Lopez Obrador wins Mexican presidential polls: Electoral body

Left candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement has won the presidential elections in Mexico, according to the National Electoral Institute (INE).

The exit polls on a sample of 7,700 ballots by the electoral body had announced on Sunday that Lopez Obrador would garner between 53 and 53.8 per cent of the votes, Efe news reported.