title: 2012 Tabasco gubernatorial election
text: # 2012 Tabasco gubernatorial election
  
  The 2012 gubernatorial election in the Mexican state of Tabasco we held on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Incumbent Tabasco Governor Andrés Granier Melo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) is retiring due to mandatory term limits, which limit all Mexican state governors to one, six-year term in office. The Tabasco gubernatorial election coincided with the 2012 Mexican presidential and general elections.
  
  ## Candidates
  
  | Party/Coalition | Candidates | Votes | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | National Action Party | Gerardo Priego Tapia | 47,326 | 4.82% |
  | Institutional Revolutionary Party Ecologist Green Party of Mexico New Alliance Party | Jesús Alí de la Torre | 430,313 | 43.79% |
  | Party of the Democratic Revolution Labor Party Citizens' Movement | Arturo Núñez Jiménez | 504,738 | 51.38 % |
  