The 2027 Mexican local elections are scheduled to be held on 6 June 2027, concurrently with the 2027 federal elections. Voters will elect 17 governors, members of 31 local congresses, and numerous municipal authorities.
Gubernatorial elections will be held in the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tlaxcala and Zacatecas, currently governed by the National Regeneration Movement (Morena); in Aguascalientes, Chihuahua and Querétaro, currently governed by the National Action Party (PAN); in Nuevo León, currently governed by the Citizens' Movement (MC); and in San Luis Potosí, currently governed by the Green Ecological Party of Mexico (PVEM). Incumbents are not eligible for re-election and, with the exception of Sonora, the governors elected in 2027 will serve until 2033.
Mexico City and 30 of the nation's states will elect new local congresses. The exception is Coahuila, which held local elections in 2026. Members of local congresses serve three-year terms.
Municipal elections will be held in 29 states (excluding Durango and Veracruz, where municipal elections were held in 2025), alongside borough elections in Mexico City.
Electoral system Local elections in Mexico are organised by each state's own electoral institute, known collectively as Local Public Electoral Bodies (Organismos Públicos Locales Electorales, OPLEs), which are separate from the federal National Electoral Institute (INE). The OPLEs count the votes in local races, declare the elections valid, issue certificates to the winners, and run the preliminary results programme (PREP) for each state. When local and federal elections fall on the same day, the INE compiles the electoral roll, locates and staffs the polling stations, trains poll workers, allocates broadcast time to parties, and audits campaign spending in both sets of races. Voters cast their federal and local ballots at a single polling station. Challenges to local results are heard first by the electoral tribunal of each state, whose rulings may be appealed to the regional chambers of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF).
After the Chamber of Deputies rejected a broader electoral reform proposed by President Claudia Sheinbaum in March 2026, a narrower constitutional amendment known as "Plan B" was declared in force the following month; for local government, it capped the pay of OPLE and state electoral tribunal officials and limited the size of municipal councils. The elections of state judges and magistrates in 25 states, which under the 2024 judicial reform had been due to coincide with the 2027 vote, were moved to 4 June 2028 by a separate constitutional amendment declared in June 2026.
Gubernatorial elections Each state's governor is elected by plurality voting in a single round. Governors may serve no more than six years and may not be re-elected. Inauguration dates are set by each state.
The governor of Sonora elected in 2027 will serve a three-year term, from 13 September 2027 to 12 September 2030, so that the state's gubernatorial elections coincide with presidential elections from 2030 onwards. The Supreme Court upheld the shortened term in 2023, finding that the federal constitution sets a maximum gubernatorial term but no minimum.
Under gender parity rules issued by the INE for each electoral cycle, parties must nominate women in a minimum number of the gubernatorial races.
Congressional elections The 31 state congresses up for election have a combined 1,098 seats, up from 1,063 in 2021, as the Congress of Quintana Roo is now elected in the same cycle. The Congress of Coahuila, elected in June 2026, is the only one not renewed. Each congress combines deputies elected by plurality in single-member districts with others allocated by proportional representation from party lists, in proportions set by state law, and deputies serve three-year terms.
Municipal elections Municipal councils (ayuntamientos) are made up of a municipal president, or mayor, together with a number of síndicos and regidores fixed by state law. Voters elect the whole council on a single slate headed by the mayoral candidate, and some regidores are then assigned by proportional representation. The Plan B amendment limited each council to one síndico and no more than fifteen regidores, reducing the number of municipal posts from 18,837 in 2021 to 18,424 in 2027.
Municipal elections are held in every state except Durango and Veracruz, which elect only their congresses in 2027; Coahuila, conversely, elects only its municipal councils. According to El Universal, 1,802 municipal councils and borough governments elected through the party system are contested. In Oaxaca, 152 municipalities elect their authorities through political parties on election day, while the remaining 418 choose them under indigenous normative systems according to their own calendars.
Political parties
National parties Eight national political parties hold registration for the 2027 elections. National parties may contest local elections once they are accredited by the electoral institute of each state.
Two of the eight, Building Societies of Peace (PAZ) and We Are (Somos), obtained registration from the INE in June 2026 and will contest their first election in 2027. As newly registered parties, neither may form a coalition or join a common candidacy in 2027. State institutes began accrediting them for local races in July 2026. PartyLeaderIdeologyNational Action PartyJorge Romero HerreraInstitutional Revolutionary PartyAlejandro Moreno CárdenasEcologist Green Party of MexicoKaren Castrejón TrujilloGreen politicsLabor PartyAlberto AnayaCitizens' MovementJorge MáynezNational Regeneration MovementAriadna Montiel ReyesBuilding Societies of PeaceHugo Eric Flores CervantesWe AreGuadalupe Acosta Naranjo Local parties Local parties are registered by the electoral institute of a single state and compete only there, and must show a minimum number of members to keep their registration. Five states registered new local parties in 2026: three in Chiapas, two in Veracruz, and one each in the State of Mexico, Morelos and Yucatán. Like the new national parties, newly registered local parties must compete alone in their first election.
