Mexico Election 2024 Results Live | Claudia Sheinbaum: The Next Mexico President? | Mexico News|N18L

Media outlets and the ruling party declared Claudia Sheinbaum the winner of Mexico’s presidential election after polls closed on Sunday, putting her on course to be the country’s first woman president. Television outlet NMAS and newspaper El Financiero both said their polls showed Sheinbaum winning, though they did not give figures. The head of the ruling MORENA party Mario Delgado told supporters in Mexico City that Sheinbaum had won by a “very large“ margin. Mexico’s largest-ever elections have also been the most violent in modern history, with the killing of 38 candidates. The deadly violence has stoked concerns about the threat of warring drug cartels to democracy. On Sunday, two people were killed at polling stations in Puebla state. Live from the campaign headquarters of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, the frontrunner candidate who is supported by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, after polls close in the Mexican presidential electi