Elections in Mexico
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Elections in Mexico gives information on election and election results in Mexico.
The United Mexican States elects, on the national level, a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The President of Mexico is elected for a six-year term by the people. The Congress of the Union (Congreso de la Unión) has two chambers. The Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) has 500 members, elected for a three year term, 300 of whom are elected in single-seat constituencies, with the remaining 200 members elected by proportional representation in multi-state, multi-seat constituencies. The Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores) has 128 members, elected for a six-year term, 96 of them in three-seat constituencies (corresponding to the nation's 31 states and one Federal District) and 32 by proportional representation on a nationwide basis. In the state constituencies, two seats are awarded to the plurality winner and one to the first runner-up.
At the local level, each of Mexico's 31 constituent states elects a governor to serve a six-year term; they also elect legislative deputies who sit in state congresses, and municipal presidents (presidentes municipales, or mayors). The Federal District (Mexico City) elects a Head of Government in lieu of a mayor, district assemblymen in lieu of state congressional deputies, and borough heads in lieu of municipal presidents.
Mexico has a multi-party system, with three dominant political parties, and a number of smaller ones. Alliances and coalitions are common; normally, they are local (state) affairs and involve one of the big three and any number of minor parties; on extraordinary occasions, two of the big three will ally themselves against the third (see, for example, 2003 Colima state election or 2004 Chihuahua state election).
Elections
- 2006 Mexican general election
- Mexican local elections in 2006
- Mexican local elections in 2005
- Mexican local elections in 2004
- 2003 Mexican general election – Chamber of Deputies
- Mexican local elections in 2003
- 2000 Mexican general election – President, Senate, Chamber of Deputies
