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Mexico election: López Obrador set to win as rivals concede


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Left-wing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador is heading for a landslide victory in Mexico's presidential election, exit polls indicate.

The former mayor of Mexico City, who was the front-runner ahead of the vote, looks to have polled about 53%, one survey by Parametria said.

All exit polls and initial results put him well ahead.

His closest rivals have both admitted defeat and congratulated Mr López Obrador on his victory.

Ruling party candidate José Antonio Meade, who lies in third place according to initial results, told supporters that he wished him "the greatest success".

Mr Meade's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has dominated Mexican politics for much of the past century but has slumped in popularity.

Ricardo Anaya, candidate for the conservative National Action Party (PAN), looked set to be runner-up to Mr López Obrador - who is widely known by his initials, Amlo.

"I recognise his triumph, I express my congratulations, and I wish him the greatest success for the good of Mexico," Mr Anaya said.

US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to congratulate Mr López Obrador "on becoming the next president of Mexico".

Sunday's election followed one of Mexico's deadliest campaigns in decades with more than 130 political candidates and party workers killed.

What was at stake?
Mr López Obrador has been runner-up in Mexico's two previous elections but now seems likely to end the dominance of the PRI and the PAN.

He has referred to them as being part of the same "mafia of power".

Many Mexicans have grown disillusioned with incumbent President Enrique Peña Nieto's PRI administration, particularly over the sluggish economy and endemic corruption.

Mr López Obrador, 64, put tackling corruption at the centre of his election campaign, promising to improve wages and pensions by stamping out rampant abuse.

His opponents tried to paint him as a populist who cannot be trusted with the economy.

How did election day unfold?
Long queues of voters formed outside schools and community centres as polling day progressed but two more killings of party members were reported - one a member of the Workers' Party in the western state of Michoacan and the other a member of the governing PRI party in the central state of Puebla.

About 88 million people were eligible to vote not only for a new president but also 128 senators and 500 deputies in Congress as well as state and local officials. Preliminary figures put official turnout at just over 60%.

A huge crowd gathered outside the polling station in Mexico City's Tlalpan district to watch Mr López Obrador cast his vote.

He called the election "historic" and told reporters: "We represent the possibility of real change."

How will US-Mexico relations be affected?
Mr López Obrador has been the candidate most critical of Donald Trump and has said he will make the US president "see reason".

Mr Trump has continuously attacked Mexico over trade and migration, saying he will renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) and build a wall along the US-Mexico border.

His hardline stance on migration - particularly the separation of migrant families at the US border - has brought widespread condemnation.

Some 2,000 children remain separated from their migrant parents, despite Mr Trump agreeing to curtail the policy.

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