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Exit polls sighted by Africa Today News, New York suggest that frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum is set to become Mexico’s first woman president<\/a> in a historic win.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Pollsters had predicted that the 61-year-old former mayor of Mexico City won 56% of the vote in Sunday’s election, convincingly defeating her main rival, businesswoman X\u00f3chitl G\u00e1lvez.<\/p>\n

Ms Sheinbaum’s Morena party has already claimed victory – but Ms G\u00e1lvez urged her supporters to wait for the official results, expected to be announced early on Monday.<\/p>\n

Voters were also electing all members of Mexico’s Congress and governors in eight states, as well as the head of Mexico City’s government, in the campaign marred by violent attacks.<\/p>\n

The government says more than 20 local candidates have been killed across Mexico, although private surveys puts the total at 37.<\/p>\n

Two people were reported killed in two attacks on polling stations in the state of Puebla on Sunday, officials said.<\/p>\n

Read Also: <\/strong>Chad\u2019s Transitional Chief To Be Sworn In As Elected President<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Sheinbaum, a scientist who ran Mexico City in 2018-23, has the backing of the outgoing president, Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador.<\/p>\n

Mario Delgado, the president of Mr L\u00f3pez Obrador’s party, called her expected victory a “stellar moment in the history of our country”.<\/p>\n

Mr L\u00f3pez Obrador, who has been in power since 2018, cannot run for the top office again, as under Mexico’s constitution, presidents are limited to a single six-year-term.<\/p>\n

The popular leader – recent polls suggested he had an approval rate of close to 60% – has instead thrown his weight behind Ms Sheinbaum, who is part of his Morena party.<\/p>\n

While many of the promises President L\u00f3pez Obrador made upon taking office have remained unfulfilled, his efforts to reduce poverty and help elderly Mexicans have been popular with beneficiaries of these social programmes.<\/p>\n

Having the backing of the president may have considerably widened Ms Sheinbaum’s base of voters, but it has also raised questions about how independent she is of the sometimes overpowering leader.<\/p>\n

Ms Sheinbaum has stressed that she is very much her own woman, while at the same time promising to continue building on what she says are Mr L\u00f3pez Obrador’s many achievements.<\/p>\n

Their party boasts about how millions of Mexicans have been lifted out of poverty during the past six years.<\/p>\n

Morena says the number of people living in poverty is dwindling thanks to its policies, such as more than doubling the minimum wage.<\/p>\n

But economists have pointed out that there are also other factors at play, such as a rise in remittances being sent by Mexicans living abroad to their friends and family at home.<\/p>\n

Africa Today News, New York<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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