Candidate for president Claudia Sheinbaum (Center) and candidate for Head of Government, Clara Brugada (Left), celebrate the results of the general elections in the Zócalo of Mexico City, June 3, 2024. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)
Morena has positioned itself as the main political force in Mexico: it managed to stay in power with the triumph of Claudia Sheinbaum as president of the country and maintains the majority in Congress after the June 2 elections. Furthermore, together with its allies, the party—founded by Andrés Manuel López Obrador—went from controlling 5 states in 2018 to governing 24 after the 2024 elections.
Here we review who won the most governorships and how the Mexican Congress is configured after knowing the preliminary results released by the National Electoral Institute (INE).
Morena and its allies take 7 of the 9 state governments in dispute
The alliance led by the ruling Morena party won Mexico City again, renewed five state governments and took a state from the opposition in the 2024 elections, according to the official results of the Preliminary Electoral Results Program (PREP) and the quick count .
Together with its allies — the Labor Party (PT) and the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM) — Morena swept Chiapas, where Eduardo Ramírez is emerging as the winner after obtaining between 79.8 and 82.6% of the vote. the vote. In Tabasco, the victory was also resounding after Javier May could reach between 78.5 and 83% of the votes, according to the quick count of the local electoral authority. The candidates of the Morenista alliance in Morelos, Puebla and Veracruz maintain control with 50% of the votes.
In the country’s capital, the Morenista Clara Brugada obtained between 49 and 52.8% of the vote, which would surpass her main opponent Santiago Taboada, who obtained between 37.2 and 40.5%, reported the Electoral Institute of Mexico City during a public session.
The ruling party snatched the governorship of Yucatán from the National Action Party (PAN) with the Morenista Joaquín Díaz Mena at the helm after obtaining between 46.5 and 51.6% of the votes, reported the local Electoral Institute.
The opposition alliance made up of the National Action (PAN), Institutional Revolutionary (PRI) and Democratic Revolution (PRD) parties only won the governorship of Guanajuato, the main bastion of the PAN, where Libia García Muñoz Ledo is emerging as the winner with between 49 .9 and 52.6% of the votes.
The only entity that Movimiento Ciudadano would win is Jalisco, according to data from the local Electoral Institute. Jesús Pablo Lemus, party candidate, obtained between 42.5 and 45.1%.
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