Pena Nieto’s win confirmed by Mexico vote count

Pena Nieto’s win confirmed by Mexico vote count:

Pena Nieto’s win confirmed by Mexico vote count


MEXICO CITY— The official count in Mexico's presidential election concluded on Friday with results showing that former ruling party candidate Enrique Pena Nieto won by a 6.6 percentage-point margin, almost exactly the same lead as a vote-night quick count gave him.

The final count by the country's electoral authority, which included a ballot-by-ballot recount at more than half of polling places, showed Pena Nieto getting 38.21 percent of votes in Sunday's election. Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who got 31.59 percent.

Lopez Obrador said he will file a formal legal challenge to the vote count in electoral courts next week, based on the allegation that Pena Nieto's Instit...

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