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Baja California state election, 2007

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Baja California state election, 2007

Local elections were held in the Mexican State of Baja California on Sunday, August 5, 2007. According to the preliminary results program, José Guadalupe Osuna Millán of the Alliance for Baja California (APBC) was elected governor by a 7% margin over candidate Jorge Hank Rohn of the Alliance for a Better Life (APVM). Results for APBC in municipalities and congressional seats were better than expected including victory for mayor of Tijuana which Jorge Hank Rohn's occupied previous to the electoral campaign.

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The ruling party (National Action Party) had attempted to move the date to June as part of an electoral reform, but the Supreme Court determined that such reforms were "a serious violation to the legislative process" since the reforms were approved with "no previous discussion and analysis". Also, the local council members belonging to the PAN voted against granting permission to Jorge Hank from leaving his post as municipal president and accepting a nomination as candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party the same day the State Electoral Institute rejected the PAN's petition to form an electoral alliance. The Party of the Democratic Revolution did not reach an agreement to form an alliance with the Labor Party and Convergence

Voters will go to the polls to elect, on the local level:

  • A new Governor of Baja California to serve for a six-year term.
  • Five municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for a three-year term.
  • 25 local deputies (16 by the first-past-the-post system and nine by proportional representation) to serve for a three-year term in the Congress of Baja California.
  • Gubernatorial election

    Ten political parties will participate in the 2007 Baja California State election.

    Official results

    Source: IEEBC website

    Preliminary results

    Source: PREP

    Municipal election

    The five municipalities will choose their municipal president.

    Ensenada

    Source: PREP

    Mexicali

    Source: PREP

    Playas de Rosarito

    Source: PREP

    Tecate

    Source: PREP

    Tijuana

    Source: IEE Baja California

    Congressional election

    All electoral districts will choose their deputy in the 2007 Baja California State election.

    Post-election controversies

    After the election the PRI-led Alliance for a Better Life appealed to the state court to invalidate the election. The organization followed its request with protests.

    References

    Baja California state election, 2007 Wikipedia