Henrique Salas Feo, current governor of Carabobo State, Monday ratified his victory in Sunday election, and ensured that he has surpassed pro-government candidate Luis Felipe Acosta Carles by 26 percent, even though the National Electoral Council (CNE) disclosed preliminary results showing that Acosta Carles was the winner.

According to Salas Feo, for the time the CNE disclosed the results only 71 of the automated tally sheets had been computed.

"This candidate (Acosta Carles) has not even obtained 40 percent of the ballots."