What are the results of the presidential election?
Official results gave Calderón (PAN) 15,000,284 votes, or 35.89 percent. Obrador (PRD) received 14,756,350 votes, or 35.31 percent. Roberto Madrazo (PRI) received 9,301,441 votes, or 22.26 percent. Other votes include Patricia Mercado with 1,127,963 votes, or 2.7 percent; Roberto Campa with 401,804 votes, or 0.96 percent; and write-in candidates with 297,989 votes or 0.71 percent. There were 904,604 invalid votes and 40,886,718 valid votes. On Sept. 5, the Federal Electoral Judicial Tribunal certified Calderón’s victory by a margin of 233,831 votes. The final tally is the result of a legal process that included the annulment of tens of thousands of votes and a recount of ballots cast in 9 percent of polling places.
