General elections were held in Mexico in September 1857.J. Burton Kirkwood (2009) The History of Mexico, 2nd Edition p. 103 They were the first to be held under the February 1857 constitution, which introduced direct elections for the presidency,Roger D. Congleton, Bernard N. Grofman & Stefan Voigt (2019) The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice, Volume 2 p. 180 abolished the Senate, and introduced universal male suffrage for citizens aged 18 (if married) or 20 (if single), as long as they had an "honest mode of living".José Antonio Aguilar Rivera (2012) "Beyond the restrictive consensus: elections in Mexico (1809–1847)", Rev. Sociol. Polit. 20 (42)
Incumbent president Ignacio Comonfort was re-elected with 93% of the vote, defeating Miguel Lerdo de Tejada.
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