Have proof candidate defeated Maduro in disputed election: Venezuela oppn

As thousands of people demonstrated across Venezuela, opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez on Monday announced that his campaign has the proof it needs to show he won the country's disputed election whose victory electoral authorities handed to President Nicolas Maduro.

Gonzalez and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado told reporters they have obtained more than 70 per cent of tally sheets from Sunday's election, and they show Gonzalez with more than double Maduro's votes.

Both called on people, some of whom protested in the hours after Maduro was declared winner, to remain calm and invited them to gather peacefully at 11 am Tuesday to celebrate the results.

I speak to you with the calmness of the truth, Gonzalez said as dozens of supporters cheered outside campaign headquarters in the capital, Caracas. We have in our hands the tally sheets that demonstrate our categorical and mathematically irreversible victory.

Their announcement came after the National Electoral Council, whic