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A general election was held in Mexico on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the federal level: The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. ... Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (b. ... The Mexican Executive Cabinet is a part of the executive branch of the Mexican government consisting of eighteen Secretaries of State, the head of the federal executive legal office and the Attorney General. ... Congress (formally: Congreso de la Unión or Congress of the Union) is the legislative branch of the Mexican government. ... The Senate (Spanish: Cámara de Senadores or Senado) is the upper house of Mexicos bicameral Congress. ... The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of Mexicos bicameral legislature, the Congress of the Union. ... The LX Legislature of the Congress of Mexico will be meeting from September 1, 2006, to August 31, 2009. ... The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) is the highest Federal court in the United Mexican States. ... This article lists political parties in Mexico. ... Politics of Mexico Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Mexico ... The general election was held in Mexico on Wednesday, July 6, 1988. ... The general election was held in Mexico on Sunday, 21 August 1994. ... Mexico held a general election on Sunday, 2 July 2000. ... A number of elections, both federal and local, took place in Mexico during 2003: // Chamber of Deputies – 500 federal deputies Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2003 Colima state election Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2003 Nuevo León state election Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2003 Sonora... A number of local elections took place in Mexico during 2004: // Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2004 Chihuahua state election Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2004 Durango state election Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2004 Zacatecas state election Governor, state congress, and mayors See: 2004 Aguascalientes state... A number of local elections took place in Mexico during 2005: // Governor, five mayors, and 21 (15+6) local deputies See: 2005 Baja California Sur state election Governor, mayors, and local congress See: 2005 Guerrero state election Governor, eight mayors, and 25 (15+10) local deputies See: 2005 Quintana Roo... A number of elections on the federal and local level are scheduled to take place in Mexico during 2006. ... The Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) is an autonomous, public organization responsible for organizing federal elections in Mexico, that is, those related to the election of president of the United Mexican States and to the election of Lower and Upper Chamber members that constitute the Mexican Union Congress. ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México) is a federal republic made up of 31 states (estados) and one Federal District, (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ... Traditionally, the Government of Mexico has sought to maintain its interests abroad and project its influence largely through moral persuasion. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... A number of elections are scheduled to place in Mexico during 2006, most importantly a General Election (President and Congress) on 2 July. ... The results of the Mexican general election of July 2, 2006, were controversial and contested. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• A new President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing current Mexican President Vicente Fox (ineligible for re-election under the 1917 Constitution).
• 500 members (300 by the first-past-the-post system and 200 by proportional representation) to serve for a three-year term in the Chamber of Deputies.
• 128 members (three per state by first-past-the-post and 32 by proportional representation from national party lists) to serve six-year terms in the Senate. In each state, two first-past-the-post seats are allocated to the party with the largest share of the vote, and the remaining seat is given to the first runner-up.

Several local ballots were also held on the same day, most notably: The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. ... Vicente Fox Quesada[1] (born July 2, 1942) served as President of Mexico from December 1, 2000 to December 1, 2006. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ... Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is an electoral system delivering a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ... The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of Mexicos bicameral legislature, the Congress of the Union. ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México) is a federal republic made up of 31 states (estados) and one Federal District, (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ... This article lists political parties in Mexico. ... The Senate (Spanish: Cámara de Senadores or Senado) is the upper house of Mexicos bicameral Congress. ... A number of elections are scheduled to place in Mexico during 2006, most importantly a General Election (President and Congress) on 2 July. ...

• The election of a new Head of Government and new Legislative Assembly of the Federal District. See: 2006 Mexican Federal District election.
• Gubernatorial elections in the states of Guanajuato, Jalisco and Morelos.
• Municipal and local congressional elections in those three states and in Campeche, Colima, Nuevo León, Querétaro, and Sonora. San Luis Potosí also elected a new local congress.

The Head of Government ( Spanish: Jefe de Gobierno) wields executive power in the Mexican Federal District (the federal district, or D.F., is the seat of national executive, legislative, and judicial power, and is largely contiguous with the core of the sprawling Mexico City conurbation). ... The Legislative Assembly of the Federal District (Spanish: Asamblea Legislativa del Distrito Federal) is the legislative branch of government of the Mexican Federal District. ... The Mexican Federal District, known in Spanish as Distrito Federal (D.F.), is an area within Mexico that is not part of any of the Mexican states, but an independent self-governing city-state and the seat of the Federal Government. ... Elections in the Federal District are to be held on Sunday, 2 July 2006. ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México) is a federal republic made up of 31 states (estados) and one Federal District, (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ... Guanajuato is a state in the central highlands of Mexico. ... Jalisco is one of FAGGITS of the United Mexican States (Mexico). ... Morelos is one of the constituent states of Mexico. ... The State of Campeche was long a part of Yucatán and shared its history through the mid 19th century. ... Colima is a state in western Mexico. ... Nuevo León (Spanish for New León, after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in north-eastern Mexico. ... Querétaro (formal name: Querétaro de Arteaga) is a state in central Mexico. ... Sonora is a state in northwestern Mexico, bordering the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest. ... The Mexican state of San Luis Potosí has an area of 62,848 km² (24,266 mi²). It is in the north-central part of the Mexican republic, bordered by the states of Jalisco, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Zacatecas. ...

Presidential election

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On September 5, 2006, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa was declared President Elect^[1] by the Federal Electoral Tribunal after a highly controversial post-electoral process. Image File history File links Wikinews-logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Philippine statesman, see Felipe G. Calderón. ... The Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (Spanish: Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación, or TEPJF) is a venue within the judiciary of Mexico that specialises in electoral matters. ...

Eight political parties participated in the 2006 presidential election; five of them joined forces in two different electoral coalitions.

