A local election was held in the

Mexican state A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...

Nuevo León Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, San Luis ...

on Sunday, June 7, 2015, to elect, on the local level: *

Governor of Nuevo León The Mexican state of Nuevo León has been governed by more than a hundred individuals in its history, who have had various titles and degrees of responsibility depending on the prevailing political regime of the time. Under the current regime, ...

* 51 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for a three-year term. (they will be for the first time eligible for reelection) *42 local deputies (26 by the

first-past-the-post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

system and 16 by

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...

) to serve for a three-year term in the

Congress of Nuevo León The Honorable Congress of the State of Nuevo León () is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of the government of the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Each three-year legislative term consists of 42 deputies, with 26 elected through relative ...

Gubernatorial election

Ten candidates ran for Governor of Nuevo Leon including, for the first time, an independent candidate. Two of the candidates, Fernando Elizondo and Raul Guajardo did not completed the campaign since both decided to decline and supported Jaime Rodriguez Calderon.

References

External links

Electoral Institute of Nuevo León website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nuevo Leon state election, 2015 2015 elections in Mexico

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