General elections were held in
Mexico on 6 July 1958.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p453 The presidential elections were won by
Adolfo López Mateos, who received 90.4% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the
Institutional Revolutionary Party won 153 of the 162 seats. These were the first Mexican presidential elections in which women were allowed to vote.
Campaign
During a campaign stop at the municipality of
Jalpa, the presidential candidate of the
National Action Party,
Luis H. Álvarez, was arrested and imprisoned for a couple of hours; according to Álvarez, the charge that was brought against him was "being a member of the opposition".
Results
President
Chamber of Deputies
References
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