1991 Mexican legislative election

none Mexico 1988 1991 08 18 y 1994 yes Chamber of Deputies All 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies Luis Donaldo Colosio Institutional Revolutionary Party 260 320 61.43 Luis H. Álvarez National Action Party (Mexico) 101 89 17.67 Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Party of the Democratic Revolution New 41 8.31 Rafael Aguilar Talamantes Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction 38 23 4.33 Carlos Cantú Rosas Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution 30 15 2.14 Indalecio Sáyago Herrera Popular Socialist Party (Mexico) 37 12 1.80 yes Senate 32 of the 64 seats in the Senate of the Republic Luis Donaldo Colosio Institutional Revolutionary Party 60 61 61.54 Luis H. Álvarez National Action Party (Mexico) 0 1 17.70 Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Party of the Democratic Revolution New 2 3.79 Elecciones al Senado de México de 1991 por entidad federativa.svg Senate results by state Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 18 August 1991,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 978-0-19-928357-6 alongside gubernatorial elections in six states.Elections held in 1991 Inter-Parliamentary Union The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won 320 of the 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 31 of the 32 seats up for election in the Senate. Voter turnout was 61% in the Chamber election and 62% in the Senate election.Nohlen, pp462-466 Background Prior to the legislative elections, a historic milestone occurred in 1989 when Ernesto Ruffo Appel of the National Action Party (PAN) was elected governor of Baja California in state elections, becoming the first governor not from the PRI in sixty years. This started a succession of state election victories for the PAN and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). The Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), an independent public organization tasked with organizing elections for the presidency and Congress, officially came into being on 11 October 1990. Electoral system Of the 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies, 300 were elected in single-member districts by first-past-the-post voting, while 200 were elected by proportional representation. In order to assure absolute legitimacy and reliability for the 1991 elections, an entirely new electoral roll was created without reference to previous rolls. In 1991 there were an estimated 45 million citizens over the age of 18, and an electoral roll of over 39 million people was created in eight months. Half of the 64 Senate seats were up for election.Elections held in 1991 Inter-Parliamentary Union Campaign The election campaign was largely focussed on economic issues, and the elections were characterised by some political commentators as a referendum on the economic reforms of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Results Senate file:LV Legislatura de México Senado.svg Won Not up Total +/– Institutional Revolutionary Party 14256447 31 30 61 +1 National Action Party 4100287 1 0 1 +1 Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction 1202425 0 0 0 0 PPS–PRD Alliance 1109450 0 0 0 0 Party of the Democratic Revolution 878115 0 2 2 New Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution 487258 0 0 0 0 Ecologist Party of Mexico 326251 0 0 0 New Mexican Democratic Party 276661 0 0 0 0 Labor Party 258510 0 0 0 0 Workers' Revolutionary Party 156918 0 0 0 0 Popular Socialist Party 97780 0 0 0 0 Non-registered candidates 14284 0 0 0 0 0 1138260 39517979 IFE, IPU, Nohlen Chamber of Deputies Party-list Constituency Institutional Revolutionary Party 14145234 30 14051349 290 320 +60 National Action Party 4068712 79 4042316 10 89 –12 Party of the Democratic Revolution 1913174 41 1900750 0 41 New Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction 998158 23 990440 0 23 –15 Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution 492514 15 489732 0 15 –15 Popular Socialist Party 414780 12 411848 0 12 –25 Ecologist Party of Mexico 332603 0 329714 0 0 New Labor Party 260266 0 258595 0 0 New Mexican Democratic Party 249915 0 248431 0 0 0 Workers' Revolutionary Party 136341 0 135360 0 0 0 Non-registered candidates 13911 0 13897 0 0 New 1168631 1160050 39517979 39517979 0 Nohlen File:LV Legislatura de México Cámara de Diputados.svg References Legislative Category:Legislative elections in Mexico Legislative