Competition was fierce, with the National Action Party (PAN) eager to hold on to the presidency for a second period, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) equally keen to regain the office it lost in the 2000 election for the first time in 71 years (now in coalition with the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico), and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) (now in coalition with Convergence and the Labor Party) believing itself to have a good chance to win after disappointments in the two previous elections. The National Action Party (Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional), known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative and Christian Democratic party and one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican political party that wielded hegemonic power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. ... Mexico held a general election on Sunday, 2 July 2000. ... The Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (Spanish: Partido Verde Ecologista de México, known by the abbreviation PVEM) is one of the six political parties to enjoy representation in the Mexican Congress. ... The Party of the Democratic Revolution (in Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD) is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia) is a political party in Mexico. ... Party of Labour (Partido del Trabajo, abbreviated to PT) is a nationally recognized political party in Mexico founded on December 8, 1990. ...

Preliminary Results

On July 6, 2006 the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) announced the final vote count in the 2006 presidential election, resulting in a narrow margin of 0.58 percentage points of victory for Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (PAN). Calderon's victory was confirmed by the Federal courts on 5 September 2006, and has been declared President-elect of Mexico.^[2] However, López Obrador (PRD), and his party, allege irregularities in over 30% of the country's polling stations, and after an unsuccessful judicial appeal of the results of the election, it is unclear whether he will continue with street protests.^details July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) is an autonomous, public organization responsible for organizing federal elections in Mexico, that is, those related to the election of president of the United Mexican States and to the election of Lower and Upper Chamber members that constitute the Mexican Union Congress. ... For the Philippine statesman, see Felipe G. Calderón. ... Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 13 November 1953) is a Mexican politician, affiliated with the left-of-center Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). ... The results of the Mexican general election of July 2, 2006, were controversial and contested. ...

Quick Count

The IFE declared at 11:00 pm on July 2, 2006 that the statistics yielded by the official quick count indicated that the presidential election was too close to call, meaning that the difference between the two front-runners was smaller than their margin of error, or 0.3% of the vote.^[3] The IFE further declared that the official count, which began on Wednesday, July 5, 2006, was to determine which candidate will be recognized as president elect. July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The top portion of this graphic depicts probability densities that show the relative likelihood that the true percentage is in a particular area given a reported percentage of 50%. The bottom portion of this graphic shows the margin of error, the corresponding zone of 99 % confidence. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nevertheless, front-running presidential candidates Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (PAN) and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD) declared themselves the winners, basing their speeches on a number of private exit-polls, some quoted and some not quoted, that gave a lead within the margin of error. PAN chairman César Nava Vásquez requested that IFE declare a winner by the night of July 3, 2006.^[4] For the Philippine statesman, see Felipe G. Calderón. ... Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 13 November 1953) is a Mexican politician, affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). ... An exit poll is a poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Preliminary results clearly showed that PRI-PVEM candidate Roberto Madrazo did not have a realistic chance of winning the presidency. It also appears, based on preliminary results, that the smaller parties (Nueva Alianza and Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina) will retain their registration.^[5] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the Mexican Party, for other political parties of the same name, see New Alliance Party (disambiguation) The New Alliance Party (in Spanish language Partido Nueva Alianza; PNA or PANAL) is one of the newest political parties in Mexico. ... The Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party (in Spanish: Partido Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina) is a Mexican political party of recent formation. ...

The so-called "foreign vote", whereby for the first time Mexican citizens living abroad were allowed to vote, albeit solely in the presidential contest, totalled only slightly more than 32,000 voters. The overall turn-out for this election was approximately 59% of the eligible voters.

Preliminary Electoral Results Program

██ PAN ██ PRDBased on preliminary data, a geographical split exists; the northern states favored the PAN most heavily, while the southern states are mostly strong supporters of the PRD. ^{(source: PREP)[6]}

The Preliminary Electoral Results Program (Programa de Resultados Electorales Preliminares, or PREP) is mandated by law to provide a quick estimate of the electoral results, but it has no authority to determine the outcome of the election. Image File history File links 2006_Mexican_election_per_state. ... Image File history File links 2006_Mexican_election_per_state. ... The National Action Party (Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional), known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative and Christian Democratic party and one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... The Party of the Democratic Revolution (in Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD) is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ...

This point was made repeatedly by IFE President Ugalde in his official statements as the 2006 electoral process unfolded. ^[7] The use of the PREP has been criticized because its data has been used by one candidate to proclaim his victory and by the other as supposed evidence of fraud. However, the PREP tends to predict the winner accurately when the difference between candidates is more than 1% (a condition that was not met in this election). Luis Carlos Ugalde Ramírez (b. ...

IFE information coordinator René Miranda dismissed PRD allegations that the changes in PREP's numbers were statistically improbable, saying the PREP was used objectively and impartially to "reflect the reality of the country." ^[8]

Official count

After the PREP was concluded on 4 July, the official district-based counts were begun on Wednesday 5 July 2006. In accordance with the Federal Code of Electoral Procedures and Institutions (COFIPE), each of Mexico's 300 congressional districts tabulated the votes recorded on the tally sheets (the "actas") for each voting precinct in their district. "In some cases, such as when a tally sheet was illegible, the sealed ballot packets were opened and recounted."^[9]. All under the eyes of any election observers that any political party cared to provide. For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The district committee results, along with the ballots, were then transferred to the IFE in Mexico City, which resulted in the running total shown below. ^[10] Early returns favored López Obrador, but by 04:07 Mexico City time, Calderón overtook him. By 07:45, Calderón was leading by approximately 0.33% of the vote. Country Mexico State Federal District Municipality Mexico City Founded Seat of the Government Capital of the Nation Head of government Marcelo Ebrard Area    - City km² Population    - City (2005) 8,720,916  - Density 5,741/km² Website: http://www. ... Central Daylight Time or CDT is the Central Time Zone (or CST) during Daylight Savings Time. ...

Calderón vs. López Obrador in IFE reports. Note that this shows only the percentages between 34% and 37.5%.

The volatility in the vote count was not unexpected. From the beginning, the IFE stated that running totals should not be construed as a trend, and that the official result would be released only when all polling stations had been counted. Several northern states, which strongly favored the PAN party in the PREP results, were slow in counting their ballots.^{[11] [12]}This delay was at least partially attributable to the double-checking of district station totals with the actual ballot counts, that any political party may ask for under Mexican law. ^[13] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1342x938, 22 KB) Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mexican general election, 2006 ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1342x938, 22 KB) Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mexican general election, 2006 ...

