayo Pablo Viana invitado por la oposición para las presidenciales del 28J (Detalles) |date=27 July 2024 |access-date=27 July 2024 |archive-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728081143/https://bitlyanews.com/internacionales/ultima-hora-deportan-de-venezuela-a-diputado-uruguayo-pablo-viana-invitado-por-la-oposicion-para-las-presidenciales-del-28j-detalles/ |url-status=live }}

Colombia was invited but did not send observers, with officials stating that the timing of the electoral process was inadequate for technical preparations.{{cite news |first= Carol |last= Salazar |url= https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2024/07/18/registraduria-confirmo-que-no-tendra-ningun-tipo-de-participacion-en-las-elecciones-de-venezuela/ |language= es |title= Registraduría confirmó que no tendrá ningún tipo de participación en las elecciones de Venezuela |trans-title= The Registrar's Office confirmed that it will not have any kind of participation in the Venezuelan elections |work= Infobae |date= 18 July 2024 |access-date= 6 August 2024 |archive-date= 18 July 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240718222723/https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2024/07/18/registraduria-confirmo-que-no-tendra-ningun-tipo-de-participacion-en-las-elecciones-de-venezuela/ |url-status= live }}

On 16 March 2024, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) announced that incumbent Maduro would be their candidate in the presidential election, making it his third run for a six-year term.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-maduro-run-presidential-elections-set-july-socialist-party-says-2024-03-16/|title=Venezuela's Maduro announces candidacy for July re-election|work=Reuters|first=Mayela|last=Armas|date=17 March 2024|access-date=22 July 2024|archive-date=31 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331135753/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-maduro-run-presidential-elections-set-july-socialist-party-says-2024-03-16/|url-status=live}} Maduro officially registered his candidacy on 25 March.{{cite web |date=25 March 2024 |title=Venezuela's Maduro makes his candidacy official while a would-be rival struggles to register |url=https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-opposition-candidate-corina-yoris-7a7abaea209ea632ad5c3a56a5500ac6 |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=Associated Press |first1=Joshua |last1=Goodman |first2=Jorge |last2=Rueda |language=en |archive-date=25 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325213011/https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-opposition-candidate-corina-yoris-7a7abaea209ea632ad5c3a56a5500ac6 |url-status=live }}

Maduro stated in July that there would be a bloodbath or civil war if he lost the election, and that his party would win "by hook or by crook".{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7ek27j7j3o |title=Venezuelans in tense wait for election results |publisher=BBC News |date=28 July 2024|access-date=19 August 2024|first1=Ione|last1=Wells|first2=Robert |last2=Plummer}}{{cite news|url= https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/nicolas-maduro-venezuela-bano-sangre-guerra-civil-elecciones-panorama-mundial-tv/|work=CNN en Español|title='Baño de sangre' y 'guerra civil', las advertencias de Maduro si pierde la elección|language=es|trans-title='Bloodbath' and 'civil war': Maduro's warnings if he loses the election|first=Osmary |last=Hernández|date=17 July 2024|access-date=19 August 2024}}

The preliminary winner of the 22 October 2023 Unitary Platform presidential primaries was Machado, sweeping more than 90% of the vote. On 23 October, the second electoral bulletin of the National Primary Commission stated that with 92.65% counted, Machado won more than 90% of the votes and would be the candidate for the Unitary Platform for the 2024 presidential election.{{cite web |date=23 October 2023 |title=Comisión de Primaria en Venezuela publica segundo boletín con 64,88% de las actas escrutadas |url=https://www.bloomberglinea.com/latinoamerica/venezuela/comision-de-primaria-en-venezuela-publica-segundo-boletin-con-6488-de-las-actas-escrutadas/ |website=Bloomberg en Línea |quote=voceros del chavismo como Diosdado Cabello han cuestionado el resultado obtenido |access-date=25 October 2023 |archive-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024115650/https://www.bloomberglinea.com/latinoamerica/venezuela/comision-de-primaria-en-venezuela-publica-segundo-boletin-con-6488-de-las-actas-escrutadas/ |url-status=live }}

After her disqualification by the TSJ, on 22 March 2024, Machado announced that historian and professor Corina Yoris would be the replacement candidate.{{cite news|last1=Herrero|first1=Ana Vanessa|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/22/maria-corina-machado-corina-yori-maduro/|title=Maduro's strongest challenger, barred from running, picks a stand-in|date=22 March 2024|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=27 June 2024}}

Yoris was unable to officially register in the election; Unitary Platform representatives said that the electoral commission had blocked her registration. Following outcry from countries including the US, Brazil, Colombia, and Guatemala the Unitary Platform registered former diplomat Edmundo González as its temporary candidate pending the selection of another one.{{cite web |last1=Rueda |first1=Jorge |last2=Janetsky |first2=Megan |date=26 March 2024 |title=Venezuelan opposition coalition able to register provisional candidate after electoral outcry |url=https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-opposition-candidate-corina-yoris-a4e562ea579e7e63ab1ba067041c4b66 |accessdate=27 March 2024 |website=Associated Press |archive-date=26 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326195242/https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-opposition-candidate-corina-yoris-a4e562ea579e7e63ab1ba067041c4b66 |url-status=live }}

Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales, founder of A New Era party, launched a last-minute candidacy in March, taking the Unitary Platform by surprise, although he indicated he would cede his position to a unified opposition candidate.{{cite web |date=26 March 2024 |title=Venezuela opposition overcomes hurdles to register candidate |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68664242 |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=BBC |language=en |archive-date=26 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326233118/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68664242 |url-status=live }} Rosales is known as a more moderate opposition candidate who has negotiated with the Maduro government; he recognized Maduro's contested 2018 election and condemned sanctions on Venezuela enacted by the United States.{{Cite news |first2=Kejal |last2=Vyas|first1=Juan|last1=Forero |title=Venezuela's Strongman Decides Who Will Run Against Him in Presidential Election |url= https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/venezuelas-strongman-decides-who-will-run-against-him-in-presidential-election-dd9f87c6 |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327211013/https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/venezuelas-strongman-decides-who-will-run-against-him-in-presidential-election-dd9f87c6 |url-status=live }} In what an Americas Quarterly article described as "Venezuela’s long-standing political crisis", the appearance of a candidate "distrusted by others in the opposition as a pro-system contender" seemed to lower the chances a united opposition could defeat Maduro.{{cite journal|url=https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/maduro-gets-his-wish-a-divided-venezuelan-opposition/|journal=Americas Quarterly|title=Maduro Gets His Wish: A Divided Venezuelan Opposition|first=Tony|last=Mawad|date=4 April 2024|access-date=19 August 2024}} According to an article published by Deutsche Welle, his candidacy led to an "uproar" in which "Machado accused him of treason".{{cite news|url=https://www.dw.com/en/in-venezuela-a-divided-opposition-weighs-its-chances/a-68695061|publisher=Deutsche Welle|title=In Venezuela, a divided opposition weighs its chances|first=Jan D.|last=Walter|date=30 March 2024|access-date=19 August 2024}}

On 19 April 2024, a day before the deadline to register an opposition candidate,{{cite web |last=Armas |first=Mayela |date=20 April 2024 |title=Edmundo Gonzalez, Venezuela's low-profile and last-minute opposition candidate |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/edmundo-gonzalez-venezuelas-low-profile-last-minute-opposition-candidate-2024-04-20/ |accessdate=20 April 2024 |work=Reuters}} Omar Barboza, executive secretary of the PUD and president of A New Era, announced that, after a unanimous vote in support of a unity candidate, Rosales would withdraw from the race and endorse Edmundo González, uniting the PUD around a single candidate.{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/america/2024-04-20/la-oposicion-venezolana-apura-las-ultimas-horas-de-plazo-de-sustitucion-para-encontrar-un-candidato-unico.html|work=El País|title=La oposición venezolana elige como candidato de consenso a Edmundo González Urrutia|language=es|trans-title=Venezuelan opposition chooses Edmundo González Urrutia as consensus candidate|date=19 April 2024|access-date=19 August 2024|first=Florantonia|last=Singer}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/crgyde4k35ko|publisher=BBC News|title=La principal coalición opositora de Venezuela confirma a Edmundo González como su candidato de unidad para las elecciones presidenciales|language=es|trans-title=Venezuela's main opposition coalition confirms Edmundo González as its unity candidate for presidential elections|date=20 April 2024|access-date=19 August 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/04/20/la-oposicion-venezolana-designo-por-unanimidad-al-embajador-edmundo-gonzalez-urrutia-como-su-candidato-presidencial/|work=Infobae|title=La oposición venezolana designó por unanimidad a Edmundo González Urrutia como su candidato presidencial|language=es|trans-title=The Venezuelan opposition unanimously designated Edmundo González Urrutia as its presidential candidate|date=19 April 2024|access-date=19 August 2024}}

The Democratic Alliance did not participate in the primary.{{cite web |last=Martínez |first=Deisy |date=9 March 2023 |title=Alianza Democrática aún no discute candidatura presidencial unitaria para 2024 |url=https://efectococuyo.com/politica/alianza-democratica-candidatura-presidencial-unitaria-2024/ |access-date=2 May 2023 |website=Efecto Cocuyo |language=en |archive-date=2 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502190952/https://efectococuyo.com/politica/alianza-democratica-candidatura-presidencial-unitaria-2024/ |url-status=live }}

Eleven candidates without significant representation were registered following the Maduro administration's veto of opposition candidates Machado and Corina.{{cite web |url=https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/03/31/quienes-son-y-de-donde-vienen-los-candidatos-que-le-hacen-el-juego-a-maduro-en-su-farsa-electoral/ |title=Quiénes son y de dónde vienen los candidatos que le hacen el juego a Maduro en su farsa electoral |last=da Costa |first=Rocío |date=31 March 2024 |website=Infobae |language=es |access-date=18 July 2024 |archive-date=18 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718032404/https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/03/31/quienes-son-y-de-donde-vienen-los-candidatos-que-le-hacen-el-juego-a-maduro-en-su-farsa-electoral/ |url-status=live }} Authorities allowed the registration of candidates considered to be collaborators, false opposition, and politicians aligned with the Bolivarian strategy for the July 2024 presidential election, while blocking genuine opposition candidates.{{cite web |url=https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2024/03/25/6600b844e9cf4aee328b45a5.html |title=El chavismo sólo acepta un candidato "potable" de la oposición real a la medida de Maduro |date=24 March 2024 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es |access-date=18 July 2024 |archive-date=29 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729194432/https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2024/03/25/6600b844e9cf4aee328b45a5.html |url-status=live }} Among these candidates are individuals with ties to Chavismo and diverse figures such as a comedian and an evangelical pastor.

Luis Eduardo Martínez, a deputy for Acción Democrática, has held positions as governor and councilor. {{ill|Daniel Ceballos|es|Daniel Ceballos (político)}}, former mayor of San Cristóbal, has been favored by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ). {{ill|Antonio Ecarri|es|Antonio Ecarri Angola}}, with a background in education and public management, has declined multiple candidacies in his political career. Juan Carlos Alvarado, Secretary-General of COPEI, was appointed by the TSJ and has validated chavismo control of the Parliament. Benjamín Rausseo, a comedian and businessman, has made previous attempts for public office. Javier Bertucci, an evangelical pastor and deputy, has a criminal record related to diesel smuggling. José Brito, a former member of Primero Justicia, has been accused of corruption and collaborating with the administration to prevent the re-election of Juan Guaidó. Claudio Fermín, with extensive political experience and positions in the Executive Branch, has been an unsuccessful presidential candidate several times. Luis Ratti, a businessman and preacher, requested the suspension of opposition primaries. Enrique Márquez, a former rector of the National Electoral Council (CNE), has held seats in the National Assembly and served as its vice president (2016–2017, after the electoral victory of the opposition).

On 17 March, the CNE disqualified 16 political parties from nominating candidates in the presidential election, after not reaching 1% of the minimum votes in the 2021 Venezuelan regional elections, without offering a validation or repair process required by electoral law. The parties disqualified included:{{cite web |last=Quintero |first=Luisa |date=17 March 2024 |title=16 partidos quedaron vetados por el CNE para postular en las presidenciales 2024 |url=https://talcualdigital.com/16-partidos-quedaron-vetados-por-el-cne-para-postular-en-las-presidenciales-2024/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729025845/https://talcualdigital.com/16-partidos-quedaron-vetados-por-el-cne-para-postular-en-las-presidenciales-2024/ |archive-date=29 July 2024 |access-date=1 June 2024 |website=Tal Cual |language=es}}{{cite web |last=Luna |first=Perdomo |date=16 March 2024 |title=Plataforma Unitaria solo tendrá a la MUD y UNT para postular candidato presidencial |url=https://talcualdigital.com/solo-la-mud-y-unt-podran-postular-candidatos-para-la-eleccion-presidencial/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521155631/https://talcualdigital.com/solo-la-mud-y-unt-podran-postular-candidatos-para-la-eleccion-presidencial/ |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=1 June 2024 |website=Tal Cual |language=es}} Adelante, Centrados, Única, National Convergence, Suma País, Encuentro Ciudadano, Generación Independiente (Gente), Partido Unión y Entendimiento (Puente), Movimiento al Socialismo (Venezuela) (MAS), Fuerza del Cambio (FDC), Nueva Visión para mi País (Nuvipa), Unidad Política Popular 89 (UPP-89), Unión y Progreso (Venezuela), Prociudadanos (LPC), Compromiso País (Compa).

