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Office briefing

ZACATECAS — Governor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Mexico · ZACATECAS / ZACATECAS · other · GovernorMX-G-32

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INE result distributions kept separate. Certified seats, supplementary elections, coalition and boundary audit remain.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
ZACATECAS / ZACATECAS
Next election
2027-06-06
Linked upcoming event
next-1e25ce8d8e7655d08dd89bbc
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?

2021

Special · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PT_PVEM_MORENA_PANALZ49.3%
  • PAN_PRI_PRD38.4%
  • MC2.8%
  • PES1.9%
  • FXM1.7%
  • PAZ1.6%
  • PP0.8%
  • RSP0.4%
  • MDZ0.3%
Results for event-ad0eacec4b0da416bebc96c0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PT_PVEM_MORENA_PANALZmexico/S7a5d2b377d/2021340,93449.3%UnknownRecorded
PAN_PRI_PRDmexico/S7a5d2b377d/2021265,55738.4%UnknownRecorded
MCmexico/S7a5d2b377d/202119,4282.8%UnknownRecorded
PESmexico/S7a5d2b377d/202113,4001.9%UnknownRecorded
FXMmexico/S7a5d2b377d/202111,4831.7%UnknownRecorded
PAZmexico/S7a5d2b377d/202111,3771.6%UnknownRecorded
PPmexico/S7a5d2b377d/20215,7410.8%UnknownRecorded
RSPmexico/S7a5d2b377d/20212,6590.4%UnknownRecorded
MDZmexico/S7a5d2b377d/20211,9460.3%UnknownRecorded

2016

Special · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PRI_PVEM_PANAL37.4%
  • MORENA27.3%
  • PRD_PAN17.8%
  • ES8.0%
  • PT4.6%
  • CAND_IND21.1%
  • CAND_IND10.9%
Results for event-699d72d8d49800ee33d499fc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PRI_PVEM_PANALmexico/S565d10b07a/2016259,87737.4%UnknownRecorded
MORENAmexico/S565d10b07a/2016189,60227.3%UnknownRecorded
PRD_PANmexico/S565d10b07a/2016123,81717.8%UnknownRecorded
ESmexico/S565d10b07a/201655,7918%UnknownRecorded
PTmexico/S565d10b07a/201631,7354.6%UnknownRecorded
CAND_IND2mexico/S565d10b07a/20167,5801.1%UnknownRecorded
CAND_IND1mexico/S565d10b07a/20166,2810.9%UnknownRecorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Withheld

Unknown0–100 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.

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=11.208059179956138, oldest_gap=null, previous_gap=null

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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=[[0,0,0,0,0,2.888814542210327,0,97.11118545778965],null,null]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PAN","PRI","PRD","PT","PVEM","MC","MORENA","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[[0,0,0,0,0,2.888814542210327,0,97.11118545778965],null,null]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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=[[0,0,0,0,0,2.888814542210327,0,97.11118545778965],null,null]

Source-reported control: David Monreal Ávila (Morena (partido político)); Secondary current-directory snapshot; primary verification pending; retrieved 12 Sep 2026. Secondary current-directory snapshot; primary verification pending

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

  • other · open

    Reconciliation required: {"id": "MX-G-32", "year": 2016, "issue": "Reconciliation required", "total_delta": 0.0, "duplicate_actor": false, "segments": 2}

Sources

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “ZACATECAS — Governor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/MX-G-32. Sources: mexico--url-6b76f0532b608b4c3f237341, mexico--S7a5d2b377d, mexico--S565d10b07a.