2005 State of Mexico election

none October 2019 June 2025 2005 State of Mexico election State of Mexico presidential no 3 July 2005 1999 State of Mexico election 1999 2011 State of Mexico election 2011 x160px Enrique Peña Nieto Institutional Revolutionary Party Alliance for Mexico 1,639,233 47.45 x160px Rubén Mendoza Ayala National Action Party (Mexico) 856,591 24.79 x160px Yeidckol Polevnsky Gurwitz Party of the Democratic Revolution 835,182 24.17 Governor Arturo Montiel Rojas Institutional Revolutionary Party Enrique Peña Nieto Institutional Revolutionary Party A gubernatorial election was held in the State of México on Sunday, 3 July 2005. Voters in Mexico's most populous state went to the polls to elect a governor to replace former incumbent Arturo Montiel Rojas of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). The favorite candidate was PAN's Rubén Mendoza. It was thought the first runner-up would be PRD Yeidckol Polevnsky Gurwitz (born as Citlali Ibáñez Camacho) and last place by PRI's Enrique Peña. However, Rubén Mendoza made several mistakes in his campaign, appearing apparently drunk at events, boasting he led a group of supporters to steal campaign gifts from Peña's team and gave them with his own signature (he was taped while doing this). The PRD would have benefited from this, but Polevnksy had no political experience and support from Andrés Manuel López Obrador wasn't enough, specially after her true identity was discovered. So PRI's Peña rose to the first place, the PRD had a distant and low second place and PAN's Rubén Mendoza disappeared from public view. Turnout was an unusually low 48%. Mendoza's campaign slogan was a variation of "Soy feo pero sé gobernar" (I'm ugly but I know how to govern).https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2005/6/19/un-feo-futuro-21930.html Un feo futuro Proceso 19 June 2005 30 June 2025 eshttps://www.abc.es/internacional/abci-si-pero-gobernar-200506270300-203417358100_noticia.html «Sí, soy feo, pero sé gobernar» ABC 27 June 2005 30 June 2025 es Results With 93.38% of the votes it was clear that the PRI had managed to keep hold of the state.    Candidate      Party/Alliance   Votes %  Enrique Peña Nieto Institutional Revolutionary Party&Green Ecological Party of Mexico 1,639,233   47.45    Rubén Mendoza Ayala  National Action Party&Convergencia856,591 24.79   Yeidckol Polevnsky Gurwitz Party of the Democratic Revolution&Labour Party 835,182 24.17 Total   3,331,006100% See also List of Mexican state governors References Category:2005 elections in Mexico