Mexican general election, 1982

Mexican general election, 1982
July 4, 1982

 
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]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Miguel de la MadridInstitutional Revolutionary Party16,748,00674.3
Pablo Emilio MaderoNational Action Party3,700,04516.4
Arnoldo Martínez VerdugoUnified Socialist Party of Mexico821,9953.7
Ignacio González GollazMexican Democratic Party433,8861.9
Rosario YbarraRevolutionary Workers' Party416,4481.9
Cándido Díaz CerecedoSocialist Party of the Workers342,0051.5
Manuel Moreno SánchezSocial Democratic Party48,4130.2
Non-registered candidates28,4740.1
Invalid/blank votes1,053,616–
Total23,592,888100
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party63-1
Popular Socialist Party1+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
Party Mayoria Partido Seats +/-
Votes % Votes %
Institutional Revolutionary Party14,501,98869.414,289,79365.7299+3
National Action Party3,663,84617.53,786,34817.451+8
Unified Socialist Party of Mexico914,3654.4932,2144.317New
Popular Socialist Party395,0061.9459,3032.110-1
Mexican Democratic Party475,0992.3534,1222.112+2
Socialist Party of the Workers372,6791.8428,1532.011+11
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution282,9711.4282,0041.30-12
Revolutionary Workers' Party264,6321.3308,0991.40New
Social Democratic Party38,9940.253,3060.30New
Non-registered candidates1080.0671,9993.100
Invalid/blank votes10,192–1,121,378–––
Total20,919,88010022,866,7191004000
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
  3. ↑ Nohlen, p470
  4. ↑ Nohlen, p454
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