he preliminary result was announced on 16 August 2004 on national television and radio after 94% of the vote had been counted.[32]
No: 4,991,483 = 58%
Yes: 3,576,517 = 42%[33]
According to these early-morning results, the first condition (a quorum of 25% of the electorate) had been satisfied. The second condition (more votes against Chávez than he received in 2000) would probably be satisfied. However, the third condition (a simple majority: more people voting "yes" than "no") had clearly failed.