Local elections in Quintana Roo
2022 Quintana Roo gubernatorial election Turnout 40.68%
The 2022 Quintana Roo gubernatorial election was held on 5 June 2022 to elect a new
governor of Quintana Roo and 25 deputies to the state congress.
[1] Despite
Carlos Joaquín González being a popular incumbent governor from the
Party of the Democratic Revolution and the
National Action Party
[2]
[3] the race was considered as a long shot due to the state's high approval of
López Obrador ,
[4]
Morena 's strong showing in the midterms
[5] and
Mara Lezama 's own popularity.
[6] On November 3, 2021, it was revealed
Marko Cortés , the leader of the
National Action Party expected to loose the state along with other four in play.
[7] The election resulted in a landslide for Mexico’s ruling
Morena party during President López Obrador's first term in office, winning the gubernatorial election. Additionally, they won all 15 local districts with the opposition only getting proportional representation seats.
[8]
Organization
Political parties
In the local elections, 10 political parties have the right to participate. They include seven national parties (
PRI ,
PAN ,
PRD ,
PT ,
PVEM ,
MC ,
MORENA ) and three local parties (
FxM ,
MAS ,
CQR ).
Electoral Process
The eight-week gubernatorial campaigning period lasted from 3 April to 1 June, while the six-week state congress campaigning period lasted from 18 April to June 1. The voting took place on 5 June 2022, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
[9]
Alliances and Candidates
Va por Quintana Roo
The
National Action Party and the
Party of the Democratic Revolution agreed to being in coalition for the gubernatorial election. The
Institutional Revolutionary Party decided against forming part of the alliance.
[10] In January 7, the coalition registered its integration, conformed by three parties,
National Action Party ,
Party of the Democratic Revolution and
Confianza por Quintana Roo .
In January 2022 the coalition agreed that the nominee was selected by the PRD.
[11] For the candidate selection the party asked Parametría to do a poll with the three candidates.
[12] On 20 January the coalition announced the postulation of the deputy
Laura Fernández Piña as the gubernatorial candidate.
[13]
Nominee
Lost nomination
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The party decided against forming any coalition for the election.
[18]
Proposed
Citizens' Movement
The party decided to go alone in the elections.
On 23 January, the party elected
Roberto Palazuelos as their candidate for governor, however, on 18 February, Palazuelos declined his candidacy after it was rumored that
Citizens' Movement planned to remove him from the nomination, because of several scandals and conservative positions.
[20] On the same day the party offered its candidacy to the incumbent Senator from Quintana Roo,
José Luis Pech Várguez .
[21]
Nominee
José Luis Pech Várguez, Senator from Quintana Roo and 2016 Quintana Roo gubernatorial nominee for
Morena . Previously went for the candidacy of
Juntos Hacemos Historia .
[21]
Lost nomination
Declined
Juntos Hacemos Historia
On 9 November 2021, the parties of
Morena ,
Labor Party and the
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico agreed to a coalition in the state elections under the name of
Juntos Hacemos Historia . On 7 January 2022, the coalition registered with the addition of the parties
Force for Mexico Quintana Roo and
Movimiento Auténtico Social . However, on 17 January the party
Movimiento Auténtico Social decided to separate from the coalition.
There were 8 candidates interested in the candidacy but only 5 were chosen for a poll in which Mara Lezama was the best positioned for the candidacy.
[24]
Nominee
Lost nomination
José Luis Pech Várguez (Morena), Senator from Quintana Roo.
[25]
[24]
Marybel Villegas Canché (Morena), Senator from Quintana Roo.
[25]
[24]
Luis Alegre Salazar, Former deputy.
[25]
[24]
Laura Beristain, municipal president of
Solidaridad .
[25]
[24]
Manuel Aguilar Ortega.
[25]
Raúl Ojeda González, lawyer.
[25]
Alfredo Kanter Culebro (Morena).
[25]
Movimiento Auténtico Social
On 17 January 2022, the party decided to separate from the coalition
Juntos Hacemos Historia and instead put their own candidates.
[26]
On 3 February 2022, the party choose Nivardo Mena Villanueva, former municipal president of
Lázaro Cárdenas , as their nominee, because he was the only person interested in the nomination.
