2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election
Main article: 2017 Venezuelan Constitutional Assembly election
Smartmatic stated that the results of the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election were manipulated. On August 2 of 2017, Smartmatic CEO Antonio Mugica stated on a press briefing in London “We know, without a doubt, that the result of the recent elections for a National Constituent Assembly were manipulated,” and added “We estimate that the difference between actual and announced participation by the authorities is at least one million votes.” [93] The company said that the turnout was off by at least one million votes.[94] Reuters also reported that according to internal CNE documents leaked to the agency, only 3,720,465 votes were cast thirty minutes before polls were expected to close, though polls were open for an additional hour.[95] The company later left Venezuela in 2018.[88]