nicholas madero's ruling party won 20 out of 23 positions in the state elections.bring in our south america correspondent for more. president maduro is claiming victory but his presidents say this was a rigged election. was it a free and fair election? reporter: i don't think anybody was under the illusion that these were free and fair. what was different is the opposition was coming back to participate after several years of boycotting the vote. the general feeling was the only way to change the direction of the country was to get involved in the political process. that is what the agreement was among the parties. still a lot of division. that's what we've seen in these elections. the government is in a very strong position. these results were no surprise. at the same time, the opposition want to unseat and loosen the grip of power of nicholas madero but they don't really have any kind of cohesive plan or agreement on howo do that best. that is the problem we have seen. the tw sides, when you speak to people here in venezuela, certainly soni people feel despondent

observers from the european union will be overseeing the vote at a 1000 polling stations. president nicholas maderos been accused of electoral ford in the past. poland as again acute as and again called on batteries to stop selling asylum seekers towards its order now threatening to stop all trains carrying goods from ballard bruce into the european union. on thursday. officials in barrows cleared a makeshift camp along the border and moved hundreds of people to a nearby warehouse studio. b unscripted is the program next. oh, there's a lot more to al jazeera than t v. with our website mobile app, social media and podcast, al jazeera digital is the world to award winning online content. and each week on portal will bring you the very best of it. they're trying to broaden the people to be to go somewhere else. but the truth is that it got nowhere else to go. so if you missed it online, catch it here with me. thunder gartman on al jazeera. ah, i grew up in a shop and the threat of the national front was ever present. you never knew who is going to come through the door and sort of knife your parents or

and they are hoping to make gains against the president nicholas maderos socialist party. as there is theresa bo reports to us from crack us. ah, for the 1st time in almost 4 years, the venezuelan position is back in an electro race. her voters are heading to the polls on sunday to pick local councils, mayers, and governors across the country. that kathy is running for the governorship of the state of miranda. he says this is an opportunity for the opposition to gain strength against president call. am i the widow there somewhere to report for the valuable we have major titanic effort to guarantee the in each voting table. there are at least 3 witnesses, a principal and 3 replacements. there are people in the districts and transport people that are working to guarantee that we have a charge. but the opposition is divided. and while some have supported the call to participate in the elections, others like one way, those who have challenged precedent, nikolai my, the door in the past have remain silent. remain a position, have boycotted residential and legislative elections

his claim to victory in regional elections. president nicholas maderos party 120 of 23 state governorships. opposition figures say the result is a blow to their 1st campaign after a 4 year boycott. theresa bo reports from the capital characters. gina marijuana was surprised by the results of sunday's region elections. she lives in the neighbourhood of bye daughter, and was hoping for the post to expose the situation venezuelans are facing to day. she's a teacher. oh, her 4 year old daughter has a kidney condition and she can't afford the treatment. no fuss him. it's not easy if you have the expenses we have with a child who has kidney disease and you have to spend a $150.00 every 3 months. i have a family, we can barely safe $10.00. yeah, i've gone everywhere to ask for help, but nobody cares. i'm disappointed because i wanted something to change. oh, but in black, how will the wedding the center of kodak us, nikolai, my little supporters, celebrated venice will as ruling socialist party 120 governorships in spite of the huge economic crises that's left more than 80 percent of the populati

they boycotted to major elections accusing president nicholas maderos party of fraud and intimidation. sundays turn out was only around 40 percent. that's one of the lowest in recent history. let's be to, to re, is a bo, she's in caracas for us to raise that we were talking about this earlier. has the decision not to boycott actually backfired here for the opposition? possibly while the voting process continue, but something is certain is that the governor, the ruling socialist party, has one in at least 20 states. and one is still being disputed as the counting process continue and the position has come out victorious only. so we state, so it certainly a set back, i mean we have a huge impact here. we've been talking to several people across the country you earlier this morning. and many of those we spoke to were extremely disappointed mostly because of the economic situation in venezuela. right. now there's a massive economic crisis, probably 2 ways of around 80 percent. and people were hoping that in a way that the opposition could, in a way, have a better reelection, would improve