Calendar of Mexican Federal and State Elections, 1980-Present
Note: The dates of specific local elections often vary by source. I have attempted to list under the exact month and year only those elections for which I had a reliable source or several sources. If I didn’t have a specific month I have listed the election under the year only, before the division by month. Please let me know if you find discrepancies or have more specific dates. Thank you!
Federal elections
President--elected every six years for six year term
Chamber of Deputies--elected every three years for three year terms
Senate--half elected every three years for six year terms
State elections
Governor--elected every six years for six year term
State deputies--elected every three years for three year terms
Municipalities--councils elected every three years for three year terms
| 1980 | |
| Aguascalientes | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Baja California Sur | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Durango | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Guerrero | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Michoacán | Municipalities |
| Oaxaca | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Puebla | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Sinaloa | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Tamaulipas | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Tlaxcala | Governor, state deputies |
| Zacatecas |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| July | |
| Baja California | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Chihuahua | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Durango | Governor |
| Michoacán | Governor, deputies |
| Zacatecas |
Governor |
| August | |
| Oaxaca |
Governor |
| September | |
| Veracruz |
Governor, state deputies |
| November | |
| Baja California Sur |
Governor |
| 1981 | |
| Coahuila | Governor |
| Hidalgo | Governor, state deputies |
| Nayarít | Governor, state deputies |
| Oaxaca | Municipalities (special election in disputed municipalities) |
| San Luis Potosí | Deputies |
| Yucatán |
Governor, state deputies |
| March | |
| Quintana Roo |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| June | |
| Nayarít |
Municipalities |
| July | |
| México (state) |
Governor, state deputies |
| November | |
| México (state) | Municipalities |
| Yucatán |
Municipalities |
| December | |
| Coahuila | Municipalities |
| Hidalgo |
Municipalities |
| 1982 | |
| Chiapas | Governor, state deputies |
| Colima | State deputies |
| Guanajuato | State deputies |
| Morelos | Governor, state deputies |
| Nuevo León |
State deputies |
| April | |
| Morelos |
Municipalities |
| July | |
| Federal elections |
President, chamber of deputies, senate |
| Querétaro | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Sonora |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| October | |
| Veracruz |
Municipalities |
| November | |
| Chiapas | Municipalities |
| Colima | Municipalities |
| Nuevo León | Municipalities |
| Tabasco | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Tlaxcala |
Municipalities |
| December | |
| Guanajuato | Municipalities |
| Jalisco | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| San Luis Potosí |
Municipalities |
| 1983 | |
| Zacatecas |
Municipalities |
| July | |
| Campeche | State deputies |
| Chihuahua | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Durango | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Michoacán | State deputies |
| Zacatecas |
State deputies |
| August | |
| Aguascalientes | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Oaxaca |
State deputies |
| September | |
| Baja California | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Veracruz |
State deputies |
| October | |
| Tlaxcala |
State deputies |
| November | |
| Baja California Sur | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Oaxaca | Municipalities |
| Puebla | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Sinaloa |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| December | |
| Guerrero | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Michoacán | Municipalities |
| Tamaulipas |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| 1984 (no gubernatorial elections) | |
| Nayarít |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| March | |
| Quintana Roo |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| August | |
| San Luis Potosí |
State deputies |
| November | |
| México (state) | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Yucatán |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| December | |
| Coahuila | Municipalities |
| Hidalgo |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| 1985 | |
| Morelos |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| July | |
| Federal elections |
Chamber of deputies |
| Campeche | Governor |
| Chiapas | State deputies |
| Colima | Governor, state deputies |
| Guanajuato | Governor, state deputies |
| Nuevo León | Governor, state deputies |
| Querétaro | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| San Luis Potosí | Governor |
| Sonora |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| October | |
| Veracruz |
Municipalities |
| November | |
| Campeche | Municipalities |
| Chiapas | Municipalities |
| Colima | Municipalities |
| Nuevo León | Municipalities |
| Tabasco | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Tlaxcala |
Municipalities |
| December | |
| Guanajuato | Municipalities |
| Jalisco | Municipalities, state deputies |
| San Luis Potosí |
Municipalities |
| 1986 | |
| Aguascalientes | State deputies |
| Puebla |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| July | |
| Baja California | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Campeche | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Chihuahua | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Durango | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Michoacán | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Zacatecas |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| August | |
| Aguascalientes | Governor |
| Oaxaca |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| September | |
| Veracruz |
Governor, state deputies |
| October | |
| Sinaloa |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| November | |
| Puebla | Governor |
| Tlaxcala |
Governor, state deputies |
| December | |
| Guerrero | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Tamaulipas |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| 1987 | |
| Hidalgo | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Yucatán |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| January | |
| Hidalgo |
Governor |
| February | |
| Baja California Sur |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| March | |
| Quintana Roo |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| June | |
| Nayarít |
Municipalities |
| July | |
| México (state) |
Governor |
| October | |
| Coahuila |
Governor, municipalities |
| November | |
| México (state) | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Nayarít |
Governor |
| 1988 | |
| Morelos |
Governor |
| March | |
| Morelos |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| July | |
| Federal elections |
President, chamber of deputies, senate |
| Chiapas | Governor, state deputies |
| Colima | State deputies |
| Nuevo León | State deputies |
| Querétaro | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Sonora |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| October | |
| Veracruz |
Municipalities |
| November | |
| Chiapas | Municipalities |
| Colima | Municipalities |
| Nuevo León | Municipalities |
| Tabasco | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Tlaxcala |
Municipalities |
| December | |
| Guanajuato | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Jalisco | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| San Luis Potosí |
Municipalities |
| 1989 (Baja California the only gubernatorial election) | |
| Zacatecas |
Municipalities |
| July | |
| Baja California | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Campeche | State deputies |
