Nuevo León state election, 2006
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A local election is scheduled to be held in the Mexican state
of Nuevo León
on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters will go to the polls to elect, on the local level:
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States of Mexico
The United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...
of Nuevo León
Nuevo León
Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...
on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters will go to the polls to elect, on the local level:
- 51 municipal presidentsMunicipalities of Nuevo LeónThe Mexican state of Nuevo León is divided into 51 municipalities, which take their names from their municipal seats. The most populous one is Monterrey, which also serves as the capital of the state...
(mayors) to serve for a three-year term. - 42 local deputies (26 by the first-past-the-postFirst-past-the-postFirst-past-the-post voting refers to an election won by the candidate with the most votes. The winning potato candidate does not necessarily receive an absolute majority of all votes cast.-Overview:...
system and 16 by proportional representationProportional representationProportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
) to serve for a three-year term in the Congress of Nuevo LeónCongress of Nuevo LeónThe Congress of the State of Nuevo León is the legislative branch of the government of the Mexican state of Nuevo León. The congress is the governmental deliberative body of Nuevo León, which is equal to, and independent of, the executive...
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Municipal elections
The following table shows candidates by party to the municipalities within the Monterrey metropolitan areaMonterrey Metropolitan area
The Monterrey metropolitan area refers to the surrounding urban agglomeration of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. Officially called Area Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Monterrey or AMM, the metropolitan area is the 3rd-largest such area in Mexico....
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| Municipality | PRI-PVEM | PAN National Action Party (Mexico) The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the... |
PRD-PT-CD | PANAL New Alliance Party (Mexico) The New Alliance Party is one of the newest political parties in Mexico.Its creation was proposed by the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación , the largest trade union in Latin America, led by Elba Esther Gordillo, the controversial former general secretary of the Institutional... |
PASDC |
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| Monterrey Monterrey (municipality) The Municipality of Monterrey is one of the 51 subdivisions of the State of Nuevo León, Mexico. Its municipal seat is located in the City of Monterrey.The municipal government is headed by the municipal president of Monterrey .... |
Abel Guerra Abel Guerra Abel Guerra Garza is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who has served in the lower house of the Mexican Congress.Guerra holds a bachelor's degree in architecture... |
Adalberto Madero Adalberto Madero Adalberto Arturo Madero Quiroga is a Mexican lawyer and right-wing politician from Nuevo León who has served in the upper house of the Mexican Congress. He was the municipal president of Monterrey from 2006 to 2009.... (elected) |
Francisco Fuentes | ||
| Guadalupe | Cristina Díaz Cristina Díaz María Cristina Díaz Salazar is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party . She is the current municipal president of Guadalupe, Nuevo León.-Education and professional career:... (elected) |
Jesús María Elizondo | Rogelio Benavides | ||
| San Pedro | Benjamín Clariond Benjamín Clariond Benjamín Clariond Reyes-Retana is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who has served as federal deputy, municipal president of Monterrey and as interim governor of the State of Nuevo León after the distitution of Sócrates Rizzo.In 2006 he ran for municipal... |
Fernando Margáin Fernando Margáin Fernando Margáin Berlanga is a Mexican politician from the State of Nuevo León affiliated to the National Action Party who has served in the upper house of the Mexican Congress.... (elected) |
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| San Nicolás | Eduardo Bailey Eduardo Bailey Eduardo Bailey Elizondo is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who has served in the lower house of the Mexican Congress.... |
Zeferino Salgado (elected) | |||
| Santa Catarina Santa Catarina, Nuevo León Santa Catarina is a city and municipality in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico that is part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area.-History:The name of this city comes from the Catholic Saint Catherine of Alexandria.... |
Tomás Candia Valdiviezo | Dionisio Herrera (elected) | Jorge Alanís | ||
| Apodaca | Raymundo Flores Raymundo Flores Raymundo Flores Elizondo is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served in the cabinet of Governor José Natividad González Parás... (elected) |
Braulio Martínez | |||
| Escobedo | Margarita Martínez (elected) | ||||