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| Poll setback for Mexican leader | Poll setback for Mexican leader |
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| The centre-right National Action Party (PAN) of Mexican President Felipe Calderon has admitted defeat in mid-term congressional elections. | The centre-right National Action Party (PAN) of Mexican President Felipe Calderon has admitted defeat in mid-term congressional elections. |
| It acknowledged that the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) will dominate the Lower House. | It acknowledged that the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) will dominate the Lower House. |
| The PRI dominated Mexican politics for seven decades until 1997. | The PRI dominated Mexican politics for seven decades until 1997. |
| The campaign was overshadowed by a collapsing economy, and the government's drive against drug gangs. | The campaign was overshadowed by a collapsing economy, and the government's drive against drug gangs. |
| Mr Calderon won a bitterly fought presidential election three years ago promising reforms to restore economic growth. | Mr Calderon won a bitterly fought presidential election three years ago promising reforms to restore economic growth. |
| We're in the worst crisis Voter Salvador Zavala Mexicans hit hard by US woes Taking on Mexico's kidnap gangs | We're in the worst crisis Voter Salvador Zavala Mexicans hit hard by US woes Taking on Mexico's kidnap gangs |
| Mexico has been badly hit this year by the global recession and a drop in the amount of money sent home by migrant workers. | Mexico has been badly hit this year by the global recession and a drop in the amount of money sent home by migrant workers. |
| The outbreak of swine flu in April has also scared off tourists, which the government has warned may cost the economy more than $2bn (£1.2bn). | The outbreak of swine flu in April has also scared off tourists, which the government has warned may cost the economy more than $2bn (£1.2bn). |
| "We're in the worst crisis," Salvador Zavala, 66, told Reuters news agency as he voted north of the capital, Mexico City. | "We're in the worst crisis," Salvador Zavala, 66, told Reuters news agency as he voted north of the capital, Mexico City. |
| If the PRI is able to form a majority, it could block the president's efforts to give more powers to the 45,000 soldiers deployed to root out the country's powerful drug cartels, AP reports. | |
| The PRI was in power for nearly seven decades until losing its majority 12 years ago. | The PRI was in power for nearly seven decades until losing its majority 12 years ago. |
| Mexicans were electing 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Congress, as well as six state governors and hundreds of mayors. |