1985 Mexican legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1985.[1] The Institutional Revolutionary Party won 292 of the 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] Voter turnout was 51-52%.[3]

Results

  PRI: 292 seats
  PAN: 38 seats
  PSUM: 12 seats
  PST: 12 seats
  PDM: 12 seats
  PPS: 11 seats
  PARM: 11 seats
  PRT: 6 seats
  PMT: 6 seats
Party Mayoria Partido Seats +/-
Votes % Votes %
Institutional Revolutionary Party11,588,23068.010,981,93863.3292-7
National Action Party2,787,21816.42,831,24816.338-13
Unified Socialist Party of Mexico575,1213.4602,5303.5¹
Mexican Democratic Party489,0252.9507,7102.9120
Socialist Party of the Workers440,7512.6593,0223.412+12
Popular Socialist Party349,6802.1441,5672.611+1
Revolutionary Workers' Party225,6361.3289,6261.76+6
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution295,4341.7416,7802.411+11
Mexican Workers' Party276,7121.6291,1271.7¹New
Others11,9220.1395,9552.30
Invalid/blank votes840,195930,348
Total17,879,92410018,281,8511004000
Source: Nohlen

¹ Between them, the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico and the Mexican Workers' Party won 18 seats.[2]

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p469
  3. Nohlen, p461
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