Independent journalists who visited polling stations throughout the day said that they saw no queues and fewer people turning out than for the presidential election last July. The opposition has long questioned the independence of the CNE, which is led by Elvis Amoroso, a former legal counsel to President Maduro. Amid the wave of repression and arrests which followed the presidential election, González went into exile to Spain. According to the preliminary results of the legislative election, the coalition backing President Maduro won an absolute majority of the 285 seats. But three politicians from Henrique Capriles' opposition UNT party were also voted into the National Assembly, including Capriles himself.