1991 Mexican legislative election

1991 Mexican legislative election
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Chamber of Deputies
All 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Party Leader % Seats +/–
PRI Luis Donaldo Colosio 61.43 320 +60
PAN Luis H. Álvarez 17.67 89 −12
PRD Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas 8.31 41 New
PFCRN Rafael Aguilar Talamantes 4.33 23 −15
PARM Carlos Cantú Rosas 2.14 15 −15
PPS Indalecio Sáyago Herrera 1.80 12 −25
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
32 of the 64 seats in the Senate of the Republic
Party Leader % Seats +/–
PRI Luis Donaldo Colosio 61.54 61 +1
PAN Luis H. Álvarez 17.70 1 +1
PRD Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas 3.79 2 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 18 August 1991,[1] alongside gubernatorial elections in six states.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Elections held in 1991 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. ^ Nohlen, pp462-466