Yucatán state election, 2007

Local elections were held in the Mexican state of Yucatán on May 20, 2007. Voters went to the polls to elect on the local level:

*a new Governor of Yucatán to serve for a six-year term;
*106 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for a three-year term;
*25 local deputies (15 by the first-past-the-post system and 10 by proportional representation) to serve for a three-year term in the Congress of Yucatán.

Gubernatorial election

Nine political parties participated in the 2007 Yucatán state election, originally three parties (PRD, C and PT) decided to run together as a coalition but on February 11, 2007 the PRD decided to withdraw their support to the Convergence-Labor Party candidate.

After losing the candicacy in the PAN primaries, Ana Rosa Payán accepted the candidacy for the "Todos Somos Yucatán" coalition. 15 members of the PAN were also incarcerated after removing advertising material supporting non-PAN candidates [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/05/14/index.php?section=estados&article=031n1est "El PRI no quiere ni permitirá una negociación en Yucatán: Paredes"] , "La Jornada", May 14, 2007.] and for exchanging cash for voting cards [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/05/18/index.php?section=estados&article=036n1est "PRI y PAN concentran sus recursos y operadores en 10 alcaldías yucatecas"] , "La Jornada", May 18, 2007.] .

Opposition parties had accused both the federal and state governments of using public funds and publicly-funded programs to support the PAN candidate. In response to this issue, the federal government decided to freeze all social programs on May 14, 2007 until after the elections. [http://www.milenio.com/index.php/2007/05/14/68725/ "Anuncia Segob “suspensión momentánea” de programas sociales en Yucatán] , "Milenio", May 14, 2007.]

References

ee also

*Mexican elections, 2007

External links

* [http://www.ieey.org.mx/ Electoral Institute of Yucatán website]
* [http://www.prep.com.mx/ PREP (Programa de Resultados Electorales Preliminares) 2007]