1857 Mexican general election

1857 Mexican general election

September 1857

Presidential election

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Nominee Ignacio Comonfort Miguel Lerdo de Tejada Popular vote 8,084 639 Percentage 92.67% 7.33%

President before election Ignacio Comonfort Elected President Ignacio Comonfort

General elections were held in Mexico in September 1857. ^[1] They were the first to be held under the February 1857 constitution, which introduced direct elections for the presidency, ^[2] abolished the Senate, and introduced universal male suffrage for citizens aged 18 (if married) or 20 (if single), as long as they had an "honest mode of living". ^[3]

Incumbent president Ignacio Comonfort was re-elected with 93% of the vote, defeating Miguel Lerdo de Tejada.

Results

President

Candidate	Votes	%
Ignacio Comonfort	8,084	92.67
Miguel Lerdo de Tejada	639	7.33
Total	8,723	100.00
Source: Hamnett [4]

References

1. J. Burton Kirkwood (2009) The History of Mexico, 2nd Edition p. 103
2. Roger D. Congleton, Bernard N. Grofman & Stefan Voigt (2019) The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice, Volume 2 p. 180
3. José Antonio Aguilar Rivera (2012) "Beyond the restrictive consensus: elections in Mexico (1809–1847)", Rev. Sociol. Polit. 20 (42)
4. Hamnett, Brian (1996). "The Comonfort Presidency, 1855–1857". Bulletin of Latin American Research. 15 (1): 81–100. JSTOR   3339405.