Opposition leader María Corina Machado won Venezuela's opposition primary with over [BLANK] percent of the vote but was barred from running in the 2024 presidential election, forcing the opposition to register [BLANK] as their candidate instead.

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María Corina Machado won the Unitary Platform opposition primary on October 22, 2023, with 92.35% of the vote (approximately 3 million Venezuelans participated). The Supreme Tribunal of Justice confirmed her 15-year disqualification in January 2024, preventing her from running. The National Electoral Council (CNE) also blocked the opposition's second choice, Corina Yoris, citing a "technological problem." The opposition eventually registered Edmundo González Urrutia as their third choice. After the disputed July 2024 election, Machado and González published voting tallies from 73.20% of polling stations, claiming they proved González won with 6,275,182 votes to Maduro's 2,759,256 votes. The CNE declared Maduro won with 51.2% to González's 44.2%, but never published precinct-level data. This electoral manipulation strengthened the Trump administration's argument that Maduro usurped power illegitimately, justifying the Foreign Terrorist Organization designation.

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