Venezuela election: Five things you need to know

Venezuelans vote in a presidential election which could see the country change course after 25 years.

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Opposition supporters think that they stand a real chance of ousting the incumbent, President Nicolás Maduro, from office after 11 years.

Meanwhile, Mr Maduro, who is running for a third consecutive term, has painted the election in stark terms, warning that a defeat for his socialist PSUV party could trigger "a bloodbath".

Here, we look at five things you need to know about the polls and how we got here.

This election could bring a change of government to Venezuela after 25 years in which it has been run by the socialist PSUV party - first under the leadership of the late President Hugo Chávez, and after his death from cancer in 2013, under his protegee, Nicolás Maduro.

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