Colima gubernatorial election, 2005

Mexico

This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Mexico
Constitution Law Constitution (history) Human rights LGBT rights Law Abortion Labor Nationality Capital punishment Life imprisonment Gun politics
Executive President (list) Enrique Peña Nieto Federal government Cabinet
Legislative Congress (current) Senate Chamber of Deputies Federal electoral districts
Judiciary Supreme Court of Justice Federal Electoral Tribunal
Administrative divisions States Governors Municipalities
Elections Recent major elections General: 2006 2012 2018 Legislative: 2003 2009 2015 Gubernatorial: 2010 Federal Electoral Institute
Political parties Institutional Revolutionary National Action Democratic Revolution Labor Party Ecologist Green Citizens' Movement New Alliance
Foreign relations
Other countries Atlas

An extraordinary gubernatorial election was held in the Mexican state of Colima on 10 April 2005. The election was necessitated by the death of incumbent governor Gustavo Vázquez Montes of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in a plane crash on 24 February 2005.^[1]

Candidates

Silverio Cavazos of the Alianza para que Vivan Mejor ("Alliance for Better Living") – PRI, PVEM and PT
Leoncio "Loncho" Morán, of the Alianza Loncho me da Confianza, ("I Trust Loncho Alliance") – PAN and the Colima Democratic Association). Morán was the serving mayor of Colima, Colima, who took temporary leave from that position to fight the election.

Cavazos was in as governor on 5 May.

Turnout was around 55% of the registered electorate, which both candidates described as disappointingly low.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 1/3/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.