The release of thousands of voting records by Venezuela’s opposition has reignited the political crisis following the country’s recent elections, challenging the official results that declared Nicolás Maduro the winner.

According to opposition leaders Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado, the published records account for 81.7% of all voting tables nationwide. Volunteer groups known as “comanditos” collected the documents directly from polling stations, digitized them, and uploaded them to a public website.

Under Venezuela’s electoral system, voting machines print official records at the end of election day, which party witnesses receive as proof. Using those documents, the opposition carried out its own count and claims González won with 67% of the vote, while Nicolás Maduro received just 30%.

These figures directly contradict the announcement by the National Electoral Council, which declared Maduro the winner with 52% of the vote. So far, the electoral authority has not published the official records supporting that result.

Independent international media outlets reviewed a large sample of the opposition’s records and concluded they show internal consistency and a clear opposition victory. Meanwhile, the government dismissed the documents as fraudulent.

The opposition says González won in all 23 states and the capital district, arguing that the margin is mathematically irreversible even if the remaining records favored Maduro entirely.

As pressure mounts from foreign governments and Venezuela’s Supreme Court demands transparency, the disputed elections continue to deepen political uncertainty in Venezuela and place Nicolás Maduro under growing international scrutiny.