A number of
elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
on the federal and local level took place in
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
during 2006.
Federal election
A
general election
A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ...
was held on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the
federal level:
*A new
President of the Republic
*A new
Congress
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(both chambers)
The
Federal Electoral Institute
The Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) (Spanish for ''National Electoral Institute'') (formerly Federal Electoral Institute) (, IFE) is an autonomous, public agency responsible for organizing federal elections in Mexico, that is, those relat ...
(IFE) is the public organization responsible for organizing the general election in Mexico.
Local elections
In addition to the
general election
A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ...
in July 2006, 12
states
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
and the
Federal District
A federal district is a specific administrative division in one of various federations. These districts may be under the direct jurisdiction of a federation's national government, as in the case of federal territory (e.g., India, Malaysia), or the ...
(
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
) held local elections during the course of the year.
See also
*
Politics of Mexico
The politics of Mexico function within the framework of a federation, federal presidential system, presidential representative democracy, representative democratic republic whose government is based on a multi-party congressional system, wher ...
*
List of political parties in Mexico
This article lists political parties in Mexico.
Mexico has a multi-party system, with six nationally registered political parties and number of others that operate locally in one or more states.
National parties
Mexico has six nationally reco ...
References
Further reading
*Bruhn, Kathleen, and Kenneth F. Greene. "Elite Polarization Meets Mass Moderation in Mexico's 2006 Elections." PS: Political Science & Politics 40.1 (2007): 33-38.
*Lawson, Chappell, et al. "The Mexico 2006 Panel Study." Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, online:
(10 May 2016) (2007).
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