Mexican legislative election, 1985

Last updated April 24, 2019

Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1985.^[1] The Institutional Revolutionary Party won 292 of the 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.^[2] Voter turnout was 51-52%.^[3]

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.

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.

Results

Party	Mayoria		Partido		Seats	+/-
Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party	11,588,230	68.0	10,981,938	63.3	292	-7
National Action Party	2,787,218	16.4	2,831,248	16.3	38	-13
Unified Socialist Party of Mexico	575,121	3.4	602,530	3.5	¹	–
Mexican Democratic Party	489,025	2.9	507,710	2.9	12	0
Socialist Party of the Workers	440,751	2.6	593,022	3.4	12	+12
Popular Socialist Party	349,680	2.1	441,567	2.6	11	+1
Revolutionary Workers' Party	225,636	1.3	289,626	1.7	6	+6
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution	295,434	1.7	416,780	2.4	11	+11
Mexican Workers' Party	276,712	1.6	291,127	1.7	¹	New
Others	11,922	0.1	395,955	2.3	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	840,195	–	930,348	–	–	–
Total	17,879,924	100	18,281,851	100	400	0
Source: Nohlen

¹ Between them, the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico and the Mexican Workers' Party won 18 seats.^[2]

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References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
1 2 Nohlen, p469
↑ Nohlen, p461

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[DN-1] Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[N1-2] 1 2 Nohlen, p469

[3] Nohlen, p461

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