Claudia Sheinbaum has won Mexico’s election and is set to become the country’s first woman president, according to an official quick count.
The ruling party candidate had between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote – an unassailable lead, a statistical sample showed, according to the National Electoral Institute.
Opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez, a female rival, received between 26.6% and 28.6% and Jorge Alvarez Maynez picked up between 9.9% and 10.8%.
Morena candidate Ms Sheinbaum, a scientist, campaigned on continuing the political course set over the last six years by her mentor President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who was elected in 2018.
She has vowed to carry on with his policies, including a universal pension for the elderly and a programme paying youths to undertake apprenticeships.
Mexico‘s election was its bloodiest in modern history after the number of assassinated candidates reached 37 before Sunday’s vote.
The country’s constitution prohibits the president from being re-elected.
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