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1 state congress | ||
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Gubernatorial elections | ||
2 governorships | ||
Results by state |
Mexicoportal |
The 2023 Mexican local elections, held on 4 June 2022, saw voters electing two governors for six-year terms and deputies for one state congress.
In the gubernatorial elections, Morena flipped one state, while the Institutional Revolutionary Party defended its gubernatorial seat. Notably, Delfina Gómez Álvarez ( MORENA) defeated Alejandra del Moral Vela ( PRI) in the state of Mexico, ending 94 years of PRI rule in the state. [1] [2]
State | Incumbent | Elected | ||
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Governor | Party | |||
Coahuila | Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís |
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State of Mexico | Alfredo del Mazo Maza |
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All 25 seats of the Congress of Coahuila were up for election, where 16 were elected through first-past-the-post voting and 9 through proportional representation. Additionally, the governorship was up for election.
Party | Before | After | Change | |
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Institutional Revolutionary Party | 16 | 10 | 6 | |
Morena | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
National Action Party | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
Unidad Democrática de Coahuila | 1 | 1 | ||
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico | 1 | 1 | ||
Party of the Democratic Revolution | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Labor Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independents | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 25 | 25 |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Manolo Jiménez Salinas | Institutional Revolutionary Party | 765,979 | 58.30 | |
Armando Guadiana Tijerina | Morena | 287,660 | 21.89 | |
Ricardo Mejía Berdeja | Labor Party | 178,888 | 13.61 | |
Lenin Pérez Rivera | Unidad Democrática de Coahuila | 80,483 | 6.13 | |
Non-registered candidates | 908 | 0.07 | ||
Total | 1,313,918 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,313,918 | 97.70 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 30,964 | 2.30 | ||
Total votes | 1,344,882 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [3] |
The governorship of the State of Mexico was up for election.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Delfina Gómez Álvarez | Juntos Hacemos Historia en el Estado de Mexico | 3,360,589 | 54.13 | |
Alejandra del Moral Vela | Va por el Estado de México | 2,838,815 | 45.72 | |
Non-registered candidates | 9,144 | 0.15 | ||
Total | 6,208,548 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 6,208,548 | 97.38 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 167,215 | 2.62 | ||
Total votes | 6,375,763 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [4] |
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