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1964 Mexican general election

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Nominee Gustavo Díaz Ordaz José González Torres
Party PRI PAN
Home state Puebla Michoacán
Popular vote 8,368,446 1,034,337
Percentage 88.81% 10.98%

The PRI candidate won in all of the states plus the Federal District.

President before election

Adolfo López Mateos
PRI

Elected President

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
PRI

General elections were held in Mexico on 5 July 1964.[1] 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.[2]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Institutional Revolutionary Party 8,368,446 88.8
José González Torres National Action Party 1,034,337 11.0
Other candidates 19,402 0.2
Invalid/blank votes
Total 9,422,185 100
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 87.8 64 0
National Action Party 1,001,045 11.2 0 0
Popular Socialist Party 57,617 0.7 0 0
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution 13,007 0.2 0 0
Non-registered candidates 13,968 0.2 0 0
Invalid/blank votes
Total 8,923,001 100 64 0
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party 7,807,912 86.3 175 +3
National Action Party 1,042,396 11.5 20 +15
Popular Socialist Party 123,837 1.4 10 +9
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution 64,409 0.7 5 +5
Non-registered candidates 12,970 0.1 0 0
Invalid/blank votes
Total 9,051,524 100 210 +32
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p468