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Mexico Metropolis
61-year-old Claudia Sheinbaum, who was mayor of Mexico Metropolis till final 12 months, has received the presidential election in Mexico. Mexican media and ruling social gathering Morena report this based mostly on their very own exit polls. The primary official predictions give her 58.8 % of the votes. Local weather scientist Sheinbaum turns into Mexico’s first feminine president.
The primary predictions of the nationwide electoral authority INE based mostly on samples give Sheinbaum 58.8 % of the votes. Her subsequent challenger, opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez, has 28.9 %. Estimates from numerous polling companies give Sheinbaum 56 to 58 % of the vote.
“We’re lucky to be dwelling at a terrific second within the historical past of our nation and likewise for our Latin America and the world. Claudia Sheinbaum would be the first feminine president within the historical past of North America,” stated social gathering chief Morena Mario Delgado.
With the win for Sheinbaum, who will come to energy for six years on October 1, Mexico has primarily chosen to proceed the coverage of the outgoing left-populist president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, social gathering colleague and mentor of Sheinbaum.
