Mexican Elections Exit Polls: Peña Nieto Leads with 42 Percent of Votes

Enrique Peña Nieto leads the Mexico presidential elections with 42 percent of the votes according to the results of exit polls issued at 8:00 p.m. local time. 

Peña Nieto's 42 percent is trailed by center-leftist, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the Progressive Movement with 31 percent of the total votes. Obrador is followed by Josefina Vazquez Mota of the PAN national party- the same party President Felipe Calderon belongs to- with 24 percent of the votes.

Mexican citizens started casting their votes from 8 a.m. local time until the polls closed at 6 p.m.

More updates to follow.

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