1871 Mexican general election

1871 Mexican general election

1871

Presidential election

Nominee Benito Juárez Porfirio Díaz Electoral vote 108 3 Popular vote 5,837 3,555 Percentage 47.63% 29.01%

President before election Benito Juárez Elected President Benito Juárez

General elections were held in Mexico in 1871. In the presidential election, no candidate received more than 50% of the electoral college vote, resulting in Congress electing the winner. Having received 48% of the electoral college, incumbent president Benito Juárez was elected by Congress with 108 of the 116 votes cast. Following the elections, losing candidate Porfirio Díaz launched an unsuccessful rebellion.

Results

President

Candidate	Electoral college vote		Congressional vote
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Benito Juárez	5,837	47.63	108	93.10
Porfirio Díaz	3,555	29.01	3	2.59
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada	2,864	23.37
Blank votes			5	4.31
Total	12,256	100.00	116	100.00
Source: Ramírez Rancaño