Early election returns and the results of an official "quick count" by electoral authorities indicate that the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)  is set to take back the Mexican presidency, as well as the Jalisco statehouse.

Unless the vote is close, at around 11:45 p.m. on Sunday evening we should know who will be the new president of Mexico.

Aside from the presidential race, Sunday’s elections will also determine who governs for the next six years in six states and the Federal District (DF) of Mexico City.

Citizens are getting a three-day respite from the incessant campaigning in the run up to Sunday’s presidential elections.

The identity of Mexico’s next president will be revealed on Sunday around 11.45 p.m., the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) has promised.

Within 24 hours of parading the captured “son” of elusive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman before the media last week, the Mexican government was forced to admit to an embarrassing case of mistaken identity.