Mexican general election, 1970

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Mexican general election, 1970

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  1964 July 5, 1970 1976  

  Luis Echeverria.jpg PAN Party (Mexico).svg
Nominee Luis Echeverría Efraín González Morfín
Party PRI PAN
Home state Mexico City Jalisco
Popular vote11,970,8931,945,070
Percentage86.00%14.00%

President before election

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
PRI

Elected President

Luis Echeverría
PRI

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General elections were held in Mexico on 5 July 1970. [1] The presidential elections were won by Luis Echeverría Álvarez, who received 86.0% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 178 of the 213 seats, [2] as well as winning all 64 seats in the Senate election. [3] Voter turnout in the legislative elections was 64.4%. [4]

Mexico Country in the southern portion of North America

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2,000,000 square kilometres (770,000 sq mi), the nation is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world. With an estimated population of over 120 million people, the country is the eleventh most populous state and the most populous Spanish-speaking state in the world, while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil. Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and Mexico City, a special federal entity that is also the capital city and its most populous city. Other metropolises in the state include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana and León.

Institutional Revolutionary Party Mexican political party

The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party founded in 1929 that held uninterrupted power in the country for 71 years from 1929 to 2000, first as the National Revolutionary Party, then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution, and finally renaming itself as the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1946.

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Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Luis Echeverría Álvarez Institutional Revolutionary Party 11,970,89386.0
Efraín González Morfín National Action Party 1,945,07014.0
Invalid/blank votes
Total13,915,963100
Source: Nohlen

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats+/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party 11,154,00384.4600
National Action Party 1,889,15714.300
Popular Socialist Party 143,6481.100
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution 3,4760.000
Non-registered candidates33,5680.300
Invalid/blank votes717,010
Total13,940,862100640
Source: Nohlen

Note: Four other senators from the governing PRI took their seats in a by-election in 1975 to conclude the 1970-1976 term.

By-elections, also spelled bye-elections, are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party 11,125,77083.3178+1
National Action Party 1,893,28914.2200
Popular Socialist Party 188,8541.4100
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution 111,8830.850
Non-registered candidates35,1920.300
Invalid/blank votes585,874
Total13,940,862100213+1
Source: Nohlen

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References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p468
  3. Nohlen, p470
  4. Nohlen, p454