Mexico election body confirms election tally signaling PRI win

06/15/15 Reuters

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto and first lady Angelica Rivera salute during the military parade celebrating Independence Day at the Zocalo square in downtown Mexico CityMexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) on Sunday confirmed that President Enrique Pena Nieto’s ruling party emerged as the strongest force in elections last weekend, which INE forecasts say will enable it to retain control of the lower house.

A preliminary INE estimate seen by Reuters showed that Pena Nieto’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), plus its allies, the Green Party and the smaller New Alliance Party, would be allotted a total of 260 seats in the 500-member lower house of Congress, up from 251 before the midterm vote.

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