According to preliminary results from the National Electoral Institute (INE), Sheinbaum, candidate of the coalition “Let’s Keep Making History,” obtained between 58.3% and 60.7% of the votes. In second place was Xóchitl Gálvez, of the coalition “Fuerza y Corazón por México,” while Jorge Álvarez Máynez came in third with a voting percentage between 9.9% and 10.8%.
When will Claudia Sheinbaum take office?
Sheinbaum, as the virtual winner, will take office as the 66th president of Mexico next month. October 1, 2024.And she will join the 28 women who are currently heads of state or government around the world.
Sheinbaum’s rise to the presidency comes 71 years after Mexican women gained the right to vote and 42 years after Rosario Ibarra’s attempt to become president.
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Other candidates who had sought the Presidency
Since then, several women have sought the top position without success: Cecilia Soto and Marcela Lombardo in 1994, Patricia Mercado in 2006, Josefina Vázquez Mota in 2012 and Margarita Zavala in 2018.
Why does he take office on October 1?
Sheinbaum’s inauguration on October 1 is possible thanks to a reform of Article 83 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, published on February 10, 2014.
This reform established that the president will take office on October 1, instead of December 1, and will serve for six years. The reform came into effect on December 1, 2018, so Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s term will end on September 30, 2024.
The INE is expected to announce the final composition of the Senate and House of Representatives by the end of August, before the start of the new Legislature on September 1. Thus, the last month of López Obrador’s mandate will coincide with the first month of the new legislators’ terms.
It is an official and mandatory day of rest
Yes, the law states that the day of inauguration of the new President is a holiday, that is, there is a New mandatory day of rest in Mexico .
Therefore, if you work on October 1, you must be paid, according to law, a double salary, regardless of your daily salary.
