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Calderon wins Mexico's presidential race
www.chinaview.cn 2006-09-06 03:36:12

    MEXICO CITY, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon had won the country's July 2 elections and became president-elect of Mexico, Mexico's top electoral court declared on Tuesday.

Mexian president-elect Felipe Calderon waves at his campaign headquarters in Mexico City, Sept. 5, 2006.
Felipe Calderon waves at his campaign headquarters in Mexico City, Sept. 5, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
    The Tribunal rejected all the complaints made by left-wing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who had alleged electoral fraud and called large-scale demonstrations.

    The ruling party said that Calderon had won just over 14.9 million votes, a slender 233,831 advantages over Obrador, confirming the much-disputed results a previous count.

    Analysts said that they expect the seven Tribunal judges to vote unanimously in favor of the ratification.

    The change of president is planned for Dec. 1, when Calderon will replace Vicente Fox, of his National Action Party, for six years. Fox will meet with Calderon on Wednesday and will give a message to the nation on Wednesday night, according to presidential spokesman, Ruben Aguilar.

    The Tribunal spokesman, Judge Flavio Galvan, told media that 41,557,430 Mexican citizens had voted.

    Obrador had been calling for a vote-by-vote recount of the election, saying repeatedly that Calderon is a usurper of the presidency.

    The Tribunal had previously agreed to recount only 11,839 ballot boxes, some nine percent of the total, and ruled that only 8,000 of these had any signs of irregularities. Enditem

Related:

    Mexico's leftist candidate refuses to accept electoral result

    MEXICO CITY, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Leftist opposition leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday rejected a declaration made by Mexico's top electoral court, which named his conservative rival as president-elect. Full story

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