Mexican general election, 2018 facts for kids

Results of the election:
     Andrés Manuel López Obrador (30,113,483)      Ricardo Anaya (12,610,120)

General elections were held in Mexico on 1 July 2018. Voters elected a new president to serve a term of five years and ten months.

It also elected 128 members of the Senate for a period of six years and 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies for a period of three years.

It was one of the largest election days in Mexican history, with most of the nation's states holding state and local elections on the same day, including nine governorships. It has been the most violent campaign Mexico has experienced in recent history, with 130 political figures killed since September 2017.

During the election cycle, Andrés Manuel López Obrador was the leading candidate and would eventually win in a landslide victory.

Currently, the results are: López Obrador, 53%; Anaya, 23%; Meade, 16%; and Rodríguez Calderón, 5%. This is the first time since the (controversial) 1988 election that a presidential candidate has been elected with an absolute majority (50%+1) of the votes cast.

Candidates

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  Andrés Manuel López Obrador
  (MORENA)
  from Tabasco

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  Ricardo Anaya
  (PAN)
  from Querétaro

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  José Antonio Meade
  (PRI)
  from Mexico City

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  Jaime Rodríguez Calderón
  (Independent)
  from Nuevo León

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  Margarita Zavala
  (Independent)
  from Mexico City

Polling

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  Opinion polling of candidates from November 2017 until the election

Results

See also

In Spanish: Elecciones federales de México de 2018 para niños