2018 Mexican general election
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The 2018 Mexican general election was a landmark national vote in which Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his party Morena achieved a decisive victory, reshaping the country’s political landscape.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mexican federal election
ⓘ
general election ⓘ |
| abbreviationOversightBody | INE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaignPeriod | 2017–2018 ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| date | 1 July 2018 ⓘ |
| defeatedPresidentialCandidate |
Jaime Rodríguez Calderón
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
José Antonio Meade NERFINISHED ⓘ Margarita Zavala NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricardo Anaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defeatedPresidentialPartyOrCoalition |
Por México al Frente
NERFINISHED
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Todos por México NERFINISHED ⓘ independent candidates ⓘ |
| electedPresident | Andrés Manuel López Obrador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electedPresidentParty | Morena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralType |
legislative election
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local elections ⓘ presidential election ⓘ |
| followedBy | 2024 Mexican general election ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialMaterials | Spanish ⓘ |
| legalFramework | Mexican Constitution of 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainIssue |
corruption
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economic inequality ⓘ relations with the United States ⓘ violence and public security ⓘ |
| organizedBy | federal electoral authorities ⓘ |
| oversightBody | Instituto Nacional Electoral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mexican electoral cycle ⓘ |
| politicalImpact |
major realignment of Mexican party system
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weakening of PAN ⓘ weakening of PRI ⓘ |
| positionContested |
President of Mexico
NERFINISHED
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local congresses ⓘ members of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ members of the Senate of the Republic ⓘ municipal governments ⓘ state governorships ⓘ |
| precededBy | 2012 Mexican general election ⓘ |
| presidentialTermStart | 1 December 2018 ⓘ |
| presidentialWinnerMargin | landslide victory ⓘ |
| presidentialWinnerVoteShare | about 53% of the vote ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
change of governing party at federal level
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end of PRI-led federal government ⓘ rise of Morena as dominant political force ⓘ |
| voterTurnout | around 63% ⓘ |
| votingSystemChamberOfDeputies | mixed-member system ⓘ |
| votingSystemPresidential | first-past-the-post ⓘ |
| votingSystemSenate | mixed-member system ⓘ |
| winnerPresidentialCandidate | Andrés Manuel López Obrador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerPresidentialCoalition | Juntos Haremos Historia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerPresidentialParty | Morena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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