1946 Mexican Presidential Election
1946 · The PRI's hegemony
With the establishment of the Federal Electoral Law of 1946, three political parties were registered: the National Action Party (PAN), the Mexican Democratic Party (PDM) and the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), with the latter being a successor of the Party of the Mexican Revolution.
Held under the hegemonic-party system: opposition parties appeared on the ballot, but the machinery of state made the official candidate's victory a foregone conclusion.
President before
Manuel Ávila Camacho
PRI
Elected President
Miguel Alemán Valdés
PRI
Winning share
77.9%
Turnout
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The result
Miguel Alemán Valdés
PRI · 1,786,901 votes
77.87%
share
Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza
PDM · 443,357 votes
19.32%
share