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General elections were held in Mexico on 5 July 1970.[1] The presidential elections were won by Luis Echeverría Álvarez, who received 86.0% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 178 of the 213 seats,[1] as well as winning all 64 seats in the Senate election.[2] Voter turnout in the legislative elections was 64.4%.[3]
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Candidate Party Votes % Luis Echeverría Álvarez Institutional Revolutionary Party 11,970,893 86.0 Efraín González Morfín National Action Party 1,945,070 14.0 Invalid/blank votes – Total 13,915,963 100 Source: Nohlen Senate
Party Votes % Seats +/- Institutional Revolutionary Party 11,154,003 84.4 64 0 National Action Party 1,889,157 14.3 0 0 Popular Socialist Party 143,648 1.1 0 0 Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution 3,476 0.0 0 0 Non-registered candidates 33,568 0.3 0 0 Invalid/blank votes 717,010 – – – Total 13,940,862 100 64 0 Source: Nohlen Chamber of Deputies
Party Votes % Seats +/- Institutional Revolutionary Party 11,125,770 83.3 178 +1 National Action Party 1,893,289 14.2 20 0 Popular Socialist Party 188,854 1.4 10 0 Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution 111,883 0.8 5 0 Non-registered candidates 35,192 0.3 0 0 Invalid/blank votes 585,874 – – – Total 13,940,862 100 213 +1 Source: Nohlen References
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