1946 Mexican general election

1946 Mexican general election

7 July 1946
Presidential election
 
Nominee Miguel Alemán Valdés Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza
Party PRI PDM
Popular vote 1,786,901 443,357
Percentage 77.87% 19.32%

President before election

Manuel Ávila Camacho
PRI

Elected President

Miguel Alemán Valdés
PRI

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.