1970 Mexican general election

1970 Mexican general election

5 July 1970
Presidential election
 
Nominee Luis Echeverría Efraín González Morfín
Party PRI PAN
Popular vote 11,970,893 1,945,070
Percentage 86.02% 13.98%

Results by state (Echeverría won in all states)

President before election

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
PRI

Elected President

Luis Echeverría
PRI

General elections were held in Mexico on 5 July 1970. The presidential elections were won by Luis Echeverría, who received 86% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 178 of the 213 seats, as well as winning all 64 seats in the Senate election. Voter turnout in the legislative elections was 64%.