Mexico: The candidates recognize the victory of the left López Obrador | World

The first to talk about the victory of Obrador was Antonio Meade, candidate for the governorship. Following this, Ricardo Anaya, who is part of a coalition of right and left, also gave the victory to Obrador.

Electoral sections began to close at 18:00 (Brasília time). The official result should be known Monday.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, candidate of the National Regeneration Movement of the Left Movement (Morena), is expected to have more than 40% of the vote, according to the projections of polling stations based on the ballot box.

Instituto Consulta Mitofsky attributes to López Obrador between 43% and 49% of the votes, the El Financiero newspaper, 49%, and the Office of Strategic Communication, 43.2%, which represents more than 20 points. Advantage over Ricardo Anaya, of the conservative coalition backed by the left, and José Antonio Medade, of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

In addition to the presidential election, nearly 89 million Mexicans are registered to select governors, mayors, and local and federal deputies from more than 18,000 conflicting positions.

Enrique Pieña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who ruled uninterruptedly from 1929 to 2000, leaves the country with weakened public confidence. Two in 10 Mexicans approve of their management (21%), but 69% do not like their performance, according to Mitofsky Consulting's latest badessment, released in February.

Pieña Nieto's six-year presidency was marked by major (not without controversial) reforms and several corruption scandals and allegations of human rights violations.

Mexico has closed its election campaign as the "most violent" record of recent years, according to a report by Etellekt. Since September, the date of the beginning of the pre-campaign, 124 political figures have been killed, including 29 pre-candidates and 18 candidates, according to the balance sheet of the company and local vehicles, quoted by AFP.

Several candidates consulted by the agency admitted to campaigning in fear and some of them decided to engage security.

Electoral violence adds to the daily anguish of the Mexicans, who shut down 2017 with a record number of 25,339 murders.