Mexico City, (EFE) .- The first judicial election in Mexico concluded this Sunday with the closure of the electoral tables without significant incidents and with the expectation of a low participation.
At 6:00 p.m. the more than 83,800 tables were closed that from 8:00 a.m. received citizens in the process to choose judges, magistrates and ministers.
The day was characterized by the confusion of citizens to vote, since they received six tickets for the federal election of the Judiciary, in addition to state in 19 entities that will also renew their local judges.
The National Electoral Institute (INE) will not give preliminary results, but in accordance with the president, Guadalupe Taddei, at 23:00 hours the participation figures and the total count of votes will be expressed, it will be estimated to take at least 10 days.
Taddei explained that around 2:00 p.m. in Mexico City, 99.9% of the electoral centers were installed and receiving the voters.
According to Jorge Montaño Ventura, INE counselor, only 16 boxes were not installed, most of Chiapas, one in Michoacán (due to threats of explosive detonation) and another in Sinaloa, due to the lack of officials and the impossibility of replacing them.
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During the commemoration of Navy Day and from Acapulco, President Claudia Sheinbaum stressed that this Sunday the country made “history”, because all citizens “chose the three powers” what makes this a country “increasingly free, fair and democratic.”
The most recent surveys point, despite a low participation, between 10% and 20% of the electorate.
The election, which was born from the reform of the Judiciary promoted by former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has received criticism because it is an attempt from the ruling to control the Judiciary.
According to INE data, about 99.9 million Mexicans over 18 were called to the polls this Sunday to renew the Supreme Court of Justice and different magistrates and judged at the federal and local level, with a total of 2,681 positions in dispute, of which 881 are of a federal nature.
In addition to the judicial election, in Durango, there was a renovation of 39 presidencies, the same number of unions and 326 regidurías. While in Veracruz it was also voted for 212 presidencies, 212 unions and 630 regidurías.
Real -time sessions
The INE reported in a statement that after the closure of the boxes began the live broadcasts of the computations.
He indicated that from the 300 district joints distributed throughout the country, you can follow the development of computer sessions from any mobile device.
Transmissions can be consulted in real time through the YouTube channel of each District Board, which can be accessed by this link.
Upon entering, the citizens can select their entity, identify the number of their District Board and click on “See Transmission” to give timely monitoring to the corresponding computation.
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