Mexican legislative election, 1991

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Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 18 August 1991.[1] The Institutional Revolutionary Party won 320 of the 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 61 of the 64 seats in the Senate.[2] Voter turnout was 61% in the Chamber election and 62% in the Senate election.[3]

Results

Senate

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party14,256,44761.561+1
National Action Party4,100,28717.71+1
Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction1,202,4255.200
Party of the Democratic Revolution878,1153.82New
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution487,2582.100
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico326,2511.40New
Mexican Democratic Party276,6611.200
Labor Party258,5101.100
Revolutionary Workers' Party156,9180.700
Popular Socialist Party97,7800.400
Non-registered candidates14,2840.100
Invalid/blank votes1,138,260
Total24,302,640100640
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party Mayoria Partido Seats +/-
Votes % Votes %
Institutional Revolutionary Party14,051,34961.414,145,23461.4320+60
National Action Party4,024,31617.74,068,71217.789-12
Party of the Democratic Revolution1,900,7508.31,913,1748.341New
Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction990,4404.3998,1584.323-15
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution489,7322.1492,5142.115-15
Popular Socialist Party411,8481.8414,7801.812-25
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico329,7141.4332,6031.40New
Labor Party258,5951.1260,2661.10New
Mexican Democratic Party248,4311.1249,9151.100
Revolutionary Workers' Party135,3600.6136,3410.600
Non-registered candidates13,8970.113,9110.10New
Invalid/blank votes1,160,0501,168,631
Total24,032,48210024,194,2391005000
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, pp469-470
  3. Nohlen, pp462-466
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