Mexico 2018 Election Overview

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OVERVIEW

The outcome of this election will determine the political coalition possibilities that will provide both political governance and public policy options for the country. Equally important, the race for president was very competitive. The major political parties went in coalition with small parties.

The 2018 presidential election was significant for several reasons. First, it tested the country’s democratic values, especially after the return of the PRI in 2012 — a party that until 2000 held a 70-year grip on government. There were important signs that the country’s National Electoral Institute, which organizes all elections and adjudicates result disputes, was under considerable stress. Second, this election tested the strength of Mexico’s 30-year tradition of addressing public policy issues by consensus, as parties on the left — Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional (National Regeneration Movement, MORENA), the Partido de la Revolución Democrática (Democratic Revolutionary Party, PRD) and Movimiento Ciudadano (Citizen Movement, MC) — and on the right — the Partido de Acción Nacional (National Action Party, PAN), the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (The Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI) and Partido Nueva Alianza (New Alliance Party, PANAL) — sought to redefine the role of the government and free markets in areas such as economic development, trade, security and the rule of law, and energy while tackling other key problems that have plagued the country for decades, including poverty, inequality and uneven wage distribution. Finally, the election outcome showed that voters want a more forceful response from their leader to President Donald Trump’s sharp shift in tone toward Mexico.

Number of Seats up for Election

Federal

State and Municipal

Election Results

Mexico held its general election on July 1, 2018. At the federal level, Mexicans elected a new president, 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 128 members to the Senate, in addition to the thousands of state and municipal positions up for election. In total, more than 3,000 elected positions were up for grabs, making the 2018 election unprecedented in its scope and impact on Mexico’s political landscape.

This page will be updated as information is confirmed by INE.

Federal Level

Presidents and Governors

Senators and Deputies

Notes:

Single member district: The principle by which two senate seats are assigned to a political party, coalition or independent candidate that has obtained first place in the votes, for each of the 32 states.

First Minority: The principle by which a senate seat is assigned to a political party, coalition or independent candidate that has obtained the second place in the vote, in the state under consideration.

Senators elect by State and Proportional Represenation Senators elect (.pdf)

State, Municipal and Local Level

Click on the link below for a spreadsheet of state-level election results — including municipal chambers of deputies, town council members, municipal judges, mayors and council members — by political party and state.

Local Elections Results as of 7.31.18 (.xlsx)