2012 Mexican general election

2012 Mexican general election

1 July 2012
Presidential election
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Turnout	63.08%
Nominee Enrique Peña Nieto Andrés Manuel López Obrador Josefina Vázquez Mota Party PRI PRD PAN Alliance CpM MP Popular vote 19,158,592 15,848,827 12,732,630 Percentage 39.17% 32.41% 26.03%
President before election Felipe Calderón PAN Elected President Enrique Peña Nieto PRI
Senate
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All 128 seats in the Senate of the Republic 65 seats needed for a majority
Party % Seats +/– PRI 33.00 52 +19 PAN 27.87 38 −14 PRD 19.69 22 −4 PVEM 6.06 9 +3 PT 4.92 4 0 MC 4.26 2 −4 PNA 3.91 1 0 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 % Seats +/– PRI 33.57 207 −30 PAN 27.26 114 −29 PRD 19.34 100 +29 PVEM 6.42 34 +13 PT 4.83 19 +6 PNA 4.29 10 +1 MC 4.21 16 +10 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Maps
Presidential results by state Chamber of Deputies results

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General elections were held in Mexico on Sunday, 1 July 2012. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing Felipe Calderón, 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 128 members of the Mexican Senate.

Several local ballots were held on the same day, including the election of a new Head of Government and new Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, gubernatorial elections in six states (Chiapas, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Morelos, Tabasco and Yucatán) and municipal and local congressional elections several states.