2021 Mexican local elections
Local elections are scheduled to be held in Mexico on June 6, 2021. Local elections will be held for thirty state congresses, 1,900 town halls ("ayuntamientos" or municipalities), Mexico City borough mayors, municipal boards and municipal presidents. Fifteen gubernatorial elections and federal legislative elections will be held the same day. Governors of 25 states and Mexico City signed an agreement with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to stay neutral during the elections, to allow the free will of the people, to reject money from organized crime, and to refrain from using official funds to support  any particular candidates or parties. The "Instituto Nacional Electoral" (INE) canceled 49 candidates affiliated with for failing to report expenses related to their pre-electoral campaigns. The party was fined MXN $6,714,893.30. Two gubernatorial, 25 federal deputies, six local deputies, 12 municipal presidents, and four borough president candidates were affected. Two candidates for federal deputy and one for governor of Michoacan from the "Michoacán a Redes Sociales Progresistas" were also withdrawn. Fines were imposed on (MXN $409,031), ($227,886), independents ($182,361), ($98,782), "Redes Sociales Progresistas" ($85,229), ($26,845), and ($1,476). The INE said that  300 polling places could not be installed in Chiapas, Michoacán or Oaxaca on June 6 due to social conditions that make voting dangerous or impossible. States. Aguascalientes. 27 deputies, 11 municipalities Baja California. Governor, 25 deputies, 5 municipalities Nearly all the current member of the Congress of Baja California are seeking reelection. Five have been granted leave to seek other positions: Gubnatorial candidates: Municipal president: Baja California Sur. Governor, 21 deputies, 5 municipalities Governor: Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío, Campeche. Governor, 25 deputies, 13 municipalities, 22 municipal juntas Governor: Layda Elena Sansores, List of presidents of Campeche Municipality: Biby Karen Rabelo , Chiapas. 40 deputies, 124 municipalities Mayoral candidates: Chihuahua. Governor, 33 deputies, 67 municipalities, 67 municipality receiverships Governor of Chihuahua: María Eugenia Campos Galván Mayors: Coahuila. 38 municipalities Colima. Governor, 25 deputies, 10 municipalities Governor of Colima: Indira Vizcaíno Silva Durango. 25 deputies Guanajuato. 36 deputies, 46 municipalities Mayors: Alderman: Guerrero. Governor, 46 deputies, 80 municipalities List of governors of Guerrero: Evelyn Salgado was declared the winner with 44% of the vote. and called for a recount. Mayoral candidates: Acapulco (municipality): Abelina López Hidalgo. 30 deputies Jalisco. 38 deputies, 125 municipalities Mayors: Congress of Jalisco: For the Congress of Jalisco, 38  deputies will be chosen. To choose the deputies, the state is divided into 20 districts, of which 1 deputy will be chosen from each district using simple majority, and the other 18 deputies will be chosen using proportional representation. The party Movimiento Ciudadano won in 7 districts; "Juntos Hacemos Historia" which is the coalition of the , , won in 7 districts; and the coalition between , , and the won in 6 districts. Michoacán. Governor, 40 deputies, 112 municipalities Organized crime and indigenous groups block the installion of 100 of the 6,251 polling places in the state. A man was killed in Buenavista  on June 6 in what appears to be a territorial dispute between drug cartels and not election-related. Governor of Michoacán: Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla (MRN party) was declared the winner with 41.5% of the vote. Carlos Herrera Tello () was second with 39%. Mexico City. 66 deputies and 16 borough mayors (alcaldias): The "Va por México" coalition of , , surprisingly won the nine boroughs in the western half of the city. "Juntos Hacemos Historia" (, , won the seven boroughs in the eastern half of the city. Winning candidates for borough mayor: Other candidates for borough mayor: Mexico State. 75 deputies, 125 municipalities Several  communities reported irregularities and violence on election day. Mayoral elections: Alderman: Morelos. 20 deputies, 33 municipalities Municipal presidencies ( and Panal: Nayarit. Governor, 30 deputies, 20 municipalities, 138 councilmen ("regidurías") Lorenzo Córdova of the "Instituto Nacional Electoral" (INE) warned that Governor Antonio Echevarría () said on February 26, 2021, that the state does not have the MXN $200 million needed to organize the elections. Córdova said on March 5 that Echevarría was lying to evade his responsibilities. Nuevo León. Governor, 42 deputies, 51 municipalities Mayoral candidates: Local deputies: Oaxaca. , , and agree on candidates for 80 of the 153 municipalities and for  25 of the 42 local deputies. Polling places could not be installed on June 6 due to social-political conflicts in seven communities. 