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%.