2018 Mexican general election

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The 2018 Mexican general election was a landmark national vote in which Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his party Morena achieved a decisive victory, reshaping the country’s political landscape.

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instanceOf Mexican federal election
general election
abbreviationOversightBody INE
campaignPeriod 2017–2018
country Mexico
date 1 July 2018
defeatedPresidentialCandidate Jaime Rodríguez Calderón
José Antonio Meade
Margarita Zavala
Ricardo Anaya
defeatedPresidentialPartyOrCoalition Por México al Frente
Todos por México
independent candidates
electedPresident Andrés Manuel López Obrador
electedPresidentParty Morena
electoralType legislative election
local elections
presidential election
followedBy 2024 Mexican general election
languageOfOfficialMaterials Spanish
legalFramework Mexican Constitution of 1917
mainIssue corruption
economic inequality
relations with the United States
violence and public security
organizedBy federal electoral authorities
oversightBody Instituto Nacional Electoral
partOf Mexican electoral cycle
politicalImpact major realignment of Mexican party system
weakening of PAN
weakening of PRI
positionContested President of Mexico
local congresses
members of the Chamber of Deputies
members of the Senate of the Republic
municipal governments
state governorships
precededBy 2012 Mexican general election
presidentialTermStart 1 December 2018
presidentialWinnerMargin landslide victory
presidentialWinnerVoteShare about 53% of the vote
resultedIn change of governing party at federal level
end of PRI-led federal government
rise of Morena as dominant political force
voterTurnout around 63%
votingSystemChamberOfDeputies mixed-member system
votingSystemPresidential first-past-the-post
votingSystemSenate mixed-member system
winnerPresidentialCandidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador
winnerPresidentialCoalition Juntos Haremos Historia
winnerPresidentialParty Morena

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Morena (Mexico) wonPresidentialElection 2018 Mexican general election