Mexican legislative election, 2015

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Mexican legislative election, 2015
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  2012 7 June 2015 2018  
Turnout 47.72%

PartyLeader%Seats±
PRI César Camacho Quiroz 29.18203-9
PAN Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza 21.01108-6
PRD Francisco Martínez Neri10.8756-48
PVEM Jesús Sesma Suárez6.9147+18
MORENA Rocío Nahle García8.3935+35
MC José Clemente Castañeda Hoeflich6.0926+10
NA Luis Alfredo Valles Mendoza3.72100
PES Alejandro González Murillo3.328+8
PT Alberto Anaya Gutiérrez2.846-9
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Composition of the Chamber after the election.
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Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 7 June 2015, [1] alongside municipal elections.

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.

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Background

Traditionally elections had taken place on the first Sunday of July, but in 2015 were set to the first Sunday of June. [2]

Electoral system

The 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected by two methods; 300 were elected in single-member constituencies, and 200 by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. [3] Constitutional reforms in 2014 led to the creation of the National Electoral Institute, replacing the Federal Electoral Institute.

Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) lower house of the parliament of Mexico

The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, the bicameral legislature of Mexico. The other chamber is the Senate. The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the current constitution.

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems in which divisions in an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. If n% of the electorate support a particular political party, then roughly n% of seats will be won by that party. The essence of such systems is that all votes contribute to the result - not just a plurality, or a bare majority. The most prevalent forms of proportional representation all require the use of multiple-member voting districts, as it is not possible to fill a single seat in a proportional manner. In fact, the implementations of PR that achieve the highest levels of proportionality tend to include districts with large numbers of seats.

Opinion polls

DatePolling Firm/Source PRI PAN PRD PVEM PT PANAL MC Morena PH PES undeclaredLead
3 Jun 2015 Buendía & Laredo 28.824.711.79.24.12.84.78.81.52.432.04.1
3 Jun 2015 BGC–Excélsior 32.026.013.09.02.03.04.09.01.01.024.96.0
2 Jun 2015 Parametría 31.025.011.08.02.04.06.09.02.02.06.0
2 Jun 2015 Mitofsky 32.023.917.25.92.83.13.99.80.60.729.08.1
30 Mar 2015 Reforma 32.022.014.07.02.04.03.08.02.04.010.0
20–22 Feb 2015 Mitofsky [ permanent dead link ]31.026.016.08.03.02.03.09.01.01.037.45.0
12–18 Feb 2015 Buendía & Laredo 30.026.013.011.03.03.02.09.01.01.04.0
10–15 Jan 2015 Parametría 31.027.012.010.02.03.03.010.01.01.04.0
1 Jul 2012Federal election31.925.918.56.14.64.14.06.0

Results

PartyDistrictProportionalTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Institutional Revolutionary Party 11,604,66534.242511,638,55629.1847203Decrease2.svg9
National Action Party 8,346,84622.06558,379,27021.0153108Decrease2.svg6
Party of the Democratic Revolution 1,941,1055.1354,335,73110.872856Decrease2.svg48
National Regeneration Movement 3,327,7938.80143,346,3038.392135Increase2.svg35
Ecologist Green Party 385,4331.0202,758,1386.911847Increase2.svg18
Citizens' Movement 2,421,1646.40102,431,9086.091626Increase2.svg10
New Alliance Party 1,480,0903.9111,486,9353.72910Steady2.svg0
Social Encounter Party 1,319,2033.4901,325,3353.3288Increase2.svg8
Labor Party 665,5971.7601,134,4392.8406Decrease2.svg9
Humanist Party 852,9252.250856,8872.1400Steady2.svg0
Independents225,5000.601225,5000.5601Increase2.svg1
Unregistered candidates51,8860.14052,3840.1300Steady2.svg0
PRIPVEM [a] 12,356,93232.66160
PRDPT [b] 2,851,7927.5429
Invalid/blank votes1,892,0381,900,8604.76
Total39,722,96910030039,782,2461002005000
Registered voters/turnout
Source: INE

a Of the 160 seats won by the PRI–PVEM alliance, 131 were taken by the PRI and 29 by the PVEM

b Of the 29 seats won by the PRD–PT alliance, 23 were taken by the PRD and 6 by the PT

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References

  1. "Proceso Electoral Federal 2014-2015". Instituto Nacional Electoral (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. "¿Y por qué las elecciones son en junio y no en julio?". Zoom Legislativo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  3. Electoral system IPU