Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the 64-year-old founder of the National Regeneration Movement, is the next president of Mexico.
It's estimated that 89 million people voted in Sunday's election, and after exit polls showed López Obrador winning between 43 and 49 percent of the vote, his two top rivals conceded.
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