| Chihuahua | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Durango | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Michoacán | State deputies |
| Zacatecas |
State deputies |
| August | |
| Oaxaca |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| September | |
| Veracruz |
State deputies |
| October | |
| Aguascalientes | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Sinaloa |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| November | |
| Puebla | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Tamaulipas | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Tlaxcala |
State deputies |
| December | |
| Guerrero | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Michoacán |
Municipalities |
| 1990 (no gubernatorial elections) | |
| January | |
| Hidalgo |
State deputies |
| February | |
| Baja California Sur |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| March | |
| Quintana Roo |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| June | |
| Michoacán | Municipalities (special election in disputed municipalities) |
| Nayarit |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| August | |
| Coahuila | Municipalities |
| San Luis Potosí |
State deputies |
| November | |
| Hidalgo | Municipalities |
| México (state) | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Yucatán |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| 1991 | |
| February | |
| Yucatán |
Municipalities (special election in disputed municipalities) |
| March | |
| Morelos |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| July | |
| Nuevo León |
Governor, state deputies |
| August | |
| Federal elections |
Chamber of deputies, senate |
| Campeche | Governor |
| Chiapas | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Colima | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Guanajuato | Governor, state deputies |
| Querétaro | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| San Luis Potosí | Governor |
| Sonora |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| November | |
| Campeche | Municipalities |
| Nuevo León | Municipalities |
| Tabasco | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Tlaxcala | Municipalities |
| Veracruz |
Municipalities |
| December | |
| Guanajuato | Municipalities |
| Jalisco | Changed to February 1992 |
| San Luis Potosí |
Municipalities |
| 1992 | |
| Guerrero |
Elections scheduled for 1992 are moved to 1993 |
| February | |
| Jalisco |
Municipalities (changed from December 1991), state deputies |
| July | |
| Campeche | State deputies |
| Chihuahua | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Michoacán |
Governor, state deputies |
| August | |
| Aguascalientes | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Baja California | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Durango | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Oaxaca | Governor, state deputies |
| Veracruz | Governor, state deputies |
| Zacatecas |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| November | |
| Oaxaca | Municipalities |
| Puebla | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Sinaloa | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Tamaulipas | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Tlaxcala |
Governor, state deputies |
| December | |
| Michoacán |
Municipalities |
| 1993 | |
| Coahuila | Municipalities |
| Hidalgo |
Municipalities |
| February | |
| Guerrero | Governor |
| Hidalgo | Governor, state deputies |
| Quintana Roo |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| March | |
| Baja California Sur |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| April | |
| San Luis Potosí |
Governor (special election following resignation), state deputies |
| July | |
| México (state) | Governor |
| Nayarít |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| September | |
| Coahuila |
Governor |
| October | |
| Guerrero |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| November | |
| México (state) | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Yucatán |
Municipalities, state deputies (election for governor postponed to May 1995) |
| 1994 | |
| Colima |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| March | |
| Morelos |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| August | |
| Federal elections |
President, chamber of deputies, senate |
| Chiapas | Governor |
| Guanajuato | State deputies |
| Nuevo León | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Querétaro | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Sonora |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| November | |
| Tabasco | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Tlaxcala | Municipalities |
| Veracruz |
Municipalities |
| December | |
| Guanajuato | Municipalities |
| San Luis Potosí |
Municipalities |
| 1995 | |
| February | |
| Jalisco |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| March | |
| San Luis Potosí |
Municipalities (special election in disputed municipalities) |
| May | |
| Guanajuato | Governor (special election) |
| Yucatán |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies (election of governor postponed from November 1983) |
| July | |
| Chihuahua | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Durango |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| August | |
| Aguascalientes | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Baja California | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Oaxaca | State deputies |
| Veracruz | State deputies |
| Zacatecas |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| October | |
| Chiapas |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| November | |
| Michoacán | Governor (special election), municipalities, state deputies |
| Oaxaca | Municipalities |
| Puebla | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Sinaloa | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Tamaulipas | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Tlaxcala |
State deputies |
| 1996 (no gubernatorial elections) | |
| February | |
| Baja California Sur | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Hidalgo | State deputies |
| Quintana Roo |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| October | |
| Guerrero |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| November | |
| Coahuila | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Hidalgo | Municipalities |
| México (state) |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| 1997 | |
| March | |
| Morelos |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| July | |
| Federal elections | Chamber of deputies, senate |
| Distrito Federal | Mayor, assemblymen |
| Campeche | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Colima | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Guanajuato | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Nuevo León | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Queretaro | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| San Luis Potosí | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Sonora |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| October | |
| Tabasco | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Veracruz |
Municipalities |
| November | |
| Jalisco |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| 1998 | |
| May | |
| Yucatán |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| June | |
| Baja California |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| July | |
| Chihuahua | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Durango | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Zacatecas |
Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| August | |
| Aguascalientes | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Oaxaca | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Veracruz |
Governor, state deputies |
| October | |
| Chiapas |
Municipalities, state deputies |
| November | |
| Michoacán | Municipalities, state deputies |
| Puebla | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Sinaloa | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Tamaulipas | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
| Tlaxcala | Governor, municipalities, state deputies |