Following the end of the registration period for candidates on 25 March, Machado said that the Unitary Platform was prevented from registering Corina Yoris's candidacy, and Rosales said that he did not represent the Unitary Platform.{{cite web |date=26 March 2024 |title=¿Qué preguntas quedan después de la hora loca del CNE? |url=https://correodelcaroni.com/pais-politico/que-preguntas-quedan-despues-de-la-hora-loca-del-cne/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410154343/https://correodelcaroni.com/pais-politico/que-preguntas-quedan-despues-de-la-hora-loca-del-cne/ |archive-date=10 April 2024 |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Correo del Caroní |language=es}} Shortly afterwards, the CNE, following international pressure, authorized a 12-hour extension to register candidates, which enabled the Unitary Platform card to provisionally register its candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia.{{cite web |last=Quintero |first=Luisa |date=26 March 2024 |title=CNE confirma 13 candidatos a las presidenciales 'sin ningún tipo de restricción' |url=https://talcualdigital.com/cne-confirma-13-candidatos-a-las-presidenciales-sin-ningun-tipo-de-restriccion/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416100105/https://talcualdigital.com/cne-confirma-13-candidatos-a-las-presidenciales-sin-ningun-tipo-de-restriccion/ |archive-date=16 April 2024 |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Tal Cual |language=es}}

{{See also|Voter suppression}}

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The requirements for voters to register abroad were restrictive and not contemplated in the constitution. Requirements included a current passport (one of the most expensive in the world to obtain) and having permanent residence; the majority of voters abroad had Temporary Permission to Stay or Permission for Temporary Protection, and did not have residence, consequently, very few were registered.{{cite web |last=Figuera |first=Roison |date=23 March 2024 |title=CNE suma una semana en mora con el Registro Electoral en el exterior |url=https://talcualdigital.com/cne-suma-una-semana-en-mora-con-el-registro-electoral-en-el-exterior/#google_vignette |website=Tal Cual |language=es |access-date=12 July 2024 |archive-date=29 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729033335/https://talcualdigital.com/cne-suma-una-semana-en-mora-con-el-registro-electoral-en-el-exterior/#google_vignette |url-status=live }}

On 16 April, registration and updating of the Electoral Registry of Venezuela concluded. With approximately 7.7 million Venezuelans abroad, 80% of whom have the right to vote, the CNE only authorized some consulates to hold registration; many Venezuelans could not register because there was no authorized consulate or it was very far from their location. In many of the consulates, delays were observed and the CNE registered little political interest in solving the problem; the majority of voters abroad register an opposition tendency.{{cite web |last=Álvarez |first=Ramón Cardozo |date=19 April 2024 |title=Maduro cercena el derecho electoral de migrantes venezolanos |url=https://www.dw.com/es/maduro-cercena-el-derecho-electoral-de-los-migrantes-venezolanos/a-68873638 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615003850/https://www.dw.com/es/maduro-cercena-el-derecho-electoral-de-los-migrantes-venezolanos/a-68873638 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=Deutsche Welle |publisher= |language=es}} David Smolansky, former mayor of El Hatillo, accused the administration of blocking the registration of at least 4.5 million Venezuelans abroad through "a policy of systematic and generalized discrimination" as well as its "requirements to register and change residence address" that led to "queues at the consulates".{{cite web |last=Vinogradoff |first=Ludmila |date=16 April 2024 |title=Las trabas que el régimen de Nicolás Maduro pone a los venezolanos en el exterior para inscribirse para las elecciones presidenciales |url=https://www.clarin.com/mundo/trabas-regimen-nicolas-maduro-pone-venezolanos-exterior-inscribirse-elecciones-presidenciales_0_V7uxRkjTi6.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521195704/https://www.clarin.com/mundo/trabas-regimen-nicolas-maduro-pone-venezolanos-exterior-inscribirse-elecciones-presidenciales_0_V7uxRkjTi6.html |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=1 June 2024 |website=El Clarín |language=es}}

The special day for voter registration abroad was marred by delays in the process of up to five days, as occurred in Spain, Argentina, Peru and Chile. Citizens complained that they were not able to register or update their data.

According to a 2 May preliminary CNE report, of the almost 7.7 million Venezuelans abroad, only 69,189 were allowed to vote, of which only 6,020 managed to change their voting center in Venezuela to the country where they reside. The number of new people registered to vote abroad was negligible due to the requirements imposed by the CNE and the Foreign Ministry: in Mexico 69 people managed to register as new voters, in Spain 97, in Argentina 27, in Colombia only 25, in Ecuador 13 and in Peru only six. The exact total number of citizens able to vote was 21,402,220.{{cite web |last=Valduza |first=Enrique |date=2 May 2024 |title=Apenas 69 mil venezolanos en el exterior podrán votar en comicios del 28 de julio, según primer corte del RE |url=https://www.diarioultimahoradigital.com.ve/2024/05/02/apenas-69-mil-venezolanos-en-el-exterior-podran-votar-en-comicios-del-28-de-julio-segun-primer-corte-preliminar-del-re/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602132728/https://www.diarioultimahoradigital.com.ve/2024/05/02/apenas-69-mil-venezolanos-en-el-exterior-podran-votar-en-comicios-del-28-de-julio-segun-primer-corte-preliminar-del-re/ |archive-date=2 June 2024 |access-date=1 June 2024 |website=Diario Última Hora |language=es}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cne.gob.ve/web/gacetas_electorales/gacetas/2024/gaceta_electoral_1055.pdf|title=Gaceta electoral N° 1055, Resolución Nº 240429-036 Cuadro Estadístico del Registro Electoral Preliminar correspondiente al Corte del Registro Electoral al 16 de abril de 2024, el cual alcanza una cantidad de veintiún millones seiscientos treinta mil novecientos veintisiete (21.630.927)|date=29 April 2024|publisher=Gaceta Electoral del CNE|website=Lista: Distribución de Electoras y Electores Por Estado|access-date=12 July 2024|archive-date=24 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724031255/http://www.cne.gob.ve/web/gacetas_electorales/gacetas/2024/gaceta_electoral_1055.pdf|url-status=live}}

In mid-June the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) demanded that Venezuela "adopt the necessary measures" to guarantee the right to vote for compatriots abroad for the presidential elections, stating that "a genuine commitment to democracy requires that the State immediately reestablish the separation and independence of public powers".{{cite web |date=18 June 2024 |title=CIDH insta a Venezuela a garantizar derecho al voto de connacionales en el extranjero |url=https://talcualdigital.com/cidh-insta-a-venezuela-a-garantizar-derecho-al-voto-de-connacionales-en-el-extranjero/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712143852/https://talcualdigital.com/cidh-insta-a-venezuela-a-garantizar-derecho-al-voto-de-connacionales-en-el-extranjero/ |archive-date=12 July 2024 |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=Tal Cual |language=es}}

Along with the issues in overseas voter registration and voting that "effectively disenfranchised most of the migrant population", the Carter Center listed other problems with the electoral process. Checkpoints were placed near polling stations to intimidate voters. Individuals and companies providing services to the opposition were harassed and intimidated. The TSJ replaced the leadership of opposition political parties with those who supported Maduro. The Maduro campaign frequently used government vehicles and social programs to promote their campaign.

The New York Times stated that irregularities on election day throughout the country "provoked fury". Intimidation of voters with violence and threats, and by state forces, included an example in Cumaná, where dozens of armed authorities lined up at a polling station. In one city, voters reported that government security forces tried to replace designated witnesses with their own personnel. The Venezuelan Electoral Observatory said that 17,000 voters found their polling place changed at the last minute; a New York Times reporter was detained after trying to enter an unofficial polling place. Voting centers stayed open past the required closing time to allow Maduro supporters to round up more votes. Some voting centers refused to print the vote tallies as required by law.{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/es/2024/07/31/espanol/elecciones-venezuela-irregularidades-ejemplos.html |work= The New York Times |title= Las elecciones en Venezuela tuvieron profundas irregularidades. Estas son algunas |language= es |trans-title= The elections in Venezuela had deep irregularities. Here are some of them |first= Genevieve |last= Glatsky |date= 31 July 2024 |access-date= 2 August 2024 |archive-date= 2 August 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240802030525/https://www.nytimes.com/es/2024/07/31/espanol/elecciones-venezuela-irregularidades-ejemplos.html |url-status= live }} Between January and 26 July 2024, Foro Penal said that 135 individuals associated with the González campaign had been arrested.{{cite news |url= https://www.france24.com/es/minuto-a-minuto/20240726-más-de-130-detenidos-en-venezuela-vinculados-a-la-campaña-opositora-según-una-ong |publisher= France 24 |title= Más de 130 detenidos en Venezuela vinculados a la campaña opositora, según una ONG |language= es |trans-title= More than 130 people arrested in Venezuela linked to the opposition campaign, according to an NGO |date = 26 July 2024 |access-date= 6 August 2024}}

According to Lester Toledo, as the polls were about to close, "he received reports from about 90% of the volunteers that the government had ordered election workers to not print the actas. But after a tense period of back-and-forth, soldiers with the national guard allowed most volunteers to take the actas home anyway." Inside the CNE as the machine vote tallies were being received, the two witnesses from the opposition were denied entry, and according to the Miami Herald, "Enrique Marquez, one of a handful of presidential candidates, said his own campaign monitor was allowed in the room and reported that the Council did not print the results of the election."

Pares (the Colombian Peace & Reconciliation Foundation) released three reports on violence that occurred during the elections.{{cite news|url=https://www.diariolasamericas.com/america-latina/en-venezuela-reportan-una-victima-violencia-politica-cada-dos-dias-precampana-electoral-n5358333|title=En Venezuela reportan una víctima de violencia política cada dos días durante precampaña electoral|language=es|trans-title=In Venezuela, one victim of political violence is reported every two days during the pre-election campaign|work=Diario Las Américas|date=14 June 2024|access-date=20 August 2024|first=Olgalinda|last=Pimentel}} The reports encompassed the time periods:

1. 5 March to 25 May{{cite report|url=https://www.pares.com.co/post/primer-informe-sobre-violencia-pol%C3%ADtico-electoral-en-venezuela|title=Primer informe sobre violencia político electoral en Venezuela|language=es|trans-title=First report on political-electoral violence in Venezuela|date=14 June 2024|publisher=Pares: Fundación Paz y Reconciliación|location=Bogota, Colombia|access-date=20 August 2024}}
2. 26 May to 26 June{{cite report|url=https://www.pares.com.co/post/no-para-la-violencia-de-maduro-contra-sus-opositores|title=Segundo Informe de Violencia Político—Electoral en Venezuela|language=es|trans-title=Second Report on Political-Electoral Violence in Venezuela|date=12 July 2024|publisher=Pares: Fundación Paz y Reconciliación|location=Bogota, Colombia|access-date=20 August 2024}}
3. 27 June to 28 July{{cite report|url=https://www.pares.com.co/post/desapariciones-deportaciones-y-detenciones-arbitrarias-los-resultados-del-tercer-informe-de-violen|title= Desapariciones, deportaciones y detenciones arbitrarias: Los resultados del Tercer Informe de Violencia Político-Electoral en Venezuela|language=es|trans-title=Disappearances, deportations and arbitrary detentions: The results of the Third Report on Political-Electoral Violence in Venezuela|publisher=Pares: Fundación Paz y Reconciliación|location=Bogota, Colombia|date=16 August 2024|access-date=20 August 2024}}

In the first report, Pares stated there were 25 incidents with 38 victims, of which 17 were affiliated with Vente Venezuela. Pares found Venezuelan armed and security forces responsible for the majority, and stated that "no possible victims of political-electoral violence who are part of the official parties or the government bloc of Venezuela were found". In its third report (27 June to 28 July) Pares stated that most of the victims were "members of the main opposition parties", along with 10 journalists, and that over 91% of the violent acts that affected 129 victims were committed by Venezuelan security forces.{{cite news|url=https://eldiario.com/2024/08/14/fundacion-pares-responsabilizo-autoridades-venezuela-violencia-elecciones/|work=El Diario de Caracas|title=Fundación Pares responsabilizó a las autoridades de Venezuela por la violencia durante las elecciones|language=es|trans-title=Pares Foundation blamed Venezuelan authorities for violence during elections|first=Jose|last=Villa|date=14 August 2024|access-date=19 August 2024}}

In August 2023, the NGO Súmate denounced that at least 92 candidates for rectors of the CNE were linked to Chavismo, pointing out that Article 9 of the Organic Law of Electoral Processes prohibits members of the Council to have any political affiliation. Sumate also stated that one of the nominees had been convicted for homicide and extortion in 1998, that 46 candidates repeated the candidacy after running in 2021 and that by that time they were deputies of the pro-government National Assembly.{{cite news |date=5 August 2023 |title=Súmate: "Al menos 92 candidatos al CNE están vinculados al chavismo" |url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/sumate-al-menos-92-candidatos-al-cne-estan-vinculados-al-chavismo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805185537/https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/sumate-al-menos-92-candidatos-al-cne-estan-vinculados-al-chavismo/ |archive-date=5 August 2023 |access-date=6 September 2023 |periodical=El Nacional}} On 15 August, the pro-government National Assembly declared itself in permanent session to appoint the new CNE rectors.{{cite news |date=16 August 2023 |title=AN electa en 2020 se declaró en sesión permanente para designar a nuevos rectores del CNE |url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/an-electa-en-2020-se-declaro-en-sesion-permanente-para-designar-a-nuevos-rectores-del-cne/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119075405/https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/an-electa-en-2020-se-declaro-en-sesion-permanente-para-designar-a-nuevos-rectores-del-cne/ |archive-date=19 November 2023 |access-date=6 September 2023 |periodical=El Nacional}}

{{Further|Censorship in Venezuela}}

TechRadar reported that websites, including Wikipedia and voting information websites, were blocked in Venezuela beginning on 28 July.{{Cite web |last=Castro |first=Chiara |date=31 July 2024 |title=VPN usage in Venezuela soars in the aftermath of presidential elections |url=https://www.techradar.com/pro/vpn/vpn-usage-in-venezuela-soars-in-the-aftermath-of-presidential-elections |website=TechRadar |access-date=1 August 2024 |archive-date=31 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731200313/https://www.techradar.com/pro/vpn/vpn-usage-in-venezuela-soars-in-the-aftermath-of-presidential-elections |url-status=live }}

{{ill|VE Sin Filtro|es}}, a non-governmental organization that monitors internet censorship, reported that more than 60 news providers are blocked in Venezuela, including 17 new sites that were blocked after the election campaigns started.{{cite news |url= https://efectococuyo.com/la-humanidad/bloquean-the-wall-street-journal-en-venezuela/ |work= Efecto Cocuyo |title= Bloquean The Wall Street Journal en Venezuela |language=es |trans-title= The Wall Street Journal blocked in Venezuela |date= 2 August 2024 |access-date= 7 August 2024}}

The sanctioned Argentine firm Ex Clé provided the technological platform for voting in the presidential election.{{Cite web |last=Fitz Patrick |first=Mariel |date=8 August 2024 |title=Los millonarios movimientos de dinero de la empresa argentina proveedora del sistema electoral en Venezuela que activaron las alertas de la UIF |url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2024/08/08/los-millonarios-movimientos-de-dinero-de-la-empresa-argentina-proveedora-del-sistema-electoral-en-venezuela-que-activaron-las-alertas-de-la-uif/ |access-date=8 August 2024 |website=infobae |language=es-ES |trans-title= The millionaire money movements of the Argentine company that provides the electoral system in Venezuela that triggered the UIF alerts}}{{cite web|url=https://armando.info/como-privatizar-unas-elecciones/|website=Armando.info|title=Cómo privatizar unas elecciones |language=es|trans-title=How to privatize elections|date=18 August 2024|access-date=6 September 2024}} Significant transactions moving from Venezuela through Ex Clé's accounts in banks in Uruguay and the United States triggered alerts from Argentina's Anti-Money Laundering Unit. The firm, which owns the voting machines and electronic counting software, came under suspicion, according to Infobae, when the Argentine anti-money laundering unit reported "the triangulation of funds (by EX Clé) through third countries without apparent economic justification" and "transfers abroad whose destinations could be questionable", among other concerns according to Argentine Law No. 25,246 on money laundering.

