2000 Mexican Presidential Election
The end of one-party rule2 July 2000 · Transition and alternation
General elections were held in Mexico on Sunday, 2 July 2000. Voters went to the polls to elect a new president to serve a single six-year term, replacing President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, who was ineligible for re-election under the 1917 Constitution.
President before
Ernesto Zedillo
PRI
Elected President
Vicente Fox
PAN
Winning share
43.4%
Turnout
64.0%
The result
Vicente Fox
PAN · 15,989,636 votes
43.43%
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Francisco Labastida
PRI · 13,579,718 votes
36.89%
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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
PRD · 6,256,780 votes
17.00%
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