The ruling party Claudia Sheinbaum will be the first female president of Mexico after obtaining between 58.3% and 60.7% of the votes in this Sunday’s elections, according to the quick count of the National Institute Electoral (INE), against a range of between 26.6% and 28.6% of its main rival, the opposition Xóchitl Gálvez.
Meanwhile, the candidate of the opposition Citizen Movement (MC), Jorge Álvarez Máynez, would receive between 9.9% and 10.8% of the votes, according to the president of the INE, Guadalupe Taddei, in a message on the national network. .
The INE quick count is the first formal scrutiny of the autonomous body, which is based “on a representative statistical sample” of 5,651 voting centers with a confidence level of “at least 95%”, which allows “a robust projection” Who will win?
“I want to emphasize that these results are preliminary, just like those that are being disseminated through the Preliminary Electoral Results Program (PREP) and are subject to confirmation of the district counts that will begin next Wednesday, June 5,” clarified the owner. of the INE.
Sheinbaum thanks the election as “first female president”
In the absence of that confirmation, Claudia Sheinbaum expressed her gratitude this Monday because “she will become the first female president of Mexico,” and projected a result that would allow her to have the majority necessary to reform the Constitution in Congress.
And Sheinbaum not only received the keys to the National Palace, but his coalition of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), the Labor Party (PT) and the Green Ecologist of Mexico (PVEM), won the majority of two thirds of the Chamber of Deputies and, possibly, the Senate.
“I want to thank millions of Mexican men and women who decided to vote for us on this historic day to advance with the fourth transformation of public life in our country,” he said in his first public statements after learning of the results advanced by the INE.
“Above all, it is the recognition of the people of Mexico to our transformation project. I am also grateful because, for the first time in 200 years of the republic, I will become the first female president of Mexico,” declared Sheinbaum.
Tens of thousands of supporters gathered in the Zócalo of Mexico City, the largest public square in the country, to celebrate Sheinbaum’s victory, a celebration that the still president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has also joined.
Obrador was “very happy” about the victory of the official candidate “with a wide margin.”
Gálvez recognizes the victory but will demand “results”
The opposition presidential candidate, Xóchitl Gálvez, recognized this Monday the victory of the ruling party Claudia Sheinbaum, although she stated that she will demand results and solutions to the country’s major problems.
“I want to emphasize that my recognition comes accompanied by a firm demand for results and solutions to the country’s major problems and the essential respect for the constitution and democratic institutions,” said the representative of the Strength and Heart Coalition for Mexico.
In her first message after the National Electoral Institute (INE) announced the results of the quick count, the former senator stated that she recognized the result because of her love for Mexico.
“I know that if your Government does well, our country will do well,” he stated.
The ruling party also maintains the Government of Mexico City
On the other hand, the ruling party Clara Brugada would also win the head of Government of Mexico City, registering between 49% and 52.8% of the votes in the quick count of the Electoral Institute of the Mexican capital (IECDMX). .
Brugada, from the coalition of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), with the Labor Parties (PT), and the Green Ecologist of Mexico (PVEM), relegated the opposition Santiago Taboada to second place, who would add between 37.2 and 40.5%, according to the official estimate of the institute.
Meanwhile, the candidate of the also opposition Citizen Movement (MC), Salomón Chertorivski, reached between 6.9% and 9.7% of the votes.
Historic elections
Mexico celebrated this Sunday the largest election in its history with more than 98 million people called to renew more than 20,000 positions, including the presidency, the 500 deputies, the 128 senators and nine state governments.
The electoral campaign for these elections has also been the most violent in the history of Mexico, with at least 30 candidates murdered.
BY: The Times Union
