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 | 43.43% |
| Francisco Labastida | PRI | 13,579,718 | 36.89% |
| Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas | PRD | 6,256,780 | 17.00% |