An extraordinary
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election was held in the
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of
Colima
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on 10 April 2005. The election was necessitated by the death of incumbent governor
Gustavo Vázquez Montes
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of the
Institutional Revolutionary Party
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(PRI) in a
plane crash
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on 24 February 2005.
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Candidates
*Silverio Cavazos
Jesús Silverio Cavazos Ceballos (15 December 1968 – 21 November 2010) was a Mexican politician, the Governor of Colima from 2005 to 2009, elected after the death of Gustavo Vázquez Montes. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary P ...
of the ''Alianza para que Vivan Mejor'' ("Alliance for Better Living") – PRI
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, PVEM
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and PT
* Leoncio "Loncho" Morán, of the ''Alianza Loncho me da Confianza,'' ("I Trust Loncho Alliance") – PAN and the Colima Democratic Association). Morán was the serving mayor of Colima, Colima
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, who took temporary leave from that position to fight the election.
Results
*Silverio Cavazos
Jesús Silverio Cavazos Ceballos (15 December 1968 – 21 November 2010) was a Mexican politician, the Governor of Colima from 2005 to 2009, elected after the death of Gustavo Vázquez Montes. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary P ...
– 109,358 votes (51.40%)
* Leoncio Morán – 101,180 votes (47.63%)
Cavazos was in as governor on 5 May.
Turnout was around 55% of the registered electorate, which both candidates described as disappointingly low.
See also
*2003 Colima state election
An election for governor was held in the Mexican state of Colima on 6 July 2003, simultaneously with federal congressional midterm elections. Gustavo Vázquez Montes of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was initially declared the winner ...
References
External links
Aprueban elección en Colima, el 10 de abril
– ''( El Universal)''
Gana PRI con ventaja mínima en Colima
– ''( El Universal)''
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2005 elections in Mexico
Election
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Gubernatorial elections in Mexico
April 2005 events in Mexico