2003 Nuevo León state election

Governor
Results of the gubernatorial
election (2003)
PartyPercentageVotes
PRI/PVEM/FC 56.66 824,567
PAN 33.80 491,973
PRD 1.03 14,934
PT 4.99 72,620
PSN 0.18 2,592
PAS 0.13 1,959
MU 0.25 3,710
Null ballots 2.95 42,989
Total 100 1,455,344

Executive power rests in a governor, who is directly elected by the citizens, using a secret ballot, to a six-year term with no possibility of reelection. The position is open only to a Mexican citizen by birth, at least 30 years old with at least five years residency in Nuevo León.

The victorious candidate in this election was José Natividad González Parás, representing an alliance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the Green Ecological Party (PVEM). This was a major victory for the PRI, since the highly industrialised state of Nuevo León had previously been governed by the PAN and was generally considered a solid PAN state.

González Parás took office on October 4, 2003 for a term that will end on October 4, 2009.

State congress
Parties represented in the
70th Legislature
PartyDirectly electedPlurinominal
PRI 18 5
PAN 6 5
PT 0 3
PVEM 2 1
Independent 0 1
PRD 0 1
Total 26 16

Legislative power in the state rests in a unicameral legislature composed of 42 deputies, also elected via secret ballot by the citizenry, 26 of whom are directly elected and 16 chosen according to a plurinominal system involving proportional representation. Following the election, the 70th Legislature consists of 23 PRI deputies, 11 from PAN, 3 from PT, 3 from PVEM, 1 from PRD, and one independent.

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