Mexican general election, 2012

Mexican general election, 2012
Mexican general election, 2012
Mexico
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July 1, 2012
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Nominee Andrés Manuel López Obrador TBD TBD
Party PRD PRI PAN
Home state Tabasco

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Incumbent President

Felipe Calderón
PAN

A general election is to be held in Mexico on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Voters will go to the polls to elect, on the federal level:

Contents

Electoral Reform

In December 2009, president Felipe Calderón sent a bill to Congress aimed at reducing the number of legislators in both chambers and another mechanism for the presidential election which have not yet been passed. If approved, the following reforms will be implemented:

  • Second round voting in case no presidential candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes. In this case, the second round would take place between the two candidates who obtained most of the votes in the first round, for a six year term with no possibility of reelection.[1][2]
  • 96 Senators of the Republic, 3 for each state, elected by plurality for a period of six years, renewable once.
  • 400 Federal Deputies (240 by first-past-the-post and 160 by proportional representation) elected for a period of three years with possibility of reelection.

Presidential Candidates

The following are individuals who have either formally announced that they are running for president in 2012, or have formed an exploratory committee for a possible presidential run in 2012.

National Action Party

Names of formally declared candidates appear in bold.

Withdrawn candidates

Candidates gallery

Party of the Democratic Revolution

Names of formally declared candidates appear in bold.

Withdrawn candidates

Candidates Gallery
Other candidates

Never publicly announced intentions to run but was considered a likely contender.

Institutional Revolutionary Party

Names of formally declared candidates appear in bold.

Candidates Gallery

References

  1. ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/07/05/us-mexico-elections-idUSTRE6643PF20100705
  2. ^ http://www.electionguide.org/country.php?ID=140
  3. ^ (May 26, 2011) "Mexico's Cordero takes aim at presidency", Reuters. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  4. ^ (September 9, 2011) "Mexican Finance Minister Quits to Seek Presidency", Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  5. ^ (July 12, 2011) "Santiago Creel madruga: arranca carrera a Los Pinos, Excélsior. Retrieved September 6, 2011
  6. ^ Simonnet, Carole (July 12, 2011) "Aaarrancan... Pide Santiago Creel licencia", Reforma. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  7. ^ (September 6, 2011) "Mexican Congresswoman Enters Presidential Contest, Latin American Herald Tribune. Retrieved September 27, 2011
  8. ^ "Se despide Vázquez Mota de San Lázaro", El Universal. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  9. ^ (July 21, 2011) "Lozano se baja de la carrera presidencial", Milenio. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  10. ^ (July 21, 2011) "Descarta Lozano ser gallo panista", Reforma. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  11. ^ (August 29, 2011) "Lujambio declina su aspiración presidencial por el PAN", Excelsior. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  12. ^ (August 29, 2011) "Declina Lujambio aspiración a ser candidato del PAN para 2012", Milenio. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  13. ^ (September 22, 2011) "Emilio González deja su búsqueda por la candidatura presidencial de Acción Nacional", Excelsior. Retrieved September 22, 2011
  14. ^ (September 22, 2011) "Declina Emilio aspiración a 2012"
  15. ^ (August 19, 2011) "Acepta AMLO encuesta para definir candidatura presidencial", Excélsior. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  16. ^ (July 25, 2011) "Prepara AMLO su arranque presidencial", Reforma. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  17. ^ (November 15, 2011) (Mexico - A Familiar Candidate), The New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  18. ^ (August 31, 2011) "Formaliza corriente del PRD candidatura de Cárdenas para 2012", Excelsior. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  19. ^ (September 6, 2011) "Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas declina contender en 2012", Excelsior. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  20. ^ (September 6, 2011) "Peligroso volver a Los Pinos sin proyecto: Manlio", Milenio. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  21. ^ (July 25, 2011) "Moreira defiende la unidad del PRI con miras a 2012", Excélsior. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  22. ^ (September 20, 2011) "Mexico's Enrique Pena Nieto confirms election ambitions", BBC News. Retrieved September 27, 2011
  23. ^ (September 21, 2010) "Mexico's 2012 Presidential Favorite Announces Candidacy", Fox News Latino. Retrieved September 21, 2012.

External links

Federal Electoral Institue (in spanish)

Official candidate websites

National Action Party
Party of the Democratic Revolution
Institutional Revolutionary Party

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