On 6 July, having narrowly lost the preliminary official count, López Obrador declared his intent to challenge the results before the Federal Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF), and demand a full recount of all ballots in Mexico City. ^[14] On 8 July, his supporters met at Mexico City's Zócalo square to start what Obrador called "the defense of the popular vote".^[15] The PRD also made a presentation on alleged election irregularities, including (as reported in La Jornada), allegations that around 7:00 PM, the IFE's running scoreboard vote tally blinked zero for all candidates for a period of 4 minutes. July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... The Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (Spanish: Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación, or TEPJF) is a venue within the judiciary of Mexico that specialises in electoral matters. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... The Zócalo, Mexico City Flag in center of the Zócalo Catedral Metropolitana La Plaza de la Constitución, informally called El Zócalo, is a square in Mexico City. ... La Jornada is one of Mexicos leading daily newspapers. ...

The election-inspired protests have been largely peaceful, and according to former IFE president José Woldenberg, well within the law. However some unions and PRD supporters called for "civil resistance" if the courts decided to ratify Calderón's victory. ^[16] Some, like editorialist Armando Fuentes Aguirre, expressed concern that this could lead to armed conflict. José Woldenberg Karakowski (b. ...

On 5 September 2006 the Federal Electoral Court declared Calderón the definitive winner. September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The final vote tally of the top two candidates was Calderón 35.89% (15,000,284 votes), López Obrador 35.31% (14,756,350 votes), ^{[17] [18] [19]} a difference of 243,934 (or 0.58%) votes.

Election monitors from the European Union stated on 8 July that they found no irregularities that could have affected the transparency of the results and that could have impacted the results. ^[20]. Other election monitors found many examples of fraud and irregularities and demanded a full recount. See also: Mexican general election 2006 controversies July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... The results of the Mexican general election of July 2, 2006, were controversial and contested. ...

Earlier media reports had indicated that in two separate incidents, one in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl and one in Xalapa, used ballots and other electoral materials were found in rubbish dumps.^[21][22][23] Reforma later reported that this supposed electoral material was found to be photocopies and did not influence the election ^{[citation needed]}. Al Giordano, though, in a July 8 Narco News article, has a La Jornada photo of 3 completed color ballots found in a Mexico City trash can. ^[24] Nezahualcóyotl (also: Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl or Ciudad Neza, which is strictly the name of the municipal seat; informally: mi Nezota) is a municipality of the State of México adjacent to the eastern fringe of Mexicos Federal District: it is thus part of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. ... Xalapa or Jalapa is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz. ... Narco News is an website dedicated covering the United States war on drugs. Its articles are available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. ...

Time (CDT)	Polling stations counted	Calderón Hinojosa	López Obrador	Madrazo Pintado	Link
12:02	25.38%	34.39%	36.98%	22.03%	[1]
13:00	35.95%	34.36%	37.06%		[2]
13:33	40.05%	34.41%	36.99%	21.99%	[3]
14:33	50.16%	34.39%	37.15%	21.88%	[4]
15:06	54.92%	34.56%	37.11%	21.77%	[5]
15:42	60.07%	34.56%	37.09%
16:01	62.61%	34.53%	37.09%
16:13	64.34%	34.56%	36.98%	21.92%	[6]
16:29	65.68%	34.60%	36.91%	21.94%	[7]
17:02	69.01%	34.64%	36.81%	21.98%	[8]
17:31	71.46%	34.56%	36.87%	22.02%	[9]
17:39	72.86%	34.55%	36.86%	22.03%	[10]
17:51	73.58%	34.57%	36.85%	22.02%	[11]
18:04	74.68%	34.60%	36.81%	22.03%	[12]
18:12	75.08%	34.62%	36.78%	22.05%	[13]
18:25	76.46%	34.62%	36.76%	22.07%	[14]
18:42	77.93%	34.63%	36.73%	22.09%	[15]
18:57	79.21%	34.65%	36.71%	22.10%	[16]
19:09	80.12%	34.67%	36.69%	22.11%	[17]
19:22	81.04%	34.68%	36.65%	22.12%	[18]
19:43	82.46%	34.71%	36.60%	22.15%	[19]
19:56	83.53%	34.73%	36.55%	22.18%	[20]
20:11	84.13%	34.74%	36.52%	22.19%	[21]
20:24	84.84%	34.74%	36.51%	22.20%	[22]
20:32	85.34%	34.77%	36.49%	22.20%	[23]
20:46	85.98%	34.79%	36.47%	22.19%	[24]
21:00	86.19%	34.81%	36.46%		[25]
21:20	87.05%	34.85%	36.44%		[26]
21:47	88.40%	34.96%	36.33%		[27]
23:03	91.71%	35.09%	36.15%	22.22%	[28]
23:10	91.86%	35.10%	36.14%		[29]
23:23	92.45%	35.13%	36.09%	22.23%	[30]
23:28	92.57%	35.14%	36.08%	22.23%	[31]
23:35	92.83%	35.16%	36.06%	22.24%	[32]
23:45	93.10%	35.17%	36.05%	22.24%	[33]
23:50	93.20%	35.17%	36.03%	22.24%	[34]
23:54	93.32%	35.18%	36.03%	22.25%	[35]
00:00	93.44%	35.21%	36.00%	22.25%	[36]
00:05	93.57%	35.22%	35.99%	22.25%	[37]
00:10	93.77%	35.22%	35.99%	22.25%	[38]
00:20	94.09%	35.24%	35.97%	22.25%	[39]
00:30	94.32%	35.26%	35.95%	22.25%	[40]
00:45	94.61%	35.28%	35.92%	22.26%	[41]
00:50	94.69%	35.29%	35.91%	22.26%	[42]
01:00	94.76%	35.30%	35.90%	22.26%	[43]
01:10	94.92%	35.32%	35.88%	22.26%	[44]
01:15	95.06%	35.32%	35.87%	22.26%	[45]
01:20	95.17%	35.33%	35.86%	22.26%	[46]
01:25	95.40%	35.34%	35.85%	22.26%	[47]
01:30	95.48%	35.35%	35.84%	22.27%	[48]
01:40	95.64%	35.37%	35.82%	22.27%	[49]
01:45	95.72%	35.37%	35.81%	22.27%	[50]
01:55	95.79%	35.39%	35.80%	22.27%	[51]
02:00	95.93%	35.40%	35.79%	22.28%	[52]
02:05	96.08%	35.41%	35.77%	22.28%	[53]
02:10	96.20%	35.42%	35.76%	22.28%	[54]
02:20	96.36%	35.44%	35.75%	22.27%	[55]
02:28	96.42%	35.45%	35.74%	22.27%	[56]
02:35	96.48%	35.45%	35.73%	22.27%	[57]
02:40	96.54%	35.46%	35.73%	22.27%	[58]
02:50	96.85%	35.49%	35.70%	22.27%	[59]
03:00	96.89%	35.49%	35.70%	22.27%	[60]
03:10	97.03%	35.51%	35.68%	22.27%	[61]
03:15	97.08%	35.52%	35.67%	22.27%	[62]
03:25	97.19%	35.54%	35.66%	22.27%	[63]
03:30	97.19%	35.55%	35.65%	22.26%	[64]
03:40	97.37%	35.56%	35.63%	22.26%	[65]
03:42	97.44%	35.57%	35.62%	22.27%	[66]
03:55	97.51%	35.58%	35.61%	22.27%	[67]
04:00	97.58%	35.59%	35.61%	22.27%	[68]
04:07	97.70%	35.60%	35.59%	22.27%	[69]
04:15	97.84%	35.62%	35.57%	22.27%	[70]
04:25	97.92%	35.63%	35.56%	22.27%	[71]
04:45	98.05%	35.65%	35.54%	22.27%	[72]
05:00	98.18%	35.66%	35.53%	22.27%	[73]
05:25	98.41%	35.68%	35.51%	22.28%	[74]
06:22	98.91%	35.74%	35.44%		[75]
06:56	99.02%	35.76%	35.43%	22.27%	[76]
07:48	99.21%	35.77%	35.42%	22.27%	[77]
08:23	99.31%	35.79%	35.40%		[78]
08:31	99.36%	35.80%	35.39%		[79]
09:56	99.56%	35.82%	35.37%	22.27%	[80]
10:45	99.64%	35.84%	35.35%	22.27%	[81]
11:27	99.73%	35.85%	35.34%		[82]
12:59	99.94%	35.87%	35.32%	22.27%	[83]
14:00	99.98%	35.88%	35.31%		[84]
15:10	100.0%	35.89%	35.31%	22.26%	[85]

