Mexican president wins 90% backing in leadership vote he sought

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador applauds during a visit of work about the construction of the new Museum of Islas Marias, an educational tourist attraction in what once was the last island-prison, in Isla Maria Madre, Mexico April 9, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Nine out of ten Mexicans voting on Sunday in an unprecedented recall election engineered by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador backed him to stay in office, underlining his domination of a polarized political agenda.

Both critics and supporters alike had viewed his victory as a foregone conclusion in a ballot that had fed speculation it could open the door to extending presidential term limits, now limited to a single six-year period.