Both the president and his campaign chief, Aristóbulo Istúriz, brushed aside suggestions of failure. Using Twitter, Mr Chávez called the result a “solid victory”, saying it was “enough to continue deepening” his “revolutionary socialist” project. But the PSUV's vanishing act on election night told a different story: its campaign headquarters emptied out by mid-evening, preventing journalists from obtaining comments from its members. At the MUD's base of operations, in contrast, opposition leaders clustered around microphones as they awaited the results.

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