Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president in landslide victory

Former Mexico City mayor's Morena party also on track for possible two-thirds super majority in Congress

Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico's first female president, taking at least 58.3% of the vote, according to a quick count by the country's electoral commission.

The former climate scientist's closest rival, Xochitl Galvez, from the opposition coalition, received at least 26.6% of the vote, while Jorge Alvarez Maynez, the candidate of the centrist Movimiento Ciudadano, came in third with at least 9.9%.