The candidate of the PAN-PRI-PRD alliance for the governorship of the State of Mexico, Alejandra del Moraladmitted that the preliminary results of the elections do not favor him and congratulated Delfina Gómez, standard bearer of Morena-PT-PVEM, who is on track as the winner of the state elections.
“I greet the teacher Delfina Gómez Álvarez, who will be Governor of the State of Mexicoand I wish him all the success for the good of the families of the State of Mexico,” del Moral said in a message from Toluca.
This is the first time that the PRI has lost the State of Mexico, after 94 uninterrupted years of governing the entity, which means a severe blow to the once hegemonic party ahead of the 2024 presidential elections.
Representatives of the PRI-PAN-PRD alliance were present in Alejandra del Moral’s message, although the leader of the tricolor, Alejandro Moreno, was not present.
At 8:05 p.m. in central Mexico, the INE Technical Advisory Committee estimated that the PRI-PAN-PRD champion, Alejandra del Moral, would have a minimum of 43% and a maximum of 45.2% of the votes cast, while Delfina Gómez would have a minimum of 52.1 and a maximum of 54.2% of the votes.
On the other hand, the Preliminary Electoral Results Program (PREP) of the Electoral Institute of the State of Mexico (IEEM) shows that, with an advance of 27% of the tally sheets captured at 9:15 p.m., the former Secretary of Public Education has 53.7% of the votes, ten points more than her opponent Alejandra del Moral.
Meanwhile, in the Coahuila elections, the candidate of the PAN, PRI and PRD alliance, Manolo Jiménez Salinas, has 57% of the votes, according to PREP data with 52% of the tally sheets captured.
Armando Guadiana, from Morena, has only 21.26% of the vote and has already acknowledged his defeat against the PRI opponent, who will maintain the governorship of Coahuila.
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