The 2024 Mexican local elections were held on 2 June 2024, during which voters elected eight governors for six-year terms, the Head of Government of Mexico City for a six-year term, deputies for thirty-one state congresses, and officials for 1,580 municipalities. These elections took place concurrently with the country's general election.
Before the elections, the country's two main coalitions, Juntos Hacemos Historia and Va por México, were succeeded by Sigamos Haciendo Historia and Fuerza y Corazón por México, which constituted the same parties as their predecessors. Of the governorships up for election, Sigamos Haciendo Historia currently held six, Fuerza y Corazón por México held two, and Citizens' Movement – participating without coalition support – had one. These were the first gubernatorial elections where most of the seats were held by a MORENA-led coalition.
In what was described as a "cherry tsunami", the Sigamos Haciendo Historia coalition successfully defended its existing gubernatorial seats, flipped Yucatán from the National Action Party, and secured majorities in 27 of the 31 state congresses up for election. This would facilitate the passage of constitutional amendments, which require approval from most state legislatures.
Electoral system
Gubernatorial elections Each state's governor is elected by plurality voting in a single round. Article 116 of the Mexican Constitution limits each governor to a single six-year term, prohibiting anyone who has previously served as governor, even on a caretaker basis, from running for or holding the office again. Swearing-in dates for governors vary by state, as determined by each state's constitution.Constitución Politica de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Artículo 116. 1917 (México).
Incidents Assassinations
Since January 2024, at least 27 aspiring candidates for political office have been killed, while at least 828 non-lethal attacks on candidates have been recorded. This has led to the government providing security guards to around 560 candidates and election officials. Around 27,000 personnel of the Mexican Armed Forces and the National Guard have also been deployed to secure the electoral process.
In Maravatío, Michoacán, Dagoberto García, the head of the MORENA party in the municipality and an aspiring candidate for mayor, disappeared in October 2023 and was found dead the following month. On 26 February 2024, Miguel Ángel Zavala, another aspiring mayoral candidate of MORENA in the town, was found fatally shot in his car. The following day, Armando Pérez Luna, the PAN's mayoral candidate in the same city, was also found shot dead in his car.
On 5 January, the PRI candidate for mayor of Suchiate, Chiapas, and the Citizens' Movement candidate for mayor in Armeria, Colima, were killed in separate attacks. In Guerrero, Alfredo González, a mayoral candidate in Atoyac de Álvarez, was killed in early March, followed by Tomás Morales, a prospective mayoral candidate of MORENA in Chilapa de Álvarez, on 12 March.
In late March, the mayor of Churumuco, Michoacán, was shot dead in Morelia. On 1 April, Bertha Gisela Gaytán, a mayoral candidate for MORENA, was shot dead while campaigning outside Celaya, Guanajuato, along with city council candidate Adrián Guerrero. On 19 April, Noé Ramos Ferretiz, the joint PAN-PRI mayoral candidate for Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, was found fatally stabbed, while Alberto García, a mayoral candidate in San José Independencia, Oaxaca, was found beaten to death. On 16 May, Lucero López Maza, a mayoral candidate in La Concordia, Chiapas, was killed along with five others during a gun attack on a campaign rally. On 28 May, Ricardo Arizmendi, an alternate mayoral candidate in Cuautla, Morelos, was shot dead by gunmen on motorcycles. On 31 May, Jorge Huerta Cabrera, a mayoral candidate in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, was shot dead in a gun attack at a campaign rally that also injured his wife and another person.
On 1 June, authorities ordered the suspension of voting in the municipalities of Pantelhó and Chicomuselo in Chiapas, citing the burning of election papers in the former by unknown individuals on 31 May and threats against poll workers by gang members. Hours before polling opened on 2 June, Israel Delgado, a candidate for the municipal council of Cuitzeo, Michoacan, was shot dead by motorcycled gunmen. While voting was underway, two people were killed in shootings at polling stations at Coyomeapan and in Puebla.
Disasters
On 22 May, a stage being used by Citizens' Movement mayoral candidate Lorenia Canavati for a campaign rally that was also attended by presidential candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez was toppled by strong winds in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, killing ten people, including a child, and injuring 213 others. Álvarez Máynez was unharmed.
