1979 Mexican legislative election

none Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 1 July 1979.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 978-0-19-928357-6 The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won 296 of the 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.Nohlen, p469 Voter turnout was 49%.Nohlen, p460 They were the first national elections held after the approval of the political reforms of 1977, which allowed the Mexican Communist Party, Mexican Democratic Party and the Workers' Socialist Party to obtain legal registration and compete in elections for the first time, as well as increasing the size of the Chamber of Deputies from 237 seats to 400.Evolución territorial de los distritos electorales federales uninominales, 1977–2010 Baños Martínez Marco Antonio Palacios Mora Celia Territorial evolution of the federal uninominal electoral districts, 1977–2010 Investigaciones Geográficas Instituto de Geografía, UNAM Mexico City 2014 84 92 10.14350/rig.34063 https://www.investigacionesgeograficas.unam.mx/index.php/rig/article/view/34063/39223 3 July 2024 free The elected deputies served during the 51st session of Congress (1979–1982). Background The National Action Party (PAN), the only significant opposition to the PRI, did not nominate a presidential candidate in the 1976 general elections due to intense internal conflicts. Subsequently, a legitimacy crisis emerged that called into question the democratic model envisioned in the constitution. Valentín Campa, a well-known union leader and figurehead of the outlawed Mexican Communist Party, ran as an unregistered candidate and received nearly a million votes that had to be annulled. The September 23 Communist League, the Party of the Poor and the Movimiento de Acción Revolucionaria es were among the urban and rural subversive groups whose members were tortured and imprisoned during the 1970s dirty war. A year later, an amnesty law was pushed, fulfilling a leftist demand that this package of reforms lay the groundwork for the end of political clandestinity by creating democratic channels. 1977 electoral reforms On 1 April 1977 Minister of the Interior Jesús Reyes Heroles made a speech in Chilpancingo in which he declared his intention to make significant modifications to the electoral system. The choice of this city for the announcement was intentional, as it was the seat of the organization from which the majority of armed and peasant movements against the government, including those led by Genaro Vázquez and Lucio Cabañas, had emerged. Following the announcement of this commitment, the opposition and academic and intellectual community were invited to participate in discussions aimed at reaching consensus on the reform. The result was constitutional amendments and the approval of the Federal Law of Political Organizations and Electoral Procedures (LOPPE), which established the structure of the electoral college (a separate electoral body would not be established until Carlos Salinas de Gortari's six-year term in 1990); permitted coalitions; provided for official slots on radio and television for the promotion of various political forces; contained the new proportional representation formula (which distributed 100 seats among the parties based on the national share of votes received); and the number of deputies that made up the Lower House being increased from 186 to 400, which forced the construction of the San Lázaro Legislative Palace to accommodate them.2007-12-17 La reforma politica de 1977 http://www.camaradediputados.gob.mx/museo/s_nues11.htm 2024-02-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20071217164318/http://www.camaradediputados.gob.mx/museo/s_nues11.htm 2007-12-17 Chamber of Deputies Results File:Diputados de Mexico (1979-1982).svg Party list Constituency Institutional Revolutionary Party 9418178 0 9714151 296 296 +101 National Action Party 1525111 39 1485593 4 43 +23 Mexican Communist Party 703068 18 691229 0 18 New Popular Socialist Party 389590 11 380719 0 11 –1 Workers' Socialist Party 311913 10 294727 0 10 New Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution 298183 12 238892 0 12 +2 Mexican Democratic Party 293540 10 296623 0 10 New Non-registered candidates 10748 0 0 0 833146 683728 27912053 27912053 +163 Nohlen, IPU References Legislative Category:Legislative elections in Mexico Legislative