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 Party	11,266,155	38.5	77	-18
National Action Party	7,881,121	26.9	33	+8
Party of the Democratic Revolution	7,564,656	25.8	16	+8
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico	1,180,04	4.0	1	+1
Labor Party	745,881	2.6	1	+1
Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction	337,328	1.2	0	0
Mexican Democratic Party	193,509	0.7	0	0
Popular Socialist Party	96,500	0.3	0	0
Non-registered candidates	16,137	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	872,421	–	–	–
Total	30,153,712	100	128	0
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Constituency		PR		Seats	+/-
Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party	11,305,957	39.1	11,438,719	39.1	239	-61
National Action Party	7,698,840	26.6	7,795,538	26.6	121	+2
Party of the Democratic Revolution	7,435,456	25.7	7,518,903	25.7	125	+54
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico	1,105,688	3.8	1,116,137	3.8	8	+8
Labor Party	748,869	2.6	756,125	2.6	7	-3
Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction	325,465	1.1	328,872	1.1	0	0
Mexican Democratic Party	191,779	0.7	193,903	0.7	0	0
Popular Socialist Party	98,176	0.3	99,109	0.3	0	0
Independents	15,638	0.5	15,815	0.5	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	845,803	–	856,732	–	–	–
Total	29,771,671	100	30,119,853	100	500	0
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, pp465-467

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