Mexican general election, 1917

March 11, 1917


Nominee	Venustiano Carranza	Pablo González Garza	Álvaro Obregón
Party	PLC	Democratic League	Independent
Popular vote	727,305	11,615	4,008
Percentage	97.9%	1.7%	0.5%

President before election

Vacant

Elected President

Venustiano Carranza
PLC

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General elections were held in Mexico on 11 March 1917.

It was the first time the President had been directly elected by the public,^[1] and resulted in an overwhelming victory for Venustiano Carranza of the Liberal Constitutionalist Party, who received 97.9% of the vote.^[1]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Venustiano Carranza	Liberal Constitutionalist Party	727,305	97.9
Pablo González Garza	The Democratic League	11,615	1.7
Álvaro Obregón	Independent	4,008	0.5
Invalid/blank votes		70,000	–
Total		812,928	100
Source: Nohlen

References

1 2 Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p471 ISBN 9780199283576

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