Venezuela's ruling party wins majority of regional governorship elections

CARACAS, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) won 17 of Venezuela's 23 regional governorship elections, the National Electoral Council (CNE) said late on Sunday.

Tibisay Lucena, the CNE president, said the turnout is around 61.14 percent and the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) obtained five governorships, with the result of one more state to be announced.

Lucena congratulated all the Venezuelan electorates for their participation in the elections, which he considered to have one of the highest voter turnouts in recent years.

"Our differences are solved through votes and our country's fate is determined through the elections," said Lucena.