Institutional Revolutionary Party
Presidential elections 1929-2018

Institutional Revolutionary Party

Section Title: Presidential elections 1929-2018
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Election year	Candidate	Votes	%	Outcome	Notes

1929	Pascual Ortiz Rubio	1,947,848	93.6	Elected	as PNR, first election after the formation of the party. The opposition candidate José Vasconcelos claimed victory for himself and refused to recognize the official results, claiming that the elections were rigged; then he unsuccessfully attempted to organize an armed revolt.

1934	Lázaro Cárdenas	2,225,000	98.2	Elected	as PNR. Revolutionary general. First president to serve a six-year term; chosen by Calles as party candidate

1940	Manuel Ávila Camacho	2,476,641	93.9	Elected	as PRM. Revolutionary general.

1946	Miguel Alemán Valdés	1,786,901	77.9	Elected	First civilian president since the Mexican Revolution. Son of revolutionary general Miguel Alemán González.

1952	Adolfo Ruiz Cortines	2,713,419	74.3	Elected	The opposition candidate Miguel Henríquez Guzmán claimed victory and refused to recognize the official results, claiming that a massive electoral fraud had taken place.

1958	Adolfo López Mateos	6,767,754	90.4	Elected

1964	Gustavo Díaz Ordaz	8,368,446	88.8	Elected

1970	Luis Echeverría Álvarez	11,970,893	86.0	Elected

1976	José López Portillo	16,727,993	100.0	Elected	unopposed

1982	Miguel de la Madrid	16,748,006	74.3	Elected

1988	Carlos Salinas de Gortari	9,687,926	50.7	Elected	Son of PRI official Raúl Salinas Lozano. Lowest percentage of voters to date.

1994	Ernesto Zedillo	17,181,651	48.6	Elected	Chosen the PRI candidate after the 23 March 1994 assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio

2000	Francisco Labastida	13,579,718	36.1	Defeated	First PRI presidential candidate chosen by a primary

2006	Roberto Madrazo	9,301,441	22.2	Defeated	Coalition: Alliance for Mexico. Candidate is son of reformist PRI politician Carlos A. Madrazo

2012	Enrique Peña Nieto	19,226,284	38.2	Elected	Coalition: Commitment to Mexico

2018	José Antonio Meade	9,289,378	16.4	Defeated	Coalition: Todos por México

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Presidential candidate José Antonio Meade scored 16.4% of the votes.

final_sentence: Presidential candidate José Antonio Meade scored 16.4% of the votes.