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Article: INSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTIONARY PARTY LOSES SEVERAL KEY RACES TO OPPOSITION PARTIES IN LOCAL ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER
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- SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico
- Article date:
- November 13, 1996
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In elections held in early November, the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) lost a number of key municipal and state legislative races in three states to the two major opposition parties.
According to political analysts, the PRI's lackluster performance in Coahuila, Hidalgo, and Mexico states could be interpreted as a sign of voter dissatisfaction with the governing party, which could spill over to the mid-term congressional elections in July 1997.
In addition to the strong support for the opposition National Action Party (PAN) and the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), dissatisfaction with the PRI-dominated political system was also manifested ...