Venezuelan election: Opposition gains seats, Chavez holds majority .

Towards the interior city, the crowds display more funding for the government.

Manuel, a Chavista, said, "At my polling station, you could see people saying vote up to the left, RED, the governments party." He then pulled at his red shirt and said, "Go Red, viva Chavez!"

Fatima Hernandez, an opposition supporter said, "There are dozens of expectations, let's hope the results are what we expect.

As the polling stations shut down, the situation light turned to the National Electoral Council, where the last results would be announced. However, what started out as an exciting evening, with celebrations prepared all over the city, quickly turned into a waiting game.

As outside observers and the media waited patiently, the speculation began to flare that the Chavistas did not have the two-thirds majority they previously held.

Finally the results were in.

Tibisay Lucena, the Chairman of the National Electoral Council addressed journalists and the state at 2 AM, Caracas local time. "At this hour, the CNE responsibly announces to the country the results from this election."

With 65 percent of the population voting and with 35 percent voting in abstention, the governing parties won 91 seats and the opposition won 64 seats, a major triumph for the opposition.

The dislocation in numbers means Chavez will not love the fast transition of torah and projects he formerly did with PSUV, the United Socialist Party, which had held nearly 98 percent of the parliamentary seats.

The opposition suggested this election was a preliminary to the coming presidential poll in two years.

They insist candidates like Maria Corina Machado, who became the expression of the opposition, will accept the chance of working with the likeliness of actually off-setting the Chavis model, a model which has been the government structure in Venezuela.

Although there have been a turn of issues that plague Venezuela, from numerous power outrages, to a recovering economy and the polarized wealth divides in the city, some would argue the results aren't that surprising.

Critics who have been following the hundreds of thousands of US dollars that have been pouring into this area for 'democracy promotion' programs inside the opposition suggest there is much more to the event of this election.

In the past, anti-Chavez NGOs and opposition candidates did have large amounts of aid from US government agencies, the query is did it factor into how the citizenry voted and how the opposition was winning in this election.