1904 Mexican general election
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General elections were held in Mexico on July 11, 1904. Incumbent Porfirio Díaz was the only serious candidate for the presidency, and was re-elected with 100% of the vote.[1] Ramón Corral became the first Mexican vice president in decades, and the first elected via popular vote.[2] The only other presidential candidate, the perennial Nicolás Zúñiga y Miranda, received no votes.
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The election took place during the period known as the Porfiriato. Díaz, who had held the presidency since 1884 and twice before then, had established a dictatorial regime. His advisors, the Científicos, urged him to reestablish the position of vice president, which he did, and the nomination went to Corral, his secretary of the interior. On the day of the election, the victory of the Díaz-Corral ticket was announced before noon.