Mexican general election, 1958

July 6, 1958



Nominee	Adolfo López Mateos	Luis H. Álvarez
Party	PRI	PAN
Home state	State of México	Chihuahua
Popular vote	6,767,754	705,303
Percentage	90.43%	9.42%

President before election

Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
PRI

Elected President

Adolfo López Mateos
PRI

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General elections were held in Mexico on 6 July 1958.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Adolfo López Mateos, who received 90.4% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 153 of the 162 seats.^[1]

1 Results
- 1.1 President
- 1.2 Chamber of Deputies
2 References

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Adolfo López Mateos	Institutional Revolutionary Party	6,767,754	90.4
Luis H. Álvarez	National Action Party	705,303	9.4
Other candidates		10,346	0.1
Invalid/blank votes			–
Total		7,463,403	100
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party	6,467,493	88.2	153	0
National Action Party	749,519	10.2	6	0
Popular Socialist Party	50,145	0.7	1	-1
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution	32,464	0.4	1	New
Non-registered candidates	10,309	0.1	1	New
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	7,332,429	100	162	0
Source: Nohlen

References

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

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