2020 Mexican local elections

2020 Mexican local elections

18 October 2020
1 state congress 84 municipalities

The 2020 Mexican local elections, held on 18 October 2020, saw voters electing deputies for one state congress and officials for 84 municipalities.^[1] The elections were originally scheduled to be held on 7 June 2020; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the elections were postponed.^[2]

Delay

On 1 April 2020, the Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) agreed to postpone the elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a date to be decided upon confirmation from the country's health authorities that there were no sanitary risks. On 18 June 2020, the INE proposed three potential dates to hold the elections: 30 August, 6 September, or 20 September.^[3] Ultimately, on 30 July 2020, the INE officially announced that the elections would take place on October 18, 2020, with the campaign period commencing 70 days prior to the election day.^[4]

State races

Coahuila

All 25 seats of the Congress of Coahuila were up for election, where 16 were elected through first-past-the-post voting and 9 through proportional representation.^[1]

2020 Congress of Coahuila election

Party		Before	After	Change
	Institutional Revolutionary Party	10	16	6
	National Action Party	9	3	6
	Unidad Democrática de Coahuila	3	1	2
	Morena	2	4	2
	Party of the Democratic Revolution	1	0	1
	Ecologist Green Party of Mexico	0	1	1
Total		25	25

Hidalgo

All positions in the state's 84 municipalities were up for election.^[1]

References

1. "Voto y Elecciones - INE Instituto Nacional Electoral". Instituto Nacional Electoral (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-09.
2. "INE aprueba posponer elecciones en Coahuila e Hidalgo". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-09.
3. Torreón, El Siglo de (2020-06-18). "Propone INE fechas para llevar a cabo elecciones en Coahuila e Hidalgo". www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-09.
4. "Lorenzo Cordova V on Twitter". Twitter. 30 July 2020.