2021 Mexican legislative election

Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Mexico in July 2021. Voters will elect 500 deputies (300 in Single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post, 200 by proportional representation) to sit in the Chamber of Deputies for the 65th Congress.

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On December 5, 2020,  PAN,  PRI, and PRD announced an electoral alliance, Va por México ("Go For Mexico").[1][2] INE approved the Va por México alliance and the Juntos hacemos historia (″Together we made history″) alliance. Juntos hacemos historia consists of PT, PVEM, and MRN.[3]

The Instituto Nacional Electoral (National Electoral Institute, INE) issued a statement on February 3, 2021, saying that it would not be prudent to postpone the election because of the COVID-19 pandemic and doing so could even trigger a constitutional crisis by delaying the opening of the 65th Congress. INE board president Lorenzo Córdova noted the successful elections in Hidalgo and Coahuila in October 2020.[4]

States

Baja California Sur

Chihuahua

Durango

Va por Durango ( PAN,  PRI, PRD) announced its candidates on February 3, 2021:[6]

  • District 1: Javier Castrellón  PAN
  • District 4: Gina Campuzano  PAN
  • Proportional representation: Juan Carlos Maturino  PAN and María Salomé Elyd  PAN

Jalisco
  • Adolfo “Bofo” Bautista (Partido Encuentro Solidario, PES) in Guadalajara[7]

Mexico City

Mayor (alcaldias):

Mexico State

Michoacan

Nuevo Leon

Oaxaca

Puebla

Querétaro

San Luis Potosí
  • District 4 – Xitlalic Sánchez Servín (Va por México, PRD)[5]

Sonora

Sinaloa

Veracruz

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.[8]

INE aproved 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 from May 17-19, 2021. The present order covers only male inmates, but it may be extended to females.[9]

See also

References
  1. "The Party of the Democratic Revolution: From Postelectoral Movements to Electoral Competitors", Courting Democracy in Mexico, Cambridge University Press, pp. 198–233, 2003-11-24, ISBN 978-0-521-82001-1, retrieved 2020-12-23
  2. Beauregard, Luis Pablo (5 December 2020). "El PAN aprueba aliarse con el PRI y PRD para intentar arrebatar el Congreso a Morena en 2021". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  3. "Aprueba INE coaliciones "Va Por México" y "Juntos hacemos historia" para elecciones 2021". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). January 15, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  4. "No es prudente posponer elecciones; la democracia no debe ser víctima del covid: Córdova". proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  5. de la Rosa, Yared (3 February 2021). "PRD postula a priistas y panistas como candidatos de 'Va por México'". Forbes México (in Spanish). Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  6. Lastra, Gilberto (February 4, 2021). "Coalición 'Va por Durango' confirma a candidatos". msn.com. Milenio. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  7. "Artistas y deportistas dan el salto a la política mexicana en elecciones 2021". San Diego Union-Tribune en Español (in Spanish). 27 January 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  8. "Alista INE voto electrónico de mexicanos que viven en el extranjero para elecciones 2021". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). October 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  9. "INE da luz verde a prueba piloto de voto en prisión en 5 Ceferesos". proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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