Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's Socialist Party has increased the number of governorships it holds, winning 20 of the country's 23 states.The vote was the first time in Hugo Chavez’s nearly 14-year-old presidency that he has been unable to actively campaign.
The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's Socialist Party not only increased the number of governorships they held from 18 to 20, but they took two key states from the opposition - Zulia, the cradle of the country's oil sector, and Carabobo, Venezuela's industrial heartland.
The opposition coalition held on to two key states, including Miranda, where Henrique Capriles was re-elected.Henrique Capriles, held onto the governorship of Miranda state by defeating former Vice-President Elias Jaua. Having lost in October's presidential polls to Hugo Chavez,he needed this win to revive his political career.
The opposition had held the governorships in 8 states, and it lost in 5 of those states according to the results announced by National Electoral Council President Tibisay Lucena.
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