The 2006 Tabasco state election was held in the Mexican state of Tabasco on Sunday, 15 October 2006 to elect the Governor of Tabasco, municipal presidents across the state, and local deputies in the state Congress.
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The election took place months after the 2006 presidential election, in which PRD candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador narrowly lost. The gubernatorial election was seen as a test for Obrador, who won Tabasco in the election, and the PRD. PRI candidate Andrés Rafael Granier Melo ultimately defeated PRD candidate César Raúl Ojeda Zubieta.[1]
Offices contested
editA local election was held in the Mexican state of Tabasco on Sunday, 15 October 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level:
- A new Governor of Tabasco to serve for a six-year term.
- 17 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for a three-year term.
- Local deputies to serve for a three-year term in the Congress of Tabasco.
Gubernatorial election
editEight political parties participate in the 2006 Tabasco state election; two of them (the PRD and PT) joined forces. The election was won by Andrés Rafael Granier Melo of the PRI, who received 51.77% of the vote. PRD candidate César Raúl Ojeda Zubieta came in second place, with 41.15% of the vote.[1]
PRD campaign
editThe election was seen as a key test for the PRD, which had nominated Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the 2006 presidential election held months prior.[2] Lopez Obrador had won the state comfortably in the presidential election, and campaigned for PRD gubernatorial candidate Ojeda. The Los Angeles Times reported that the 2006 teachers' strike in neighboring Oaxaca hindered the popularity of the left-wing PRD among voters.[3]
| Party/Alliance | Candidate |
|---|---|
| National Action Party (PAN) | Juan Francisco Cáceres de la Fuente |
| Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) | Andrés Rafael Granier Melo |
| Alliance for the Good of All (PRD, PT) | César Raúl Ojeda Zubieta |
| Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) | Pascual Bellizzia Rosique |
| New Alliance (PANAL) | Manuel Paz Ojeda |
| Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party (PASDC) | |
| Convergence (CD)[a] |
Notes
edit- ^ Although CD participated in the election the party decided to have no candidate for Governor of Tabasco while the PASDC decided, at the end of the campaign, to support the PRD-PT candidate.
References
edit- ^ a b "Estadística Electoral 2006" (PDF). Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana de Tabasco. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ "Mexican leftists claim vote fraud in gubernatorial election". The Denver Post. 2006-10-16. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ Enriquez, Sam (2006-10-15). "Mexican Leftists Watching Tabasco Election". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-06-23.