2023 Mexican local elections explained

Election Name:2023 Mexican local elections
Type:legislative
Country:Mexico
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2022 Mexican local elections
Previous Year:2022
Election Date:4 June 2023
Next Election:2024 Mexican local elections
Next Year:2024
Module:
Election Name:Gubernatorial elections
Embed:yes
Type:legislative
Previous Election:2022 Mexican local elections
Previous Year:2022
Next Election:2024 Mexican local elections
Next Year:2024
Seats For Election:2 governorships
Map Size:300px
Seats For Election:1 state congress

The 2023 Mexican local elections, held on 4 June 2023, saw voters electing two governors for six-year terms and deputies for one state congress.

In the gubernatorial elections, Morena flipped one state, while the Institutional Revolutionary Party defended its gubernatorial seat. Notably, Delfina Gómez Álvarez defeated Alejandra del Moral Vela in the state of Mexico, ending 94 years of PRI rule in the state.[1] [2]

Gubernatorial races summary

StateIncumbentElected
GovernorParty
CoahuilaMiguel Ángel Riquelme Solís
State of MexicoAlfredo del Mazo Maza

State races

Coahuila

All 25 seats of the Congress of Coahuila were up for election, where 16 were elected through first-past-the-post voting and 9 through proportional representation. Additionally, the governorship was up for election.

Party! style="width:3em"
BeforeAfterChange
Institutional Revolutionary Party16106
Morena451
National Action Party253
Unidad Democrática de Coahuila11
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico11
Party of the Democratic Revolution022
Labor Party011
Independents101
Total2525

State of Mexico

The governorship of the State of Mexico was up for election.

Notes and References

  1. News: Lakhani . Nina . 2023-06-05 . Election of Delfina Gómez as governor of Mexico state signals decline of PRI . 2023-06-08 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  2. Web site: 2023-06-05 . A female governor makes history in Mexico's most populous state . 2023-06-08 . NBC News . en.