Wives of jailed opposition mayors win Venezuela ballots

Patricia de Ceballos, opposition candidate and wife of jailed former mayor Daniel Ceballos, cast her vote during mayoral election in San Cristobal May 25, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez

CARACAS (Reuters) - The wives of two opposition mayors jailed over protests against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro won landslide victories in elections on Sunday for their spouses' vacant posts.

Though the women's victories were widely expected in cities that are hotbeds of opposition to Madura, they still brought some cheer to a movement divided over the strategy of protests and smarting from repeated defeats in national elections.