Election
presidential election in Mexico
Presidential elections were held in Mexico in 1877. They followed the overthrow of President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada at the end of 1876 as part of the Plan of Tuxtepec. The result was a victory for Porfirio Díaz, who received 96% of the vote.
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Presidential elections were held in Mexico in 1877. They followed the overthrow of President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada at the end of 1876 as part of the Plan of Tuxtepec. The result was a victory for Porfirio Díaz, who received 96% of the vote.
General Porfirio Díaz proclaimed the Plan of Tuxtepec to oust President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada following the latter's reelection in 1876. The ensuing revolt successfully overthrew Lerdo, and Díaz became president on 28 November. That same day, in accordance with Article 5 of the plan, primary elections were scheduled for 28 January and presidential elections for 12 February. Díaz subsequently stepped down on 11 December to combat an uprising, leaving his ally Juan N. Méndez as interim president. The elections would be held under Méndez.
According to historian María Eugenia Ponce Alcocer, Díaz was the obvious candidate due to him leading the Tuxtepec rebellion, and he did not need to campaign, but instead to negotiate with regional elites.
Mexico's 1857 constitution included provisions allowing the army to vote, but mandated that soldiers had to stay in their barracks or at their posts beginning a month before election day. However, this rule was violated in certain areas. In Tampico, Tamaulipas, members of the Club Porfirio Díaz were attacked and imprisoned by soldiers. In Zimapán, Ixquimilpan, and Jacala in Hidalgo, soldiers appeared to pressure citizens over who to choose as electors.
Elections were not held in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora and the territory of Baja California. Candidates other than Díaz received votes in some areas. Miguel Negrete received some votes in Tacubaya, while Santiago Cuevas received 25 out of 73 votes cast in Jilotepec. However, in the vote count held by the Chamber of Deputies, which acted as an electoral college, votes not for Díaz were counted as blank.
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