Mexican legislative election, 1961

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Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 2 July 1961.^[1] The Institutional Revolutionary Party won 172 of the 178 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Institutional Revolutionary Party	6,178,434	90.3	172	+19
National Action Party	518,652	7.6	5	-1
Popular Socialist Party	65,143	1.0	1	0
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution	33,671	0.5	0	-1
Mexican National Party	19,092	0.3	0	-1
Non-registered candidates	30,844	0.5	0	-1
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	6,845,826	100	178	+16
Source: Nohlen

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p468

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