Late Sunday, Mexico’s National Electoral Institute announced preliminary results indicating that Claudia Sheinbaum is projected to win the country’s historic presidential.
Late Sunday, Mexico’s National Electoral Institute announced preliminary results indicating that Claudia Sheinbaum is projected to win the country’s historic presidential election, becoming Mexico’s first female president, CNN reports. Per INE’s quick count, a statistical method that uses a random sample of polling stations to predict voting trends, she won between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote. In second place was opposition coalition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez with between 26.6% and 28.6% of the vote. If the Electoral Court validates the election, Sheinbaum’s term will begin October 1.
