2012 Chiapas gubernatorial election explained

The 2012 gubernatorial election in the Mexican state of Chiapas was held on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Incumbent Chiapas Governor Juan Sabines Guerrero of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) is retiring due to mandatory term limits, which limit all Mexican state governors to one, six-year term. The Chiapas gubernatorial election coincided with the 2012 Mexican presidential and general elections.

Candidates

Colspan = 2	Party/Coalition !	Colspan = 1	Candidates !	Colspan =2	Votes
	National Action Party (PAN)		150,534	9.07%
	Institutional Revolutionary Party Ecologist Green Party of Mexico New Alliance Party	Manuel Velasco Coello^[1]	1,114,187	67.17%
	Partido de la Revolución Democrática Labor Party Citizens' Movement	María Elena Orantes López^[2]	291,367	17.5%
		Marcela Bonilla Grajales^[3]	21,543	1.3%

Notes and References

1. Web site: Definen partidos alianzas en Chiapas . 2012-06-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120718203222/http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/41b7fb1f83d1281726928ecb26cbd569 . 2012-07-18 . dead .
2. Web site: Asume PT a Orantes como su candidata al gobierno de Chiapas — Elecciones 2012 . 2012-06-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120511172553/http://elecciones.jornada.com.mx/asume-pt-a-orantes-como-su-candidata-al-gobierno-de-chiapas . 2012-05-11 .
3. Web site: Chiapas da equipo de seguridad a candidatos a gobernador.