800 ballots were stolen in “El Ocote” y San José Llano Grande, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz. Puebla. 41 deputies, 217 municipalities Querétaro. Governor, 25 deputies, 18 municipalities Quintana Roo. 11 municipalities Mayors seeking reelection: Juan Carrillo, mayor of Isla Mujeres, was granted leave to run for the federal Chamber of Deputies. Results in municipalities: San Luis Potosí. Governor, 27 deputies, 58 municipalities Mayoral candidates: Alderman: Sinaloa. Governor, 40 deputies, 18 municipalities Sonora. Governor, 33 deputies, 72 municipalities  Municipal presidents: Tabasco. 35 deputies, 17 municipalities Mayoral candidates: Tamaulipas. 36 deputies, 43 municipalities Tlaxcala. Governor, 25 deputies, 60 municipalities, 299 community presidents Veracruz. 50 deputies, 212 municipalities Mayors: Yucatan. 25 deputies, 106 municipalities Zacatecas. Governor, 30 deputies, 58 municipalities Absentee voting. Mexican citizens from eleven states who live overseas can vote electronically. Most of the elections are for governor, but those from Mexico City and Guerrero will be able to vote for "Diputado Migrante" and people from Jalisco can vote for "Diputado por Representación de Proporcional". INE approved a pilot program allowing prison inmates who are held in protective  custody in Hermosillo (District 4, Sonora); Villa Comaltitlán, Chiapas; Coatlán del Río (District 4 Jojutla, Morelos); and Buena Vista Tomatlán (District 12 Apatzingán, Michoacán) to vote absentee ballot from May 17–19, 2021. The present order covers only male inmates, but it may be extended to females. Organized crime and politics. Several different criminal gangs implicated in drug trafficking, human trafficking, and fuel theft have a great deal of political influence in some states. The Sinaloa Cartel exercises considerable control in the northwest while the Jalisco New Generation Cartel′s (CJNG) influence is in the west including Michoacan and Guerrero. The Gulf  Cartel and Los Zetas are powerful in the northeast. In the past, drug cartels have influenced campaigns by supporting candidates and even running some of their own member or sympathizers as candidates for office such as Lucero Sánchez López, former federal deputy from Sinaloa who was also Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán′s lover. Election-related violence is of particular concern in Michoacan, not only because of the aforementioned drug cartels but also because of armed community police who often act as vigilantes. Ignacio Sánchez Cordero, who sought the candidacy of and for mayor of Puerto Morelos Municipality in Quintana Roo, was  assassinated on February 24. At least 64 murders related to the political process occurred between September 2020 and March 2021, and Security Secretary (SSP) Rosa Icela Rodríguez promised more protection from the “crime party.” As of March 18, 55 candidates and precandidates had been murdered. 80% of the cases involved individuals who belonged to a party that did not control the state. Between September 7, 2020 and June 5, 2021, 91 candidates were assassinated. Irregularities and election day violence. INE canceled the registration of 19 candidates of for failure to report pre-campaign expenses. The FGR (Federal Elections Prosecutor) is  investigating about 80 complaints about Internet celebrities (Sanish: "influencers") who illegally used social media to sway votes toward the . State of Mexico. Daniel Serrano, candidate () for municipal president in Cuautitlán Izcalli, complained about vote buying on election day. The "Instituto Electoral del Estado de México" (IEEM) says that irregularities and violence on election day in Nextlalpan, State of Mexico, make it impossible to give a preliminary vote count (PREP), it may be necessary to hold another election. says that vandals entered the candidate's house and burned it, in addition to sexually assaulting the candidate, and they destroyed voting material . says the allegation are false. Ricardo Almaraz , candidate for supplementary receiver in Tepotzotlán, State of Mexico, was shot and killed the day after the election, June 7. Violence was reported in Amecameca, Metepec, Naucalpan, Nextlalpan, and Valle de Chalco. Scheduled results. Counting for preliminary results (PREP) began on June 6, rapid counting on June 7, and certification of final results are due on August 23, 2021.