The Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena), the new party of the maverick leftist presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, would be the fourth best-represented party in the lower chamber of congress if the elections due next July were held today, taking 7% of the vote. The findings of a survey carried out by the national daily, Reforma, are not quite consistent with López Obrador’s boast that Morena would become the largest party in Mexico after it was formally registered by the national electoral institute (INE) on 9 July but it is a very solid showing. It will also make very encouraging reading for President Enrique Peña Nieto. Morena looks set not to oust the PRI but to split the Left, ensuring his government retains a tight grip on congress for the remainder of his term. End of preview - This article contains approximately 724 words.
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