Calderon wins vote count in tight presidential race
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(7 Jul 2006) SHOTLIST 1.
(7 Jul 2006) SHOTLIST
1. President of Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), Luis Carlos Ugalde, inside Federal Electoral Tribunal with others
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Carlos Ugalde, President of the Mexican Federal Electoral Institute:
"The party distribution of the votes is as follows: the candidate from the National Action Party, Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, obtained 15 (m) million, 284 votes, which equal 35.89 percent of the total votes. The candidate from the PRD (Democratic Revolution Party), Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, obtained 14 (m) million, 756-thousand and 350 votes, which represents 35.31 percent of the total votes. The candidate from the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party), Roberto Madrazo, obtained nine (m) million, 301-thousand and 441 votes, which represent 22.26 percent of the total votes."
3. Wide of Mexican political party representatives at the IFE
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Carlos Ugalde, President of the Federal Electoral Institute
"The candidate who obtained the largest percentage of the presidential votes is Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, from the National Action Party."
5. Calderon waving from car
6. Calderon's car driving off surrounded by media
7. Supporters near National Action Party (PAN) party headquarters
8. PAN supporters cheering
9. Supporters outside PAN/cars honking
10. PAN supporter with Mexican flag
STORYLINE
The ruling party's Felipe Calderon won the official count in Mexico's disputed presidential race on Thursday.
However, his leftist rival also declared victory and said he'd contest the election result in court.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador blamed fraud for his narrow loss in the vote count and called on his supporters to fill Mexico City's main square in a show of force on Saturday.
With the 41 (m) million votes counted, Calderon - of President Vicente Fox's National Action Party - had 35.89 percent of the vote, against 35.31 for Lopez Obrador of the Democratic Revolution Party.
Roberto Madrazo, whose Institutional Revolutionary Party controlled Mexico for 71 years until Fox's victory in 2000, had 22.26 percent.
Two minor candidates split the rest.
Ugalde confirmed Calderon as the winner at a news conference several hours after the final vote recount was made public.
The IFE will not declare him president-elect, however; that is the responsibility of the Federal Electoral Tribunal.
The tribunal has until August 31 to resolve any complaints regarding the recount and September 6 to officially declare who is president-elect.
Many obstacles remain in Calderon's path.
If his triumph is upheld by electoral courts, he will face a Congress dominated by opposition parties, as well as a divided nation that sends millions north to work in the United States illegally.
US President George W. Bush's decision to send National Guard troops to the border has increased tensions in Mexico, as has a US congressional proposal to extend walls along the two countries' frontier.
Calderon wants to rely on Mexico's many free-trade accords to create jobs.
He has vowed to crack down on rising crime and says he'll try to smooth US relations without letting Washington dominate.
For months, Lopez Obrador had been the front-runner in the race, promising to govern for the poor and launch big public works projects.
But he slipped in the polls after he refused to take part in the first of two televised debates, and never quite recovered.
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1. President of Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), Luis Carlos Ugalde, inside Federal Electoral Tribunal with others
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Carlos Ugalde, President of the Mexican Federal Electoral Institute:
"The party distribution of the votes is as follows: the candidate from the National Action Party, Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, obtained 15 (m) million, 284 votes, which equal 35.89 percent of the total votes. The candidate from the PRD (Democratic Revolution Party), Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, obtained 14 (m) million, 756-thousand and 350 votes, which represents 35.31 percent of the total votes. The candidate from the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party), Roberto Madrazo, obtained nine (m) million, 301-thousand and 441 votes, which represent 22.26 percent of the total votes."
3. Wide of Mexican political party representatives at the IFE
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Carlos Ugalde, President of the Federal Electoral Institute
"The candidate who obtained the largest percentage of the presidential votes is Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, from the National Action Party."
5. Calderon waving from car
6. Calderon's car driving off surrounded by media
7. Supporters near National Action Party (PAN) party headquarters
8. PAN supporters cheering
9. Supporters outside PAN/cars honking
10. PAN supporter with Mexican flag
STORYLINE
The ruling party's Felipe Calderon won the official count in Mexico's disputed presidential race on Thursday.
However, his leftist rival also declared victory and said he'd contest the election result in court.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador blamed fraud for his narrow loss in the vote count and called on his supporters to fill Mexico City's main square in a show of force on Saturday.
With the 41 (m) million votes counted, Calderon - of President Vicente Fox's National Action Party - had 35.89 percent of the vote, against 35.31 for Lopez Obrador of the Democratic Revolution Party.
Roberto Madrazo, whose Institutional Revolutionary Party controlled Mexico for 71 years until Fox's victory in 2000, had 22.26 percent.
Two minor candidates split the rest.
Ugalde confirmed Calderon as the winner at a news conference several hours after the final vote recount was made public.
The IFE will not declare him president-elect, however; that is the responsibility of the Federal Electoral Tribunal.
The tribunal has until August 31 to resolve any complaints regarding the recount and September 6 to officially declare who is president-elect.
Many obstacles remain in Calderon's path.
If his triumph is upheld by electoral courts, he will face a Congress dominated by opposition parties, as well as a divided nation that sends millions north to work in the United States illegally.
US President George W. Bush's decision to send National Guard troops to the border has increased tensions in Mexico, as has a US congressional proposal to extend walls along the two countries' frontier.
Calderon wants to rely on Mexico's many free-trade accords to create jobs.
He has vowed to crack down on rising crime and says he'll try to smooth US relations without letting Washington dominate.
For months, Lopez Obrador had been the front-runner in the race, promising to govern for the poor and launch big public works projects.
But he slipped in the polls after he refused to take part in the first of two televised debates, and never quite recovered.
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