2023 Mexican local elections

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2023 Mexican local elections
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  2022 4 June 20232024 

1 state congress
Gubernatorial elections
 2022
2024 

2 governorships

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Results by state

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.

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In the gubernatorial elections, Morena flipped one state, while the Institutional Revolutionary Party defended its gubernatorial seat. Notably, Delfina Gómez Álvarez ( Morena Party (Mexico).png MORENA) defeated Alejandra del Moral Vela ( PRI Party (Mexico).svg   PRI) in the state of Mexico, ending 94 years of PRI rule in the state. [1] [2]

Gubernatorial races summary

StateIncumbentElected
GovernorParty
Coahuila Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís PRI logo (Mexico).svg
State of Mexico Alfredo del Mazo Maza PRI logo (Mexico).svg

State races

Coahuila

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.

2023 Congress of Coahuila election
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Institutional Revolutionary Party 1610Decrease2.svg6
Morena 45Increase2.svg1
National Action Party 25Increase2.svg3
Unidad Democrática de Coahuila11Steady2.svg
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 11Steady2.svg
Party of the Democratic Revolution 02Increase2.svg2
Labor Party 01Increase2.svg1
Independents10Decrease2.svg1
Total2525
2023 Coahuila gubernatorial election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Manolo Jiménez Salinas Institutional Revolutionary Party 765,97958.30
Armando Guadiana Tijerina Morena 287,66021.89
Ricardo Mejía Berdeja Labor Party 178,88813.61
Lenin Pérez RiveraUnidad Democrática de Coahuila80,4836.13
Non-registered candidates9080.07
Total1,313,918100.00
Valid votes1,313,91897.70
Invalid/blank votes30,9642.30
Total votes1,344,882100.00
Source: [3]

State of Mexico

The governorship of the State of Mexico was up for election.

2023 State of Mexico gubernatorial election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Delfina Gómez Álvarez Juntos Hacemos Historia en el Estado de Mexico 3,360,58954.13
Alejandra del Moral Vela Va por el Estado de México 2,838,81545.72
Non-registered candidates9,1440.15
Total6,208,548100.00
Valid votes6,208,54897.38
Invalid/blank votes167,2152.62
Total votes6,375,763100.00
Source: [4]

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