1979 Mexican legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 1 July 1979.[1] The Institutional Revolutionary Party won 296 of the 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] Voter turnout was 49%.[3]

Results

PartyParty listConstituencyTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Institutional Revolutionary Party9,418,17872.7909,714,15174.08296296+101
National Action Party1,525,11111.79391,485,59311.33443+23
Mexican Communist Party703,0685.4318691,2295.27018New
Popular Socialist Party389,5903.0111380,7192.90011–1
Workers' Socialist Party311,9132.4110294,7272.25010New
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution298,1832.3012238,8921.82012+2
Mexican Democratic Party293,5402.2710296,6232.26010New
Non-registered candidates10,7480.08000
Total12,939,583100.0010013,112,682100.00300400+163
Valid votes12,939,58393.9513,112,68295.04
Invalid/blank votes833,1466.05683,7284.96
Total votes13,772,729100.0013,796,410100.00
Registered voters/turnout27,912,05349.3427,912,05349.43
Source: Nohlen, IPU

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p469
  3. Nohlen, p460
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