According to projections by the electoral office, the favorite Claudia Sheinbaum will become Mexico’s first female president. Her rival expresses doubts.
According to official projections, left-wing government candidate Claudia Sheinbaum will become Mexico’s first female president. The former mayor of Mexico City, who was considered the favorite, received between 58.3 and 60.7 percent of the vote in Sunday’s presidential election, the Latin American country’s electoral office announced on Sunday evening (local time).
After the votes were counted in around 5,600 representative polling stations, opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez came in second place with 26.6 to 28.6 percent of the vote. The election office’s announcement was postponed several times without explanation, leading to a situation of uncertainty. “They are lying as always,” Gálvez wrote on the news platform X before the data was published.
Biggest election day in Mexico’s history
Sheinbaum is set to take office as the successor to the left-wing populist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on October 1. The head of state and government is elected in Mexico for a six-year term, limited to one term.
Almost 100 million eligible voters were called upon on Sunday to vote for the presidency, both houses of Congress, and numerous regional and municipal posts. It was the largest election day in the country’s history. In total, more than 20,000 offices were up for election, including the governorships in eight of the 31 states and the capital district.
Source: Stern
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