{{main|List of endorsements in the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election}}

After she was barred from running, Machado's endorsement of González was an important factor in the election{{cite news |url= https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/06/18/analisis-maria-corina-machado-edmundo-gonzalez-urrutia-elecciones-venezuela-orix/ |title=

ANÁLISIS: El factor María Corina Machado, decisivo para las oportunidades de Edmundo González Urrutia en las elecciones de Venezuela|trans-title= Analysis: The Maria Corina Machado factor is decisive for Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia's chances in Venezuela's elections |first= Anabella |last= Gonzalez |date= 18 June 2024 |access-date= 10 August 2024 |work= CNN en Español |language=es}} as he gained support from even former socialist supporters of the government,{{cite news|url= https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-opposition-sees-military-ensuring-respect-vote-results-2024-07-25/ |title= Venezuela candidates close campaigns, opposition trusts military to back result |work= Reuters |date= 25 July 2024 |access-date= 10 August 2024}} along with support from the Machado-led opposition.{{cite news |url= https://ca.news.yahoo.com/venezuela-opposition-leader-provides-hope-130720995.html |work= The Canadian Press |title= Venezuela opposition leader provides hope for many, even though she isn't on the presidential ballot |publisher = Associated Press |first1= Regina |last1=Garcia Cano |first2= Fabiola |last2=Sanchez |date= 26 July 2024 |access-date= 10 August 2024}}{{cite news |url= https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/el-candidato-que-no-queria-ser-presidente-edmundo-gonzalez-eleccion-presidencial-venezuela/7702371.html |work= Voice of America |date= 23 July 2024 |access-date= 10 August 2024 |first= Nicole |last= Kolster |title= La carrera de obstáculos que llevó a Edmundo González a ser candidato presidencial en Venezuela |language=es |trans-title= The obstacle course that led Edmundo González to become a presidential candidate in Venezuela}}

{{further|Polls in Venezuela}}

As of July 2024, most polls favored González to win by a wide margin; this trend was particularly true from the higher-quality pollsters in Venezuela.{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/es/2024/06/25/espanol/venezuela-maduro-elecciones-gonzalez.html |title= El presidente de Venezuela acordó ir a las urnas, pero no planea perder |language= es |trans-title= The president of Venezuela agreed to go to the polls, but does not plan to lose |first1= Julie |last1= Turkewitz |first2= Anatoly |last2= Kurmanaev |date= 25 June 2024 |work= New York Times |access-date= 27 June 2024 |archive-date= 26 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240626161613/https://www.nytimes.com/es/2024/06/25/espanol/venezuela-maduro-elecciones-gonzalez.html |url-status= live }}{{cite news |url= https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/06/24/elecciones-en-venezuela-gonzalez-urrutia-es-el-favorito-y-el-66-quiere-que-el-pais-cambie-de-rumbo/ |title= Elecciones en Venezuela: González Urrutia es el favorito y el 66% quiere que el país cambie de rumbo |language= es |trans-title= Elections in Venezuela: González Urrutia is the favorite and 66% want the country to change course |date= 24 June 2024 |publisher= Infobae |access-date= 27 June 2024 |archive-date= 29 July 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240729025000/https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/06/24/elecciones-en-venezuela-gonzalez-urrutia-es-el-favorito-y-el-66-quiere-que-el-pais-cambie-de-rumbo/ |url-status= live }}{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/world/americas/venezuela-president-election.html |title= Venezuela's 2024 Presidential Vote: What to Know |work= New York Times |first= Genevieve |last= Glatsky |date= 16 May 2024 |access-date= 28 June 2024 |archive-date= 28 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240628052951/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/world/americas/venezuela-president-election.html |url-status= live }}{{cite news |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-17/venezuela-election-how-maduro-plans-to-beat-edmundo-gonzalez?embedded-checkout=true |title= Maduro Bets He Can Crush Venezuela's Opposition in an Open Vote |work= Bloomberg News |first= Andreina |last= Itriago Acosta |date= 17 May 2024 |access-date= 28 June 2024 |quote= But polls show the president trailing far behind opposition candidate Edmundo González ahead of the July 28 vote. |archive-date= 28 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240628151626/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-17/venezuela-election-how-maduro-plans-to-beat-edmundo-gonzalez?embedded-checkout=true |url-status= live }}{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelan-presidential-candidates-agree-respect-election-results-main-2024-06-20/ |title= Venezuelan presidential candidates agree to respect election results, main opposition abstains |first= Vivian |last= Sequera |publisher= Reuters |date= 20 June 2024 |access-date= 28 June 2024}}{{cite journal |url= https://americasquarterly.org/article/political-guarantees-for-all-are-crucial-to-venezuelas-election/ |title= Political Guarantees for All Are Crucial to Venezuela's Election |first= Michael |last= Penfold |date= 28 May 2024 |access-date= 28 June 2024 |journal= Americas Quarterly |archive-date= 28 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240628151632/https://americasquarterly.org/article/political-guarantees-for-all-are-crucial-to-venezuelas-election/ |url-status= live }}{{Cite news |last=Vyas |first=Kejal |title=A Little-Known Retiree Is Challenging Venezuela's Strongman—and Leading Big in Polls |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/edmundo-gonzalez-venezuela-presidential-candidate-polls-d74d4a9c |access-date=16 July 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=15 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715163238/https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/edmundo-gonzalez-venezuela-presidential-candidate-polls-d74d4a9c |url-status=live }}

{{further-text|Polling in Venezuela § 2024 presidential election}}

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During the run-up to the election, several news outlets reported on the proliferation of polls favoring Maduro published since May 2024 by previously unknown polling firms,{{cite news |url= https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/venezuela/venezuela-guerra-de-encuestas-por-liderar-voto-para-elecciones-presidenciales-del-28-de-julio-3346982 |language= es |title= ¿Nicolás Maduro o Edmundo González? La 'guerra de encuestas' por quién lidera la intención de voto en elecciones de Venezuela |trans-title= Nicolás Maduro or Edmundo González? The 'poll war' over who leads voting intentions in Venezuelan elections |first= Ana Maria |last= Rodrigues Brazon |date= 28 May 2024 |access-date= 27 June 2024 |work= El Tiempo |archive-date= 27 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240627173644/https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/venezuela/venezuela-guerra-de-encuestas-por-liderar-voto-para-elecciones-presidenciales-del-28-de-julio-3346982 |url-status= live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.medianalisis.org/seis-encuestadoras-sospechosas-promocionan-coordinadamente-a-nicolas-maduro-como-favorito-para-el-28-j/|title= Seis encuestadoras sospechosas promocionan coordinadamente a Nicolás Maduro como favorito para el 28-J |date=3 July 2024|website=Medianalisis|access-date=15 July 2024|quote=DataViva, Ideadatos, Insight by Contrapunto, Data Política Consultores, Encuestadora Paramétrica y Mass Behavior Research|archive-date=15 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715103956/https://www.medianalisis.org/seis-encuestadoras-sospechosas-promocionan-coordinadamente-a-nicolas-maduro-como-favorito-para-el-28-j/|url-status=live |language=es |trans-title= Six suspicious pollsters are promoting Nicolás Maduro as the favorite for 28 July}} fuelling concerns that some polls were being used as propaganda tools by Chavismo.{{cite web|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/2024/07/15/la-guerra-de-encuestas-se-desata-en-venezuela-en-un-clima-de-propaganda-y-desinformacion/|title=La 'guerra de encuestas' se desata en Venezuela en un clima de propaganda y desinformación|access-date=16 July 2024|website=www.lapatilla.com|archive-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716010122/https://www.lapatilla.com/2024/07/15/la-guerra-de-encuestas-se-desata-en-venezuela-en-un-clima-de-propaganda-y-desinformacion/|url-status=live |language=es |trans-title= The 'poll war' breaks out in Venezuela in a climate of propaganda and disinformation}} These poll results differed significantly from those published by more traditional pollsters, which showed Maduro trailing.

According to Medianálisis, Efecto Cocuyo, Cazadores de Fake News and Probox, working with the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism, these polls were being used to discredit opposition candidates Polls showing Maduro ahead were predominantly disseminated by media outlets claimed to be pro-Maduro, such as Globovisión, El Universal, {{ill|Venezuela News|es}}, Correo del Orinoco and NotiTarde.{{cite web|url=http://efectococuyo.com/cocuyo-chequea/ics-latam-encuestadora-inconsistette/|title=ICS resucitó para publicar encuesta inconsistente con 56,9% para Maduro|access-date=16 July 2024|last=Gutiérrez|first=Jeanfreddy|date=11 July 2024|website=Efecto Cocuyo|language=es|trans-title= ICS resurrected to publish inconsistent survey with 56.9% for Maduro|archive-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716013432/https://efectococuyo.com/cocuyo-chequea/ics-latam-encuestadora-inconsistette/|url-status=live}}

Six pollsters consistently placed opposition candidate González in first place, while others placed Maduro in front. Well-known pollsters in the Venezuelan political sphere, such as Datanálisis, Datincorp, Delphos, and Consultores 21, along with the emerging Poder y Estrategia, indicated that Urrutia had more than 50% of voting intentions. Results by lesser-known firms Hinterlaces, ICS Latam, IMC Orientación, and DataViva, among others, showed Maduro with between 54% and 70% of votes. Results by CECA Consultores showed a technical tie slightly favoring the opposition.

On 28 May, Colombian newspaper El Tiempo named IdeaDatos and Data Viva as examples of suspicious pollsters. NTN24 singled out Insight in June 2024, writing that "Eight of ten [recent] polls give the winner to the opposition candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, and the only two that give victory to ... Maduro, are unknown firms and their social media accounts are recent", adding that IdeaDatos and PoliAnalítico "actively campaign for Nicolás Maduro".{{cite news |url= https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-politica/guerra-de-encuestas-estos-son-los-diez-sondeos-que-perfilan-al-proximo-presidente-de-venezuela-493950 |title= Guerra de encuestas: Estos son los diez sondeos que perfilan al próximo Presidente de Venezuela |language= es |date= 2 June 2024 |first= Maryorin |last= Méndez |trans-title= Poll war: These are the ten polls that outline the next President of Venezuela |publisher= NTN24 |access-date= 27 June 2024 |archive-date= 27 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240627173647/https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-politica/guerra-de-encuestas-estos-son-los-diez-sondeos-que-perfilan-al-proximo-presidente-de-venezuela-493950 |url-status= live }}{{cite news |url= https://www.elnacional.com/opinion/se-activa-la-guerra-de-encuestas/ |title= Se activa la guerra de encuestas |language= es |trans-title= The poll war is activated |first= Marcos |last= Hernández López |date= 20 June 2024 |publisher= El Nacional |access-date= 27 June 2024 |archive-date= 20 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240620085122/https://www.elnacional.com/opinion/se-activa-la-guerra-de-encuestas/ |url-status= live }}

Venezuelan independent journalism website Efecto Cocuyo published several detailed exposés of pollsters, alleging faulty methodology, systematic bias in favor of Maduro, and repeated dissemination of their polls by pro-Maduro outlets. Polling firms alleged to be unreliable include IdeaDatos, CMIDE, Parametrica, Hinterlaces, IMC Orientación, and ICS Latam.{{cite news |url= https://efectococuyo-com.translate.goog/cocuyo-chequea/idea-datos-inconsistente-tercera-vez/ |title= IdeaDatos le otorga 56,1% a Maduro en su tercera encuesta, repitiendo vacíos empresariales y estadísticas |first= Jeanfreddy |last= Gutiérrez |date= 12 June 2024 |publisher= Efecto Cocuyo |work= Cocuyo Chequea (Cocuyo Factcheck) |language=es|trans-title= IdeaDatos gives 56.1% to Maduro in its third survey, repeating business gaps and statistics |access-date= 27 June 2024}}{{cite news |url= https://efectococuyo.com/cocuyo-chequea/data-viva-maduro-julio-2023/ |title= Inconsistente: encuestadora alabada por Maduro fue creada en julio de 2023 |first= Jeanfreddy |last= Gutiérrez |date= 12 June 2024 |publisher= Efecto Cocuyo |work= Cocuyo Chequea (Cocuyo Factcheck) |language= es |trans-title= Inconsistent: pollster praised by Maduro was created in July 2023 |access-date= 27 June 2024 |archive-date= 27 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240627173644/https://efectococuyo.com/cocuyo-chequea/data-viva-maduro-julio-2023/ |url-status= live }}{{cite news |url= https://efectococuyo.com/cocuyo-chequea/cmide-501-encuesta-memes/ |title= Encuestadora CMIDE 50.1 es una cuenta de memes, fútbol y poesía que borró todos sus posts anteriores |first= Jeanfreddy |last= Gutiérrez |date= 14 May 2024 |publisher= Efecto Cocuyo |work= Cocuyo Chequea (Cocuyo Factcheck) |language= es |trans-title= Pollster CMIDE 50.1 is a meme, football and poetry account that deleted all its previous posts |access-date= 27 June 2024 |archive-date= 27 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240627183822/https://efectococuyo.com/cocuyo-chequea/cmide-501-encuesta-memes/ |url-status= live }}

An exit poll by Edison Research—which, according to The Guardian, "conducts high-profile election polling in the US and other countries"—gave González 65% of the vote and Maduro 31%.{{cite news| first=Vivian| last=Sequera | title=Venezuelan protests break out as government claims election win | work=Reuters | date=29 July 2024 | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/government-opposition-both-claim-venezuela-election-win-official-results-2024-07-29/ | access-date=29 July 2024}}

{{Commons category|Tally sheets of the Vote Count for the 2024 Presidential Elections in Venezuela|italic=no}}

According to The New York Times, "Maduro was declared the winner in a presidential vote ... marred by irregularities"; these irregularities included "polling places [that] refused to release paper tallies of the electronic vote count, and ... widespread reports of fraud and voter intimidation", results that varied "wildly" from public opinion polls and voting center samples, "major irregularities and problems at those voting centers", and blocking of legal monitors from polling places.{{cite news |first= Anatoly |last= Kurmanaev |title= Here's what to know about Venezuela's flawed election |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/29/world/americas/venezuela-election-takeaways.html |work= The New York Times |date= 29 July 2024 |access-date= 29 July 2024 |archive-date= 29 July 2024 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20240729161527/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/29/world/americas/venezuela-election-takeaways.html |url-status= live |url-access=subscription}}

File:Jennie K Lincoln.jpg, with samples of vote tallies]]

The Carter Center, which sent a small team of observers, stated that there was a "complete lack of transparency" and that the election "did not meet international standards", "cannot be considered democratic", and had occurred in "an environment of restricted freedoms" and "clear bias" from electoral authorities; they could not verify the results from the electoral authority.

