1911 Mexican general election

1911 Mexican general election

1 and 15 October 1911

Presidential election

Nominee Francisco I. Madero Francisco León de la Barra Party Progressive Constitutionalist Independent Popular vote 19,997 87 Percentage 99.27% 0.43%

President before election Francisco León de la Barra Independent Elected President Francisco I. Madero Progressive Constitutionalist

General elections were held in Mexico on 1 and 15 October 1911.^[1][2]

Background

The 1910 elections were intended to be the first free elections of the Porfiriato, but after opposition leader Francisco I. Madero appeared poised to upset the Porfirian regime, he was arrested and imprisoned before the election was held.^[3] Despite Madero's popularity, Diaz was controversially announced as the election winner with almost 99% of the votes. The elections were subsequently rigged and the results not recognized by Madero, who then published the Plan of San Luis Potosí in October 1910 that served to incite the Mexican Revolution.^[4]

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  Items from the Madero-Pino Suárez campaign.
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  Poster for a Madero rally.

Results

President

Candidate	Votes	%
Francisco I. Madero	19,997	99.27
Francisco León de la Barra	87	0.43
Emilio Vázquez Gómez	16	0.08
Other candidates	45	0.22
Total	20,145	100.00
Source: González Casanova

Vice-President

Candidate	Votes	%
José María Pino Suárez	10,245	63.90
Francisco León de la Barra	5,564	34.70
Fernando Iglesias Calderón	173	1.08
Other candidates	51	0.32
Total	16,033	100.00
Source: González Casanova

References

1. Reyes, Marco Antonio Pérez de los; Sánchez, Enrique Inti García (2011). "1911. Las primeras elecciones de un país en transición". Revista Justicia Electoral. 1 (7): 359–393. ISSN 0188-7998.
2. "Distant Neighbors (Hispanic Reading Room, Hispanic Division)". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
3. Katz, Friedrich (1981). The Secret War in Mexico: Europe, the United States and the Mexican Revolution. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
4. "Modern History Sourcebook: Francisco Madero: The Plan of San Luis Potosi, November 20, 1910". Internet History Sourcebooks Project. Fordham University. Retrieved 17 January 2021.