1958 Mexican general election

none 1934 Mexico 6 July 1958 yes Presidential election presidential 1952 Mexican general election 1952 1964 Mexican general election 1964 Adolfo López Mateos (1963) (cropped)(b).jpg Adolfo López Mateos Institutional Revolutionary Party 6,767,754 90.44% Luis H. Álvarez 1958 (cropped).jpg Luis Héctor Álvarez National Action Party (Mexico) 705,303 9.42% President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Institutional Revolutionary Party Adolfo López Mateos Institutional Revolutionary Party General elections were held in Mexico on 6 July 1958.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 978-0-19-928357-6 The presidential elections were won by Adolfo López Mateos, who received 90.4% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won 153 of the 162 seats.Nohlen, p468 These were the first Mexican presidential elections in which women were allowed to vote. Campaign During a campaign stop at the municipality of Jalpa, Zacatecas, the presidential candidate of the National Action Party (PAN), Luis H. Álvarez, was arrested and imprisoned for a couple of hours; according to Álvarez, the charge that was brought against him was "being a member of the opposition".Villegas Paulina Luis Álvarez, Leading Figure in Mexico's National Action Party, Dies at 96 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/world/americas/luis-alvarez-leading-figure-in-mexicos-national-action-party-dies-at-96.html The New York Times 25 May 2016 17 July 2020Nombran huésped distinguido de Jalpa a Luis H. Álvarez https://zacatecasonline.com.mx/noticias/municipios/35010-nombran-huesped-distinguido 17 July 2020 Zacatecas Online Results President Adolfo López Mateos Institutional Revolutionary Party 6767754 Luis H. Álvarez National Action Party 705303 Other candidates 10346 10443465 Nohlen Chamber of Deputies Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) 6467493 153 0 National Action Party (PAN) 749519 6 0 Popular Socialist Party (PPS) 50145 1 –1 Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution (PARM) 32464 1 New Nationalist Party of Mexico (PNM) 22499 1 0 Non-registered candidates 10309 0 New 0 10443465 Nohlen, UNAM References Category:Presidential elections in Mexico General Category:Legislative elections in Mexico Mexican general election Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results