[h=3]By DAVID LUHNOW[/h]MEXICO CITY—Exit polls predicted that Mexico's former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party had swept back into power in Sunday's presidential election.
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Carlos Salinas/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesA woman carrying a baby voted at a polling station in San Bartolomé, Mexico, Sunday.
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Benedicte Desrus/Sipa USAThousands rallied last Sunday at the Monument of the Angel of Independence in downtown Mexico City.
An exit poll by Gea/Isa had the PRI candidate Enrique Peña Nieto with 42% support versus 31% for leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador and 23% for Josefina Vazquez Mota, the candidate from President Felipe Calderón's ruling party.
A survey by El Universal newspaper had similar results, with 42% for Mr. Peña Nieto, 31% for Mr. López Obrador and 24% for Ms. Vazquez Mota.
Another exit poll by BGC/Excelsior showed Mr. Peña Nieto winning 40%, compared to 30% for Mr. López Obrador and 25% for Ms. Vazquez Mota.
The results were in line with pre-election polls which predicted a broad victory for Mr. Peña Nieto, a 45-year-old former state governor.
Preliminary official results were due later on Sunday.
Mexicans voted for president, a new congress, new mayors across the country and six governorships.
Write to David Luhnow at [email protected]
[h=3]Polls, Bios: Mexico's Presidential Race[/h]Track the latest polls and learn more about the candidates.
[h=3]Photos: Mexico at the Polls[/h]
Carlos Salinas/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesA woman carrying a baby voted at a polling station in San Bartolomé, Mexico, Sunday.
[h=3]Photos: Hashtags, YouTube Join Mexico Campaign[/h]
Benedicte Desrus/Sipa USAThousands rallied last Sunday at the Monument of the Angel of Independence in downtown Mexico City.
An exit poll by Gea/Isa had the PRI candidate Enrique Peña Nieto with 42% support versus 31% for leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador and 23% for Josefina Vazquez Mota, the candidate from President Felipe Calderón's ruling party.
A survey by El Universal newspaper had similar results, with 42% for Mr. Peña Nieto, 31% for Mr. López Obrador and 24% for Ms. Vazquez Mota.
Another exit poll by BGC/Excelsior showed Mr. Peña Nieto winning 40%, compared to 30% for Mr. López Obrador and 25% for Ms. Vazquez Mota.
The results were in line with pre-election polls which predicted a broad victory for Mr. Peña Nieto, a 45-year-old former state governor.
Preliminary official results were due later on Sunday.
Mexicans voted for president, a new congress, new mayors across the country and six governorships.
Write to David Luhnow at [email protected]