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Results by state

	Calderón Hinojosa		López Obrador		Madrazo Pintado		Mercado Castro		Campa Cifrián		State Total
State	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Aguascalientes	193,588	46.77	89,920	21.73	97,513	23.56	16,275	3.93	5,597	1.35	413,897	100.00
Baja California	450,186	47.35	224,275	23.59	203,233	21.38	35,917	3.78	13,522	1.42	950,720	100.00
Baja California Sur	62,127	34.35	77,875	43.06	29,874	16.52	5,470	3.02	1,475	0.82	180,847	100.00
Campeche	99,526	31.85	101,192	32.38	87,412	27.97	4,756	1.52	8,470	2.71	312,522	100.00
Chiapas	215,358	16.92	551,749	43.36	427,351	33.58	15,065	1.18	7,378	0.58	1,272,623	100.00
Chihuahua	523,914	45.10	212,069	18.26	341,916	29.43	31,414	2.70	20,375	1.75	1,161,633	100.00
Coahuila	400,894	43.11	225,117	24.21	245,960	26.45	26,450	2.84	8,412	0.90	929,944	100.00
Colima	107,880	41.79	61,434	23.80	76,586	29.67	5,284	2.05	1,567	0.61	258,126	100.00
Distrito Federal	1,325,474	27.39	2,813,112	58.13	413,644	8.55	175,517	3.63	27,152	0.56	4,839,285	100.00
Durango	255,229	44.62	128,881	22.53	153,990	26.92	11,188	1.96	5,769	1.01	572,043	100.00
Guanajuato	1,155,403	58.92	301,463	15.37	368,789	18.81	49,753	2.54	18,611	0.95	1,961,051	100.00
Guerrero	160,253	16.15	510,217	51.43	263,055	26.51	16,809	1.69	10,493	1.06	992,131	100.00
Hidalgo	251,772	26.63	385,750	40.79	235,926	24.95	25,702	2.72	15,360	1.62	945,590	100.00
Jalisco	1,435,334	49.32	559,266	19.22	705,925	24.26	93,836	3.22	37,739	1.30	2,910,366	100.00
Estado de México	1,771,515	31.07	2,469,093	43.31	1,033,110	18.12	215,857	3.79	61,494	1.08	5,701,032	100.00
Michoacán	515,600	34.49	615,535	41.17	283,157	18.94	29,951	2.00	8,229	0.55	1,495,097	100.00
Morelos	226,340	31.92	312,815	44.11	111,118	15.67	24,736	3.49	12,129	1.71	709,101	100.00
Nayarit	69,097	18.89	152,999	41.82	123,284	33.70	7,730	2.11	3,840	1.05	365,847	100.00
Nuevo León	865,006	48.89	282,384	15.96	488,402	27.61	51,760	2.93	31,112	1.76	1,769,218	100.00
Oaxaca	226,304	16.77	620,062	45.96	428,026	31.72	19,482	1.44	5,620	0.42	1,349,183	100.00
Puebla	743,831	37.49	639,659	32.24	460,183	23.19	50,234	2.53	20,418	1.03	1,984,166	100.00
Querétaro	322,975	48.91	160,383	24.29	133.188	20.17	16,536	2.50	6,028	0.91	660,384	100.00
Quintana Roo	111,485	28.90	147,839	38.33	105,086	27.24	8,801	2.28	2,768	0.72	385,722	100.00
San Luis Potosí	462,329	48.58	204,983	21.54	207,602	21.81	23,648	2.48	8,360	0.88	951,724	100.00
Sinaloa	363,461	37.06	301,709	30.77	263,553	26.87	20,620	2.10	6,717	0.68	980,684	100.00
Sonora	468,288	50.12	240,114	25.70	175,365	18.77	23,187	2.48	6,914	0.74	934,327	100.00
Tabasco	31,975	3.51	512,743	56.28	344,526	37.81	4,261	0.47	1,906	0.21	911,113	100.00
Tamaulipas	506,177	41.29	324,491	26.47	317,849	25.93	25,025	2.04	12,424	1.01	1,225,922	100.00
Tlaxcala	140,128	34.16	180,487	44.00	59,672	14.55	11,130	2.71	3,426	0.84	410,230	100.00
Veracruz	1,006,676	34.21	1,036,494	35.23	727,638	24.73	55,971	1.90	17,777	0.60	2,942,364	100.00
Yucatán	364.353	46.17	125,152	15.86	260,116	32.96	12,962	1.64	4,504	0.57	789,155	100.00
Zacatecas	167,806	31.95	187,088	35.62	128,392	24.44	13,523	2.57	6,218	1.18	525,275	100.00
TOTALS:	15,000,284	35.89	14,756,350	35.31	9,301,441	22.26	1,128,850	2.70	401,804	0.96	41,791,322	100.00

