In power from 1929 to 2000.

72 years of power:

•Anyone could join

•Picking successors

•No specific ideology – “Adaptability and survival instinct of a living creature”

•Strict father vs. rich uncle

•Electoral fraud when all else failed

The end of the PRI “club-house”:

•1969 massacre of student protestors

•1985 Mexico City earthquake

•Suspected electoral fraud in 1988 – political opposition became most notable from 1988 onwards

•Economic crashes in 1982 and 1994-95

•Tax system, land division was an agricultural disaster

•2 Mexicos: north and south

The 9-fingered president

1994: economic disaster

Lost majority in 1997: “Following the mid-1997 mayoral and legislative balloting, the PRI appeared to have one foot in the grave and another on a a banana peel.”

Consultas (primaries) to select PRI presidential candidates - Labastida

Legacy: preparing Mexico for sustainable growth, demanding cleaner elections, changing PRI’s nominating procedure.

1977: Portillo – Federal Law of Political Organizations and Political Processes

1989: Salinas allowed for PAN victory in Baja Califronia

1990: NAFTA – “Political glasnost complemented the economic perestroika”

1990: Federal Electoral Institute (IFE)

1996 constitutional reforms: electoral law adjusted, autonomous IFE, more powerful federal court

1997: No PRI majority in Chamber of Deputies

1999: 1st primary to choose PRI successor - Labastida

Party Relative majority Proportional representation

Votes % Votes %

         

Institutional Revolutionary Party 11,311,963

39.11 11,445,852 39.11

         

National Action Party 7,696,797 26.61 7,792,290 26.63

         

Party of the Democratic Revolution

7,436,468 25.71 7,519,914 25.70

         

Ecologist Green Party of Mexico

1,105,922 3.62 1,116,463 3.82

         

Labor Party 749,231 2.59 756,436 2.58

         

Partido Cardenista 324,265 1.12 327,681 1.12

         

Mexican Democratic Party 191,821 0.66 193,990 0.66

         

Popular Socialist Party 97,473 0.34 98,391 0.34

None 844,762 855,227

Total 29,771,911

100.00

30,120,221 100.00

PartyVotes %

         

Institutional Revolutionary Party 11,279,167 38.50

         

National Action Party 7,880,966 26.90

         

Party of the Democratic Revolution

7,569,895 25.84

         

Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 1,180,804 4.03

         

Labor Party 745,279 2.54

         

Partido Cardenista 335,399 1.14

         

Mexican Democratic Party 193,340 0.66

         

Popular Socialist Party 95,719 0.33

None 871,326

Total 30,151,895 100.00

42.52%

15,989,636 votes

36.11%

13,579,718 votes

16.64%

6,256,780 votes

·”Fox, known as the `Marlboro Man´ because of his 6-foot-5-inch height and craggy good looks”

·Fox’s triumph marked a new era, after 72 years of PRI in power: “New Era in Mexico”

ERRORS

·Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN)

·Violence, protests,etc

·Political and economical monopoly

ACHIEVEMENTS

·economic stability, low inflation, low interest rates, stable currency and constant but moderate growth

·No blunt repression

·Immigration & human rights

Party/Alliance Candidate Slogan

        National Action Party        

Felipe Calderón

Para que vivamos mejor"So we can live better"

        Coalition for the Good of All (PRD, PT, Convergence)        

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Por el bien de todos, primero los pobres"For the Good of All, the poor are first"

       Alliance for Mexico (PRI, PVEM)        

Roberto Madrazo

Mover a México para que las cosas se hagan"Moving Mexico to get things done"

        Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party

        Patricia Mercado Castro

Palabra de mujer"A woman's word"

        New Alliance Party         Roberto Campa Cifrián

Uno de tres"One out of three"

35.89%

15,000,284 votes

35.31%

14,756,350 votes

22.26%

9,301,441 votes

2.70%

1,128,850 votes

██ PAN██ PRD

•1.Aguascalientes •2.Baja California •3.Baja California Sur •4.Campeche •5.Chiapas •6.Chihuahua •7.Coahuila •8.Colima

•9.Durango •10.Guanajuato •11.Guerrero •12.Hidalgo •13.Jalisco •14.México •15.Michoacán •16.Morelos

•17.Nayarit •18.Nuevo León •19.Oaxaca •20.Puebla •21.Querétaro •22.Quintana Roo •23.San Luis Potosí •24.Sinaloa

•25.Sonora •26.Tabasco •27.Tamaulipas •28.Tlaxcala •29.Veracruz •30.Yucatán •31.Zacatecas •Distrito Federal

Parties and/or coalitions Votes % FPP

PR Total seats

National Action Party 13,845,121 33.41 137 69 206

Coalition for the Good of All PRD

12,013,364 28.99

91 36 127

CV 5 12 17

PT 2 10 12

No party 0 1 1

Alliance for Mexico PRI11,676,585 28.18

65 41 106

PVEM 0 17 17

New Alliance Party 1,883,476 4.55 0 9 9

Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party

850,989 2.05 0 4 4

Total 41,435,934 100.00

300 200

500

Source: Chamber of Deputies

Parties and/or coalitions Votes % FPP FM PR Total seats

National Action Party 14,035,503 33.63 32 9 11 52

Coalition for the Good of All PRD

12,397,008 29.70

22 4 5 31

PT 0 0 3 3

CV 0 0 2 2

Alliance for Mexico PRI11,681,395 27.99

10 19 6 35

PVEM 0 0 4 4

New Alliance 1,688,198 4.04 0 0 1 1

Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party

795,730 1.91 0 0 0 0

Total 41,739,188 100.0 64 32 32 128

Source: Senate

1. Is competition what Mexico needs?

2. How should the election fraud be handled?

3. Consider: Mexican voters will become fed up with self-serving politicians and turn to a strong national figure (as Chávez in Venezuela)

4. Was the opening up of the political system (with the PAN’s victory) beneficial to Mexico?

5. How have the results of the 2000 elections impacted voters?

1. Is competition what Mexico needs?

2. How should the election fraud be handled?

3. Consider: Mexican voters will become fed up with self-serving politicians and turn to a strong national figure (as Chávez in Venezuela)

4. Was the opening up of the political system (with the PAN’s victory) beneficial to Mexico?

5. How have the results of the 2000 elections impacted voters?