Mexican general election, 1952

7 July 1952

President before election

Miguel Alemán Valdés
PRI

Elected President

Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
PRI

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General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1952.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, who received 74.3% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 151 of the 161 seats.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines	Institutional Revolutionary Party	2,713,419	74.3
Miguel Henríquez Guzmán	Federation of the Mexican People's Parties	579,745	15.9
Efraín González Luna	National Action Party	285,555	7.8
Vicente Lombardo Toledano	Popular Socialist Party	72,482	2.0
Other candidates		282	0.0
Invalid/blank votes			–
Total		3,651,483	100
Source: Nohlen

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party	2,713,419	74.3	151	+9
Federation of the Mexican People's Parties	579,745	15.8	¹	New
National Action Party	301,986	8.3	5	+1
Popular Socialist Party	32,194	0.9	2	+1
Mexican National Party	24,139	0.7	¹	New
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	3,651,483	100	161	+14
Source: Nohlen

¹ Between them, the Federation of the Mexican People's Parties and the Mexican National Party won three seats.^[1]

1 2 3 Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

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