Mexican general election, 1946

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General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1946.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Miguel Alemán Valdés, who received 77.9% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 141 of the 147 seats.^[2]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Miguel Alemán Valdés	Institutional Revolutionary Party	1,786,901	77.9
Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza	Mexican Democratic Party	443,357	19.3
Carlos Calderón	Revolutionary National Claim-Laying Popular Party	33,952	1.5
Jesus Agustín Castro	National Constitutionalist Party	29,337	1.3
Other candidates		1,181	0.1
Invalid/blank votes			–
Total		2,294,728	100
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party	1,687,284	73.5	141	-6
National Action Party	51,312	2.2	4	+4
Mexican Communist Party	10,542	0.5	0	–
Other parties	545,790	23.8	2	–
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	2,294,928	100	147	0
Source: Nohlen

References

1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 9780199283576
2. ^ Nohlen, p468