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A general election was held in Mexico on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the federal level: * A new President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing former President Felipe Calderón. The current Constitution of Mexico prohibits any type of presidential re-election. * 500 members (300 by the first-past-the-post system and 200 by proportional representation) to serve for a three-year term in the Chamber of Deputies. * 128 members (three per state by first-past-the-post and 32 by proportional representation from national party lists) to serve six-year terms in the Mexican Senate. In each state, two first-past-the-post seats are allocated to the party with the largest share of the vote, and the remaining seat is given to the first runner-up. Several local ballots were held on the same day, notably: * The election of a new Head of Government and new Legislative Assembly of the Federal District. * * 2012 Federal District head of government election * Gubernatorial elections in six states * * Chiapas gubernatorial election - held by PAN/PRD before the election * * Guanajuato gubernatorial election - held by PAN before the election * * Jalisco gubernatorial election - held by PAN before the election * * Morelos gubernatorial election - held by PAN before the election * * Tabasco gubernatorial election - held by PRI before the election * * Yucatán gubernatorial election - held by PRI before the election * Municipal and local congressional elections in those six states and in Campeche, Colima, Nuevo León, Querétaro, Sonora, and San Luis Potosí. ==Electoral reform== In December 2009, president Felipe Calderón sent a bill to Congress aimed at reducing the number of legislators in both chambers and another mechanism for the presidential election which have not yet been passed. If approved, the following reforms will be implemented: * Second round voting in case no presidential candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes.〔http://www.electionguide.org/country.php?ID=140〕 * 96 Senators of the Republic, 3 for each state, elected by plurality for a period of six years, renewable once. * 400 Federal Deputies (240 by first-past-the-post and 160 by proportional representation) elected for a period of three years with possibility of reelection. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mexican general election, 2012」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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