Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been declared the winner of Sunday's presidential elections in Venezuela. 

Elvis Amoroso, the president of the Venezuelan electoral authority, said Maduro secured a third six-year term with 51.2% of the vote. 

Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia secured 44.2%.

The incumbent President Maduro pulled more than 5.1 million votes, securing his re-election. 

On his part, opposition leader Edmundo Gonzales obtained more than 4.4 million votes, representing 44.2% of the electorate.

The Venezuelan Embassy in Namibia says most of the opposition candidates accepted the results of the elections that have been described as transparent, free, and sovereign.

The Embassy says more than 700 international observers from a large number of countries, including Namibia, took part in observing the elections. 

The Electoral Commission of Namibia was part of 24 electoral management bodies, political parties, and organisations that took part in an observer mission.

The Governor of the Omusati Region, Erginus Endjala, was also part of the observer mission, but in his capacity as a Swapo Party Central Committee Member.

Members of the Swapo Party Youth League's Central Committee were also part of the observer mission.

The SADC Parliamentary Forum also had an observer mission to monitor the elections. The election results have been recognised by Russia, China, Bolivia, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Iran.