For the first time, a woman will govern Mexico. According to the official projections after the polls closed, the election was overshadowed by acts of violence.
According to official projections, left-wing candidate Claudia Sheinbaum has won the presidential election in Mexico by a landslide. According to the survey by the Enkoll company, the 61-year-old candidate of the ruling left received 57.8 percent of the vote, while the conservative opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez only received 29.1 percent. This means that a woman will most likely become president in the Latin American country for the first time.
Mexico creates 20,000 new positions
Sheinbaum started the race as the favorite. In the three months of the election campaign, all polls showed her well ahead of her strongest rival, the center-right candidate Gálvez, who ran for an alliance of three opposition parties. “This is a historic day, I am very happy,” said Sheinbaum on the way to cast her vote in Mexico City. “Long live democracy!” she shouted after she had thrown her ballot into the ballot box.
Not only was a new president elected in Latin America’s second-largest economy, but the seats in the House of Representatives and Senate were also reassigned, governors were elected in nine states and local politicians in numerous municipalities. Across the country, around 20,000 positions were up for grabs – more than in any previous election in Mexico.
The election campaign was overshadowed by massive violence. On Sunday night, unknown assailants shot dead 35-year-old candidate Israël Delgado in the western state of Michoacán. At least 25 other candidates had been murdered in the previous months.
Source: Stern
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