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1958 Mexican general election

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Field	Value
flag_year	1934
country	Mexico
election_date	6 July 1958
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
previous_election	1952 Mexican general election
previous_year	1952
next_election	1964 Mexican general election
next_year	1964
image1	Adolfo López Mateos (1963) (cropped)(b).jpg
nominee1	Adolfo López Mateos
party1	Institutional Revolutionary Party
popular_vote1	6,767,754
percentage1	90.44%
image2	Luis H. Álvarez 1958 (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Luis Héctor Álvarez
party2	National Action Party (Mexico)
popular_vote2	705,303
percentage2	9.42%
title	President
before_election	Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
before_party	Institutional Revolutionary Party
after_election	Adolfo López Mateos
after_party	Institutional Revolutionary Party

General elections were held in Mexico on 6 July 1958. 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 (PRI) won 153 of the 162 seats. These were the first Mexican presidential elections in which women were allowed to vote.

Campaign

During a campaign stop at the municipality of Jalpa, Zacatecas, the presidential candidate of the National Action Party (PAN), Luis H. Álvarez, was arrested and imprisoned for a couple of hours; according to Álvarez, the charge that was brought against him was "being a member of the opposition".

LopezMateosbotones.JPG|López Mateos campaign buttons. DiazFoxMODO05.JPG|López Mateos campaign plate and other items.

Results

President

Chamber of Deputies

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p453 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
Nohlen, p468
(25 May 2016). "Luis Álvarez, Leading Figure in Mexico's National Action Party, Dies at 96". The New York Times.
"Nombran huésped distinguido de Jalpa a Luis H. Álvarez". Zacatecas Online.

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