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Mexico
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ELECTION TYPE |
DATE |
| Mexico |
Legislative |
July 6, 1997 |
At stake
in this election:
- 32 of 128 seats in the Senate
and all 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
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Description
of government structure:
- Type of Government: Federal
Republic
- Mexico has a bicameral National
Congress (The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies)
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Main parties in
the electoral races:
- Party: Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Leader: Humberto Roque VILLANUEVA
Seats won in 1994 election: 95 (Senate), 300 (Chamber of Deputies)
Seats won in this election: 13 (Senate), 238 (Chamber of Deputies)
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Party: Democratic
Revolutionary Party (PRD)
Chairman: Andrés Manuel López OBRADOR
Seats won in 1994 election: 8 (Senate), 71 (Chamber of Deputies)
Seats won in this election: 8 (Senate), 125 (Chamber of Deputies)
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Party: National Action Party (PAN)
Chairman: Felipe CALDERON
Seats won in 1994 election: 25 (Senate), 119 (Chamber of Deputies)
Seats won in this election: 9 (Senate), 122 (Chamber of Deputies)
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Party: Mexican Green Ecologist Party (PVEM)
Chairman: orge GONZALEZ Torres
Seats won in 1994 election: 0 (Senate), 0 (Chamber of Deputies)
Seats won in this election: 1 (Senate), 8 (Chamber of Deputies)
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Party: Labour
Party (PT)
Leader: Party is led by 16 member National Political Commission.
Seats won in 1994 election: 0 (Senate), 10 (Chamber of Deputies)
Seats won in this election: 1 (Senate), 7 (Chamber of Deputies)
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When was the last election? Number of seats in last election?
- Elections to the Senate and the
Chamber of Deputies last held: August 21, 1994
- Seats decided in last Chamber of
Deputies election: 500
- Seats decided in last Senate
election: 96
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 95,772,462
- Number of registered voters: 52,233,957
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Of Interest:
- This election was the
first election in which the executive branch did not directly participate or have
representation on the body charged with overseeing the electoral process.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
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