Mexico’s nationally ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) looks set to retain control of the state of Colima after its candidate, José Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Peralta, emerged as the apparent winner of extraordinary gubernatorial elections on 17 January. The Colima election became a hard fought contest between the PRI and the right-wing Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) after the PAN challenged the original 7 June 2015 election result, in which its candidate Jorge Luis Preciado narrowly lost to Peralta, on whose behalf it accused the incumbent PRI state government of unlawfully campaigning. With the PAN already accepting defeat, the PRI is now hoping that Peralta’s victory will be quickly confirmed by the electoral authorities so that it can use it as a springboard to other victories in 12 gubernatorial elections due to take place this June. End of preview - This article contains approximately 1159 words.
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