1997 Mexican legislative election

none Mexico 1994 6 July 1997 2000 yes Chamber of Deputies All 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies Humberto Roque Villanueva Institutional Revolutionary Party 300 239 39.09 Felipe Calderón National Action Party (Mexico) 119 121 26.64 Andrés Manuel López Obrador Party of the Democratic Revolution 71 125 25.69 Jorge González Torres Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 0 8 3.81 Alberto Anaya Labour Party (Mexico) 10 7 2.58 yes Senate 32 of the 128 seats in the Senate of the Republic Humberto Roque Villanueva Institutional Revolutionary Party 95 76 38.48 Felipe Calderón National Action Party (Mexico) 25 33 26.92 Andrés Manuel López Obrador Party of the Democratic Revolution 8 14 25.83 Jorge González Torres Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 0 1 4.03 Alberto Anaya Labour Party (Mexico) 0 1 2.55 – Independents 0 3 – File:Elecciones al Senado de México de 1997 por entidad federativa.svg Results by Federal entityright|thumb|215x215px|Voting boxes from the elections Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 6 July 1997.Mexico awaits verdict in historic election CNN, 6 July 1997Lawson Chappell 1997 Mexico’s New Politics: The Elections of 1997 https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.1997.0061 Journal of Democracy 8 4 13–27 10.1353/jod.1997.0061 1086-3214 subscription The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) 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 (PRD) and of the National Action Party (PAN) were able to control Congress and installed PRD member 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. The Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction (PFCRN), Popular Socialist Party (PSP) and Mexican Democratic Party (PDM) all lost their legal registration and disappeared, while the Labor Party (PT) and the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) consolidated their support, which turned them into parties who could form coalition governments. Voter turnout was between 57% and 58%.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp465-467 978-0-19-928357-6 Background The political landscape saw great change in the years preceding the 1997 midterm elections. There was a noticeable fragility to the beginning of Ernesto Zedillo's presidential term as the nation was caught up in a sudden economic crisis (dubbed the "December mistake"), which occurred on 19 December 1994, as a result of an unexpected capital flight and a rise in financial speculation. This led to a near-70% devaluation of the national currency. Due to the seriousness of the problems, the prospect of a president resigning was openly discussed for the first time in a nation with a long-standing presidential tradition.Levitsky Steven https://books.google.com/books?id=q9RkEAAAQBAJ&dq=google+books+crespo+1996+211&pg=PA504 Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism Way Lucan 2022-09-13 Princeton University Press 978-0-691-22357-5 en A number of erratic decisions in the first year of Zedillo's administration heightened the sense of vulnerability, including the police-military operation against the Zapatistas on 9 February 1995, the backing of the contested governors of Chiapas and Tabasco and the resignation of three secretaries of state in less than six months. However, Zedillo also reinforced the transition to full democracy: We Mexicans want a democratic life, at the height of our history, at the height of our diversity; However, we must recognize that democratic advances are still insufficient. The time has come to join our wills without sacrificing our differences; The time has come to unite in the construction of a new democracy that includes a better relationship between citizens and the government, between the states and the Federation; a new ethical code between political contenders and a definitive electoral reform. The time has come when democracy covers all areas of social coexistence. Ernesto Zedillo Results Senate Won Not up Total +/– Institutional Revolutionary Party 11266155 13 63 76 –19 National Action Party 7881121 9 24 33 +8 Party of the Democratic Revolution 7564656 8 6 14 +6 Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 1180004 1 0 1 +1 Labor Party 745881 1 0 1 +1 Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction 337328 0 0 0 0 Mexican Democratic Party 193509 0 0 0 0 Popular Socialist Party 96500 0 0 0 0 Non-registered candidates 16137 0 0 0 0 Independents 3 3 +3 872421 0 52208966 Nohlen, IPU Chamber of Deputies Party-list Constituency Institutional Revolutionary Party 11438719 74 11305957 165 239 –61 National Action Party 7795538 57 7698840 64 121 +2 Party of the Democratic Revolution 7518903 55 7435456 70 125 +54 Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 1116137 8 1105688 0 8 +8 Labor Party 756125 6 748869 1 7 –3 Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction 328872 0 325465 0 0 0 Mexican Democratic Party 193903 0 191779 0 0 0 Popular Socialist Party 99109 0 98176 0 0 0 Independents 15815 0 15638 0 0 0 856732 845803 52208966 52208966 0 Nohlen, Diario Oficial File:LVII_Legislatura_de_México_Cámara_de_Diputados.svg References Legislative Category:Legislative elections in Mexico Legislative