1911 Mexican general election
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Presidential election
 
Nominee Francisco I. Madero Francisco León de la Barra
Party PCP 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
PCP

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General elections were held in Mexico on October 1 and 15, 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]

Results

President

CandidateVotes%
Francisco I. Madero19,99799.27
Francisco León de la Barra870.43
Emilio Vázquez Gómez160.08
Other candidates450.22
Total20,145100.00
Source: González Casanova

Vice-President

CandidateVotes%
José María Pino Suárez10,24563.90
Francisco León de la Barra5,56434.70
Fernando Iglesias Calderón1731.08
Other candidates510.32
Total16,033100.00
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.
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