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2004 Zacatecas state election
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October 2019
The Mexican state of Zacatecas held an election on Sunday, 4 July 2004.
At stake was the office of the Zacatecas State Governor, all 30 members of the unicameral Zacatecas State Congress, and 57 mayors and municipal councils.
Turnout was in excess of 50% of the 935,548 zacatecanos eligible to vote.
Governor
At the time of the election, the sitting governor was Ricardo Monreal Ávila of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).
CandidatePartyVotes%Amalia GarcíaPRD 110,883 47% José Bonilla"Alliance for Zacatecas"(PRI/PT/PVEM) 76,186 33% Francisco López G.PAN 39,873 17% Elías BarajasCD 7,305 3%Totals 234,247 100%
At 22h30, with results from 46% of the polling stations counted, the victory of Amalia García, with a 35,000 vote lead, seemed inevitable.
State congress
18 first-past-the-post districts:
PRD leading in 15
PRI/Alliance leading in 3
12 proportional representation seats
calculation pending
Municipalities
Of the state's 57 municipalities:
PRD leading in 28 (including state capital Zacatecas, Fresnillo, and Guadalupe)
PRI leading in 12
PAN leading in 11 (including Jerez)
PT leading in 2
CD leading in 1
A.O.B.
In separate press conferences, all three of the other candidates said they did not recognize García's victory and would be challenging the result before the electoral courts.
On the same day
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2004 Durango state election
See also
Politics of Mexico
List of political parties in Mexico
External links
Zacatecas State Electoral Institute
Category:2004 elections in Mexico
Category:Zacatecas elections
Category:July 2004 in Mexico