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After 12 years in opposition, Enrique Pena Nieto and his party were announced as the presidential winner by Mexico’s electoral authorities.

Despite opinion polls forecasting Pena Nieto winning by a margin of between 10 to 15 percentage points, he was only 5.4 percentage points ahead of his leftist rival, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Pena Nieto secured 37.6 percentage points compared to Lopez Obrador’s 32.2 percentage points and the 25.4 percentage points for ruling candidate, Josefina Vazquez Mota.

A visibly moved Pena Nieto told followers in Mexico City: “Mexicans have given our party another chance.” He continued, “We are going to honor it with results.

Pena Nieto will take office in December for a six-year-term as president.

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