Mexican legislative election, 1997

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Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 6 June 1997.[1] The Institutional Revolutionary Party won 239 of the 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, the first time it had failed to win a majority. As a result, the leaders of the Party of the Democratic Revolution and of the National Action Party were able to control Congress and installed Porfirio Muñoz Ledo as the president of the Chamber of Deputies. At first, the PRI refused to accept the nomination and its parliamentary leader, Arturo Núñez Jiménez, declared it illegal. However, the PRI later accepted the fact and Muñoz Ledo answered the state of the union address of President Ernesto Zedillo.

Following the elections, the Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction, the Popular Socialist Party and the Mexican Democratic Party lost their legal registrations and they disappeared. Voter turnout was between 57% and 58%.[2]

Results

Senate

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party11,266,15538.577-18
National Action Party7,881,12126.933+8
Party of the Democratic Revolution7,564,65625.816+8
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico1,180,044.01+1
Labor Party745,8812.61+1
Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction337,3281.200
Mexican Democratic Party193,5090.700
Popular Socialist Party96,5000.300
Non-registered candidates16,1370.100
Invalid/blank votes872,421
Total30,153,7121001280
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party Constituency PR Seats +/-
Votes % Votes %
Institutional Revolutionary Party11,305,95739.111,438,71939.1239-61
National Action Party7,698,84026.67,795,53826.6121+2
Party of the Democratic Revolution7,435,45625.77,518,90325.7125+54
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico1,105,6883.81,116,1373.88+8
Labor Party748,8692.6756,1252.67-3
Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction325,4651.1328,8721.100
Mexican Democratic Party191,7790.7193,9030.700
Popular Socialist Party98,1760.399,1090.300
Independents15,6380.515,8150.500
Invalid/blank votes845,803856,732
Total29,771,67110030,119,8531005000
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, pp465-467
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