Mexico: The left nationalist López Obrador leads the presidential elections

The left nationalist Andrés Manuel López Obrador is clearly ahead of the first polls of the presidential election in Mexico. For the 64-year-old party, Morena voted Sunday, 49% of the voters, as announced the business newspaper "El Financiero" after the closing of the polls. The PAN candidate was Ricardo Anaya at 27%, while the PRI candidate, José Antonio Meade, claimed 22%

Anaya and Meade were defeated soon after the announcement of the first poll. The trends are not favorable, Meade said at a press conference. He wishes López Obrador every success for the good of Mexico. Anaya told supporters: "Because I believe in democracy because I am a democrat, the results show that the trend is to Andrés Manuel López Obrador."

Also a survey of the polling firm Mitofsky for Televisa López Obrador is clearly in the lead. He thus reached between 43 and 49% of the votes. According to the Mitofsky survey, Anaya and Meade were close with a possible score of 23.2 to 27% and 22 to 26%.

Bolivian Socialist President Evo Morales was the first Latin American leader to congratulate López Obrador. Abbreviation AMLO is known. "We are confident that his government will write a new page in the history of Latin American dignity and sovereignty," writes Morales on Twitter.

About 89 million people were eligible. According to an initial estimate of the electoral council, the turnout was about 63%. Also in the capital city Mexico, the party of López Obrador prevailed. After the first accounts, Claudia Sheinbaum was elected as the new mayor. Sheinbaum is the first woman elected to power

. On Sunday, political positions were redefined in Mexico in 30 out of 32 states, including Mexico. In addition, 500 senators and 128 senators were filled in both houses of Congress and eight new governors were elected. At the local level, about 1600 mayors have been appointed.

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According to observers, the election was held without major incident. "What we see is harmony and mbadive participation," said Leonard Fernández, chief election observation officer of the Organization of American States (OAS) in the United States. Afternoon

. The electoral campaign in Mexico has been overshadowed by violence against politicians. In the last ten months, more than 120 politicians have been killed.