Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president in landslide victory

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president in landslide victory

Former Mexico City mayor and candidate for Morena party took at least 58% of vote against closest rival Xóchitl Gálvez

Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico’s first female president, taking at least 58.3% of the vote, according to a quick count by the country’s electoral commission.

The former climate scientist’s closest rival, Xóchitl Gálvez, from the opposition coalition, received at least 26.6% of the vote, while Jorge Álvarez Máynez, the candidate of the centrist Movimiento Ciudadano, came in third with at least 9.9%.

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