(3 Jun 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City, Mexico – 3 June 2024
1. Supporters cheering Xóchitl Gálvez, Mexican presidential candidate, as she walks to podium
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Xóchitl Gálvez, Mexican presidential candidate: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
"I recognize that the trends (of election results) for president of Mexico does not favour me and there is no information suggesting this can change in the district counts. A few minutes ago I spoke with Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum to recognize the result of the election. I told her that I see a Mexico with a lot of pain and violence. I wished her that she can solve the great problems of our people. I recognized the result because I love Mexico and I know that if her government does well, our country will do well too."
3. Supporters cheering for Gálvez
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Xóchitl Gálvez, Mexican presidential candidate: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
"Without a doubt, it’s a historical milestone that Mexico will have its first female president. This is part of the important advances on gender equality that we have achieved. Nonetheless, my recognition is accompanied by a firm demand to the grave results of our country and the indispensable respect for the constitution and the democratic institutions. We will go out into the streets at times when it is needed to defend the republic and democracy."
5. Galvez and campaign members greeting each other
STORYLINE:
Mexican presidential candidate, Xóchitl Gálvez conceded to the election to Claudia Sheinbaum early on Monday as electoral authorities announced a statistical sample showing Sheinbaum held an irreversible lead.
Sheinbaum will become the first woman president in the country’s 200-year history.
"I recognize that the trends (of election results) for president of Mexico does not favour me and there is no information suggesting this can change in the district counts," Gálvez said, speaking following the electoral authorities announcement.
"A few minutes ago I spoke with Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum to recognize the result of the election."
She described the country electing its first female president a "milestone" for gender equality in Mexico.
The National Electoral Institute’s president said Sheinbaum had between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to a statistical sample.
Gálvez had between 26.6% and 28.6% of the vote and the third candidate, Jorge Álvarez Máynez, had between 9.9% and 10.8% of the vote.
The preliminary count, which started off very slowly, put Sheinbaum 27 points ahead of Gálvez with 42% of polling place tallies counted shortly after her victory speech.
If the margin holds it would approach President Andrés Manuel López Obrador landslide victory in 2018.
AP video shot by: Martin Silva
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