Mexican general election, 1946

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Mexican general election, 1946
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  1940 July 7, 1946 1952  

  Miguel Aleman.jpg Ezequiel Padilla Penaloza.jpg
Nominee Miguel Alemán Valdés Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza
Party PRI ERROR: Use "Independent (politician)" instead of "Independent"
Popular vote1,786,901443,357
Percentage77.9%19.3%

President before election

Manuel Ávila Camacho
PRI

Elected President

Miguel Alemán Valdés
PRI

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General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1946. [1] The presidential elections were won by Miguel Alemán Valdés, who received 77.9% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 141 of the 147 seats. [2]

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.

Miguel Alemán Valdés President of Mexico

Miguel Alemán Valdés was a Mexican politician who served a full term as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952, the first civilian president after a string of revolutionary generals. His administration was characterized by Mexico's rapid industrialization, often called the Mexican Miracle, but also for a high level of personal enrichment for himself and his associates. His presidency was the first of a new generation of Mexican leaders, who had not directly participated in the Mexican Revolution, and many in his cabinet were also young, university-educated civilians, close friends from his days at university.

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%
Miguel Alemán Valdés Institutional Revolutionary Party 1,786,90177.9
Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza Mexican Democratic Party 443,35719.3
Carlos Calderón Revolutionary National Claim-Laying Popular Party 33,9521.5
Jesus Agustín Castro National Constitutionalist Party 29,3371.3
Other candidates1,1810.1
Invalid/blank votes
Total2,294,728100
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party 1,687,28473.5141-6
National Action Party 51,3122.24+4
Mexican Communist Party 10,5420.50
Other parties545,79023.82
Invalid/blank votes
Total2,294,9281001470
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