The United Nations sent a small panel of experts who spent a month in Caracas, and was expected to produce only a confidential report for internal purposes. It released its report publicly on 13 August, and according to the Associated Press, "harshly criticized" the CNE for declaring Maduro the winner before having table-level results.{{cite news |url= https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-crackdown-detentions-united-nations-human-rights-cd2555ec2255f6a804a671f8723bc15b |publisher= Associated Press |date= 13 August 2024 |title= UN expert panel sent to Venezuela blasts lack of transparency in presidential elections |first= Joshua |last= Goodman |access-date= 14 August 2024}} The report stated that the premature declaration of a winner "had no precedent in contemporary democratic elections", and that the election process lacked “basic transparency and integrity". It concluded that the tally sheets produced by the opposition appeared to have security features that indicate "a key transparency safeguard may be available, as intended, with respect to any officially released results". Venezuela's Foreign Minister Yván Gil rejected the report as false and called it part of "a series of lies" and a "far right" plot.{{cite news |url= https://www.voanews.com/a/venezuela-attacks-un-with-propaganda-accusation-for-reporting-election-transparency-issues-/7745957.html |work= Voice of America News |title= Venezuela attacks UN with 'propaganda' accusation for reporting election transparency issues |first= William |last= Echols |date= 16 August 2024 |access-date= 17 August 2024}}

Opposition groups stated their intent the day after the election to publish the detailed electoral results in the form of scanned copies of the tally sheets ({{lang|es|actas de escrutinio}}) and other digital formats

{{cite web |title= Informe del Departamento para la Cooperación y Observación Electoral (DECO) de la Secretaría para el Fortalecimiento de la Democracia de la OEA sobre la elección presidencial de Venezuela para el Secretario General Luis Almagro |language= es |publisher= Organization of American States |date= 30 July 2024 |trans-title= Report of the Department for Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO) of the Secretariat for the Strengthening of Democracy of the OAS on the presidential election of Venezuela for the Secretary General Luis Almagro|url= https://www.oas.org/fpdb/press/Informe-al-SG-sobre-Elecciones-Venezuela-2024-30-de-julio-para-distribuir-(1).pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240730170718/https://www.oas.org/fpdb/press/Informe-al-SG-sobre-Elecciones-Venezuela-2024-30-de-julio-para-distribuir-(1).pdf |archive-date= 30 July 2024 |access-date= 10 August 2024 |id= Wikidata :d:Q128129159 }}{{rp|21}} on a website resultadospresidencialesvenezuela2024.com{{Cite web|url=https://resultadospresidencialesvenezuela2024.com/|title=Informacion de Centros y mesas de votacion|website=resultadospresidencialesvenezuela2024.com}} where registered voters can check the results for their place of voting. According to La Patilla, Venezuelan authorities blocked access to the server on Venezuelan internet providers. La Patilla recommended the use of VPNs for accessing the website.{{cite web|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/2024/07/30/como-acceder-a-la-pagina-web-para-verificar-las-actas-electorales-que-maduro-bloqueo-en-venezuela/|title=Cómo acceder a la página web para verificar las actas electorales que Maduro bloqueó en Venezuela|work=La Patilla|date=30 July 2024|language=es}} The opposition reported that, on 31 July, more than 44 million website attacks were prevented, with more than 32 million users consulting the database in 24 hours.{{cite news |url= https://eldiario.com/2024/08/01/comando-con-venezuela-mitigaron-millones-ataques-contra-la-web-revision-de-actas/amp/# |work= El Diario |date= 1 August 2024 |access-date= 1 August 2024 |language=es |title= Comando Con Venezuela informó que mitigaron más de 44 millones de ataques contra la web de revisión de actas |trans-title= Comando Con Venezuela reported that they mitigated more than 44 million attacks against the website for reviewing records}}

On 1 August, presidents Gabriel Boric of Chile, Gustavo Petro of Colombia, Lula da Silva of Brazil, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico called for the CNE to publish its version of the tally sheets and the full vote counts. The following day, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice asked the CNE to provide the nationwide tally sheets and summed reports within three calendar days.{{cite news |title=TSJ solicita al CNE consignar actas de escrutinios a nivel nacional y las actas de totalización|trans-title=The Supreme Tribunal of Justice requests the National Electoral Council to publish the national level tally sheets and reports of totals|work=Efecto Cocuyo|language=es|date=2 August 2024|access-date=20 August 2024|url=https://efectococuyo.com/politica/tsj-solicita-al-cne-consignar-actas-de-escrutinios-a-nivel-nacional-y-las-actas-de-totalizacion/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240803111138/https://efectococuyo.com/politica/tsj-solicita-al-cne-consignar-actas-de-escrutinios-a-nivel-nacional-y-las-actas-de-totalizacion|archive-date=3 August 2024|id=Wikidata :d:Q128435622|url-status=live}}

In the AltaVista PVT project with a preregistered statistical sampling method of parallel vote tabulation,{{cite web |first1=Dalson |last1= Figueiredo Filho|first2=Jose Antonio |last2= Gomez Duarte (pseudonym) |first3=Raphael |last3= Nishimura |first4= Walter |last4= Mebane |author4-link=Walter Mebane|date= 28 July 2024 |title= Estimating Vote Counts with Limited Electoral Integrity |url= https://storage.googleapis.com/project-pvt-2.appspot.com/public/Alta_Vista_PPA.pdf |publisher= Google apis|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240802012651/https://storage.googleapis.com/project-pvt-2.appspot.com/public/Alta_Vista_PPA.pdf |archive-date= 2 August 2024 |access-date= 10 August 2024|id= Wikidata :d:Q128304770}} a team of statisticians applied their method by photographing results from 997 polling stations and inferring the national vote shares. They found 66.1% for González and 31.4% for Maduro, each with an error margin of 0.5%. The participation rate was estimated as 60.1%.{{cite news |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/07/venezuela-stolen-election-interview-leopoldo-lopez/679305/ |work=The Atlantic |date= 31 July 2024 |access-date= 31 July 2024| title= Venezuela's Dictator Can't Even Lie Well |first= Anne |last= Applebaum |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240731183026/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/07/venezuela-stolen-election-interview-leopoldo-lopez/679305|archive-date=31 July 2024|url-status=live|quote= In the hours after the polls closed, much of the international media had refrained from stating the obvious. 'BREAKING:,' the Associated Press tweeted on Monday. 'Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro is declared the winner in the presidential election amid opposition claims of irregularities.' But by Tuesday morning, it was absolutely clear that the election was not merely irregular or tainted or disputed: The election had been stolen.}}{{cite web |first1=Dalson |last1= Figueiredo Filho |first2= Jose Antonio |last2= Gomez Duarte (pseudonym) |first3= Raphael |last3= Nishimura |first4= Walter |last4=Mebane |author-link4= Walter Mebane |date= 31 July 2024 |title= AltaVista PVT Results |publisher= Metabase app|url= https://supervisiondev2.metabaseapp.com/public/dashboard/6b2f7b3b-16ec-4af6-84c7-69c39ee2139d?tab=16-english|archive-url= https://archive.today/20240802113205/https://supervisiondev2.metabaseapp.com/public/dashboard/6b2f7b3b-16ec-4af6-84c7-69c39ee2139d?tab=16-english|archive-date= 2 August 2024|access-date= 10 August 2024|id= Wikidata :d:Q128304783|publication-date=31 July 2024}}

According to The New York Times, government officials believed that "a combination of high turnout among loyalists and suppressing the vote for the opposition" would assure a win for the incumbent party. But many voters who traditionally had supported the government had left Venezuela or had "turned from Mr. Maduro", so that "the financial muscle of an oil state to bring supporters to the polls" failed to produce the desired result. Efforts by the Maduro government to revive economic growth by privatizing the economy led to reduced public spending, including the handouts and social services traditionally used to mobilize the vote. In previous campaigns, one PSUV organizer explained, the government "gave out everything from motorbikes to refrigerators", while in this election campaign, "all she got was boxes of poor-quality food and house paint".{{cite news |last1=Kurmanaev |first1=Anatoly |title=Venezuela's Strongman Was Confident of Victory. Then Came the Shock. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/world/americas/venezuela-election-maduro.html |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=New York Times |date=6 August 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240807014650/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/world/americas/venezuela-election-maduro.html |archive-date= 7 August 2024 }}

File:Elvis Amoroso.jpg, head of CNE, Venezuelan's electoral body]]

The CNE announced initial results on 29 July.{{cite news |title= CNE announced Nicolás Maduro Moros' victory with 51.20% |publisher= ALBA |url= https://www.albatcp.org/en/2024/07/29/cne-announced-nicolas-maduro-moros-victory-with-51-20/ |archive-url= https://archive.today/20240731163346/https://www.albatcp.org/en/2024/07/29/cne-announced-nicolas-maduro-moros-victory-with-51-20 |archive-date= 31 July 2024|date= 29 July 2024 |access-date= 10 August 2024 |id= Wikidata :d:Q128211222|url-status=live}} As of 21 August, the CNE had not released any tally sheets or voter data to support its results.{{cite news |publisher= NPR |date= 30 July 2024 |access-date= 30 July 2024 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/29/nx-s1-5055646/venezuelas-authoritarian-leader-claims-victory-but-opposition-cries-foul |title= Protesters take to the streets in Venezuela over contested presidential election |work= All Things Considered |first1= John |last1= Otis |first2= Carrie |last2= Kahn}} On 29 July, CNE head Elvis Amoroso alleged that CNE had been the victim of a cyberattack and accused the opposition of orchestrating it;{{cite news |url= https://dolartoday.com/fiscal-saab-abre-investigacion-a-maria-corina-machado-por-supuesto-ataque-informatico-desde-macedonia-del-norte/ |work= DolarToday |date= 20 July 2024 |access-date= 31 July 2024 |title= Fiscal Saab abre investigación a María Corina Machado por supuesto ataque informático desde Macedonia del Norte |language=es |trans-title= Prosecutor Saab opens investigation into Maria Corina Machado for alleged cyber attack from North Macedonia}} no evidence was presented.{{cite news |url= https://www.barrons.com/news/no-evidence-of-venezuela-vote-hacking-says-carter-center-mission-chief-02e02904 |title= 'No Evidence' Of Venezuela Vote Hacking, Says Carter Center Mission Chief |first= Javier |last= Tovar |work= Barrons |publisher= Agence France-Presse|date= 7 August 2024 |access-date= 7 August 2024}} On both 31 July and 1 August, the CNE announced that it would release the second bulletin of the results.{{cite news |last1=Patiño |first1=Juan Pablo |title=CNE venezolano canceló, sin explicación, la entrega del segundo boletín de las elecciones |url=https://www.elcolombiano.com/internacional/cne-venezolano-cancelo-sin-explicacion-la-entrega-del-segundo-boletin-de-las-elecciones-NF25134696 |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=www.elcolombiano.com |date=1 August 2024 |language=es|trans-title= Venezuelan CNE canceled, without explanation, the delivery of the second bulletin of the elections}} On 2 August, the CNE announced a second bulletin of votes, still in favor of Maduro, but still without tally sheets or other polling station level details.{{cite news |url= https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/08/02/fraude-en-venezuela-sin-mostrar-las-actas-el-cne-chavista-ratifico-la-cuestionada-victoria-de-nicolas-maduro/ |work= Infobae |date= 2 August 2024 |access-date= 2 August 2024 |language= en |title= Fraude en Venezuela: sin mostrar las actas, el CNE chavista ratificó la cuestionada victoria de Nicolás Maduro |trans-title= Fraud in Venezuela: without showing the minutes, the Chavista CNE ratified the questioned victory of Nicolás Maduro}} Jennie Lincoln, who headed the Carter Center observation of the election, rejected the results again as not being transparent, and stated that Venezuela was able to provide individual table tallies as they had done so in past elections.{{Cite news|url= https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-politica/si-es-un-numero-global-que-no-tiene-explicacion-de-las-mesas-tampoco-es-transparente-centro-carter-en-ntn24-sobre-segundo-boletin-del-cne-505966|title='Si es un número global que no tiene explicación de las mesas, tampoco es transparente': Centro Carter en NTN24 sobre segundo boletín del CNE|work= NTN24 |date= 2 August 2024 |access-date= 4 August 2024 |language= es |trans-title= 'If it is a global number that has no explanation of the tables, it is not transparent either': Carter Center on NTN24 about the second CNE bulletin}}

Journalists from The Washington Post analyzed the tally sheet scans published online by the opposition, and looked at "hundreds" of physical paper tally sheets stored by the opposition in secret locations. The journalists interviewed several of the people whose signatures appear on the physical tally sheets, and stated that the physical tally sheets appear to be authentic. They state that the physical tally sheets match the corresponding online scans. The journalists analysed 23,720 of the online tally sheets—those whose QR codes they were successfully able to extract from the images, constituting 97% of the online total, finding that González won 67% of the vote and Maduro 30%.{{cite news|title= Maduro lost election, tallies collected by Venezuela's opposition show |date= 4 August 2024 |access-date= 5 August 2024 |newspaper= The Washington Post |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/04/maduro-gonzalez-election-actas-analysis/ |first1= Samantha |last1= Schmidt |first2= Steven |last2= Rich |first3= Ana Vanessa |last3= Herrero |first4= Maria Luisa |last4= Paul|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240805025959/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/04/maduro-gonzalez-election-actas-analysis|archive-date=5 August 2024|url-status=live }}

Attorney {{ill|Juan Carlos Delpino|es}}, one of the five CNE rectors,{{cite news|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2024/08/26/un-rector-del-cne-de-venezuela-denuncia-la-falta-de-transparencia-y-veracidad-de-los-resultados-electorales/|work=Infobae|access-date=26 August 2024|date=26 August 2024|language=es|title=Un rector del CNE de Venezuela denuncia la falta de transparencia y veracidad' de los resultados electorales|trans-title= A rector of the CNE of Venezuela denounces the 'lack of transparency and veracity' of the electoral results}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/venezuelan-electoral-official-condemns-grave-lack-transparency-maduros-rcna168184|date=26 August 2024|access-date=26 August 2024|work= NBC News|title=Venezuelan electoral official condemns 'grave lack of transparency' in Nicolás Maduro's re-election|publisher=Associated Press}}{{cite Q|Q129846732|url-status=live}} went into hiding after the election. Delpino stated in an interview with The New York Times that he had seen no evidence of a Maduro victory, expressing personal shame that the CNE he had agreed to serve on had "failed the country". Delpino noted irregularities in the election including the absence of published vote tallies from the CNE, and a lack of CNE pre-election meetings that allowed CNE head Amoroso to make "unilateral" decisions.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/world/americas/maduro-venezuela-election-results.html|work=The New York Times|date=26 August 2024|access-date=26 August 2024|title=No Evidence That Maduro Won, a Top Venezuelan Election Official Says|author=Turkewitz, Julie}}{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/america/2024-06-12/un-rector-del-cne-de-venezuela-acusa-al-presidente-del-organo-electoral-de-retirar-la-observacion-europea-sin-consultar.html|work=El País|access-date=26 August 2024|language=es|title=Un rector del CNE de Venezuela acusa al presidente del órgano electoral de retirar la observación europea sin consultar|trans-title=A director of the CNE of Venezuela accuses the president of the electoral body of withdrawing European observation without consulting|date=12 June 2024|author=Moleiro, Alonso}}

File:Decimales de los resultados del CNE de las elecciones presidenciales de Venezuela de 2024.gif (CNE) to varying levels of rounding]]

The CNE's 29 July counts of 5,150,092 votes for Maduro, 4,445,978 votes for González, and 462,704 other votes and a total of 10,058,774 votes, released on 29 July 2024, correspond, to a precision of 5 decimal places, to 51.20000%, 44.20000%, and 4.60000%, respectively. In the 2 August CNE results, the invalid/null vote count is 0.41000% at a precision of 5 decimal places. These sequences of successive zeros were discussed as a possible sign of fraud.{{cite news|date=2 August 2024|title=¿Quién ganó en Venezuela? Los datos de la oposición son más verificables que los oficiales|language=es|trans-title=Who won in Venezuela? The opposition data are more verifiable than the official data|first=Kiko|last=LLaneras|url=https://elpais.com/america/2024-08-02/quien-gano-en-venezuela-los-datos-de-la-oposicion-son-mas-verificables-que-los-oficiales.html|work=El País|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240802072246/https://elpais.com/america/2024-08-02/quien-gano-en-venezuela-los-datos-de-la-oposicion-son-mas-verificables-que-los-oficiales.html#selection-169.0-169.2|archive-date=2 August 2024|access-date=20 August 2024|id= Wikidata :d:Q128332901|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url= https://www.elespectador.com/mundo/elecciones-venezuela-2024/por-que-ver-estos-decimales-nos-ayudaria-a-hablar-de-un-fraude-en-venezuela/|date= 31 July 2024 |title= ¿Por qué ver estos decimales ayudaría a hablar de un fraude en Venezuela? |work= El Espectador |language=es |trans-title=Why would seeing these decimals help to talk about fraud in Venezuela?|first=Camilo|last=Gómez Forero|id= Wikidata :d:Q128211710 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20240731180640/https://www.elespectador.com/mundo/elecciones-venezuela-2024/por-que-ver-estos-decimales-nos-ayudaria-a-hablar-de-un-fraude-en-venezuela |archive-date= 31 July 2024 |access-date= 10 August 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title= What are the odds, II: the Venezuelan presidential election |date= 2 August 2024 |access-date= 10 August 2024 |url= https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2024/08/02/what-are-the-odds-ii-the-venezuelan-presidential-election/ |publisher= terrytao.wordpress.com

|id= Wikidata :d:Q128334636|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802195003/https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2024/08/02/what-are-the-odds-ii-the-venezuelan-presidential-election |archive-date= 2 August 2024|url-status=live|first=Terence|last=Tao|author-link=Terence Tao}} Argentine journalist Matías Mowzet noticed that writing the three values as percentages rounded to five decimal places gave sequences ending in four zeros for each of the three values. The votes for Maduro, González and others correspond to the percentages 51.20000%, 44.20000% and 4.6000%, respectively.

