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Tensions rose after supporters of leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and conservative Felipe Calderon staged rival street celebrations, ignoring an official announcement that Sunday's race was too close to call. A partial count of results issued early Monday, but which authorities had yet to certify, gave a razor-thin edge to Calderon.
Before the preliminary results were posted, the leftist candidate claimed to have won by at least half a million votes. "This is irreversible," said Lopez Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor who champions the cause of the millions of impoverished Mexicans. "We will demonstrate our triumph," he told thousands of jubilant supporters in the capital's historic Zocalo square, who also celebrated the victory of his Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in the capital's mayoral race.
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Nobody expects Lopez Obrador to accept a Calderon victory. He has already announced he will challenge any unfavourable results, says he has a million and a half more votes than Calderon (who is ahead by 400 thousand), has accused the election authority of fraud and says it is manipulated by the government which favours the conservative candidate.