1964 Mexican general election

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1964 Mexican general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Gustavo Díaz Ordaz José González Torres Party PRI PAN Popular vote 8,368,446 1,034,337 Percentage 88.82% 10.98%

Results by state

President before election Adolfo López Mateos PRI Elected President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz PRI

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General elections were held in Mexico on 5 July 1964. The presidential elections were won by Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, who received 90.4% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 175 of the 210 seats.

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gustavo Díaz Ordaz	Institutional Revolutionary Party	8,368,446	88.82
	José González Torres	National Action Party	1,034,337	10.98
Other candidates			19,402	0.21
Total			9,422,185	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			13,589,594	–
Source: Nohlen

By State

State	Díaz Ordaz (PRI + PARM + PPS)		González Torres (PAN)		Total
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Aguascalientes	67.338	91.26%	6.453	8.74%	73.791
Baja California	142.948	78.59%	38.946	21.41%	181.894
Baja California Sur	25.975	96.91%	827	3.09%	26.802
Campeche	56.811	95.96%	2.394	4.04%	59.205
Chihuahua	223.952	79.34%	58.332	20.66%	282.284
Coahuila	247.125	93.41%	17.436	6.59%	264.561
Colima	34.613	87.45%	4.967	12.55%	39.580
Durango	206.653	86.41%	32.490	13.59%	239.143
Federal District	1.061.862	74.90%	355.798	25.10%	1.417.660
Guanajuato	333.521	79.62%	85.350	20.38%	418.871
Guerrero	385.251	97.01%	11.867	2.99%	397.118
Hidalgo	339.873	98.43%	5.407	1.57%	345.280
Jalisco	512.957	87.05%	76.328	12.95%	589.285
Michoacán	335,805	86.12%	54,116	13.88%	389,911
Morelos	110.361	94.24%	6.740	5.76%	117.101
Nayarit	70.698	92.56%	5.679	7.44%	76.377
Nuevo León	220.568	84.41%	40.733	15.59%	261.301
Oaxaca	432.773	96.64%	15.036	3.36%	447.809
Puebla	519.146	93.81%	34.275	6.19%	553.421
Querétaro	101.996	91.30%	9.725	8.70%	111.721
Quintana Roo	16.954	96.99%	526	3.01%	17.480
San Luis Potosí	259.682	91.30%	24.757	8.70%	284.439
Sinaloa	209.828	98.09%	4.084	1.91%	213.912
Sonora	155.277	98.46%	2.424	1.54%	157.701
State of Mexico	463.269	91.74%	54.116	8.26%	504.969
Tabasco	146.654	99.38%	914	0.62%	147.568
Tamaulipas	290.026	96.61%	10.185	3.39%	300.211
Tlaxcala	100.834	98.30%	1.740	1.70%	102.574
Veracruz	660.419	96.81%	21.759	3.19%	682.178
Yucatán	177.794	85.93%	29.106	14.07%	206.900
Zacatecas	141.426	79.29%	36.942	20.71%	178.368
Total	8.384.515	87.69%	1.040.718	10.98%	9.444.645
Source: CEDE

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Institutional Revolutionary Party	7,837,364	87.83	60
	National Action Party	1,001,045	11.22	0
	Popular Socialist Party	57,617	0.65	0
	Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution	13,007	0.15	0
	Non-registered candidates	13,968	0.16	0
Total		8,923,001	100.00	60
Registered voters/turnout		13,589,594	–
Source: Nohlen, Sachs

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Institutional Revolutionary Party	7,807,912	86.26	175	+3
	National Action Party	1,042,396	11.52	20	+15
	Popular Socialist Party	123,837	1.37	10	+9
	Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution	64,409	0.71	5	+5
	Non-registered candidates	12,970	0.14	0	0
Total		9,051,524	100.00	210	+32
Registered voters/turnout		13,589,594	–
Source: Nohlen

References

1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
2. ^ Nohlen, p468
3. ^ Moshe Y. Sachs (1967) Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Americas, p184