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Post-election controversy

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No full recount in Mexican election

Soon after it was clear that the official count would result with Felipe Calderón ahead, Andrés Manuel López Obrador stated that he and his party, the PRD, would fight for a "vote-by-vote" general recount. The results of the Mexican general election of July 2, 2006, were controversial and contested. ... Image File history File links Wikinews-logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (b. ... Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 13 November 1953) is a Mexican politician, affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). ... The Party of the Democratic Revolution (in Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD) is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ...

He presented nine boxes and 900 pages of supposed evidence alleging mathematical electoral irregularities in 50,000 polling places to the Federal Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF). In addition, he claimed that in areas with large numbers of López Obrador supporters, election officials nullified 900,000 votes. ^[25] The Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (Spanish: Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación, or TEPJF) is a venue within the judiciary of Mexico that specialises in electoral matters. ...

Supporters of López Obrador marching in Guanajuato

López Obrador and his supporters began organizing mass protests, marches, and civil disobedience, culminating in a massive rally in Mexico City's historic Zócalo on 30 July 2006. Estimates of the crowd at the rally range from 500,000 to 3,000,000 supporters. ^[26] Additionally, López Obrador's campaign has set up plantones, or encampments, inside the Zócalo and along Paseo de la Reforma, one of Mexico City's main arteries, slowing traffic for hours. The encampents are widely unpopular, as 65% of inhabitants in Mexico City oppose them. ^[27] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2288x1712, 649 KB) Image originally uploaded by en:User:A1437053 to en:Image:P7120371. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2288x1712, 649 KB) Image originally uploaded by en:User:A1437053 to en:Image:P7120371. ... Country Mexico State Federal District Municipality Mexico City Founded Seat of the Government Capital of the Nation Head of government Marcelo Ebrard Area    - City km² Population    - City (2005) 8,720,916  - Density 5,741/km² Website: http://www. ... The Zócalo, Mexico City Catedral Metropolitana Zócalo is a Mexican Spanish term for a town square or town center where social and business transactions take place. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paseo de la Reforma (Reform Avenue) is a 12 km long grand avenue in Mexico City. ... Country Mexico State Federal District Municipality Mexico City Founded Seat of the Government Capital of the Nation Head of government Marcelo Ebrard Area    - City km² Population    - City (2005) 8,720,916  - Density 5,741/km² Website: http://www. ...

On Saturday, August 5, the TEPJF met in public session to decide the outcome of López Obrador's request for a recount. The seven magistrates voted unanimously that there was only sufficient legal justification to order the recount of 11,839 ballot boxes in 155 districts (9.2% of the total), thus rejecting López Obrador's public demand that all votes and ballot boxes be recounted. [86] The Tribunal based its decision of a partial recount on its finding that, despite publicly demanding a vote by vote general recount, López Obrador's party only presented legal claims to less than 44,000 polling stations, or less than 34%. Therefore, legally, only those 44,000 polling stations were deemed controversial by the TEPJF. The Tribunal ruled that the non-controversial votes should not be recounted, because "the certainty asked by the Coalition (of López Obrador's party) is tied to the respect of the citizen counts in non-controversial polling stations". However, the Tribunal did certify that principles of certainty in the elections called for a justified recount in some of the controversial stations, as irregularities were found. ^[28] August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ...

In the western state of Jalisco alone, 2,705 ballot boxes (33% of the state's total) will be recounted due to "evident mathematical errors". The state with the highest percentage of ballot boxes to be reopened is Aguascalientes with 436 or 35% of its 1,226 total ballot boxes. Other states with a high percentage of ballot boxes authorized to be opened include: Tamaulipas, 942 ballot boxes (or 23.7% of total ballot boxes); Campeche, 170 (18.3%); Chihuahua, 727 (15%); Durango, 344 (15.4%); Nuevo León, 508 (10%); San Luis Potosí, 495 (16%); Sinaloa, 334 (7.7%); Yucatán, 228 (10.5%); Zacatecas, 221 (9.23%); Querétaro, 9.4%. Jalisco is one of FAGGITS of the United Mexican States (Mexico). ... Aguascalientes is a state of Mexico, situated in the center of the country. ... Tamaulipas is a state in the northeast of Mexico. ... The State of Campeche was long a part of Yucatán and shared its history through the mid 19th century. ... Chihuahua is a state in northwestern Mexico. ... Durango (IPA pronunciation ) is one of the constituent states of Mexico. ... Nuevo León (Spanish for New León, after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in north-eastern Mexico. ... The Mexican state of San Luis Potosí has an area of 62,848 km² (24,266 mi²). It is in the north-central part of the Mexican republic, bordered by the states of Jalisco, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Zacatecas. ... Sinaloa is bordered by the states of Sonora to the north, Chihuahua to the northeast, Durango to the east, and Nayarit to the south. ... Yucatán is the name of one of the 31 states of Mexico, located on the north of the Yucatán Peninsula. ... Zacatecas is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. ... Querétaro (formal name: Querétaro de Arteaga) is a state in central Mexico. ...

