Mexican general election, 1917

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General elections were held in Mexico on 11 March 1917. It was the first time the President had been directly elected by the public,^[1] and resulted in an overwhelming victory for Venustiano Carranza of the Liberal Constitutionalist Party, who received 97.9% of the vote.^[1]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Venustiano Carranza	Liberal Constitutionalist Party	727,305	97.9
Pablo González	The Democratic League	11,615	1.7
Álvaro Obregón	Independent	4,008	0.5
Invalid/blank votes		70,000	–
Total		812,928	100
Source: Nohlen

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p471 ISBN 9780199283576