More than 20,000 posts are up for grabs, Mexico’s electoral body says, while nearly 95 million people are eligible to vote.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday vowed to forge ahead with his shake-up of the country after mid-term elections that eroded his power base in Congress and the capital but saw his party capture new ground in regional votes.

Mexicans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote for a new lower house of Congress, state governors and local lawmakers, in a race seen as a referendum on President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's policies and efforts to shake up Mexico's institutions.

Mexico's sprawling capital has long been a bedrock of support for President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, dating back to his term as mayor years ago, but city voters shifted on Sunday, giving opponents a string of major wins, according to preliminary results.

Mexicans turned away from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s party in the country’s June 6, 2021, midterm election, widely seen as a referendum on his administration’s self-proclaimed “transformation” of Mexico.

Mexico City (AFP) - Mexicans voted Sunday in legislative elections seen as a referendum on President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's more than two years in office overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic and cartel-related violence.