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1910 Mexican Presidential Election

The spark of the Revolution

1910 · The Porfiriato

Porfirio Díaz, a liberal general who had distinguished himself during the War of Reform and resistance to French intervention, seized control of the Mexican government from Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada in an 1876 coup d'état, in which Díaz and other Mexican military officials explicitly opposed presidential re-election.

An election in form only: under the Porfiriato the result was arranged in advance and no genuine opposition was permitted. Recorded here as history, not as a free election.

President before

Porfirio Díaz

National Reelectionist

President (re-elected)

Porfirio Díaz

National Reelectionist

Winning share

98.9%

Turnout

The result

Porfirio DíazNational Reelectionist18,62598.93%
Francisco I. MaderoNational Antireelectionist1961.04%