Mexican general election, 1982

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Mexican general election, 1982
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Nominee Miguel de la Madrid Pablo Emilio Madero
Party PRI PAN
Home state Colima Coahuila
Popular vote 16,748,006 3,700,045
Percentage 74.3% 16.8%
President before election

José López Portillo
PRI

Elected President

Miguel de la Madrid
PRI

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General elections were held in Mexico on 4 July 1982. [1] The presidential elections were won by Miguel de la Madrid, who received 74.3% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 299 of the 372 seats, [2] as well as winning 63 of the 64 seats in the Senate election. [3] Voter turnout was 74.8% in the presidential election and 72.6% and 66.4% for the two parts of the Chamber elections. [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.

Miguel de la Madrid President of Mexico (1982–1988)

Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 52nd President of Mexico from 1982 to 1988. During his presidency, de la Madrid introduced sweeping neoliberal economic policies in Mexico, beginning an era of market-oriented presidents in that country. His administration was criticized for its slow response to the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, and the handling of the controversial 1988 Presidential elections in which the PRI candidate Carlos Salinas de Gortari was declared winner, amid accusations of electoral fraud.

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 de la Madrid Institutional Revolutionary Party 16,748,00674.3
Pablo Emilio Madero National Action Party 3,700,04516.4
Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo Unified Socialist Party of Mexico 821,9953.7
Ignacio González Gollaz Mexican Democratic Party 433,8861.9
Rosario Ybarra Revolutionary Workers' Party 416,4481.9
Cándido Díaz Cerecedo Socialist Party of the Workers 342,0051.5
Manuel Moreno Sánchez Social Democratic Party 48,4130.2
Non-registered candidates28,4740.1
Invalid/blank votes1,053,616–
Total23,592,888100
Source: Nohlen

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats+/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party 63-1
Popular Socialist Party 1+1
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total640
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

PRI: 299 seats PAN: 51 seats PSUM: 17 seats PPS: 10 seats PDM: 12 seats PST: 11seats LI Legislatura Camara de Diputados.svg
  PRI: 299 seats
  PAN: 51 seats
  PSUM: 17 seats
  PPS: 10 seats
  PDM: 12 seats
  PST: 11seats
PartyMayoriaPartidoSeats+/-
Votes%Votes%
Institutional Revolutionary Party 14,501,98869.414,289,79365.7299+3
National Action Party 3,663,84617.53,786,34817.451+8
Unified Socialist Party of Mexico 914,3654.4932,2144.317New
Popular Socialist Party 395,0061.9459,3032.110-1
Mexican Democratic Party 475,0992.3534,1222.112+2
Socialist Party of the Workers 372,6791.8428,1532.011+11
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution 282,9711.4282,0041.30-12
Revolutionary Workers' Party 264,6321.3308,0991.40New
Social Democratic Party 38,9940.253,3060.30New
Non-registered candidates1080.0671,9993.100
Invalid/blank votes10,192–1,121,378–––
Total20,919,88010022,866,7191004000
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
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