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Claudia Sheinbaum is set to become Mexico’s first female president after preliminary results showed she is on course for an overwhelming victory in the Latin American nation’s election.
After a polarising campaign scarred by violence, former Mexico City mayor Sheinbaum of the ruling leftwing Morena party was on track to win with between 58.3 and 60.7. per cent of the vote.
That puts her at least 30 points clear of her centre-right opposition rival Xóchitl Gálvez on 26.6-28.6 per cent, according to a quick count of a representative sample of polling stations by electoral authority INE.
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