Initial findings suggest Claudia Sheinbaum as possible Mexico's first female leader.
Sheinbaum captured between 58.3% and 60.7% of the votes, as per the Quick Count methodology conducted by the National Electoral Institute (INE). This method involves analyzing a sample of ballots from various voting stations.
Riding on the coattails of her longtime political ally, the outgoing leftist Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the Morena party, the 61-year-old candidate is poised to become Mexico's first female president. She will also make history as the country's first leader of Jewish descent, an aspect of her personal life she generally keeps private and governs as a secular leftist.
Opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez comes in second place, winning between 26.6% and 28.6% of the votes. Her support base is comprised of the National Action (PAN), Instructional Revolutionary (PRI), and Democratic Revolution (PRD) parties.
Citizens’ Movement candidate, Jorge Álvarez Máynez, occupies the third position, clinching between 9.9% and 10.8% of the votes.
The participation in the presidential election was found to be between 58.9% and 61.7% of the 100 million-strong electorate, according to Quick Count results.
This story is evolving and will be updated.
