1970 Mexican general election

1970 Mexican general election

5 July 1970
Presidential election
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Nominee Luis Echeverría Efraín González Morfín
Party PRI PAN
Popular vote 11,970,893 1,945,070
Percentage 86.02% 13.98%

Results by state (Echeverría won in all states)

President before election

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
PRI

Elected President

Luis Echeverría
PRI

General elections were held in Mexico on 5 July 1970.[1] The presidential elections were won by Luis Echeverría, who received 86% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 178 of the 213 seats,[2] as well as winning all 64 seats in the Senate election.[3] Voter turnout in the legislative elections was 64%.[4]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p468
  3. ^ Nohlen, p470
  4. ^ Nohlen, p454