The 2006 Tabasco state election was held in the

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on Sunday, 15 October 2006 to elect the

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, municipal presidents across the state, and local deputies in the state

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. The election took place months after the 2006 presidential election, in which PRD candidate

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narrowly lost. The gubernatorial election was seen as a test for Obrador, who won Tabasco in the election, and the PRD. PRI candidate

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ultimately defeated PRD candidate César Raúl Ojeda Zubieta.

Offices contested

A local election was held in the

on Sunday, 15 October 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level: *A new

to serve for a six-year term. * 17 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for a three-year term. *Local deputies to serve for a three-year term in the Congress of Tabasco.

Gubernatorial election

Eight political parties participate in the 2006 Tabasco state election; two of them (the PRD and PT) joined forces. The election was won by

of the PRI, who received 51.77% of the vote. PRD candidate César Raúl Ojeda Zubieta came in second place, with 41.15% of the vote.

PRD campaign

The election was seen as a key test for the PRD, which had nominated

in the 2006 presidential election held months prior. Lopez Obrador had won the state comfortably in the presidential election, and campaigned for PRD gubernatorial candidate Ojeda. The ''

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'' reported that the 2006 teachers' strike in neighboring

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hindered the popularity of the left-wing PRD among voters.

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