Venezuela’s electoral commission has officially declared Nicolás Maduro the winner of the presidential election. This will allow him to begin his third six-year term as Venezuela’s president. The opposition suspects fraud.

According to official results, the authoritarian leader won more than 51 percent of the vote on Sunday. The opposition, this time united behind candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, would have won more than 44 percent of the vote. That’s the same percentage as the electoral commission reported after 80 percent of the votes had been counted.

The opposition parties have yet to respond to the official result. They will hold a press conference later today. With the preliminary results, they have already accused Maduro of electoral fraud, and they are likely to stick to that. Maduro himself wants nothing to do with this: in a televised address he said he viewed the opposition accusations as an attempted coup, a “fascist coup.”

During Maduro’s speech, people took to the streets in several places in the capital Caracas to demonstrate against the results. They are banging pots and pans and trying to block roads.

Before the election, independent polls still gave the opposition 70 percent of the vote. That camp already feared fraud during the count, and its suspicions of fraud grew when the first results came in just six hours after polls closed. The electoral commission is known to favor President Maduro.

Venezuelan law allows independent witnesses to verify the vote count. Observers from the European Union were originally scheduled to come, but the electoral commission withdrew that invitation two months ago.

Yesterday too, it was difficult for people who wanted to verify the count. According to the opposition, they only got about 40% of the votes, and they are now demanding the presence of international observers to verify the vote count.

Other countries had mixed reactions to the provisional results. Several Latin American countries have jointly called for full transparency about the results and the vote counting process. Panama has now suspended all diplomatic relations with Venezuela.

The countries received support from the United States, which described the result as “hard to believe” and is considering imposing sanctions. The European Union also called for openness about the electoral process.

Maduro has received support from other countries. Russia, China, Bolivia and Cuba have sent their congratulations.