1961 Mexican legislative election

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Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 2 July 1961.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}} The Institutional Revolutionary Party won 172 of the 178 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.Nohlen, p468

Results

{{Election results

|party1=Institutional Revolutionary Party|votes1=6178434|seats1=172|sc1=+19

|party2=National Action Party|votes2=518652|seats2=5|sc2=–1

|party3=Popular Socialist Party|votes3=65143|seats3=1|sc3=0

|party4=Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution|votes4=33671|seats4=0|sc4=–1

|party5=Mexican National Party|votes5=19082|seats5=0|sc5=–1

|party6=Non-registered candidates|votes6=30844|seats6=0|sc6=0

|total_sc=+16

|electorate=10004696

|source=Nohlen

}}

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