States with small percentages include: Chiapas, 81 ballot boxes (1.6%); Distrito Federal, 227 (1.85%); Estado de México, 362 (2.33%); Michoacán, 300 (5.5%); Morelos, 124 (6%); Puebla, 194 (3.22%); Veracruz, 396 (6.56%); and Quintana Roo, 10 (0.8%). ^[29] Chiapas is a state in the southeast of Mexico. ... Federal Districts are subdivisions of a federal system of government. ... The United Mexican States, or Mexico, is a federal republic, comprising 31 states. ... Michoacán de Ocampo (From michamacuan, Nahuatl for the place of the fishermen) is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. ... Morelos is one of the constituent states of Mexico. ... The Mexican state of Puebla is located in the center of the country, to the east of Mexico City. ... The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that compose Mexico (does not include the Mexican Federal District). ... Quintana Roo is a state of Mexico, on the eastern part of the Yucatán Peninsula. ...

The recount commenced on Wednesday, 9 August, (CBC) (VOA) and concluded on Sunday, 13 August. Only after calculated the recounted votes will the TEPJF declare the candidate with the most votes as president Elect. ^[30] August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ...

On Friday, August 11, both disputing parties held press conferences, in which, despite the TEPJF's insistence that no recount results will be released until Sunday, each provided their own internal figures based on their observers in the recount. These figures clashed dramatically; according to the PAN, 75% of the votes had been recounted and the results confirmed that the initial count was "perfect", with fewer than three errors per ballot box and no systemic bias. (This is the message that most of the press reported, although others reported that the "75% without errors" figure is out of the completed, not the total, recount; still, the figures were hard to square with Coalition claims.) The Coalition claimed that only 60% of the recount was complete, and that in this recount their party had gained an average of 29 votes per ballot box. (Again, this was the message in most of the press, though other press outlets seemed to imply that the Coalition claims included lost or excess ballots as well as miscounted ones.) [87] August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Despite the Tribunal's ruling, and despite the ruling being based on his party's decision of not contesting all polls judicially, López Obrador continues to demand the "vote-by-vote" general recount, promising to continue civil disobedience and sit-ins. He was quoted as saying, "We don't want a portion of democracy. We want 100% democracy." [88]

A day before the end of the recount, López Obrador's coalition threatened with national mobilizations to prevent the "imposition" of Calderón, if the PAN candidate was confirmed winner of the election. [89]

Calls for electoral reform

On Thursday November 23, 2006 the European Union (EU) election observer mission presented its final report ^{[31] [32]}. The report was generally positive and defended the official result of the July 2 presidential election saying they "reflect[ed] the legitimate will of the Mexican people." However, the report also expressed concerns and raised several criticisms, both general and specific, of the electoral process and the election. The report includes 48 specific recommendations for future reform to "strengthen the electoral process," such as introducing random automatic recounts in the case of a close election, shortening the campaign period, considering the introduction of a two round run-off system for presidential elections, and general clarifications in the electoral law (e.g., clarifying the grounds for requesting a recount and for the annulling of the election). November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An example of runoff voting. ...

A November 24, 2006 article by The Herald Mexico reports:^[33] "All of Mexico´s major parties have called for reforms to electoral laws, including clearer limits on funding, greater transparency on campaign spending and a shorter campaign period." November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Herald Mexico is a daily English language newspaper published in Mexico City, Mexico. ...

The article also reports: "The EU mission, headed by Spanish Deputy José Ignacio Salafranca, said on Thursday that a runoff election would help the nation´s electoral system, especially following results as close as this year´s, when Felipe Calderón beat Andrés Manuel López Obrador by less than a percentage point. In a news conference, Salafranca said that while a second round would be expensive, it would give 'greater democratic legitimacy' to the result." José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (born on 31 May 1955 in Madrid) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Peoples Party, Member of the Bureau of the European Peoples Party and sits on the European Parliament...

Presidential candidates

There were five registered candidates for the 2006 presidential election:

	Party/Alliance		Candidate	Slogan
	National Action Party		Felipe Calderón	Para que vivamos mejor "So we can live better"
	Coalition for the Good of All (PRD, PT, Convergence)		Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Por el bien de todos, primero los pobres "For the Good of All, the poor are first"
	Alliance for Mexico (PRI, PVEM)		Roberto Madrazo	Mover a México para que las cosas se hagan "Moving Mexico to get things done"
	Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party		Patricia Mercado Castro	Palabra de mujer "A woman's word"
	New Alliance Party		Roberto Campa Cifrián	Uno de tres "One out of three"

