2012 Mexican general election

General elections were held in Mexico on Sunday, 1 July 2012. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing Felipe Calderón, 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 128 members of the Mexican Senate.

2012 Mexican general election

1 July 2012
Presidential election
Turnout63.08%
 
Nominee Enrique Peña Nieto Andrés Manuel López Obrador Josefina Vázquez Mota
Party PRI PRD PAN
Alliance Commitment to Mexico MP
Popular vote 19,158,592 15,848,827 12,732,630
Percentage 39.17% 32.41% 26.03%

President before election

Felipe Calderón
PAN

Elected President

Enrique Peña Nieto
PRI

Senate

All 128 seats in the Senate of the Republic
65 seats needed for a majority
Party % Seats +/–
PRI 33.00 52 +19
PAN 27.87 38 −14
PRD 19.69 22 −4
PVEM 6.06 9 +3
PT 4.92 4 0
MC 4.26 2 −4
PNA 3.91 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chamber of Deputies

All 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
251 seats needed for a majority
Party % Seats +/–
PRI 33.57 207 −30
PAN 27.26 114 −29
PRD 19.34 100 +29
PVEM 6.42 34 +13
PT 4.83 19 +6
PNA 4.29 10 +1
MC 4.21 16 +10
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Maps

Several local ballots were held on the same day, including the election of a new Head of Government and new Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, gubernatorial elections in six states (Chiapas, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Morelos, Tabasco and Yucatán) and municipal and local congressional elections several states.

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