2004 Chihuahua state election
The Mexican state of Chihuahua held an election on Sunday, 4 July 2004. At stake was the office of the Chihuahua State Governor, all 33 members of the unicameral Chihuahua State Congress, and 67 mayors and municipal councils.
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Turnout was around 46% of the 2,254,234 chihuahuenses eligible to vote.
Governor
At the time of the election, the sitting governor was Patricio Martínez García of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| José Reyes Baeza | "Alianza con la Gente" (PRI/PVEM/PT) |
561,106 | 56.48% |
| Javier Corral Jurado | "Todos Somos Chihuahua" (PAN/PRD/CD) |
411,162 | 41.38% |
| Nο registered candidates | 140 | 0.01% | |
| Null votes | 21,103 | 2.12% | |
| Totals | 993,511 | 100.00% |
At the close of voting, exit polls were indicating a victory for José Reyes Baeza of a PRI-led alliance with a lead of ten percentage points. As the count progressed, Javier Corral Jurado of the PAN – representing an unusual alliance of his party and the left-leaning PRD – conceded the election at around 23h00 local time.
State congress
Municipalities
Preliminary results indicated the state's 67 municipalities would be divided as follows:
- 44: PRI (in alliance with PVEM and PT)
- 21: PAN (in alliance with PRD and CD)
- 1: PRD
- 1: PVEM (Manuel Benavides municipality)
The PAN/PRD alliance won a closely fought mayoral race in state capital Chihuahua, previously governed by the PRI. In a give-and-take action between the state's two largest cities, borderland industrial and commercial powerhouse Ciudad Juárez fell to the PRI after 12 years of PAN rule.