For the vote counts to correspond to percentages that have zeros in the second to fifth decimal places is an unlikely coincidence,{{cite news |title= El burdo cálculo matemático en la información oficial que aumenta las sospechas sobre la manipulación de la elección en Venezuela |work= Infobae |language= es |date= 30 July 2024 |id= Wikidata :d:Q128212016|url-status=live|trans-title=The crude mathematical calculation in the official information increases suspicions about the manipulation of the election in Venezuela |url= https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/07/30/el-burdo-calculo-matematico-en-la-informacion-oficial-que-aumenta-las-sospechas-sobre-la-manipulacion-de-la-eleccion-en-venezuela/|archive-url= https://archive.today/20240731180614/https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/07/30/el-burdo-calculo-matematico-en-la-informacion-oficial-que-aumenta-las-sospechas-sobre-la-manipulacion-de-la-eleccion-en-venezuela|archive-date= 31 July 2024|access-date= 10 August 2024}}{{cite web |date=31 July 2024 |title=The decimals of the published results of the elections in Venezuela: what the official figures have been and what suspicions they raise among experts · Maldita.es - Journalism to keep you from being deceived |url=https://maldita.es/malditateexplica/20240731/decimales-resultados-elecciones-venezuela/ |access-date=1 August 2024 |website=Maldita.es—Journalism to keep you from being deceived}} with a probability of around one in a hundred million, as discussed by Kiko Llaneras, a statistician writing in El País, mathematician Terence Tao, and statistician Andrew Gelman.{{cite Q|Q129258054|url-status=live}} El Espectador interpreted this as likely fraud. Infobae also stated that improbability raised suspicion about the 29 July CNE statement of the results.

Tao described a Bayesian analysis considering the null hypothesis that the 29 July CNE counts are authentic, and the alternative hypothesis that they are fraudulent. He found that the probability of the official counts occurring is "extremely small" in the case of the counts being authentic (the null hypothesis) and that there is a "plausible causal chain ... that leads to an elevated probability" of the official counts occurring for the hypothesis of manipulation (the alternative hypothesis). The causal chain of the manipulation hypothesis is that a decision was made to manipulate the data, officials followed orders to report vote counts based on a given rounded percentage, and other officials raised no objections to the fabricated counts.

On 2 August, Elvis Amoroso made a new statement, asserting that 96.87% of the ballots had been counted, accounting for 12,335,884 valid votes and 50,785 null/invalid votes, giving a total of 12,386,669 votes cast,{{cite web |date=2 August 2024 |title=Results of the elections in Venezuela 2024, live, The CNE again declares Maduro the winner without showing the ballots with 96.87% counted |url=https://elpais.com/america/2024-08-02/resultados-de-las-elecciones-en-venezuela-2024-en-vivo.html |access-date=2 August 2024 |website=El País}} which corresponds to 0.41000% of null/invalid votes at a precision of 5 decimal places.

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|source=Canal N,{{Cite web|date=2 August 2024 |title=Consejo Nacional Electoral de Venezuela ratifica victoria de Nicolás Maduro |url=https://canaln.pe/internacionales/consejo-nacional-electoral-venezuela-ratifica-victoria-nicolas-maduro-n475552 |access-date=2 August 2024 |website=canaln.pe |language=es |trans-title= Venezuela's National Electoral Council confirms victory of Nicolás Maduro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802213013/https://canaln.pe/internacionales/consejo-nacional-electoral-venezuela-ratifica-victoria-nicolas-maduro-n475552|archive-date=2 August 2024|url-status=live }} Efecto Cocuyo{{cite Q|Q128403686|url-status=live |trans-title= CNE ratifies proclamation of Nicolás Maduro in second bulletin|access-date= 4 August 2024}}

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File:Mesas Gonzalez to Maduro ratio data release version1.svg

A database which allowed Venezuelans to use their national identity card to verify vote tallies was released by the PUD on 30 July, which they said reflected 73% of the votes cast. The database shows scans of the vote tally sheets, with votes cast for each candidate at each voting place gathered during the electoral process. As of 21 August, the government has not released a similar accounting, which the Carter Center said was needed.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/venezuelas-opposition-releases-election-database-claims-big-victory-over-strongman-maduro-fee5bc0c|work=The Wall Street Journal|url-access=subscription|date=30 July 2024|access-date=30 July 2024|title=Venezuela's Opposition Releases Election Database; Claims Big Victory Over Strongman Maduro|first1=Kejal|last1=Vyas|first2=Ryan|last2=Dubé|archive-date=30 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730205829/https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/venezuelas-opposition-releases-election-database-claims-big-victory-over-strongman-maduro-fee5bc0c|url-status=live|quote=The Venezuelan opposition has moved to show concrete evidence that the election was stolen. ... The opposition said it had collected data from 73% of the country's voting stations on its own and compiled it in a publicly accessible database on Tuesday. Using their national identification, Venezuelans can sign in and review a scanned tally sheet from their voting station showing how many votes went to each candidate. ... 'I found mine, the proof is there,' said Celina Ramirez, an opposition supporter who said she was able to log into the website to locate the tally sheet from her east Caracas voting center, which she said showed González receiving the lion's share of votes. 'There's no way the regime can fool everyone with their tricks,' she added ... The Carter Center, one of the few international organizations invited to monitor the elections, has urged Venezuela's government to release comprehensive polling data at the local level, which is needed to assess the electoral process. ...The opposition hopes the release of the database will increase pressure on Maduro's autocratic regime to make public the detailed results of the election.}} Also available from [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/venezuela-s-maduro-moves-to-silence-opposition-after-disputed-election/ar-BB1qTSWi MSN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730214546/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/venezuela-s-maduro-moves-to-silence-opposition-after-disputed-election/ar-BB1qTSWi |date=30 July 2024 }}. Opposition groups released a CSV-format file with the polling-station level data for 24,532 polling stations.{{cite web |website= resultadosconvzla.com |date= 2 August 2024 |title= Results of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election: PUD version 1 |url= https://static.resultadosconvzla.com/RESULTADOS_2024_CSV_V1.csv|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240802231646/https://static.resultadosconvzla.com/RESULTADOS_2024_CSV_V1.csv |archive-date= 2 August 2024

|id= Wikidata :d:Q128342566|url-status=live |access-date= 10 August 2024}} At the mesa (table) level in version 1 of the tally sheets, 86.60% of the mesas had more votes for González than for Maduro, 0.17% tied exactly, and 13.23% had more votes for Maduro.

An independent analysis of the count released by PUD was conducted by the Associated Press and corroborated the opposition results. The Associated Press stated that it could not independently verify the authenticity of the published tally sheets.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-maduro-machado-biden-gonzalez-a625eb01979bc9cf5570d03242f198b1 |publisher=Associated Press |title=AP review of Venezuela opposition-provided vote tallies casts doubt on government's election results |date=2 August 2024 |access-date=3 August 2024|first1=Regina |last1=Garcia Cano |first2=Joshua |last2=Goodman |first3=Angeliki |last3=Kastanis}} On 3 August 2024, the Colombian civil society network Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) published its analysis of the PUD results, finding them fully self-consistent. MOE called for the CNE to publish the polling station tally sheets and audit the full chain of transmission of information.{{cite Q|Q128803681|url-status=live}} MOE stated that González necessarily won the election based on the publicly available tally sheets analysed by MOE (73.1% of the total), since the missing sheets were too few to give a majority to Maduro, even if 100% of the votes on the missing tally sheets were for Maduro.

A study from political scientist Dorothy Kronick, described by The New York Times as "an expert on Venezuelan electoral data at the University of California, Berkeley",{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/world/americas/venezuela-maduro-election-results.html|title=Election Results Presented by Venezuela's Opposition Suggest Maduro Lost Decisively|author1=Kurmanaev, Anatoly|author2=Singer, Ethan|work=The New York Times|date= 31 July 2024|access-date=23 August 2024|id= {{ProQuest|3086389379}} }} stated that the opposition data "almost certainly reflects actual votes cast".{{cite web|url= https://dorothykronick.com/28J.pdf|title=On the validityy of vote counts published by the Venezuelan opposition|author=Kronick, Dorothy|date=22 August 2024|access-date=23 August 2024|publisher=DorothKronick.com}}

File:Elecciones presidenciales de Venezuela de 2024 - Resultado por parroquias (Comando con Venezuela).svg

A working paper published by Walter Mebane, that used statistical tools for electoral forensics, found no evidence of incremental or extreme fraud in the opposition-published results. He found no evidence of incremental or extreme fraud in the election minutes as published by the opposition. Using these minutes, he calculated that the probability of no fraud having occurred in the opposition tallies (π₁) at 99.97%. He also calculated that the probability of incremental fraud having occurred (π₂) at 0.0185% and that extreme fraud having occurred (π₃) at 0.0114%.{{cite web |last1=Mebane |first1=Walter |title=eforensics Analysis of the Venezuela 2024 Presidential Elections |url=https://websites.umich.edu/~wmebane/Venezuela2024.pdf |website=umich.edu |access-date=6 August 2024}}{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/06/venezuela-election-maduro-analysis |work= The Guardian |title= Evidence shows Venezuela's election was stolen – but will Maduro budge?|first= Tiago |last= Rogero |date= 6 August 2024 |access-date= 6 August 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240806220241/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/06/venezuela-election-maduro-analysis|archive-date=6 August 2024|url-status=live}}

Mebane identified only two polling stations where fraud may have occurred; however, using a 99.5% credibility interval, it is not possible to state that this occurred in these two polls. Mebane's paper compared the results of other elections in Venezuela between 2000 and 2013. The tallies provided by the opposition in the 2024 elections have the highest probability of no fraud.

{{Election results

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|cand3= Luis Eduardo Martínez

|alliance3= Democratic Action

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|cand4= Antonio Ecarri

|alliance4= Pencil Alliance

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|cand5=Benjamín Rausseo

|alliance5=National Democratic Confederation

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|acolor5=#BCE44F

|cand6= Enrique Márquez

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|votes6= 26491

|acolor6=#E62685

|cand7= José Brito

|alliance7= Venezuela First

|votes7= 22459

|cand8=Javier Bertucci

|alliance8=Hope for Change

|votes8= 20842

|cand9= Claudio Fermín

|alliance9= Solutions for Venezuela

|votes9= 12929

|acolor9=#00A9B8

|cand10= Daniel Ceballos

|alliance10= Country Renewal and Hope Assembly

|votes10= 10783

|acolor10=#ED6D05

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|electorate=18504975

|turnout=60.00

|source={{small|https://resultadosconvzla.com version 3 (full csv source;

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|date= 2 August 2024 |title= Results of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election: PUD version 2|id= Wikidata :d:Q128634804|url-status=live |access-date= 10 August 2024}}
registered voters v2, {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807011943/https://resultadosconvzla.com|date=7 August 2024}})}}

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On 30 July, the Carter Center issued a harsh rebuke of the election authorities,{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-presidential-election-maduro-machado-edmundo-results-3ec88b273cabfee8e5696ff67d24186d|title=Carter Center unable to verify Venezuela election results, blasts officials for lack of transparency|date=30 July 2024|website=Associated Press}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/07/31/el-centro-carter-aseguro-que-las-elecciones-presidenciales-en-venezuela-no-cumplieron-las-normas-democraticas/|title=El Centro Carter consideró que las elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela 'no pueden considerarse democráticas'|language=es |trans-title= Carter Center considers Venezuelan presidential elections 'cannot be considered democratic'|date=31 July 2024|website=infobae}} stating there was a "complete lack of transparency" and that the election "cannot be considered democratic".{{cite press release |url= https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2024/venezuela-073024.html |publisher= Carter Center |date= 30 July 2024 |access-date= 31 July 2024 |title= Carter Center Statement on Venezuela Election}}

{{See also|#Sequences of zeros in the CNE values}}

Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic that it "was absolutely clear by [31 July] that ... the election had been stolen". Independent observers have described the election results as arbitrary, even by Venezuelan standards, according to The Guardian.{{cite news |last1=Torres |first1=Patricia |last2=Phillips |first2=Tom |last3=Rogero |first3=Tiago |last4=Jones |first4=Sam |title=Venezuela on a knife-edge as opposition accuses Maduro of rigging election |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/29/venezuela-election-result-maduro-urrutia |work=The Guardian |date=29 July 2024 |access-date= 29 July 2024}}

Political scientist Steven Levitsky called the vote "one of the most egregious electoral frauds in modern Latin American history."

Political scientist Dalson Figueiredo of the Federal University of Pernambuco, one of the authors of the AltaVista parallel vote tabulation project, stated: "After analyzing our own data, seeing the opposition's results and how they both match up, my conclusion is that we're witnessing the largest electoral fraud in the history of Latin America."

