The Alliance for Change (, AxC) was a political alliance formed in Mexico for the purpose of contesting the general election of 2 July 2000 against the-then ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party.
History There were two member parties of the alliance: the National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional, or PAN), and the Green Ecological Party of Mexico (Partido Verde Ecologista de México, or PVEM).
With 43.43% of the popular vote in a three-horse race, the Alliance for Change's candidate for the position of President of Mexico, Vicente Fox, was declared the winner of the election, putting an end to 70 years of hegemonic rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Between them, the two parties also won 221 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (of 500) and 51 in the Senate (of 128).
Dissolution One year after Fox took office, however, the PVEM publicly broke with the PAN as regards its support for him. Since then, the PVEM has more frequently allied itself with the PRI to fight gubernatorial and local elections.
Electoral history Presidential elections Election year Candidate # votes % vote Result 2000 Vicente Fox 15,989,636 42.5 Elected
Congressional elections Chamber of Deputies Election year Constituency PR # of seats PositionPresidency votes % votes % 2000 14,212,032 38.2 14,321,975 38.3 Minority Vicente Fox
Senate elections Election year Constituency PR # of seats PositionPresidency Note votes % votes % 2000 14,208,973 38.1 14,339,963 38.2 Minority Vicente Fox Coalition: Alliance for Change
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