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The polls have closed after one of the bloodiest election campaigns in Mexico's recent history.

President Andr茅s Manuel L贸pez Obrador is not himself in the running - but there are some of the highest numbers of posts to fill during one of the country's largest midterm polls - and the elections have become a referendum on his populist agenda.

Journalist Ana Gabriela Rojas in Mexico City says while most polling stations have opened, in some areas intimidation has been high and some people have been too scared to vote.

"In the city of Tijuana a man threw a severed head on a table for voting, so of course this is really scaring (people) and there have also been some shootings and kidnappings."

(Photo: A heavily armed police officer casts his vote. Credit: Reuters)