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The 2021 Mexican local elections, held on June 6, 2021, saw voters electing fifteen governors for six-year terms, deputies for thirty state congresses, and officials for 1,910 municipalities.[1] These elections took place concurrently with the country's federal legislative election. The elections, alongside the federal legislative election, were one of the most violent in the country's history, with 91 candidates assassinated prior to election day.[2]
In the lead-up to the election, two prominent electoral alliances were formed: the ruling coaltiton Juntos Hacemos Historia, a left-wing coalition consisting of MORENA, the Labor Party and the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico, and Va por México, a big-tent featuring the National Action Party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party and the Party of the Democratic Revolution. Additionally, Citizens' Movement participated in the elections as an independent party. 13 of the 15 gubernatorial seats up for election were being defended by a party in Va por México.
In the gubernatorial elections, Juntos Hacemos Historia achieved remarkable success, securing twelve out of the fifteen governorships, flipping eleven, while Va por México was only able to successfully defend two of their thirteen seats.[3] The Institutional Revolutionary Party suffered the biggest loss, losing all of its seats up for election to Juntos Haremos Historia, marking the end of the party's state level dominance in Mexican politics.
- ^ "En qué estados habrá elecciones en 2021 y qué cargos se eligen". milenio.com (in Mexican Spanish). Milenio Digital. December 12, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Badillo, Diego (June 6, 2021). "Violencia electoral dejó 91 políticos asesinados durante el proceso". El Economista. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ Sevillano, Luis; Galindo, Jorge; Clemente, Yolanda; Alonso, Antonio (June 7, 2021). "Resultados de las elecciones de México". EL PAÍS (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved June 10, 2021.