1952 Mexican Presidential Election
7 July 1952 · The PRI's hegemony
General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1952. The presidential elections were won by Adolfo Ruiz Cortines of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who received 74.3% of the vote.
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
Miguel Alemán Valdés
PRI
Elected President
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
PRI
Winning share
74.3%
Turnout
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The result
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
PRI · 2,713,419 votes
74.31%
share
Miguel Henríquez Guzmán
FPPM · 579,745 votes
15.88%
share
Efraín González Luna
PAN · 285,555 votes
7.82%
share