2007 Yucatán state election

Local elections were held in the Mexican state of Yucatán on May 20, 2007. Voters went to the polls to elect on the local level: a new Governor of Yucatán to serve for a five-year term; 106 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for a three-year term; and 25 local deputies (15 by the first-past-the-post system and 10 by proportional representation) to serve for a three-year term in the Congress of Yucatán. Gubernatorial election Nine political parties participated in the 2007 Yucatán state election, originally three parties (PRD, C and PT) decided to run together as a coalition but on February 11, 2007, the PRD decided to withdraw their support to the Convergence-Labor Party candidate. After losing the candidacy in the PAN primaries, Ana Rosa Payán accepted the candidacy for the Todos Somos Yucatán coalition. 15 members of the PAN were also incarcerated after removing advertising material supporting non-PAN candidatesEl PRI no quiere ni permitirá una negociación en Yucatán: Paredes, La Jornada, May 14, 2007. and for exchanging cash for voting cards.PRI y PAN concentran sus recursos y operadores en 10 alcaldías yucatecas, La Jornada, May 18, 2007. Opposition parties had accused both the federal and state governments of using public funds and publicly funded programs to support the PAN candidate. In response to this issue, the federal government decided to freeze all social programs on May 14, 2007, until after the elections.Anuncia Segob “suspensión momentánea” de programas sociales en Yucatán, Milenio, May 14, 2007. Party/Alliance Candidate Citizens Alliance(PRI–PVEM–PAY) Ivonne Ortega Pacheco PAN–PANAL Xavier Abreu Sierra Party of the Democratic Revolution Héctor Herrera Álvarez Todos Somos Yucatán (CTSY) (C–PT) Ana Rosa Payán Social Democratic Alternative Party Jorge Lizcano Esperón Election results Gubernatorial election 2007 Yucatán gubernatorial election Candidate Votes % Ivonne Ortega Pacheco421,03549.92 Xavier Abreu Sierra358,11642.46 Héctor Herrera Álvarez22,4962.66 Ana Rosa Payán 27,1263.21 Jorge Lizcano Esperón 1,3470.15 Congressional elections District PAN Citizens Alliance(PRI/PVEM/PAY) PRD CTSY(C/PT) %of votes countedI Mérida14,62511,6567002,19680.20%II Mérida13,15111,8681,0222,41883.00%III Mérida19,35622,1891,2442,55385.80%IV Mérida30,54123,9871,8644,57681.10%V Mérida15,85216,9071,1662,11081.40%VI Mérida14,56716,4686791,49271.10%VII Umán15,27119,3691,14279681.00%VIII Progreso17,42721,3611,8381,24291.40%IX Motul19,00017,2791,7161,77297.10%X Tizimín24,07922,2703,03132694.00%XI Valladolid19,46422,61687341868.10%XII Tekax14,45517,9312,5051,00371.30%XIII Ticul18,66920,4231,8761,37382.50%XIV Tecoh16,60018,1651,52259757.00%XV Izamal16,82819,0071,41432571.00% See also 2007 Mexican elections References External links Electoral Institute of Yucatán website PREP (Programa de Resultados Electorales Preliminares) 2007 Category:2007 elections in Mexico Category:Yucatán elections