title: 1946 Mexican general election
text: # 1946 Mexican general election
  
  General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1946. The presidential elections were won by Miguel Alemán Valdés, who received 77.9% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 141 of the 147 seats.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### President
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Miguel Alemán Valdés | Institutional Revolutionary Party | 1,786,901 | 77.87 |
  | | Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza | Mexican Democratic Party | 443,357 | 19.32 |
  | | Carlos Calderón | Revolutionary National Claim-Laying Popular Party | 33,952 | 1.48 |
  | | Jesus Agustín Castro | National Constitutionalist Party | 29,337 | 1.28 |
  | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | 1,181 | 0.05 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 2,294,728 | 100.00 |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,556,949 | – |
  | Source: Nohlen |||||
  
  * Miguel Alemán campaign items.
  * Miguel Alemán campaign buttons.
  * Manifesto from the Padilla campaign.
  * Contribution bonds for the Alemán and Padilla campaigns.
  
  ### Chamber of Deputies
  
  | | Institutional Revolutionary Party | 1,687,284 | 73.52 | 141 | –6 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National Action Party | 51,312 | 2.24 | 4 | +4 |
  | | Mexican Communist Party | 10,542 | 0.46 | 0 | New |
  | | Other parties | 545,790 | 23.78 | 2 | – |
  | Total | Total | 2,294,928 | 100.00 | 147 | 0 |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,556,949 | – | | |
  | Source: Nohlen ||||||
  