The 2020 Mexican local elections, held on 18 October 2020, saw voters electing deputies for one state congress and officials for 84 municipalities. The elections were originally scheduled to be held on 7 June 2020; however, due to the

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, the elections were postponed.

Delay

On 1 April 2020, the ''

Instituto Nacional Electoral 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 ...

'' (INE) agreed to postpone the elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a date to be decided upon confirmation from the country's health authorities that there were no sanitary risks. On 18 June 2020, the INE proposed three potential dates to hold the elections: 30 August, 6 September, or 20 September. Ultimately, on 30 July 2020, the INE officially announced that the elections would take place on October 18, 2020, with the campaign period commencing 70 days prior to the election day.

State races

Coahuila

All 25 seats of the Congress of Coahuila were up for election, where 16 were elected through first-past-the-post voting and 9 through proportional representation.

Hidalgo

All positions in the state's 84 municipalities were up for election.

References

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