Socialist Party of Mexico
{{Short description|Political party in Mexico}}{{Infobox political party
| name = Socialist Party of Mexico
| native_name = Partido Socialista de México
| colorcode = #EB3723
| leader = Rafael Aguilar Talamantes
| foundation = 2001
| ideology = Socialism
| country = Mexico
| abbreviation = PSM
| dissolved = 2013
| merger = PRD
| predecessor = PFCRN
| position = Left-wing
}}
The Socialist Party of Mexico ({{langx|es|Partido Socialista de México}}) also known as PSM, is a defunct socialist political party in Mexico, founded in 2001.[http://www.broadleft.org/mx.htm Leftist Parties of Mexico] led by Rafael Aguilar Talamantes.{{Cite web|title=La Jornada Virtu@l|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2002/02/11/004a2pol.php?origen=opinion.html|access-date=2021-02-26|website=www.jornada.com.mx}}{{Cite web |title=Fundarán un nuevo partido en México, el Partido Socialista de México |url=https://www.notivideo.com/noticia/nota,1777/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Notivideo}}{{Cite web |last=Becerril |first=Andrés |date=2011-03-02 |title=Aguilar Talamantes arma su partido en el DF rumbo a 2012 |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/node/718850 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Excélsior |language=es-MX}}
The PSM was formed by former members of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction and the Party of the Democratic Revolution.
History
The party contested the 2001 municipal election in Tlaxcala, obtaining 328 votes. In the municipality of San Pablo del Monte it obtained 160 votes (0.8%).[http://www.imocorp.com.mx/CAMPO/ZSIEM/ELEC_X_ANIO/RESULTADOSWEB.ASP?IDELECCION=58010&IDELECCION_H=43634 Elección] In the 2002 elections to municipal presidents in Guerrero, it obtained 2118 votes.[http://www.imocorp.com.mx/CAMPO/ZSIEM/ELEC_X_ANIO/RESULTADOSWEB.ASP?IDELECCION=58027&IDELECCION_H=Listado Elección] In the elections to local deputies, it obtained 2449 votes.[http://www.imocorp.com.mx/CAMPO/ZSIEM/ELEC_X_ANIO/RESULTADOSWEB.ASP?IDELECCION=69351 Elección]
In 2004 the Aguilar declared that the party had become active on the national level.[http://www.congresoslp.gob.mx/sintesis%20informativa/ABRIL/MEDIOS%20ELECTR%D3NICOS%20MAT%2023%20DE%20ABRIL%20DE%202004.htm Medios Electrónicos]