2018 Mexican general election

Mexican popular election process in 2018 for president, senators and deputies.

General elections were held in Mexico on 1 July 2018.[1] Voters elected a new president to serve a term of five years and ten months.[2]


1 July 2018
Presidential election
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Turnout63.43% (Increase 0.35 pp)
 
NomineeAndrés Manuel López ObradorRicardo Anaya
PartyMORENAPAN
AllianceJuntos Haremos HistoriaPor México al Frente
Popular vote30,113,48312,610,120
Percentage54.71%22.91%

 
CandidateJosé Antonio MeadeJaime Rodríguez Calderón
PartyPRIIndependent
AllianceTodos por México
Popular vote9,289,8532,961,732
Percentage16.88%5.38%

President before election

Enrique Peña Nieto
PRI

Elected President

Andrés Manuel López Obrador
MORENA

Senate

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All 128 seats in the Senate of the Republic
65 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats±
Juntos Haremos Historia (69 seats)
MORENAYeidckol Polevnsky Gurwitz39.1255
PTAlberto Anaya3.986
PESHugo Eric Flores Cervantes2.438
Por México al Frente (38 seats)
PANDamián Zepeda Vidales18.3523
PRDManuel Granados Covarrubias5.498
MCDante Delgado Rannauro4.897
Todos por México (21 seats)
PRIRené Juárez Cisneros16.5914
PVEMCarlos Alberto Puente Salas4.656
PNALuis Castro Obregón2.411
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

It also elected 128 members of the Senate for a period of six years and 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies for a period of three years.

It was one of the largest election days in Mexican history, with most of the nation's states holding state and local elections on the same day, including nine governorships. It has been the most violent campaign Mexico has experienced in recent history, with 130 political figures killed since September 2017.

During the election cycle, Andrés Manuel López Obrador was the leading candidate and would eventually win in a landslide victory.[3][4]

Currently, the results are: López Obrador, 53%; Anaya, 23%; Meade, 16%; and Rodríguez Calderón, 5%. This is the first time since the (controversial) 1988 election that a presidential candidate has been elected with an absolute majority (50%+1) of the votes cast.[5]

Polling change

Results change

CandidatePartyAllianceVotes%
Andrés Manuel López ObradorNational Regeneration MovementJuntos Haremos Historia30,113,48353.19
Ricardo AnayaNational Action PartyPor México al Frente12,610,12022.28
José Antonio MeadeInstitutional Revolutionary PartyTodos por México9,289,85316.41
Jaime Rodríguez CalderónIndependentNone2,961,7325.23
Margarita Zavala[a]IndependentNone32,7430.06
Write-in votes31,9820.06
Invalid/blank votes1,571,1142.78
Total56,611,027100
Registered voters/turnout89,994,03963.43
Source: INE
Popular Vote
López Obrador
53.19%
Anaya
22.28%
Meade
16.41%
Rodríguez Calderón
5.23%
Zavala
0.06%
Other
0.06%
Invalid/blank
2.78%

Notes change

  1. Dropped out of the race, but votes towards her were counted

References change

  1. Electoral Calendar Archived 2018-06-17 at the Wayback Machine Senate of the Republic (in Spanish)
  2. Redacción (23 April 2018). "Más allá del debate: corrupción y violencia sin control marcan agenda en la elección mexicana". Sin Embargo. Retrieved 1 July 2018. Seis candidatos a la carrera para ocupar Los Pinos a partir del próximo primero de diciembre por un período de cinco años y 10 meses. (A partir de la Reforma Electora de 2014, el Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos tomará posesión el 1 de octubre de cada año empezando en 2024 por un período de seis años.)
  3. "Jose Antonio Meade of Mexico's ruling party concedes defeat to Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in presidential vote". ABC News (USA). 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. "Le deseo el mayor de los éxitos a AMLO: Meade". Excélsior. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  5. "Conteo rápido del INE da victoria a Andrés Manuel López Obrador". El Universal (Mexico City). 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

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