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The PAN candidate, Ricardo Anaya, arrived at 27%, the candidate of the ruling party, the PRI party, José Antonio Meade, reached 22%. Meade conceded defeat and said the trends were not favorable.
A survey of Mitofsky opinion polling institute for the Televisa television channel also saw López Obrador in the lead. He thus reached between 43 and 49% of the votes. According to the Mitofsky survey, Anaya and Meade were close to each other with a possible score of 23.2 to 27% and 22 to 26%.
About 89 million people had the right to vote. Official details on the turnout are expected Monday. 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 to be elected to power
"What we see, is the harmony and the massive participation."
On Sunday, Mexico also redefined political positions in 30 of the 32 states, including Mexico City. 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 were appointed
According to observers, the election was held without major incident. "What we see is harmony and massive participation," said Leonard Fernández, director of election observation at the Organization of American States (OAS), in the afternoon
. Mexican television showed videos of people waiting outside the polls because the ballots were out of print. In special electoral centers, Mexicans who were not voting on the day of the vote could vote.
More than 157,000 voting centers were open throughout the country. The electoral campaign in Mexico has been overshadowed by violence against politicians. Over the last ten months, more than 120 politicians have been killed
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