Caracas, Dec 6 (UNI) Venezuela will go to polls on Sunday to elect the country's parliament for the next five years.
Sunday's elections will see citizens elect 277 new lawmakers — 111 more than in previous elections — from 107 political parties and associations with 14,400 candidates running for seats in the unicameral National Assembly.
Polling stations will open at 7 a.m. local time (14:00 GMT) and close at 6 p.m., unless electoral authorities have cause to extend it.
The ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and other allied parties will face off a coalition of opposition factions, which currently holds a parliamentary majority.
President Nicolas Maduro is seeking to regain control of the National Assembly, which remains the only government institution in the hands of the opposition.
The National Assembly's contested speaker, opposition leader Juan Guaido, is demanding a boycott of the Sunday vote and has denounced it as a fraud, while the United States, European Union and Organization of American States (OAS) have all voiced concerns regarding the upcoming elections.
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