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
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| Party | Party-list | Constituency | Total seats | +/– | |||||
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Institutional Revolutionary Party | 10,981,938 | 63.29 | 0 | 11,588,230 | 68.01 | 292 | 292 | –7 | |
| National Action Party | 2,831,248 | 16.32 | 32 | 2,787,218 | 16.36 | 6 | 38 | –13 | |
| Unified Socialist Party of Mexico | 602,530 | 3.47 | 12 | 575,121 | 3.38 | 0 | 12 | –5 | |
| Workers' Socialist Party | 593,022 | 3.42 | 12 | 440,751 | 2.59 | 0 | 12 | +1 | |
| Mexican Democratic Party | 507,710 | 2.93 | 12 | 489,025 | 2.87 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Popular Socialist Party | 441,567 | 2.54 | 11 | 349,680 | 2.05 | 0 | 11 | +1 | |
| Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution | 416,780 | 2.40 | 9 | 295,434 | 1.73 | 2 | 11 | +11 | |
| Mexican Workers' Party | 291,127 | 1.68 | 6 | 276,712 | 1.62 | 0 | 6 | New | |
| Workers' Revolutionary Party | 289,626 | 1.67 | 6 | 225,636 | 1.32 | 0 | 6 | +6 | |
| Others | 395,955 | 2.28 | 0 | 11,922 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 17,351,503 | 100.00 | 100 | 17,039,729 | 100.00 | 300 | 400 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 17,351,503 | 94.91 | 17,039,729 | 95.30 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 930,348 | 5.09 | 840,195 | 4.70 | |||||
| Total votes | 18,281,851 | 100.00 | 17,879,924 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 35,278,369 | 51.82 | 35,278,369 | 50.68 | |||||
| Source: Nohlen, Sandoval | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p469
- ^ Nohlen, p461