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PRI

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI) is Mexico's oldest major party, founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party and renamed PRI in 1946.

Website
pri.org.mx
Political position

Centre-left · Where sources place the party
Wikipedia: rebranded centre-left in 2024 (PRI)
Ideology: corporatism, social democracy

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Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas is its president. It held the presidency from 1929 to 2000 and again from 2012 to 2018. It holds 37 Chamber seats and 13 Senate seats, and is named in the race for the largest party in the 2027 Mexican legislative election.

History

Plutarco Elías Calles founded the party in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party; it became the Party of the Mexican Revolution in 1938 and the PRI in 1946. It held every presidency from 1929 to 2000, and every state governorship until 1989. Vicente Fox of PAN ended its rule in 2000, and Enrique Peña Nieto returned it to the presidency in 2012. It suffered the worst results in its history in 2018 and 2024. It now holds 37 Chamber seats (7%), 13 Senate seats (10%) and 2 governorships.

Positions

In 2024 the party rebranded as centre-left after formally renouncing neoliberalism, according to Wikipedia. Its leadership consists of President Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas and Secretary-General Carolina Viggiano Austria. Wikipedia describes its historic structure as built on corporatism and co-option.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia

  1. PRI 3%
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Mexico Legislative Election Winner 2027

OutcomeLeft – RightProbability
MorenaCentre-left87%
PANCentre-right7%
PRICentre-left3%
MCCentre-left<1%
PTFar left<1%
PVEMCentre<1%

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