Partial recount in Mexico election

Partial recount in Mexico election

Mexico’s Federal Election Institute told Wednesday that they are recounting nearly  half the ballot boxes  of the weekend's presidential election after finding after inconsistencies.. Of the 143,000 ballot boxes used during Sunday's vote, 78,012 will be opened and the votes recounted, said Edmundo Jacobo, executive secretary of Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute. Mexico’s Federal Election Institute (IFE) gave Enrique Peña Nieto a six percentage point win over second-place finisher Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who represents the country’s left.


Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the leftist PRD had demanded a total recount after initial results put him in second place.He accused leading candidate Enrique Pena Nieto of breaking electoral rules.
Mr Pena Nieto of the PRI denied allegations his party had bought votes. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, had demanded a full recount citing evidence of widespread irregularities."Where these things happen, there needs to be a recount of the votes. It is not asking for a favour; it is asking for the law to be fulfilled," he said.He has said the process itself was neither fair nor clean, accusing Mr Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI) of spending more than their allotted electoral budget and condemning biased media coverage.

Mr Pena Nieto has denied allegations of vote buying. when asked about videos showing voters claiming they received credit with a major supermarket chain in exchange for their votes, Mr Pena Nieto said they had been faked. Preliminary results put Mr Pena Nieto on 38.15% and Mr Lopez Obrador on 31.64%.