Mexican general election, 1946

Mexican general election, 1946
July 7, 1946

 
Nominee Miguel Alemán Valdés Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza
Party PRI Independent
Popular vote 1,786,901 443,357
Percentage 77.9% 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]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Miguel Alemán ValdésInstitutional Revolutionary Party1,786,90177.9
Ezequiel Padilla PeñalozaMexican Democratic Party443,35719.3
Carlos CalderónRevolutionary National Claim-Laying Popular Party33,9521.5
Jesus Agustín CastroNational Constitutionalist Party29,3371.3
Other candidates1,1810.1
Invalid/blank votes–
Total2,294,728100
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party1,687,28473.5141-6
National Action Party51,3122.24+4
Mexican Communist Party10,5420.50–
Other parties545,79023.82–
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total2,294,9281001470
Source: Nohlen

References

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