1979 Mexican legislative election

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Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 1 July 1979.^[1] The Institutional Revolutionary Party won 296 of the 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.^[2] Voter turnout was 49%.^[3]

Results[]


Party		Party list			Constituency			Total seats	+/–

Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	+/–
	Institutional Revolutionary Party	9,418,178	72.79	0	9,714,151	74.08	296	296	+101
	National Action Party	1,525,111	11.79	39	1,485,593	11.33	4	43	+23
	Mexican Communist Party	703,068	5.43	18	691,229	5.27	0	18	New
	Popular Socialist Party	389,590	3.01	11	380,719	2.90	0	11	–1
		311,913	2.41	10	294,727	2.25	0	10	New
	Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution	298,183	2.30	12	238,892	1.82	0	12	+2
	Mexican Democratic Party	293,540	2.27	10	296,623	2.26	0	10	New
	Non-registered candidates				10,748	0.08	0	0	0
Total		12,939,583	100.00	100	13,112,682	100.00	300	400	+163

Valid votes		12,939,583	93.95		13,112,682	95.04
Invalid/blank votes		833,146	6.05		683,728	4.96
Total votes		13,772,729	100.00		13,796,410	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,912,053	49.34		27,912,053	49.43
Source: Nohlen, IPU

References[]

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Nohlen, p469
^ Nohlen, p460

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