Maduro declared poll winner, Oppn coalition rejects it

According to electoral council, prez got 51.2% of votes, while rival Urrutia 44.2%

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NICOLAS Maduro was declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential election on Sunday but the opposition and key regional neighbours immediately rejected the official results. The opposition coalition itself claimed victory, after an election campaign tainted by accusations of political intimidation and fears of fraud, and following predictions by pollsters that Maduro would lose but was unlikely to concede after more than a decade in power. He won re-election with 51.2% of votes, while opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia received 44.2%, according to the electoral council (CNE), which in its m