On his blog, mathematician Terence Tao pointed out that the election results had "oddly round percentages", suggesting that the election was fixed.{{Cite web |last=Ansede |first=Manuel |date=2024-10-12 |title=Terence Tao, mathematician: 'It's not good for something as important as AI to be a monopoly held by one or two companies' |url=https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-10-12/terence-tao-mathematician-its-not-good-for-something-as-important-as-ai-to-be-a-monopoly-held-by-one-or-two-companies.html?outputType=amp |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=EL PAÍS English |language=en-us}}

File:Machado y González protestando contra el fraude presidencial en Venezuela de 2024.jpg

Supporting the PUD/González win announcement, María Corina Machado and Edmundo González rejected the results from the CNE and claimed victory. On 31 July, Maduro alleged that the US was fomenting civil war in Venezuela. González, at an event accompanied by Machado, said "The Venezuelans and the entire world know what happened ... Our struggle continues and we will not rest until the will of the Venezuelan people is respected".{{cite news |last1=Garcia Cano |first1=Regina |title=Venezuela election live updates: Opposition claims victory after Maduro was declared the winner |url=https://apnews.com/live/venezuela-election-updates-maduro-machado-gonzalez |website=Associated Press |publisher=Associated Press |date=29 July 2024 |access-date=29 July 2024 |archive-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728231556/https://apnews.com/live/venezuela-election-updates-maduro-machado-gonzalez |url-status=live }}

The Communist Party of Venezuela objected to the CNE announcement and called for the complete election results to be published.{{cite web |url= https://prensapcv.wordpress.com/2024/07/29/comunicado-sobre-las-elecciones-presidenciales/ |work= Tribuna Popular Wordpress |title= Comunicado: Sobre las elecciones presidenciales |language= es |trans-title= Communication: About the presidential elections |date= 29 July 2024 |access-date= 30 July 2024 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20240730161552/https://prensapcv.wordpress.com/2024/07/29/comunicado-sobre-las-elecciones-presidenciales |archive-date= 30 July 2024 |url-status=live |id= Wikidata :d:Q128133222 }}

Supporting the CNE's announcement of his victory, Maduro described the result as "a triumph of peace and stability".{{cite news |last1=Buschschlüter |first1=Vanessa |title=Venezuela's Maduro declared winner in disputed vote |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz5rj2mzgevo |publisher=BBC News |date=29 July 2024 |access-date=29 July 2024 |archive-date=29 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729045535/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz5rj2mzgevo |url-status=live }} Candidates Benjamín Rausseo, Daniel Ceballos, Luis Eduardo Martínez and José Brito recognized the official results;{{cite web|url=https://laverdad.com/rausseo-ceballos-martinez-y-brito-reconocen-resultados-emanados-por-el-cne/|title=Rausseo, Ceballos, Martínez y Brito reconocen resultados emanados por el CNE|date= 29 July 2024 |access-date= 30 July 2024|work=La Verdad|language=es}} the latter three were nominated by intervened parties. Although still maintaining that he won, Maduro acknowledged the unrest in Venezuela. He blamed the turmoil on "international Zionism", referencing an antisemitic trope that Jews control the world.{{cite news |last1=Cramer |first1=Philissa |title=Venezuela's Maduro blames 'international Zionism' for unrest after disputed vote |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/venezuelas-maduro-blames-international-zionism-for-unrest-after-disputed-vote/ |work= The Times of Israel |date=8 August 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Starr |first1=Michael |title=Maduro: 'International Zionism' behind civil unrest in Venezuela |url=https://www.jpost.com/western_wall/article-813522 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}

A Meganálisis poll of 1,007 people in Venezuela from 8 to 11 August found that 93% of respondents believe Maduro lost the election, with the majority of Venezuelans expressing anger, anxiety, indignation, and feelings of helplessness after the election. Venezuelans who responded that they were happy were 2.8%, and the poll found that 40% hoped to leave the country before the end of 2024.{{cite news |first1= Antonio Maria |last1=Delgado |first2= Syra |last2= Ortiz Blanes |title= A hundred thousand Venezuelans are considering leaving the country right now, poll says |work= Miami Herald |publisher= Yahoo News|date= 14 August 2024 |url= https://ca.news.yahoo.com/hundred-thousand-venezuelans-considering-leaving-093000006.html |access-date= 15 August 2024}}

{{main|International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election}}The election results released by the government-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE) were followed by a mixture of scepticism and criticism from the leaders of most Latin American countries. Some Latin American countries—including Cuba, Honduras, and Nicaragua—recognized and congratulated Maduro as the election winner.{{cite news |first= Sam |last= Jones|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/29/venezuela-election-result-suspicion-abroad-nicolas-maduro|title='Hard to believe': Venezuela election result met with suspicion abroad |work=The Guardian |date= 29 July 2024 |access-date= 29 July 2024}} Some world leaders expressed skepticism of the claimed results and did not recognize the CNE claims;{{cite news |first1=Samantha |last1= Schmidt |first2=Leo |last2 = Sands |first3= Vanessa |last3= Herrero|title= World leaders cast doubt on Maduro's claim of victory in Venezuelan election |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/29/venezuela-presidential-election-result-maduro/ | newspaper=The Washington Post |date= 29 July 2024 |access-date= 29 July 2024}} others including Russia, China, Iran and North Korea recognized Nicolás Maduro as the winner.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/latin-america/article/venezuela-opposition-leader-edmundo-gonzalez-spain-jnrgk0tnr|title=Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González flees to Spain|work=The Sunday Times|author=Gibbs, Stephen|date=8 September 2024|access-date=8 September 2024}}

File:Edmundo González recognition map.svg the winner of the presidential election.]]

President Gabriel Boric of Chile was the first foreign leader to question the CNE result, stating that the "results are difficult to believe".{{Cite web |author1=Lorena Arroyo |author2=Federico Rivas Molina |date=29 July 2024 |title=Venezuela declares Maduro winner of election, but US and others question the result |url=https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-07-29/venezuela-declares-maduro-winner-of-election-but-us-and-others-question-the-result.html |access-date=30 July 2024 |work= El País |language=en-us}} President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador warned that "that is the danger of dictatorship, and today we are witnessing how one more of them tries to take hope away from millions of Venezuelans." Condemnation from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Peru and Uruguay described the CNE result in terms of fraud or corruption. Harsh criticism came from President Javier Milei of Argentina, who called Maduro a dictator.{{cite web |title=Venezuela election live updates: Opposition claims victory after Maduro was declared the winner |url=https://apnews.com/live/venezuela-election-updates-maduro-machado-gonzalez |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728145354/https://apnews.com/live/venezuela-election-updates-maduro-machado-gonzalez |archive-date=28 July 2024 |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Associated Press}}

The three leftist presidents of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico{{cite news |date= 30 July 2024 |access-date= 30 July 2024 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/30/the-guardian-view-on-venezuelas-elections-making-the-peoples-votes-count |title= The Guardian view on Venezuela's elections: making the people's votes count}}{{cite news |url= https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/01/venezuela-election-maduro-gonzalez-opposition-vote-results-protests-diplomacy/ |work= Foreign Policy |date= 1 August 2024 |access-date= 2 August 2024 |first= Catherine |last= Osborn |title= Venezuela's Post-Election Moment of Truth}} were quick in demanding that all votes be counted, along with full transparency of all ballot records from each precinct.{{cite news |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-29/brazil-mexico-colombia-negotiate-joint-statement-on-venezuela-election |work= Bloomberg |date= 29 July 2024 |access-date= 30 July 2024 |title= Brazil, Mexico, Colombia Negotiating Joint Statement on Venezuela Election Transparency |first= Simone |last= Iglesias}} The Colombian government called for the "total vote count, its verification and independent audit to be carried out as soon as possible". President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil called the controversy a "normal" process, but asked for the release of the total vote tally.{{cite web |title=Lula sobre Venezuela: 'Apresenta a ata', diz presidente sobre impasse na eleição |url=https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/articles/cw0yzz629e8o |website=BBC News Brasil |access-date=30 July 2024 |language=pt-br |date=30 July 2024 |quote=É normal que tenha uma briga. Como resolve essa briga? Apresenta a ata}} President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico said on 30 July that the vote tallies should be publicized, but he saw no evidence of fraud.{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-maduro-asks-phone-call-with-lula-says-source-2024-08-01/ |work= Reuters |date= 1 August 2024 |access-date= 1 August 2024 |title= Venezuela's Maduro asks for phone call with Lula, says source}} On 1 August, the three presidents released a joint statement of concern over post-election violence, and asking for "impartial verification of results" quickly, at the disaggregated level.{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazilian-flag-raised-argentine-embassy-caracas-2024-08-01/ |work= Reuters |title= Brazil, Mexico and Colombia call for Venezuela to release full vote tallies |first1= Lisandra |last1= Paraguassu |first2= Leonardo |last2= Fernandez |first3= Deisy |last3= Buitrago |date= 1 August 2024 |access-date= 2 August 2024}} Officials from the three nations—whose governments are allied with Maduro according to the Associated Press (AP)—worked to seek "a solution to the country's political crisis".{{cite web | last1=Castillo | first1=E. Eduardo | last2=Barcia Cano | first2=Regina | title=Brazil, Colombia and Mexico in talks with Venezuelan government and opposition on election crisis | website=AP News | date=6 August 2024 | url=https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-presidential-election-maduro-gonzalez-machado-39c4b72fe14c34ee63a5b7adc21a9bf9 | access-date=7 August 2024}} The AP wrote that the opposition has reason to be wary of recommendations from this group to "follow Venezuelan laws and appear before the appropriate institutions", since the "ruling party controls every aspect of government, including the justice system, and uses it to defeat and repress real and perceived opponents".

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken initially expressed doubts about the veracity of the results from the CNE,{{cite web |title=Leaders across Americas react to Venezuela election results |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/latin-american-leaders-react-venezuela-election-results-2024-07-29/ |website=Reuters |access-date=29 July 2024}}{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/us-accuses-venezuela-electoral-manipulation-repression-2024-07-29/ |work= Reuters |date= 30 July 2024 |access-date= 30 July 2024 |title= US accuses Venezuela of election manipulation, leaves door open to sanctions |first1= Matt |last1= Spetalnick |first2= Phil |last2= Stewart}} and on 1 August, said there was "overwhelming evidence" that González won.{{cite news |publisher= BBC |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1d10453zno |date= 1 August 2024 |access-date= 2 August 2024|title= Overwhelming evidence Venezuela opposition won election - Blinken |first1= Ione |last1= Wells |first2= Thomas |last2= Mackintosh}} He called for talks and a peaceful transition, but did not refer to González as president-elect.{{cite news |url= https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article290789549.html|title= U.S. supports negotiations with Maduro but won't call opposition winner president-elect |work= Miami Herald |date= 7 August 2024 |access-date= 7 August 2024 |first= Nora |last= Gamez Torres}}{{efn|The Washington Post,{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/01/venezuela-election-maduro-us/ |newspaper= The Washington Post |title= U.S. says Maduro lost Venezuelan election, calls for talks, transition |date= 1 August 2024 |access-date= 2 August 2024 |first1= Samantha |last1= Schmidt |first2= Matthew |last2= Brown|quote= Blinken did not say the United States was recognizing González as Venezuela's president.}}The Wall Street Journal,{{cite news |url= https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/u-s-says-maduros-opponent-won-presidential-election-e3dbe0e5 |work= The Wall Street Journal |date= 2 August 2024 |access-date= 2 August 2024 |title= U.S. Says Maduro's Opponent Won Presidential Election |first1= Alan |last1= Cullison |first2= Gordon |last2= Lubold |quote= Blinken's statement stopped short of calling González a president-elect, a diplomatic sleight of hand that leaves the possibility for Washington to step up its pressure further.}} and Reuters{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-recognizes-maduros-opponent-winner-venezuela-election-2024-08-02/ |work= Reuters |date= 2 August 2024 |access-date= 3 August 2024 |title= US recognizes Maduro's opponent as winner in Venezuela election |first1= Kanishka |last1= Singh |first2= Matt |last2=Spetalnick |quote= The announcement from Washington did not go beyond congratulating him for a 'successful campaign,' the closest the U.S. has come since Sunday's contested election to recognizing Gonzalez as the OPEC nation's new leader.}} say that Blinken did not recognize González as president-elect; The Guardian says that he did.{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/02/venezuela-election-us-edmundo-gonzalez-maduro-results-disputed |work= The Guardian |date= 2 August 2024 |access-date= 2 August 2024 |title= Venezuela election: US recognises opposition candidate Edmundo González as winner |first= Tom |last= Phillips |quote= On Thursday night, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, rejected the incumbent's claims and recognised González as Venezuela's president-elect.}}}}

On 29 July, Canada's deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland expressed that Canada had "serious concerns" about the proclaimed election results. Freeland emphasized Canada's long-standing support for Venezuela's democratic opposition and condemned the increasingly authoritarian nature of the regime.{{Cite news |last=McKenna |first=Kate |date=29 July 2024 |title=Canada has 'serious concerns' about Venezuelan election results, Freeland says |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-reax-venezuela-election-1.7278828 |access-date=29 July 2024 |work=CBC News}} In January 2025, Canada formally recognized González as president-elect. The minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly declared: "Maduro's shameless actions demonstrate that democracy and the rule of law cannot be taken for granted. We will not tolerate the erosion of the democratic process or the repression of citizens seeking to express their rights."{{Cite news |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=10 January 2025 |title=Venezuela's Maduro sworn in amid outrage over alleged fraudulent election |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/10/nicolas-maduro-inauguration-alleged-election-theft |work=The Guardian}}

The day after the election, nine Latin American countries (Argentina, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay{{cite news |date=29 July 2024 |title=Nine Latin American governments call for emergency OAS meeting |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/nine-latin-american-governments-call-emergency-oas-meeting-2024-07-29/ |access-date=29 July 2024 |publisher=Reuters}}{{Cite web |author1=Lorena Arroyo |author2=Federico Rivas Molina |date=29 July 2024 |title=Estados Unidos, Brasil, la UE, España, Chile, Colombia y Argentina piden que se verifiquen los resultados en Venezuela |trans-title=United States, Brazil, the European Union, Spain, Chile, Colombia and Argentina ask that the results in Venezuela be verified |url=https://elpais.com/america/2024-07-29/gabriel-boric-los-resultados-de-venezuela-son-dificiles-de-creer-no-reconoceremos-ningun-resultado-que-no-sea-verificable.html |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=El País América |language=es}}) called for an emergency meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS), for 31 July.{{cite news |date=30 July 2024 |title=Venezuela vote results unreliable, says OAS body |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/oas-department-says-results-announced-by-venezuela-cannot-be-recognized-2024-07-30/ |access-date=30 July 2024 |work=Reuters}}{{Cite web |date=1 August 2009 |title=OAS - Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development |url=https://www.oas.org/en/media_center/press_release.asp?sCodigo=AVI-111/24 |access-date=30 July 2024 |website=OAS - Organization of American States |language=en}} The member states did not reach consensus on a resolution.{{cite news |work= NTN24 |date= 31 July 2024 |access-date= 31 July 2024 |url= https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-politica/este-es-el-parrafo-de-la-discordia-que-impidio-un-consenso-sobre-resolucion-de-la-oea-acerca-de-venezuela-505529 |title= Este es el párrafo de la discordia que impidió un consenso sobre resolución de la OEA acerca de Venezuela |language=es |trans-title= This is the paragraph of discord that prevented a consensus on the OAS resolution on Venezuela}}{{cite news |work= NTN24 |date= 31 July 2024 |access-date= 31 July 2024 |url= https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-politica/la-oea-no-aprobo-la-resolucion-sobre-la-situacion-en-venezuela-asi-votaron-los-paises-de-la-region-505513 |language= es |title= La OEA no aprobó la resolución sobre la situación en Venezuela: así votaron los países de la región |trans-title= The OAS did not approve the resolution on the situation in Venezuela: this is how the countries of the region voted}} OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro—referencing the ongoing investigation in the International Criminal Court (ICC) of Venezuela for crimes against humanity—said he would petition the ICC for the arrest of Maduro. Prior to the election, Maduro had stated that if he did not win, there would be a "bloodbath, a civil war"; Almagro said Maduro was fulfilling that promise and it was time for justice.{{cite news |url= https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2024/08/01/luis-almagro-solicitara-a-la-corte-penal-internacional-que-ordene-el-arresto-de-nicolas-maduro-por-haber-cometido-un-bano-de-sangre/ |work= InfoBae |date= 31 July 2024 |access-date= 1 August 2024 |language=es |title= Luis Almagro solicitará a la Corte Penal Internacional que ordene el arresto de Nicolás Maduro por haber cometido un baño de sangre |trans-title= Luis Almagro will ask the International Criminal Court to order the arrest of Nicolás Maduro for having committed a bloodbath}}

