Mexico held a general election on 2 June 2024 to elect a new president, all members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena) won the election with 59.3% of the votes and became Mexico’s first female President.
The main opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez of the PAN-PRI-PRD alliance won 27.9%.
Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Morena had served the maximum single six-year term.
The bicameral congress comprises the upper house Senate with 128 members elected for six-year terms, 64 elected by first-past-the-post, 32 using the first minority principle and 32 by proportional representation. The lower house Chamber of Deputies has 500 members elected for three-year terms, 300 are elected by first-past-the-post and 200 by proportional representation.
The main political parties are Morena, the Partido del Trabajo (PT), Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM); Partido Acción Nacional (PAN); Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD); Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI); and Movimiento Ciudadano (MC).
Mexico has a population of 129 million and around 93.3 million registered voters. Turnout in the 2024 election was 60.9%.