Gubernatorial races summary StateIncumbentElectedChiapasRutilio Escandón (MORENA)Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar (MORENA)Mexico CityMartí Batres (MORENA)Clara Brugada (MORENA)GuanajuatoDiego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo (PAN)Libia García Muñoz Ledo (PAN)JaliscoEnrique Alfaro Ramírez (MC)Pablo Lemus Navarro (MC)MorelosCuauhtémoc Blanco (PES)Margarita González Saravia (MORENA)PueblaSergio Salomón Céspedes (MORENA)Alejandro Armenta Mier (MORENA)TabascoCarlos Manuel Merino Campos (MORENA)Javier May Rodríguez (MORENA)VeracruzCuitláhuac García Jiménez (MORENA)Rocío Nahle (MORENA)YucatánMauricio Vila Dosal (PAN)Joaquín Díaz Mena (MORENA)
Aguascalientes
2024 Congress of Aguascalientes election All 27 seats of the Congress of Aguascalientes were up for election, where 18 were elected through first-past-the-post voting and 9 through proportional representation. Deputies were elected to serve three-year terms in the LXVI Legislature and took office on 15 September 2024. PartySeatsConstituencyParty-listTotalNational Action Party13013National Regeneration Movement077 1Party of the Democratic Revolution404Institutional Revolutionary Party101Ecologist Green Party of Mexico011Citizens' Movement011Total18 927
2024 Aguascalientes municipal elections All positions of Aguascalientes' 11 municipalities were up for election. Elected officials began their three-year terms on 15 October 2024. PartyMunicipalitiesNational Action Party5Institutional Revolutionary Party2National Regeneration Movement2Party of the Democratic Revolution1Independents1Total11
Baja California
2024 Congress of Baja California election All 25 seats of the Congress of Baja California were up for election, where 17 were elected through first-past-the-post voting and 8 through proportional representation. Deputies were elected to serve three-year terms in the XXV Legislature and took office on 1 August 2024. PartySeatsConstituencyParty-listTotalNational Regeneration Movement14014 1National Action Party033Ecologist Green Party of Mexico112 1Citizens' Movement011Labor Party011 2Institutional Revolutionary Party011Solidarity Encounter Party011 2Force for Mexico101 1No party110 1Total17825
2024 Baja California municipal elections All positions of Baja California's seven municipalities were up for election. This marked the first election in which the newly established municipalities of San Felipe and San Quintín elected their municipal presidents. Elected officials began their three-year terms on 1 October 2024.
The National Regeneration Movement (Morena) won all seven municipalities. The closest election, in San Felipe, was decided by a margin of 297 votes. PartyMunicipalitiesNational Regeneration Movement7Total7
Baja California Sur
2024 Congress of Baja California Sur election All 21 seats of the Congress of Baja California Sur were up for election, where 16 were elected through first-past-the-post voting and 5 through proportional representation. Deputies were elected to serve three-year terms in the XVII Legislature and took office on 1 September 2024. PartySeatsConstituencyParty-listTotalNational Regeneration Movement12012 3Labor Party314New Alliance Party112 1Ecologist Green Party of Mexico011 1National Action Party011Institutional Revolutionary Party011 1Total16521
2024 Baja California Sur municipal elections All positions of Baja California Sur's five municipalities were up for election. Elected officials began their three-year terms on 1 October 2024. PartyMunicipalitiesNational Regeneration Movement3Labor Party1National Action Party1Total5
Campeche
2024 Congress of Campeche election All 35 seats of the Congress of Campeche were up for election, where 21 were elected through first-past-the-post voting and 14 through proportional representation. Deputies were elected to serve three-year terms in the LXV Legislature and took office on 1 October 2024. PartySeatsConstituencyParty-listTotalNational Regeneration Movement12416 2Citizens' Movement6410 5Institutional Revolutionary Party123 3Labor Party112 2Ecologist Green Party of Mexico112 2National Action Party022 1Total211435
2024 Campeche municipal elections All positions of Campeche's 13 municipalities were up for election. Elected officials began their three-year terms on 1 October 2024.
Citizens' Movement and Sigamos Haciendo Historia made significant gains in the state, flipping three and four municipalities, respectively. Hopelchén became the Institutional Revolutionary Party's last bastion in the state. PartyMunicipalitiesNational Regeneration Movement4Citizens' Movement4Labor Party3Institutional Revolutionary Party1Ecologist Green Party of Mexico1Total13
Chiapas
2024 Chiapas gubernatorial election Voters elected a new governor to serve a single six-year term through first-past-the-post voting, with the term beginning on 8 December 2024.
Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar, a member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), was nominated by Sigamos Haciendo Historia por Chiapas. That coalition included Morena, the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM), the Labor Party (PT), and six other local parties. Olga Luz Espinosa, representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), was nominated by Fuerza y Corazón por Chiapas, comprising the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the National Action Party (PAN), and the PRD. Karla Irasema Muñoz Balanzár was nominated by Citizens' Movement (MC), which did not form any coalitions. Polling consistently showed Ramírez Aguilar leading by margins of 15 to 20 points.
Ramírez Aguilar ultimately won the election by a landslide, securing victory with a margin of over 70 points.
2024 Congress of Chiapas election All 40 seats of the Congress of Chiapas were up for election, where 24 were elected through first-past-the-post voting and 16 through proportional representation. Deputies were elected to serve three-year terms in the LXIX Legislature and took office on 1 October 2024. PartySeatsConstituencyParty-listTotalNational Regeneration Movement8412 3Ecologist Green Party of Mexico639 1Labor Party426Institutional Revolutionary Party022Citizens' Movement022 2National Action Party022 1Progressive Social Networks112 1202202Social Encounter Party101Total241640
2024 Chiapas municipal elections All positions in 123 of Chiapas' 124 municipalities were up for election. The exception is Oxchuc, which operates outside the political party system, electing its authorities through "usos y costumbres" (). Elected officials began their three-year terms on 1 October 2024.
In three municipalities, local councils were not elected during the June 2024 elections: in Chicomuselo, an armed group burned the ballots before election day; in Pantelhó, elections were canceled due to the risk of violence stemming from a conflict between two criminal groups; and in Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal, the ballot boxes were destroyed after the election. While councils in Chicomuselo and Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal were elected in August 2024, elections in Pantelhó were canceled again due to continued threats of violence. In September 2024, the Congress of Chiapas appointed a council.