The BBC and The Guardian reported that Peru was the first country to recognize González as Venezuela's president-elect, on 30 July{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/c6p24vjwj3vo |publisher= BBC News Mundo |date= 30 July 2024 |title= Perú se convierte en el primer país en considerar a Edmundo González como 'presidente electo' de Venezuela |language=es |trans-title= Peru becomes the first country to consider Edmundo González as 'president-elect' of Venezuela|access-date= 3 August 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Tom |last2=Gambino |first2=Lauren |date=31 July 2024 |title=Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro blames unrest on far-right conspiracy as isolation grows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/venezuela-election-results-nicolas-maduro-protests-gonzalez-machado |access-date=1 August 2024 |work=The Guardian}}—a statement from the former Peruvian foreign minister that was clarified on 5 September by Peru's Council of Ministers after a new foreign minister was named.{{cite news|url=https://eldiario.com/2024/09/05/consejo-de-ministros-peru-no-ha-reconocido-a-edmundo-gonzalez-como-presidente-venezuela/|work=El Diario de Caracas|date=5 September 2024|access-date=8 September 2024|language=es|title= Consejo de Ministros de Perú aclaró que su gobierno no ha reconocido a Edmundo González como presidente electo de Venezuela|trans-title=Peru's Council of Ministers clarified that its government has not recognized Edmundo González as the elected president of Venezuela}} Peru had recalled its ambassador from Venezuela on 29 July, and expelled the Venezuelan diplomats from Peru the next day.{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2024/07/30/peru-expulsa-a-los-diplomaticos-venezolanos-y-les-da-72-horas-para-abandonar-el-pais/|title=Perú expulsa a los diplomáticos venezolanos y les da 72 horas para abandonar el país|date=29 July 2024|accessdate=29 July 2024|work=Infobae|language=es|trans-title = Peru expels Venezuelan diplomats and gives them 72 hours to leave the country}}{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-orders-venezuelan-diplomats-leave-country-within-72-hours-2024-07-30/ |work= Reuters |date= 29 July 2024 |access-date= 29 July 2024 |title= Peru orders Venezuelan diplomats out after contested vote}} In response, Venezuela severed diplomatic relations with Peru. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte reinforced on 6 September that Peru's position with respect to Venezuela had not changed under the new foreign minister, saying "We will not be part of an electoral fraud; we will not support a dictatorial government."{{cite news|url=https://eldiario.com/2024/09/06/peru-ratifica-postura-sobre-venezuela-no-apoya-gobierno-dictatorial/|work=El Diario de Caracas|date=6 September 2024|access-date=8 September 2024|language=es|title= Perú ratifica su postura sobre Venezuela: 'No vamos a apoyar ningún gobierno dictatorial'|trans-title=Peru reaffirms its position on Venezuela: 'We will not support any dictatorial government'}}

Panama suspended diplomatic relations with Venezuela.{{cite news |date=29 July 2024 |title=Panama suspends diplomatic relations with Venezuela pending election review |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panama-suspends-diplomatic-relations-with-venezuela-pending-election-review-2024-07-29/ |access-date=29 July 2024 |publisher=Reuters}} Venezuela also expelled diplomats from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Panama and Uruguay; as of 1 August, Brazil took over running the Caracas embassies of Argentina and Peru.{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazilian-flag-raised-argentine-embassy-caracas-2024-08-01/ |work= Reuters |date=1 August 2024 |access-date=1 August 2024 |title=Brazil running Argentina, Peru embassies in Caracas after election-related expulsions |first1=Leonardo |last1=Fernandez |first2=Lisandra |last2=Paraguassu}}{{cite news |url=https://www.larepublica.co/globoeconomia/el-gobierno-de-maduro-rompe-relaciones-con-argentina-panama-y-otros-cinco-paises-3918273 |language=es |work=La República |location=Bogotá |date= 29 July 2024 |access-date=30 July 2024 |title= Perú ordena el retiro de personal venezolano luego de que Maduro cortara relaciones |trans-title= Peru orders withdrawal of Venezuelan personnel after Maduro cuts ties |first=Karen |last=Pinto Duitama}}

In November 2024, the prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni recognized Edmundo González as the president-elect of Venezuela.{{cite news |title=Giorgia Meloni reconoció a Edmundo González Urrutia como presidente electo de Venezuela |url=https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/11/20/giorgia-meloni-reconocio-a-edmundo-gonzalez-urrutia-como-presidente-electo-de-venezuela/ |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=Infobae |date=20 November 2024 |language=es}}

{{Main|2024 Venezuelan political crisis}}

Following the announcements of election results, a national and international political crisis developed.{{cite news |url= https://apnews.com/article/brazil-lula-venezuela-election-maduro-1c3afbf01f4c85e7903c2fc3d7fdbf38 |publisher= Associated Press |title= Venezuela's opposition faces setback after countries suggest repeat of presidential election |first1= Gabriela |last1= Sa Pessoa |first2= Regina |last2= Garcia Cano |date= 15 August 2024 |access-date= 16 August 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelan-opposition-protests-election-dispute-drags-2024-08-17/|title=Venezuelan opposition protests as election dispute drags on|work=Reuters|first1=Deisy|last1=Buitrago|first2=Mariela|last2=Nava|date=18 August 2024|access-date=20 August 2024}}

As of 2 September, NGO Foro Penal reported that Venezuela had 1,793 political prisoners—the highest it has had in the 21st century—of which 1,659, including children, were detained after the election; most have not been sentenced, but are charged with terrorism.{{cite news|url=https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/09/10/el-dictador-enfrenta-su-ultima-colina/|work=Infobae|language=es|date=10 September 2024|access-date=10 September 2024|author=Pérez Izquierdo, Laureano|title=El dictador enfrenta su última colina|trans-title=The dictator faces his last hill}}{{cite news|url=https://eldiario.com/2024/09/07/foro-penal-reporto-1793-presos-politicos-venezuela/|work=El Diario de Caracas|language=es|date=7 September 2024|access-date=10 September 2024|author=Díaz, Jackelin|title=Foro Penal reportó 1.793 presos políticos en Venezuela|trans-title=Penal Forum reported 1,793 political prisoners in Venezuela}}

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Venezuelan citizens who considered the results to be fraudulent took to the streets in ongoing protests.{{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Joshua |last2=Garcia Cano |first2=Regina |date=29 July 2024 |title=Venezuelans take to streets of Caracas to protest Maduro's claim that he won presidential election |url=https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-presidential-election-maduro-machado-edmundo-results-acee6c8cd3a8fc88086c2dd71963b759 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729111005/https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-presidential-election-maduro-machado-edmundo-results-acee6c8cd3a8fc88086c2dd71963b759 |archive-date=29 July 2024 |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=Associated Press}}{{cite news |date=29 July 2024 |title= See how Venezuelans are using pots to protest Maduro's victory |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/29/world/video/venezuelans-protest-maduro-victory-cacerolazo-pozzebon-digivid |publisher= CNN |access-date= 29 July 2024}}{{cite news |title=See angry Venezuelans living abroad react to President Maduro's election win claim |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/29/world/video/venezuela-election-results-reaction-ldn-digvid| publisher= CNN |date= 29 July 2024 |access-date= 29 July 2024}} As of 15 August, 25 people had been killed during protests nationwide. Amnesty International and other human rights organizations "condemned the repressive actions of the Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela and demanded that it guarantee the right to protest and full respect for the rights to life, personal integrity and freedom".{{cite news |url= https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/08/01/prestigiosas-organizaciones-de-ddhh-condenaron-en-conjunto-las-acciones-represivas-del-regimen-de-nicolas-maduro/ |work= Infobae |date= 1 August 2024 |access-date= 1 August 2024 |first= Gastón |last= Calvo |language= es |title= Organizaciones de Derechos Humanos condenaron en conjunto las acciones represivas del régimen de Nicolás Maduro |trans-title= Human Rights Organizations jointly condemned the repressive actions of the Nicolás Maduro regime}}{{cite press release |url= https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/08/venezuela-organizaciones-internacionales-condenan-represion-masiva-exigen-autoridad-protejer-protesta |publisher= Amnesty International |date= 1 August 2024 |access-date= 1 August 2024 |title= Venezuela: International organizations condemn the high levels of violence and repression and demand that the authorities guarantee the right to protest and full respect for the rights to life, personal integrity and freedom}}

{{Further|Operation Tun Tun}}

Maduro accuses the opposition of promoting a coup. In a crackdown by security forces following the elections,{{cite news |last1=Schmidt |first1=Samantha |title=Maduro boasts 2,200 arrests since election; rights groups say 23 dead |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/08/venezuela-election-maduro-arrests-opposition-crackdown |access-date=9 August 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=8 August 2024}} he mentioned using Operation Tun Tun; BBC News stated that "rights groups say it consists of the authorities going door-to-door to detain those with links to the protests or the opposition".{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clynl7plg8yo |title= Venezuela security forces swoop on activists as repression worsens |publisher= BBC News |first= Ione |last= Wells |date= 8 August 2024 |access-date= 9 August 2024}} Maduro ordered two prisons to be rehabilitated to contain the large number of detainees.{{cite news |url= https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-08-09/thousands-of-arrests-and-terrorism-charges-nicolas-maduro-intensifies-persecution-of-opponents-in-venezeula.html |work= El País |date= 9 August 2024 |access-date= 9 August 2024 |title= Thousands of arrests and terrorism charges: Nicolás Maduro intensifies persecution of opponents in Venezuela}}

After Diosdado Cabello and Jorge Rodríguez suggested that Machado and González go to prison,{{cite news |url= https://elpais.com/america/2024-07-30/resultados-de-las-elecciones-en-venezuela-2024-en-vivo.html |work= El País |date= 30 July 2024 |access-date= 31 July 2024 |title= Resultados de las elecciones en Venezuela 2024, en vivo / Jorge Rodríguez, presidente de la Asamblea: 'María Corina Machado y Edmundo González deben ir presos' |language= es |trans-title= Venezuela 2024 election results, live / Jorge Rodríguez, president of the Assembly: 'María Corina Machado and Edmundo González must go to jail' }}{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/30/venezuela-election-protests-maduro-gonalez/ |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= 30 July 2024 |access-date= 31 July 2024 |title= At least 16 reported dead as Maduro meets Venezuelan protests with force |first1= Samantha |last1= Schmidt |first2= Ana Vanessa |last2= Herrero}} Maduro asked authorities to apply "maximum justice" and accused them of being leaders of violent groups.{{cite news |url= https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-politica/maduro-culpa-a-maria-corina-y-a-edmundo-de-violencia-criminal-y-pide-justicia-505238 |work= NTN24 |date= 30 July 2024 |access-date= 31 July 2024 |title= Maduro culpa a María Corina y a Edmundo de 'violencia criminal' y pide 'justicia' |language=es |trans-title= Maduro blames María Corina and Edmundo for 'criminal violence' and calls for 'justice'}} On 1 August, Machado published a letter in The Wall Street Journal, stating that she had gone in to hiding "fearing for my life, my freedom".{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-can-prove-maduro-got-trounced-venezuela-election-stolen-772d66a0 |work= The Wall Street Journal |date= 1 August 2024 |access-date= 1 August 2024 |title= I Can Prove Maduro Got Trounced |first= Maria Corina |last= Machado}} In a 19 August interview, Tarek Saab, suggested that opposition leaders could be charged as intellectual authors of the deaths that occurred in post-electoral violence.{{cite news|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article291191975.html|work=MiamiHerald|title=Venezuela could charge opposition leader Machado with murder, regime's prosecutor says|first=Antonio Maria |last=Delgado |date=19 August 2024|access-date=19 August 2024}} Also available at [https://gazette.com/ap/international/venezuela-could-charge-opposition-leader-machado-with-murder-regime-s-prosecutor-says/article_88d4dff3-eb30-5b8f-bca4-a51a69abb0ee.html Colorado Springs Gazette]

Freddy Superlano, a former candidate, was detained by masked men two days after the election,{{cite news |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-30/venezuela-apprehends-opposition-figure-amid-election-protests |work= Bloomberg | title= Venezuela Detains Opposition Figure Amid Post-Election Crackdown |date= 30 July 2024 |access-date= 30 July 2024| first= Andreina |last= Itriago Acosta}} and held on unknown charges at El Helicoide along with detained journalist {{ill|Roland Carreño|es}}.{{cite news |url= https://eldiario.com/2024/08/06/freddy-superlano-roland-carreno-el-helicoide/ |title= Confirmaron que Freddy Superlano y Roland Carreño se encuentran recluidos en El Helicoide|language=es |trans-title= Confirmed that Freddy Superlano and Roland Carreño are being held in El Helicoide |date= 6 August 2024 |access-date= 7 August 2024 |first= Yanuacelis |last= Aure |work= El Diario}} After the election, supporters and representatives of the opposition, as well as journalists, have been detained.{{cite news |work= NTN24 |date= 30 July 2024 |access-date= 31 July 2024 |title= Hombres armados arrestan a Freddy Superlano y otros dos políticos opositores |language= es |trans-title= Armed men arrest Freddy Superlano and two other political opposers |url= https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-actualidad/hombres-armados-arrestan-a-freddy-superlano-y-otros-dos-politicos-opositores-505131}}{{cite news |url= https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2024/08/08/el-escalofriante-video-con-el-que-el-regimen-de-maduro-atemoriza-a-los-venezolanos-y-se-burla-de-la-dirigente-maria-oropeza-y-de-la-oposicion/ |work= Infobae |date= 8 August 2024 |access-date= 9 August 2024 |title= El escalofriante video con el que el régimen de Maduro atemoriza a los venezolanos y se burla de la dirigente María Oropeza y de la oposición |language=es|trans-title= The chilling video with which the Maduro regime frightens Venezuelans and mocks the leader María Oropeza and the opposition}} Opposition leaders said that citizens who witnessed the vote tally sheets in the electoral process (poll watchers) were persecuted and detained.{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/31/venezuela-election-maduro-protest-crackdown/ |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= 31 July 2024 |access-date= 1 August 2024 |title= Maduro urges Venezuelans to report protesters who question his reelection |first1= Ana Vanessa |last1= Herrero |first2= Maria Luisa |last2= Paul |first3= Samantha |last3= Schmidt}}

The press and social media have been subject to censorship.{{cite news |url= https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/the-wall-street-journal-se-suma-a-la-lista-de-sitios-web-bloqueados-en-venezuela-y-se-registran-detenciones-de-trabajadores-de-la-prensa/7727406.html |work= Voice of America |title= The Wall Street Journal se suma a los sitios web bloqueados en Venezuela, donde se registran detenciones de comunicadores|language=es |trans-title= The Wall Street Journal joins the list of websites blocked in Venezuela, where journalists have been arrested |date= 2 August 2024 |access-date= 7 August 2024}}{{cite news |title=Venezuela: Nicolás Maduro bans X for 10 days over Elon Musk row |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ypx0p84rgo |access-date=9 August 2024 |publisher= BBC News}}{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-maduro-signs-decree-blocking-x-access-10-days-2024-08-08/ |title= Venezuela's Maduro signs decree blocking X access in country for 10 days |date= 9 August 2024 |access-date= 9 August 2024 |work= Reuters}} The legislature passed a new law "to more tightly regulate non-governmental organizations, amid criticism of a government crackdown".{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-legislators-approve-law-regulate-ngos-2024-08-15/ |title= Venezuela legislators approve law to regulate NGOs|work=Reuters|date=15 August 2024|access-date=20 August 2024}}

{{Main|2024 Venezuelan political crisis#Transparency in vote reporting and Supreme Court ruling}}

Opposition leaders, world leaders and observers urged Maduro to make the vote tallies at the polling station level public, which had not happened as of 21 August. Refusing to cede power, Maduro instead asked the Supreme Tribunal of Justice on 1 August to audit and approve the results.

