Mexico will have a woman president for the first time in its history: former Mexico City mayor and protégée Claudia Sheinbaum is the winner of Sunday's election, according to exit polls and early data from polling stations.

An exit poll conducted by Parametria showed that 61-year-old Sheinbaum received 56% of the vote, while her main rival, Senator Xochil Galvez, received 30%. An exit poll by Enkoll gave similar results: 57.8% for Sheinbaum and 29.1% for Galvez.

The so-called quick count estimates the result based on a sample representative of the votes across the country, with a margin of error of 1.5%, Reuters writes.

Sheinbaum received approximately 58.3% to 60.7% of the vote, the Wall Street Journal reports. Her rival, Galvez, the candidate of a coalition of three opposition parties, won between 26.6% and 28.6% of the vote, according to a quick count.

Sheinbaum was nominated for president by the Sigamos Haciendo Historia (Continue Making History) coalition, which includes three leftist parties, including the ruling Moreno party of incumbent President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Yana B