1946 Mexican general election

General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1946.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Miguel Alemán Valdés, who received 77.9% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 141 of the 147 seats.^[2]

Results[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Miguel Alemán Valdés	Institutional Revolutionary Party	1,786,901	77.87
	Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza		443,357	19.32
			33,952	1.48
			29,337	1.28
Other candidates			1,181	0.05
Total			2,294,728	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			2,556,949	–
Source: Nohlen


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	Institutional Revolutionary Party	1,687,284	73.52	141	–6
	National Action Party	51,312	2.24	4	+4
	Mexican Communist Party	10,542	0.46	0	New
	Other parties	545,790	23.78	2	–
Total		2,294,928	100.00	147	0

Registered voters/turnout		2,556,949	–
Source: Nohlen

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Nohlen, p468

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