1958 Mexican general election explained

Flag Year:	1934
Country:	Mexico
Election Date:	6 July 1958
Module:	Embed: yes Election Name: Presidential election Type: presidential Previous Election: 1952 Mexican general election Previous Year: 1952 Next Election: 1964 Mexican general election Next Year: 1964 Image1: Adolfo López Mateos (1963) (cropped)(b).jpg Nominee1: Adolfo López Mateos Party1: Institutional Revolutionary Party Popular Vote1: 6,767,754 Percentage1: 90.44% Nominee2: Luis Héctor Álvarez Álvarez Party2: National Action Party (Mexico) Popular Vote2: 705,303 Percentage2: 9.42% President Before Election: Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Before Party: Institutional Revolutionary Party After Election: Adolfo López Mateos After Party: Institutional Revolutionary Party

General elections were held in Mexico on 6 July 1958.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Adolfo López Mateos, who received 90.4% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 153 of the 162 seats.^[2] These were the first Mexican presidential elections in which women were allowed to vote.

Campaign

During a campaign stop at the municipality of Jalpa, the presidential candidate of the National Action Party, Luis H. Álvarez, was arrested and imprisoned for a couple of hours; according to Álvarez, the charge that was brought against him was "being a member of the opposition".^{[3] [4]}

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Notes and References

1. [Dieter Nohlen]
2. Nohlen, p468
3. News: Villegas . Paulina . Luis Álvarez, Leading Figure in Mexico's National Action Party, Dies at 96 . The New York Times . 25 May 2016 . 17 July 2020.
4. News: Nombran huésped distinguido de Jalpa a Luis H. Álvarez . 17 July 2020 . Zacatecas Online.