1871 Mexican general election

General elections were held in Mexico in 1871. In the presidential election, no candidate received more than 50% of the electoral college vote, resulting in Congress electing the winner. Having received 48% of the electoral college, incumbent president Benito Juárez was elected by Congress with 108 of the 116 votes cast.^[1] Following the elections, losing candidate Porfirio Díaz launched an unsuccessful rebellion.

1871 Mexican general election

1871

Presidential election

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Nominee Benito Juárez Porfirio Díaz Electoral vote 108 3 Popular vote 5,837 3,555 Percentage 47.63% 29.01%

President before election Benito Juárez Elected President Benito Juárez

Results

President

Candidate	Electoral college vote		Congressional vote
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Benito Juárez	5,837	47.63	108	93.10
Porfirio Díaz	3,555	29.01	3	2.59
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada	2,864	23.37
Blank votes			5	4.31
Total	12,256	100.00	116	100.00
Source: Ramírez Rancaño