[27]
Nominee
Polling data
By political party
By candidate
Polling firm
Date
Fernández
Lezama
Palazuelos
Hendricks
Mena
No one/
Undecided
Massive Caller
[46]
24 January 2022
20.3%
32.3%
15.9%
6.1%
—
25.4%
Campaigns & Elections
[47]
25 January 2022
18%
38%
16%
11%
—
17%
Demoscopia digital
[48]
31 January 2022
21.6%
42.7%
9.4%
4.8%
—
21.5%
Campaigns & Elections
[49]
2 February 2022
15%
43%
15%
—
—
27%
Massive Caller
[50]
4 February 2022
19.9%
34.3%
14.7%
9%
—
22.1%
El Financiero
[51]
8 February 2022
22%
35%
13%
—
—
30%
Campaigns & Elections
[49]
9 February 2022
16%
37%
18%
—
—
29%
Factométrica
[52]
10 February 2022
18.3%
46.7%
12.4%
9.7%
—
12.9%
El Heraldo de México
[53]
14 February 2022
13.2%
28.4%
22.3%
8.3%
—
14%
Demoscopia Digital
[54]
16 February 2022
22.1%
43.3%
6.2%
6.7%
—
21.7%
Campaigns & Elections
[55]
16 February 2022
9%
45%
18%
4%
—
24%
El Universal
[56]
18 February 2022
17%
42%
9%
7%
4%
21%
Palazuelos declines his candidacy and the party selects José Luis Pech.
Polling firm
Date
Fernández
Lezama
Pech
Hendricks
Mena
No one/
Undecided
Campaigns & Elections
[57]
23 February 2022
20%
38%
11%
8%
—
23%
Demoscopia digital
[58]
25 February 2022
16.5%
39.2%
17.2%
4.5%
—
22.6%
Campaigns & Elections
[59]
2 March 2022
24%
32%
18%
7%
—
19%
De las Heras Demotecnia
[60]
4 March 2022
15%
58%
14%
8%
5%
5%
Demoscopia digital
[61]
7 March 2022
18.2%
42.4%
16.3%
4.6%
—
18.5%
Campaigns & Elections
[62]
9 March 2022
23%
38%
10%
6%
—
23%
El Heraldo de México
[63]
14 March 2022
23.2%
33.5%
13.7%
10.7%
—
18.9%
Campaigns & Elections
[64]
15 March 2022
23%
37%
12%
5%
—
23%
Demoscopia Digital
[65]
17 March 2022
20.5%
43.6%
12.8%
5.3%
—
17.8%
Reforma
[66]
17 March 2022
25%
49%
7%
19%
0%
—
El Universal
[67]
23 March 2022
14.1%
41.5%
11.2%
7.0%
1.2%
26.2%
Campaigns & Elections
[68]
23 March 2022
21%
39%
10%
5%
—
25%
Demoscopia Digital
[69]
27 March 2022
20.2%
39.8%
13.1%
5.2%
—
21.2%
Campaigns & Elections
[70]
30 March 2022
21%
38%
17%
6%
—
18%
De las Heras Demotecnia
[71]
30 March 2022
13%
59%
19%
6%
3%
3%
El Universal
[72]
4 April 2022
18%
42%
10%
8%
4%
22%
Demoscopia Digital
[73]
4 April 2022
18.7%
43.3%
9.6%
5.7%
—
22.7%
Campaigns & Elections
[74]
4 April 2022
23%
40%
15%
7%
—
15%
El Financiero
[75]
6 April 2022
27%
48%
9%
12%
4%
4%
Demoscopia Digital
[76]
11 April 2022
20.3%
44.2%
8.7%
5.1%
—
21.7%
Factométrica
[77]
15 April 2022
18.5%
43.5%
14.5%
6.3%
—
17.2%
Demoscopia Digital
[78]
18 April 2022
22.9%
46.3%
7.2%
4.7%
—
18.8%
Campaigns & Elections
[79]
19 April 2022
24%
42%
16%
4%
—
14%
El Economista
25 April 2022
14.5%
40%
8.1%
8.7%
2.2%
28.7%
Demoscopia Digital
25 April 2022
23.6%
47.2%
9.6%
6.8%
—
12.8%
El Heraldo de México
25 April 2022
21.2%
39.5%
16.2%
6.6%
2.9%
16.5%
El Universal
28 April 2022
16%
47%
14%
5%
4%
18%
Novedades Quintana Roo
[80]
1 de mayo de 2022
31.9%
38.1%
14.5%
11.1%
4.4%
—
Demoscopia Digital
2 May 2022
21.1%
48.3%
11.1%
5.6%
—
12.9%
Results
Gubernatorial election
2022 Quintana Roo gubernatorial election
Party
Candidate
Votes by party
Votes by candidate
#
%
#
%
National Regeneration Movement
Maria Elena Hermelinda Lezama Espinosa
176,935
32.57
309,931
57.0
Green Ecologist Party of Mexico
109,441
20.15
Labor Party
14,659
2.70
Force for Mexico Quintana Roo
8,896
1.64
National Action Party
Laura Lynn Fernandez Piña
65,100
11.98
87,369
16.08
Party of the Democratic Revolution
16,259
2.99
Trust for Quintana Roo
6,010
1.11
Citizens' Movement
José Luis Pech Várguez
70,315
12.94
Authentic Social Movement
Nivardo Mena Villanueva
38,112
7.02
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Leslie Hendricks Rubio
16,048
2.95
Null votes
20,946
3.86
Write-ins
492
0.09
Total
543,213
100.00
Instituto Electoral de Quintana Roo.
[81]
See also
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