Mexican general election, 1952

Mexican general election, 1952
Mexico
7 July 1952

 
Nominee Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Miguel Henríquez Guzmán Efraín González Luna
Party PRI FPPM PAN
Home state Veracruz Coahuila Jalisco
Popular vote 2,713,419 579,745 285,555
Percentage 74.3% 15.9% 7.8%

President before election

Miguel Alemán Valdés
PRI

Elected President

Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
PRI

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General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1952.[1] The presidential elections were won by Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, who received 74.3% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 151 of the 161 seats.[1]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Adolfo Ruiz CortinesInstitutional Revolutionary Party2,713,41974.3
Miguel Henríquez GuzmánFederation of the Mexican People's Parties579,74515.9
Efraín González LunaNational Action Party285,5557.8
Vicente Lombardo ToledanoPopular Socialist Party72,4822.0
Other candidates2820.0
Invalid/blank votes
Total3,651,483100
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party2,713,41974.3151+9
Federation of the Mexican People's Parties579,74515.8¹New
National Action Party301,9868.35+1
Popular Socialist Party32,1940.92+1
Mexican National Party24,1390.7¹New
Invalid/blank votes
Total3,651,483100161+14
Source: Nohlen

¹ Between them, the Federation of the Mexican People's Parties and the Mexican National Party won three seats.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
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