A non-registered candidate, Víctor González Torres (nicknamed "Dr. Simi" after the mascot of his national drugstore franchise) made a massive marketing campaign to enter the election, in spite of not being registered as an official candidate, and ran as a write-in candidate. His franchise slogan is "The same only cheaper", but his campaign one is "To serve God and the people of Mexico". Ironically, he has frequently stressed the fact that he pays all of his own campaign expenses, thus being the "cheapest" candidate. He was not considered a formal candidate but many press sources still publish his sayings and complaints against IFE, while some sources consider him a sort of "comic relief". Look up Slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links Pan_logo. ... The National Action Party (Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional), known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative and Christian Democratic party and one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1089x1545, 553 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Felipe Calderón Mexican general election, 2006 Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (b. ... Image File history File links Logotipo_Alianza_por_el_Bien_de_Todos. ... The Coalition for the Good of All (Coalición por el Bien de Todos) is a left-wing coalition created by the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), Convergence and the Labor Party (PT) to support Andrés Manuel López Obrador as a candidate for the presidency of Mexico... The Party of the Democratic Revolution (in Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD) is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... Party of Labour (Partido del Trabajo, abbreviated to PT) is a nationally recognized political party in Mexico founded on December 8, 1990. ... Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia) is a political party in Mexico. ... Image File history File links Picture of Andrés Manuel López Obrador taken by Ariel Gutiérrez Vivanco on June 17, 2003 and published at http://www. ... Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 13 November 1953) is a Mexican politician, affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). ... Image File history File links Alianza_por_México. ... The Alliance for Mexico was an electoral alliance in Mexico, led by the Party of the Democratic Revolution. ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican political party that wielded hegemonic power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. ... The Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (Spanish: Partido Verde Ecologista de México, known by the abbreviation PVEM) is one of the six political parties to enjoy representation in the Mexican Congress. ... Image File history File links English Cropped picture of Roberto Madrazo, Mexican politician, former governor of Tabasco. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (719x630, 143 KB)Logo Alternativa, Partido Polítco File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party (in Spanish: Partido Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina) is a Mexican political party of recent formation. ... Image File history File links Patriciamercado. ... Patricia Mercado Dora Patricia Mercado Castro (born in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora) is a Mexican feminist politician. ... Image File history File links Nueva_Alianza_logo. ... This article is about the Mexican Party, for other political parties of the same name, see New Alliance Party (disambiguation) The New Alliance Party (in Spanish language Partido Nueva Alianza; PNA or PANAL) is one of the newest political parties in Mexico. ... Image File history File links Roberto_campa_on_tv_azteca. ... Roberto Rafael Campa Cifrián (b. ... Víctor González Torres (born July 1, 1947 in Mexico City), is a Mexican businessman, who ran as a write-in candidate in the 2006 Mexican presidential election. ... A write-in candidate is a candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the persons name. ...

Summary

July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seal of the Office of the President of Mexico The President of United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. ... Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (b. ... The National Action Party (Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional), known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative and Christian Democratic party and one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 13 November 1953) is a Mexican politician, affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). ... The Coalition for the Good of All (Coalición por el Bien de Todos) is a left-wing coalition created by the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), Convergence and the Labor Party (PT) to support Andrés Manuel López Obrador as a candidate for the presidency of Mexico... The Party of the Democratic Revolution (in Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD) is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... Party of Labour (Partido del Trabajo, abbreviated to PT) is a nationally recognized political party in Mexico founded on December 8, 1990. ... Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia) is a political party in Mexico. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Alliance for Mexico was an electoral alliance in Mexico, led by the Party of the Democratic Revolution. ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican political party that wielded hegemonic power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. ... The Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (Spanish: Partido Verde Ecologista de México, known by the abbreviation PVEM) is one of the six political parties to enjoy representation in the Mexican Congress. ... Patricia Mercado Dora Patricia Mercado Castro (born in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora) is a Mexican feminist politician. ... The Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party (in Spanish: Partido Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina) is a Mexican political party of recent formation. ... Roberto Rafael Campa Cifrián (b. ... This article is about the Mexican Party, for other political parties of the same name, see New Alliance Party (disambiguation) The New Alliance Party (in Spanish language Partido Nueva Alianza; PNA or PANAL) is one of the newest political parties in Mexico. ... The Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) is an autonomous, public organization responsible for organizing federal elections in Mexico, that is, those related to the election of President of the United Mexican States and to the election of the members of the Lower and Upper Chambers that constitute the Congress of the... 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The Party of the Democratic Revolution (in Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD) is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... Party of Labour (Partido del Trabajo, abbreviated to PT) is a nationally recognized political party in Mexico founded on December 8, 1990. ... Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia) is a political party in Mexico. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Alliance for Mexico was an electoral alliance in Mexico, led by the Party of the Democratic Revolution. ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican political party that wielded hegemonic power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. ... The Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (Spanish: Partido Verde Ecologista de México, known by the abbreviation PVEM) is one of the six political parties to enjoy representation in the Mexican Congress. ... 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Polls

Opinion polls in the run-up to the election showed López Obrador and Calderón neck and neck. The last polls conducted before the polling blackout that begins eight days before the election all showed López Obrador and Calderón tied with the results within the margins of error. Both Reforma and El Universal newspapers, considered by many to be Mexico City's most influential, gave López Obrador a two point edge over Calderón. Opinion polls are surveys of opinion using sampling. ... Reforma is a Mexican newspaper based in Mexico City. ... Logo of El Universal El Universal is a major Mexican newspaper. ... Country Mexico State Federal District Municipality Mexico City Founded Seat of the Government Capital of the Nation Head of government Marcelo Ebrard Area    - City km² Population    - City (2005) 8,720,916  - Density 5,741/km² Website: http://www. ...

The candidates of the smaller parties also gained ground at the expense of Roberto Madrazo and López Obrador. The last poll from El Universal showed Patricia Mercado of Social Democratic and Farmer Alternative had gained enough support for her party to retain its registry. In the latest Zogby poll, Madrazo, however, trailed the leader Calderón by only 8 points and was only 4 points behind López Obrador. Patricia Mercado Dora Patricia Mercado Castro (born in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora) is a Mexican feminist politician. ... Social Democratic and Farmer Alternative (in Spanish: Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina) is a Mexican political party of recent formation. ...

Averaging the last ten polls conducted before the polling blackout (between 20 June and 23 June), López Obrador edged out Calderón by a razor-thin half percentage point with 35.1%. Calderón had 34.6% and Madrazo came in third with 26%. June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ...

* Polls conducted by Arcop (published in Milenio and showed the first lead of Calderón over López Obrador) and Covarrubias (published in La Jornada, and the one that showed the highest lead of López Obrador) are internal polls, and generally not as reliable as the others.

