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Leftist ‘AMLO’ wins Mexico polls with 53% of vote: official projection
MEXICO CITY, July 2, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Anti-establishment leftist Andres
Manuel Lopez Obrador won Mexico’s presidential election Sunday with more than
half the vote, according to an official projection of the results, a
resounding rejection of the country’s established parties.
The fiery leftist known as “AMLO” won between 53 and 53.8 percent of the
vote, according to a projection by the National Electoral Institute, based on
a sample of polling stations.
It gave Ricardo Anaya of the conservative National Action Party (PAN)
between 22.1 and 22.8 percent, Jose Antonio Meade of the ruling Institutional
Revolutionary Party (PRI) between 15.7 and 16.3 percent, and independent
candidate Jaime Rodriguez between 5.3 and 5.5 percent.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1037 hrs