US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says it is “clear” that Edmundo González Urrutia won the most votes in Venezuela’s recent presidential election.

The poll was held on July 28th, with the country’s electoral authorities later declaring President Nicolás Maduro the winner.

In a statement shared to the social media site X, Mr Blinken cited what he said was the “electoral data”…

According to The Associated Press, Mr González and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado say they obtained more than two–thirds of the tally sheets that each electronic voting machine printed after polls closed.

They add that the release of the data on those tallies would prove Mr Maduro lost.

Protests have been held since the election, with persons marching through the capital and other cities.