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Mexico’s left set to challenge election result
By Adam Thomson in Mexico City
Published: July 4 2006 20:13 | Last updated: July 4 2006 20:13

The leftwing candidate in Mexico’s presidential election is “almost certain” to challenge Sunday’s vote in a move that would heighten tensions and increase uncertainty about the country’s immediate political future.

The possibility of a challenge was raised as Felipe Calderón, centre-right candidate for the ruling National Action party (PAN), looked to have taken a small but decisive lead in what is turning out to be the closest election in Mexico’s history.

A preliminary count by the country’s Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) showed Mr Calderon ahead by 400,000 votes – about 1 per cent of the total cast – over Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The institute’s official count is set to begin on Wednesday morning and it could declare an official winner as early as this week.

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Hanging Chads?

Delay revives memories of poll fraud
By Richard Lapper and Adam Thomson in Mexico City

Financial markets on Monday began to celebrate what appeared to be a small but definite advantage for Felipe Calderón, the centre-right candidate in Mexico’s presidential election. But the mood in Chapultepec market in central Mexico City was considerably less optimistic.

From behind a steaming pot filled with cuts of beef, Angelica Sánchez said she was deeply suspicious of the previous night’s events when Mexico’s electoral authorities unexpectedly postponed the official result until at least Wednesday.

On Sunday both Mr Calderón and Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the leftwing candidate supported by Ms Sánchez, claimed victory even though the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) said the count was too close to call.

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