Sunday, October 22 was election day in Argentinabut also in Venezuela, where the opposition primaries, with hope placed on change in the face of the next presidential elections, scheduled for the second half of 2024, although still without a defined date. For now, however, it has already been decided who will lead the opposition in the elections, with the intention of evict Nicolás Maduro from the Government, which he has presided over for a decade. Supporters of the main Venezuelan opposition parties have chosen the candidate of Vente Venezuela, Maria Corina Machadoas their “unitary” candidate against Chavismo.

“Today the democratic forces achieved the objective: our unitary candidate, María Corina Machado, who will represent us in the presidential election and will be the example of every step we take to consolidate political change. United we are going to change Venezuela. Image of unity, strength and joy,” the Democratic Unitary Platform has published on its social network account X, formerly Twitter.

The first results of the primary election in Venezuela They correspond to 26.6% of the vote, at which time Machado had achieved an overwhelming victory, winning more than 93% of the votes. With the results of the Venezuelan primaries provisionals in hand, it can be said that Machado’s victory has been resounding, having the second candidate more than 89 points away:

  • María Corina: 93%
  • Carlos Prosperi: 4.75%

In fact, the rest of the candidates—Delsa Solórzano, Andrés Caleca, César Pérez Vivas, Andrés Velásquez, Tamara Adrián, Gloria Pinho, César Almeida and Luis Baló Farías—had not reached 1% of the votes at that time. These results ensure the formation of a common front after years marked by public disagreements between some of the main opposition actors. The primaries have been held in 3,010 voting centers and more than 5,000 tables distributed in the municipalities of Venezuela and 27 countries abroad. These elections took place after the Venezuelan Government and the opposition closed an agreement in principle in Barbados for the holding of elections next year, in an unprecedented gesture well received by the various national and international actors.