The BBC stated that the TSJ review is "likely to be conducted behind closed doors" where only members will see the tallies. The Carter Center, anticipating this move, stated that "the TSJ is another government institution, appointed by the government ...  not an independent assessment". Efecto Cocuyo questioned the independence of the TSJ observers.{{cite news|url=https://efectococuyo.com/politica/quienes-son-los-peritos-del-tsj-que-verifican-material-del-28-de-julio/|url-status=live|title=¿Quiénes son los peritos del TSJ que verifican material del 28 de julio?|trans-title=Who are the TSJ experts verifying the documents of 28 July? |language=es|work=Efecto Cocuyo|date=20 August 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240822130632/https://efectococuyo.com/politica/quienes-son-los-peritos-del-tsj-que-verifican-material-del-28-de-julio|archive-date=22 August 2024|id=Wikidata :d:Q129576388}} Citing Smartmatic: {{cite web|url=https://www.smartmatic.com/us/media/smartmatic-statement-on-the-recent-constituent-assembly-election-in-venezuela/?__cf_chl_f_tk=emoAi2qyzK2UZsB1J3pdUkigiCdGTp7xujw_N0BWung-1724434394-0.0.1.1-5097|title=Smartmatic Statement on the recent Constituent Assembly Election in Venezuela|publisher=Smartmatic|date=2 August 2017|access-date=23 August 2024|id= Wikidata :d:Q129572081|archive-date=20 August 2024|archive-url= https://archive.today/20240820182010/https://www.smartmatic.com/us/media/smartmatic-statement-on-the-recent-constituent-assembly-election-in-venezuela/|url-status=live}}

As anticipated,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/world/americas/venezuela-supreme-court-maduro-election.html|work=The New York Times|title=Venezuela's Supreme Court, Loyal to Maduro, Rules Him Election Winner|date=22 August 2024|access-date=23 August 2024|author1=Turkewitz, Julie|author2= Glatsky, Genevieve |quote= The decision surprised few Venezuelans, as the court has long been used to rubber-stamp the policies of Mr. Maduro, who is likely to use this ruling to strengthen his claim to the presidency.}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/venezuelas-supreme-court-backs-maduro-as-election-winner-93f5d184|title=Maduro's Hand-Picked Supreme Court Calls Him Venezuela's Election Winner|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=22 August 2023|access-date=23 August 2024|author=Vyas, Kejal|quote=The court's ruling was expected, as it is stacked with loyalists to Maduro's ruling Socialist Party.}}{{cite news|url=https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-08-23/venezuelas-supreme-court-a-tribunal-that-dispenses-justice-tailored-to-nicolas-maduros-needs.html |work=El País|date=23 August 2024|access-date=23 August 2024|title=Venezuela's Supreme Court, a tribunal that dispenses justice tailored to Nicolás Maduro's needs}} after reviewing materials submitted, the Supreme Justice Tribunal (TSJ), composed of justices loyal to Maduro, validated the CNE's statements of a win by Maduro; the opposition and other observers have characterized their ruling as invalid, stating that the high court has no constitutional authority over elections.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/22/maduro-accused-power-grab-top-court-endorses-venezuela-election-win|title=Pressure grows on Maduro after top court endorses Venezuela election win|work=The Guardian|author=Phillips, Tom|date=22 August 2024|access-date=23 August 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-top-court-ratifies-maduro-election-win-government-tightens-control-2024-08-22/|title=Venezuela's top court ratifies Maduro election win as government tightens control|work=Reuters|date=22 August 2024|access-date=22 August 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-election-supreme-court-certifies-maduro-39d9f3b9beb0fe96fa052e4d2a3c106b|publisher=Associated Press|title=Venezuela's Supreme Court certifies Maduro's claims that he won presidential election|date=22 August 2024|access-date=23 August 2024|quote=Its decision, read Thursday in an event attended by senior officials and foreign diplomats, came in response to a request by Maduro to review vote totals showing he had won by more than 1 million votes.}} The court stated that the opposition vote tallies were falsified; the Associated Press wrote that the Maduro administration "has claimed—without evidence—that a foreign cyberattack staged by hackers from North Macedonia delayed the vote counting on election night and publication of the disaggregated results."

NTN24 reported that on 26 August, the CNE webpage was briefly accessible. During the period of access, some people were able to view the names of witnesses of the actas and check if they matched what the opposition had reported on resultadosporvenezuela.com. According to NTN24, the names were found to match.{{cite news|url=https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-actualidad/acceso-que-se-abrio-por-una-hora-en-el-portal-del-cne-demostro-que-las-actas-de-la-oposicion-coincidian-509995|work=NTN24|date=27 August 2024|access-date=27 August 2024|language=es|title=Acceso que se abrió por una hora en el portal del CNE demostró que las actas de la oposición coincidían|trans-title=Access that was opened for one hour on the CNE portal showed that the opposition's records coincided}}

Caryslia Rodríguez, president of the high court, said that a criminal investigation would be conducted regarding "presumably false" results that were published; González was summoned to appear on accusations, among others, of usurping the CNE's functions by uploading election records to www.resultadosconvzla.com;{{cite news|url=https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-judicial/fiscalia-venezolana-cita-formalmente-al-excandidato-edmundo-gonzalez-y-lo-acusa-de-graves-delitos-509601|work=NTN24|date=24 August 2024|access-date=24 August 2024|language=es|title=Fiscalía venezolana cita formalmente al excandidato Edmundo González y lo acusa de graves delitos|trans-title=Venezuelan Prosecutor's Office formally summons former candidate Edmundo González and accuses him of serious crimes}} he did not appear for the 26 August summons,{{cite news|url=https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-08-26/the-change-in-the-life-of-edmundo-gonzalez-from-unknown-diplomat-to-vortex-of-the-venezuelan-crisis.html|work=El País|access-date=26 August 2024|title=The change in the life of Edmundo González: From unknown diplomat to vortex of the Venezuelan crisis|date=26 August 2024|author=Moleiro, Alonso}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelan-attorney-generals-office-issues-second-summons-opposition-leader-2024-08-26/|work=Reuters|access-date=26 August 2024|title=Venezuelan attorney general's office issues second summons for opposition leader Gonzalez|date=26 August 2024}} or the second summons on 27 August.{{cite news|url=https://www.barrons.com/news/venezuela-opposition-candidate-ignores-second-summons-c6cc5d29|work=Barron's|publisher=Agence France-Press|date=27 August 2024|access-date=27 August 2024|title=Venezuela Opposition Candidate Ignores Second Summons|author=Tovar, Javier}}

After he failed to respond to a third summons, an arrest warrant was issued on 2 September for González for crimes including criminal association and conspiracy after prosecutor Luis Ernesto Dueñez Reyes "requested Gonzalez be arrested for usurpation of functions, falsification of public documents, instigation to disobey the law, conspiracy and association", according to Reuters.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-attorney-general-requests-arrest-warrant-opposition-leader-gonzalez-2024-09-02/|work=Reuters|date=2 September 2024|access-date=3 September 2024|title=Venezuela issues arrest warrant for opposition leader Gonzalez, AG says|author1=Sequera, Vivian|author2=Armas, Mayela}}{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/03/edmundo-gonzalez-venezuela-election-opposition-leader-prosecutors-arrest-warrant|work=The Guardian|date=2 September 2024|access-date=3 September 2024|title=Venezuela judge issues arrest warrant for opposition leader after disputed election|author= Phillips, Tom}} González sought refuge for several days in the Spanish embassy in Caracas, and was granted asylum, leaving on a Spanish Armed Forces flight for Madrid on 7 September 2024.{{cite news|url=https://eldiario.com/2024/09/07/edmundo-gonzalez-abandono-venezuela-asilo-espana/|work=El Diario de Caracas|date= 7 September 2024|access-date=8 September 2024|language=es|title=Edmundo González abandonó Venezuela tras solicitar asilo político en España|trans-title=Edmundo González left Venezuela after requesting political asylum in Spain}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14zdypxr7no|publisher= BBC News|date=8 September 2024|access-date=8 September 2024|title=Venezuela's opposition leader leaves country for Spain}}{{cite news |url= https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2024/09/08/66dd0f9afc6c83894b8b4580.html|work=El Mundo|language=es|date=8 September 2024|access-date=8 September 2024|title=Edmundo González vuela a Madrid tras negociar su exilio|trans-title=Edmundo González flies to Madrid after negotiating his exile|author1= Lozano, Daniel|author2= Piña, Raúl}}

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Negotiated peaceful transition of power proposals include an exit deal{{cite web | last=Abrams | first=Elliott | title=Can Maduro Be Negotiated Out of Venezuela? | website=Council on Foreign Relations | date=19 July 2024 | url=https://www.cfr.org/blog/can-maduro-be-negotiated-out-venezuela | access-date=29 July 2024 | archive-date=25 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725045624/https://www.cfr.org/blog/can-maduro-be-negotiated-out-venezuela | url-status=live }}{{cite news | last1=Schmidt | first1=Samantha | last2=Herrero | first2=Ana Vanessa | title=If Maduro loses, will he cede power? Venezuela's election, explained. | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=27 July 2024 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/27/venezuela-election-maduro-gonzalez-machado/ | access-date=27 July 2024 | archive-date=27 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727205217/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/27/venezuela-election-maduro-gonzalez-machado/ | url-status=live }} and power-sharing;{{cite news | last=Rodríguez | first=Francisco |author-link= Francisco Rodríguez (economist) |title=A Deal That Could Save Venezuela | work=The New York Times | date=7 August 2024 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/opinion/venezuela-deal-political-crisis.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240807052616/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/opinion/venezuela-deal-political-crisis.html | archive-date=7 August 2024 | url-status=live | access-date=7 August 2024|id= Wikidata :d:Q128800425}} repeating the election was also proposed.{{cite news |title= Brazil, Colombia urge new Venezuela vote, as opposition cries foul |first1= Javier |last1= Tovar |first2= Barbara |last2= Agelvis|date= 15 August 2024 |work= Agence France-Presse |publisher= Yahoo News |url= https://sg.news.yahoo.com/brazils-president-suggests-vote-venezuela-155910749.html |access-date= 16 August 2024|quote=Maduro has previously rejected the possibility of new elections and asked the country's highest court, also viewed as loyal to him, to certify the outcome.}} But Machado said the opposition was willing to negotiate for Maduro to recognize González's win, said the electoral victory was non-negotiable and the opposition would not agree to power-sharing.{{cite news |title= Machado: Opposition would offer Maduro incentives to negotiate transition to democracy |date= 8 August 2024 |first = Nora |last= Gámez Torres |work= Miami Herald |url= https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article290893994.html |access-date= 9 August 2024}} Both the opposition and the Maduro government rejected the idea of repeat elections—both stating they had already won.{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/15/venezuela-election-maduro-gonzalez-maduro/ |newspaper= The Washington Post |title= Amid calls for new elections in Venezuela, opposition weighs next move |first1= Samantha |last1= Schmidt |first2= Marina |last2= Dias |date= 15 August 2024 |access-date= 16 August 2024}}{{cite news |url= https://www.nysun.com/article/maduro-machado-reject-calls-from-lula-petro-biden-for-a-second-venezuelan-election |title= Maduro, Machado Reject Calls From Lula, Petro, Biden for a Second Venezuelan Election |work= The New York Sun |first= Rafael |last= Oliveira |date= 16 August 2024 |access-date= 17 August 2024}} Amnesty proposals have been advanced and denied.{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-says-it-has-not-offered-maduro-amnesty-since-election-2024-08-12/ |title= US says it has not offered Maduro amnesty since election|work= Reuters |date= 12 August 2024 |access-date= 13 August 2024}}{{cite news |url= https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article290959689.html |title= U.S. says it hasn't offered Maduro amnesty to leave power, but is open to suggestions |work= Miami Herald |first1= Michael |last1 = Wilner |first2= Antonio Maria |last2= Delgado |date= 11 August 2024 |access-date= 12 August 2024}}

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• {{Cite web |last=Raisbeck |first=Daniel |date=30 July 2024 |title=Twelve Graphs on Why Maduro Could Only 'Win' by Stealing Venezuela's Election |url=https://www.cato.org/blog/12-graphs-why-maduro-could-only-win-stealing-venezuelas-election |publisher=Cato Institute |access-date=31 July 2024}}
• {{Cite episode |title=The Official Unofficial Record |url=https://www.thisamericanlife.org/848/the-official-unofficial-record |series=This American Life |series-link=This American Life |station=WBEZ |network=Public Radio Exchange |date=22 November 2024 |number=848 |transcript=Transcript |transcript-url=https://www.thisamericanlife.org/848/transcript |access-date=25 November 2024}} The prologue and Act One cover the election.

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• [https://apnews.com/live/venezuela-election-updates-maduro-machado-gonzalez Venezuela election live updates]
• [https://resultadospresidencialesvenezuela2024.com Detailed election results provided by the opposition] {{limited access}} (Venezuelan identity needed for access)
• {{Cite web|date=12 July 2023|publisher=YouTube|title=Debate Primarias 2023 #HablanlosCandidatos – VPItv En Vivo|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvwj7AMiPhY}}

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