1982 Mexican general election

Mexican general election, 1982

July 4, 1982

Nominee Miguel de la Madrid Pablo Emilio Madero Party PRI PAN Home state Colima Coahuila Popular vote 16,748,006 3,700,045 Percentage 74.3% 16.8%

President before election José López Portillo PRI Elected President Miguel de la Madrid PRI

General elections were held in Mexico on 4 July 1982. The presidential elections were won by Miguel de la Madrid, who received 74.3% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 299 of the 372 seats, as well as winning 63 of the 64 seats in the Senate election. Voter turnout was 74.8% in the presidential election and 72.6% and 66.4% for the two parts of the Chamber elections.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Miguel de la Madrid	Institutional Revolutionary Party	16,748,006	74.3
Pablo Emilio Madero	National Action Party	3,700,045	16.4
Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo	Unified Socialist Party of Mexico	821,995	3.7
Ignacio González Gollaz	Mexican Democratic Party	433,886	1.9
Rosario Ybarra	Revolutionary Workers' Party	416,448	1.9
Cándido Díaz Cerecedo	Socialist Party of the Workers	342,005	1.5
Manuel Moreno Sánchez	Social Democratic Party	48,413	0.2
Non-registered candidates		28,474	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		1,053,616	–
Total		23,592,888	100
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party			63	-1
Popular Socialist Party			1	+1
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total			64	0
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

  PRI: 299 seats

  PAN: 51 seats

  PSUM: 17 seats

  PPS: 10 seats

  PDM: 12 seats

  PST: 11seats

Party	Mayoria		Partido		Seats	+/-
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Institutional Revolutionary Party	14,501,988	69.4	14,289,793	65.7	299	+3
National Action Party	3,663,846	17.5	3,786,348	17.4	51	+8
Unified Socialist Party of Mexico	914,365	4.4	932,214	4.3	17	New
Popular Socialist Party	395,006	1.9	459,303	2.1	10	-1
Mexican Democratic Party	475,099	2.3	534,122	2.1	12	+2
Socialist Party of the Workers	372,679	1.8	428,153	2.0	11	+11
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution	282,971	1.4	282,004	1.3	0	-12
Revolutionary Workers' Party	264,632	1.3	308,099	1.4	0	New
Social Democratic Party	38,994	0.2	53,306	0.3	0	New
Non-registered candidates	108	0.0	671,999	3.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	10,192	–	1,121,378	–	–	–
Total	20,919,880	100	22,866,719	100	400	0
Source: Nohlen