On Sunday, June 7th, Mexico held elections for 2000 popular representatives, including 9 governors and 500 federal deputies. According to the National Electoral Institute (INE), turnout was more than 47%, and 99.84% of the voting stations were installed (148,409 locations). The President of the INE, Lorenzo Córdova, indicated that the elections were held in a pacific and orderly manner, reaffirming Mexican people’s aim for a democratic and politically plural country.
The INE announced that the election was watched over by citizens and political parties:
· 743,241 citizens served as polling officials;
· 12,519 electoral observers participated;
· Just over one million party representatives and independent candidates took part in this election.
Under the New Mexican Electoral Model, the fruitful collaboration between the National Electoral Institute and the Local Electoral Public Bodies of the 16 states where local elections were held ended with the transfer of ballot boxes. From that moment on, each local electoral authority does its calculations and disseminates the results according to their own policy instruments.
The INE is responsible solely of calculating the results of the election of federal deputies; and local authorities assume responsibility for the calculation of the elections for governor, local congresses and municipalities.