As of September 2026, the following local parties held registration: State Party Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Labour Movement Power and Social Alternative Alliance for the Prosperity of Aguascalientes Party of the Democratic Revolution Aguascalientes Baja California Solidarity Encounter Party Baja California Baja California Sur South Californian Renewal Party New Alliance Baja California Sur Force for Mexico Baja California Sur Labour Movement Baja California Sur Party of the Democratic Revolution Baja California Sur Humanist Party of Baja California Sur Campeche None Chiapas Progressive Social Networks Chiapas Chiapas Hope Movement Human Conscience Party Chiapanecan Force Chihuahua None Coahuila Democratic Unity of Coahuila New Ideas Mexico Forward Coahuila Colima New Alliance Colima Durango Villista Party State Renewal Party Solidarity Encounter Party Durango Guanajuato None Guerrero Party of the Democratic Revolution Guerrero Hidalgo New Alliance Hidalgo Solidarity Encounter Hidalgo Party of the Democratic Revolution Hidalgo Jalisco None Mexico City Party of the Democratic Revolution Mexico City State of Mexico Party of the Democratic Revolution State of Mexico Mexiquense Power of Social Opportunities Michoacán Party of the Democratic Revolution Michoacán Morelos New Alliance Morelos Morelos Progresses Party of the Democratic Revolution Morelos Citizen Welfare Nayarit New Alliance Nayarit Rise Up for Nayarit Movement Progressive Social Networks Nayarit Nuevo León VIDA NL Oaxaca New Alliance Oaxaca Oaxacan Transformation Party Party of the Democratic Revolution Oaxaca Puebla Social Integration Pact New Alliance Puebla Force for Mexico Puebla Querétaro None Quintana Roo Labour Movement Quintana Roo Progressing Social Networks in Quintana Roo San Luis Potosí New Alliance San Luis Potosí Sinaloa Sinaloan Party Sonora New Alliance Sonora Solidarity Encounter Sonora Sonoran Party Party of the Democratic Revolution Sonora Tabasco Party of the Democratic Revolution Tabasco Tamaulipas None Tlaxcala Citizens' Alliance Party New Alliance Party Tlaxcala Progressive Social Networks Tlaxcala Force for Mexico Tlaxcala Party of the Democratic Revolution Tlaxcala Veracruz Generational Alliance for Veracruz Cardenista Party Yucatán New Alliance Yucatán Social Commitment Zacatecas New Alliance Zacatecas Party of the Democratic Revolution Zacatecas Aguascalientes
Governor of Aguascalientes, Congress of Aguascalientes (27 seats), 12 municipal governments Incumbent governor María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel (PAN) was elected in 2022 for a five-year term, to align the state and federal electoral calendars.
Senator Nora Ruvalcaba Gámez will probably be Morena's candidate for the governorship.
Baja California
Governor of Baja California, Congress of Baja California (25 seats), 7 municipal governments Senator Julieta Ramírez Padilla will probably be Morena's candidate for the governorship.
Baja California Sur
Governor of Baja California Sur, Congress of Baja California Sur (21 seats), 5 municipal governments
of the PVEM, the incumbent federal deputy for BCS-01 and son of former governor Leonel Cota Montaño, will probably be the PVEM-Morena candidate for the governorship.
Campeche
Governor of Campeche, Congress of Campeche (35 seats), 13 municipal governments
Pablo Gutiérrez Lazarus, a three-term municipal president of Carmen, Campeche, will probably be Morena's candidate for the governorship.
Chiapas
Congress of Chiapas (40 seats), 123 municipal governments
Chihuahua
Governor of Chihuahua, Congress of Chihuahua (33 seats), 67 municipal governments
Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, a two-term municipal president of Juárez, Chihuahua, will probably be Morena's candidate for the governorship.
Coahuila
38 municipal governments
Colima
Governor of Colima, Congress of Colima (25 seats), 10 municipal governments
Rosa María Bayardo Cabrera, a former muncipal president of Manzanillo, Colima, will probably be Morena's candidate for the governorship.
Durango
Congress of Durango (25 seats)
Guanajuato
Congress of Guanajuato (36 seats), 46 municipal governments
Guerrero
Governor of Guerrero, Congress of Guerrero (46 seats), 85 municipal governments
Senator Beatriz Mojica Morga will probably be Morena's candidate for the governorship.
Hidalgo
Congress of Hidalgo (30 seats), 84 municipal governments
Jalisco
Congress of Jalisco (38 seats), 125 municipal governments
Mexico City
Congress of Mexico City (66 seats), all 16 borough mayors and borough councils. Mayors of the capital's boroughs are eligible for re-election.
State of Mexico
Congress of the State of Mexico (75 seats), 125 municipal governments
Michoacán
Governor of Michoacán, Congress of Michoacán (40 seats), 112 municipal governments
Carlos Torres Piña, a former federal deputy and attorney-general of Michoacán, will probably be Morena's candidate for the governorship.
Morelos
Congress of Morelos (20 seats), 36 municipal governments
Nayarit
Governor of Nayarit, Congress of Nayarit (30 seats), 20 municipal governments
Senator Jasmine Bugarín Rodríguez of the PVEM will probably be the PVEM/Morena candidate for the governorship.
Nuevo León
Governor of Nuevo León, Congress of Nuevo León (42 seats), 51 municipal governments
, who previously competed for the position in 2021, will probably be Morena's candidate for the governorship.
Oaxaca
Congress of Oaxaca (42 seats), 153 municipal governments
Puebla
Congress of Puebla (41 seats), 217 municipal governments
Querétaro
Governor of Querétaro, Legislature of Querétaro (25 seats), 18 municipal governments