1994 Mexican general election

1994 Mexican general election

21 August 1994
Presidential election
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Turnout77.16% (Increase 25.15pp)
 
Nominee Ernesto Zedillo Diego Fernández de Cevallos Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Party PRI PAN PRD
Popular vote 17,181,651 9,146,841 5,852,134
Percentage 50.13% 26.69% 17.07%

Results by state

President before election

Carlos Salinas de Gortari
PRI

Elected President

Ernesto Zedillo
PRI

Senate
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96 of the 128 seats in the Senate of the Republic
65 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PRI Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza 50.24 95 +34
PAN Carlos Castillo Peraza 25.73 25 +24
PRD Porfirio Muñoz Ledo 16.83 8 +6
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chamber of Deputies
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All 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
251 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PRI Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza 50.28 300 −20
PAN Carlos Castillo Peraza 25.77 119 +30
PRD Porfirio Muñoz Ledo 16.71 71 +30
PT Alberto Anaya 2.65 10 +10
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Mexico on 21 August 1994.[1] The presidential elections resulted in a victory for Ernesto Zedillo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), whilst the PRI won 300 of the 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 95 of the 128 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout ranged from 77.4% in the proportional representation section of the Chamber elections to 75.9% in the constituency section.

The presidential elections were the first in Mexico to be monitored by international observers. Turnout was just over 77% of those eligible. To date, the 1994 elections mark the last time a presidential candidate won in all 31 states and Mexico City.

Although tension did not reach the level it did around the 1988 election, most political analysts agree that voters (in the aftermath of the Zapatista uprising that began in January and the assassination of the original PRI candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio), opted for continuity by allowing the PRI to remain in power, fearing that the country might otherwise be destabilized. While the election itself was generally considered clean, with no major irregularities, there was much criticism directed at the inequity of the campaigns, with the ruling PRI having a disproportionate advantage in regards to campaign financing and mass media exposure.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6