Office briefing
SINALOA — Governor
Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.
Mexico · SINALOA / SINALOA · other · GovernorMX-G-25
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INE result distributions kept separate. Certified seats, supplementary elections, coalition and boundary audit remain. The 25 August 2026 legislative selection is included in the latest actual sequence; popular-vote CI is withheld.
1. What office, where, and when is the next election?
- Geography
- SINALOA / SINALOA
- Next election
- 2027-06-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-e2c99b866f25add64f3caca5
- Registry qualification
- Unknown
2. How certain is that date?
2027-06-06 is expected (not formally called). Day precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.
3. Who won earlier selected elections?
2026-08-25
unknown · Legal certification not established · list votes
2021
Special · Legal certification not established · candidate marks
- CC_PAS_MORENA56.6%
- C_PAN_PRI_PRD32.5%
- MC2.9%
- PT1.8%
- FXM1.1%
- PES1.0%
- PVEM1.0%
- RSP0.8%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC_PAS_MORENA | mexico/S3a020a7575/2021 | 624,516 | 56.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| C_PAN_PRI_PRD | mexico/S3a020a7575/2021 | 358,305 | 32.5% | Unknown | Recorded |
| MC | mexico/S3a020a7575/2021 | 31,897 | 2.9% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PT | mexico/S3a020a7575/2021 | 19,982 | 1.8% | Unknown | Recorded |
| FXM | mexico/S3a020a7575/2021 | 12,396 | 1.1% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PES | mexico/S3a020a7575/2021 | 11,285 | 1% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PVEM | mexico/S3a020a7575/2021 | 10,536 | 1% | Unknown | Recorded |
| RSP | mexico/S3a020a7575/2021 | 8,386 | 0.8% | Unknown | Recorded |
2016
Special · Legal certification not established · candidate marks
- PRI_PVEM_PANAL41.7%
- MC_PAS26.0%
- PAN17.6%
- MORENA3.9%
- CAND_IND13.6%
- PRD2.2%
- ES1.2%
- PT0.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRI_PVEM_PANAL | mexico/S0944ba9224/2016 | 427,887 | 41.7% | Unknown | Recorded |
| MC_PAS | mexico/S0944ba9224/2016 | 267,029 | 26% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PAN | mexico/S0944ba9224/2016 | 180,479 | 17.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| MORENA | mexico/S0944ba9224/2016 | 39,912 | 3.9% | Unknown | Recorded |
| CAND_IND1 | mexico/S0944ba9224/2016 | 37,017 | 3.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PRD | mexico/S0944ba9224/2016 | 22,404 | 2.2% | Unknown | Recorded |
| ES | mexico/S0944ba9224/2016 | 12,555 | 1.2% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PT | mexico/S0944ba9224/2016 | 9,659 | 0.9% | Unknown | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
WithheldUnknown0–100 historical closeness
Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · INE result distributions kept separate. Certified seats, supplementary elections, coalition and boundary audit remain. The 25 August 2026 legislative selection is included in the latest actual sequence; popular-vote CI is withheld.
Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=null, oldest_gap=16.13514126197913, previous_gap=24.710875213380085
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage points
Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Seven exact standalone INE party labels. Joint coalition combinations, independents and other parties remain Other, without allocating coalition votes. This coarse grouped comparison can conceal coalition-member shifts and requires the stated geographic/event review. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Latest interval · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval
Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PAN","PRI","PRD","PT","PVEM","MC","MORENA","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[null,[0,0,0,1.8548170756045421,0.9779978334786035,2.960819750803627,0,94.20636534011324],[18.103259768371682,0,2.247272158259959,0.9688627823885442,0,0,4.003442527248326,74.67716276373149]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility24.35percentage points
Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Seven exact standalone INE party labels. Joint coalition combinations, independents and other parties remain Other, without allocating coalition votes. This coarse grouped comparison can conceal coalition-member shifts and requires the stated geographic/event review. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Previous interval
Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PAN","PRI","PRD","PT","PVEM","MC","MORENA","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[null,[0,0,0,1.8548170756045421,0.9779978334786035,2.960819750803627,0,94.20636534011324],[18.103259768371682,0,2.247272158259959,0.9688627823885442,0,0,4.003442527248326,74.67716276373149]]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage points
Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Seven exact standalone INE party labels. Joint coalition combinations, independents and other parties remain Other, without allocating coalition votes. This coarse grouped comparison can conceal coalition-member shifts and requires the stated geographic/event review. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Both intervals mean · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval
Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PAN","PRI","PRD","PT","PVEM","MC","MORENA","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[null,[0,0,0,1.8548170756045421,0.9779978334786035,2.960819750803627,0,94.20636534011324],[18.103259768371682,0,2.247272158259959,0.9688627823885442,0,0,4.003442527248326,74.67716276373149]]
Source-reported control: Graciela Domínguez Nava (Morena), interim governor elected by Congress on 25 August 2026; primary appointment report and current directory. Primary legislative selection; party from current directory
5. Officeholder evidence
Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.
No officeholder observation supplied.
6. Polling context
No local poll supplied.
7. Unresolved issues and sources
No open research issues attached to this office.
Sources
- Mexico: https://www.congresosinaloa.gob.mx/comunicados/nombra-congreso-de-sinaloa-a-graciela-dominguez-nava-como-gobernadora-interina/ · rights unknown
- Mexico: https://sicee-api.ine.mx/api/v1/local/cards/getTarjOnceTablasaaentidadesLoc · rights unknown
- Mexico: Congress of Sinaloa: election of interim governor, 25 August 2026 · rights unknown
- Mexico: mx_returns_GOB_25_2021.json · rights unknown
- Mexico: mx_returns_GOB_25_2016.json · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “SINALOA — Governor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/MX-G-25. Sources: mexico--url-b9bd058d0e74e91faa5dc650, mexico--url-6b76f0532b608b4c3f237341, mexico--S6f7a37bfc6b0, mexico--S3a020a7575, mexico--S0944ba9224.