Both Candidates In Mexico's Presidential Election Declaring Themselves The Winner...
Associated Press TRACI CARL July 3, 2006 at 02:01 AM
Mexico's presidential election was too close to call Sunday, with a leftist offering himself as a savior to the poor and a conservative free-trader both declaring themselves the winner. Officials said they won't know who won for days, raising fears of instability and violence.
Electoral officials said they could not project a winner, which they previously said would happen only if the leading candidates were within 1 percentage point of each other in a scientific sampling of votes. Luis Carlos Ugalde, president of the Federal Electoral Institute, said an official count would begin Wednesday, and a winner would be declared once it's complete.
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Mexico's presidential election was too close to call Sunday, with a leftist offering himself as a savior to the poor and a conservative free-trader both declaring themselves the winner. Officials said they won't know who won for days, raising fears of instability and violence.
Electoral officials said they could not project a winner, which they previously said would happen only if the leading candidates were within 1 percentage point of each other in a scientific sampling of votes. Luis Carlos Ugalde, president of the Federal Electoral Institute, said an official count would begin Wednesday, and a winner would be declared once it's complete.
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