Leaked phone calls: Capriles just wanted to make a scandal

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110. Unless I missed something (perfectly possible)

a hand recount was always impossible because the votes are computerized.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/determined-capriles-demands-recount-1.1502545#.UXDociuY6hY

Maduro, who had been declared the winner of the elections by 50.8 percent to 49 percent, said he would support “totally and fully” whatever the election council decides.

Earlier, Chief Justice Luisa Estela Morales said the opposition request for a recount was “an impossibility”, because Venezuela's computerised voting system does not allow for the kind of vote-by-vote recount demanded by Capriles.

I did check out the full report. It was overwhelmingly positive, imo. It highlighted the fact that Capriles and his camp were satisfied going in that things would be fair.

"Repeated calls by both candidates for citizens to vote, as well as extensive participation of political party representatives in both pre-election preparations and audits of the automated voting system programmed by the National Electoral Council (CNE), contributed to citizen confidence in the voting system. Even so, isolated claims of fraud surfaced after the vote. Nevertheless, the whole opposition leadership, including, most importantly, Capriles himself, unequivocally rejected those claims, stating that the
results reflected the will of the electorate."

"Security of the Voting Machines
In the most open process to date, according to opposition technical experts, political party and domestic observer technical experts participated in the 16 pre-election audits of the entire automated system and the postelection audit, including hardware and software as well as the fingerprint databases.
MUD experts who participated in the audits repeatedly stated they were confident about the security mechanisms and the secrecy of the vote."

"On the Campaign Trails
The campaign featured two candidates in structurally different positions. The striking contrasts between their campaign strategies were to be expected. The popular 57-year-old president-candidate was governing for the 13th year and seeking his third,
consecutive, six-year term after being diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer.14 In firm control of the state and riding a moderate economic recovery by the time the campaign began, Chávez campaigned as the embodiment of his movement and indeed the nation, using the saying, “Chávez, heart of the fatherland.”

Capriles, by contrast, was not very well-known around the whole country, as he was running for national office from a governor’s post. Moreover, he was a youthful 40-year-old from a well-heeled background with weak oratory skills and a campaign organization with resource limitations and internal tensions. He needed an effectively designed campaign strategy and a perfectly executed campaign trail performance to stand a chance. He achieved those objectives, but they were not enough.'"

http://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/news/peace_publications/election_reports/venezuela-2012-election-study-mission-final-rpt.pdf

Of course, the recall might be moot if Capriles doesn't resume his post as Governor tomorrow. He will simply be removed. It must be tough trying to perform the duties of office while running for higher office for most of the year. Edit to ask, did he win his own state this time for President? I haven't been able to find if this is so.