1985 Mexican legislative election
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Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1985.[1] The Institutional Revolutionary Party won 292 of the 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] Voter turnout was 51-52%.[3]
Results
PRI: 292 seats
PAN: 38 seats
PSUM: 12 seats
PST: 12 seats
PDM: 12 seats
PPS: 11 seats
PARM: 11 seats
PRT: 6 seats
PMT: 6 seats
| Party | Mayoria | Partido | Seats | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Institutional Revolutionary Party | 11,588,230 | 68.0 | 10,981,938 | 63.3 | 292 | -7 |
| National Action Party | 2,787,218 | 16.4 | 2,831,248 | 16.3 | 38 | -13 |
| Unified Socialist Party of Mexico | 575,121 | 3.4 | 602,530 | 3.5 | ¹ | – |
| Mexican Democratic Party | 489,025 | 2.9 | 507,710 | 2.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Socialist Party of the Workers | 440,751 | 2.6 | 593,022 | 3.4 | 12 | +12 |
| Popular Socialist Party | 349,680 | 2.1 | 441,567 | 2.6 | 11 | +1 |
| Revolutionary Workers' Party | 225,636 | 1.3 | 289,626 | 1.7 | 6 | +6 |
| Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution | 295,434 | 1.7 | 416,780 | 2.4 | 11 | +11 |
| Mexican Workers' Party | 276,712 | 1.6 | 291,127 | 1.7 | ¹ | New |
| Others | 11,922 | 0.1 | 395,955 | 2.3 | 0 | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 840,195 | – | 930,348 | – | – | – |
| Total | 17,879,924 | 100 | 18,281,851 | 100 | 400 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||
¹ Between them, the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico and the Mexican Workers' Party won 18 seats.[2]
