MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s ruling Morena social gathering and a coalition of opposition events on Sunday each declared that inside polls confirmed their respective candidates had received sufficient votes to grow to be Mexico Metropolis’s subsequent mayor.
Morena’s nationwide president Mario Delgado advised supporters after polls closed that Clara Brugada had received the competition based on the social gathering’s inside exit polls.
In the meantime, opposition candidate Santiago Taboada declared himself winner by “greater than 5 proportion factors” based on inside surveys.
The mayorship of Mexico Metropolis is seen as tightly contested, and could be a serious blow for the ruling social gathering had been they to lose it.