What to know about Mexico’s 2024 presidential election
Al Jazeera
Nearly 100 million Mexicans will cast their ballots on June 2 in an election that could help cement the legacy of AMLO.
On June 2, people across Mexico will head to the polls to choose a new leader, as part of the largest election in the country’s history.
The election will allow voters to decide more than 20,700 positions at the federal and local level, including 500 seats in the country’s House of Representatives and 128 in its Senate.
But much of the attention will be on the race for president, as Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, colloquially known as AMLO, finishes his term as one of the most popular leaders in Mexico’s modern history.
Scientist and former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum hopes to succeed AMLO as the candidate for the political party Morena. But she faces competition from conservative rival Xochitl Galvez, a former senator and businessperson of Otomi Indigenous descent.
If Sheinbaum or Galvez succeeds in winning the presidency, it will be a historic moment for Mexico: Never before has a woman been elected president.