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Assets, liabilities and annual expenses

As of January 2005, only three candidates had made a public declaration of assets, liabilities and annual expenses. These figures were given in pesos, the total value of assets of each candidate follows at an exchange rate of 10.62 pesos to one United States dollar (Source: Banamex): The peso is the currency of Mexico. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ...

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Presidential debates

A first presidential debate was held on 25 April 2006 with the presence of all candidates with the notable exception of López Obrador. López Obrador had refused to participate in all debates, and said he would only participate in one since long before the first debate was scheduled. The rest of the candidates agreed on leaving an empty chair to symbolize that the fifth candidate was indeed invited. April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The silla vacía (Spanish for "empty chair") became the topic of political commentary shows and the press. Excélsior called the empty chair a "double-edged sword"^[34] coinciding with other publications and TV shows that leaving the empty chair could be construed as an insult to the audience and an attack to López Obrador. However, by the date of the debates, the statistical tendency in many polls had confirmed Calderón at the second spot and López Obrador still with a single digit advantage over him. Excélsior is daily newspaper, founded by Rafael Alducin and published in Mexico City since 1917. ...

After the first debate some political commentators, media outlets, and polls indicated that Calderón^[35] was seen as the winner of the debate, Mercado as the pleasant surprise of the night.^[36] and a nervous Madrazo as the worst performer of the night.^[37] However, political analysts also said that the debate was unnecessarily full of promises and personal attacks. Analysts considered that López Obrador was negatively affected by his absence and polls later confirmed Calderón having replaced López Obrador as the leading candidate.

A second debate took place on 6 June of the same year, from 20:30 to 22:30,^[38] Central Time, with the confirmed presence of all candidates, including López Obrador. Media outlets have given results to telephone polls applied post-debate showing a mixed tendency. Most, like Reforma and Presente, gave Felipe Calderón the lead, but a few, like Diario Monitor, gave it to Andrés Manuel López Obrador. June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining // 1508 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year truce and cede several territories to Venice 1513...

However, the rise of López Obrador in voter preference polls since the debate seems to indicate that it was the PRD candidate who won it. One of the main causes for this victory may have been the Hildebrando accusation that López Obrador made during the debate. Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (b. ...

Before the debate, Carlos Ahumada's wife threatened to release tapes involving allies of López Obrador in suspected acts of corruption, but the release was cancelled due to an attempted murder which is still under investigation. (See: Videoscandals)^[39]. Carlos Ahumada Kurz interviewed by Televisa when he was aprehended by the Interpol in Cuba Carlos Ahumada Kurtz (born in 1964 in Córdoba, Argentina) is a Mexican businessman owner of Grupo Quart, a newspaper (El Independiente) and two football clubs (Santos Laguna and León) in Mexico who was... The Videoscandals were political scandals in Mexico in 2004 when videos taken with hidden cameras were made public. ...

Victor González Torres, a national pharmacy entrepreneur nick-named "Dr. Simi", declared himself a non-registered write-in candidate and tried to enter the building where the debate was to take place. González Torres demanded to be allowed participation in the debate, but he was not allowed to enter the building where he made the demand. He even brought his own chair. Candidates with no political parties are not permited to compete in elections under Mexican law, and votes for all write-in candidates are counted together, without making a difference on which write-in candidate the vote went for.

Congressional Election

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In the current session of Congress, no party holds a majority.

Preliminary results below are as of 3 July 06:41 UTC. July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... ...

Chamber of Deputies

Summary

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Summary of the 2 July 2006 Chamber of Deputies of Mexico election results

Alliances and parties			Votes	%	FPP Seats	PR Seats	Total
	National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional)		13,876,499	33.41	137	69	206
	Coalition for the Good of All (Coalición por el Bien de Todos)	Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática)	12,040,698	28.99	100	60	160
		Labour Party (Partido del Trabajo)
		Convergence (Convergencia)
	Alliance for Mexico (Alianza por México)	Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional)	11,704,639	28.18	63	58	121
		Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (Partido Verde Ecologista de México)
	New Alliance Party (Partido Nueva Alianza)		1,887,667	4.55	0	9	9
	Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party (Partido Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina)		852,849	2.05	0	4	4
Total			41,531,750	100.00	300	200	500
Source: IFE

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Comparison

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Senate

Summary

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Summary of the 2 July 2006 Senate of Mexico election results

Alliances and parties			Votes	%	FPP Seats	SPP Seats	PR Seats	Total
	National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional)		14,043,213	33.63	32	9	11	52
	Coalition for the Good of All (Coalición por el Bien de Todos)	Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática)	12,403,241	29.70	22	4	10	36
		Labor Party (Partido del Trabajo)
		Convergence (Convergencia)
	Alliance for Mexico (Alianza por México)	Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional)	11,689,110	27.99	10	19	10	39
		Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (Partido Verde Ecologista de México)
	New Alliance Party (Partido Nueva Alianza)		1,689,099	4.04	0	0	1	1
	Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party (Partido Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina)		796,102	1.91	0	0	0	0
Total			40,740,318	100.00	64	32	32	128
Source: IFE

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Comparison

• * - Non-attached members
• † - Ran as part of slate.

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See also

• Full list of elections in Mexico in 2006

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Footnotes

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External links

• (Spanish) 2006 presidential election polls "Opina Mexico" is a non-profit website sponsored by the Mexican polling industry with the purpose of concentrating survey results as they are published.
• Mexico's Presidential Election: Background on Economic Issues Report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, June 2006.
• Wrong way elections table at the Center for Range Voting
• What’s at stake in Mexico’s election? Socialist Worker
• Preliminary election results, this is a constantly updated count of actual ballots as they are tallied into the electoral system. Not a survey, these are actual results.
• Opinion pieces on the election Link to the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, a think tank that has covered the 2006 presidential elections from Mexico.
• An Analysis of Mexico's Recounted Ballots Issue Brief by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, August 2006.