With a turnout of less than half of the voters (44.7%), the PRI (Prison, National Action Party, and National Action Party) in coalition with the PAN (National Action Party) halted Morena’s advance in the state of Durango, while the “green” party denounced attacks and a “state election” against it.
According to the 2025 Preliminary Election Results Program (PREP), a total of 590,546 citizens turned out to vote on Sunday, June 1. As of 1:30 a.m., with 2,560 ballots captured out of a total of 2,678 (95.59%), the votes of 579,892 voters statewide had been counted. Morena and PAN trade accusations of nepotism in Durango
The Unity and Greatness for Durango coalition (PRI-PAN) leads in 15 municipalities, including Durango City and Lerdo, two of the three most important municipalities in the state. The PRI, on its own, won five municipalities in which it did not participate in a coalition. This means that the PRI will govern 20 municipalities, although most will be governed jointly with the PAN.
For its part, the Let’s Continue Making History in Durango alliance (Morena-PT-PVEM) leads in 14 municipalities, including Gómez Palacio, the second most important municipality. Meanwhile, Morena, competing without an alliance, won two municipalities, and MC leads in three.
Thus, according to the preliminary distribution by coalition and party of the election, the PRI-PAN wins in 15 municipalities; the PRI only has five; The Morena-PT-PVEM coalition would win 14 municipalities, and the MC would win three.
In comparison, during the 2021-2022 electoral process, citizen participation was 50 percent, with the Morena-PT-PVEM coalition leading the results in 20 municipalities. The PRI-PAN-PRD coalition won 14 municipalities, the PRI three, and the MC and PRD one, respectively.
While in the 2019 election, Morena only won two mayoralties, including that of Gómez Palacio.
On the morning of Tuesday, June 3, during her morning press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum denied that the results in Durango were negative for her party.
“The Morena-PT-Verde coalition, or Morena alone, in some cases ran together and in other cases separately. So, in this case, there are 16 municipalities, but they govern 33.05% of the population, meaning they are larger municipalities. While before the election, 15.15% of Durango’s population was governed, with the new mayors taking office, they will govern double the population of Durango,” the president indicated while showing the PREP graphs.
She added: “The PRI-PAN, the PRIAN, governed 84% of the population; now they will govern 64.98% of the population. And the Citizens’ Movement, from 0.09% to 1.97%. In other words, when they say ‘how badly the coalition did,’ well, not so much, right?”
Preliminary Results by Key Municipality
In the state capital, preliminary results indicated that José Antonio Ochoa Rodríguez, the PRI-PAN candidate, retained the mayoralty with 46.3% of the vote (88,794). He was followed by Francisco Franco Soler, of Movimiento Ciudadano, with 26.9% (51,553), and in third place was José Ramón Enríquez Herrera, of Morena-PT-PVEM, with just over 20.8% (40,038).
In Gómez Palacio, Betzabé Martínez, the candidate of the Morena-PT-PVEM coalition, led with 39.9% of the vote (36,109), and would regain the mayoralty she lost in 2022 to Leticia Herrera. In second place is Omar Castañeda of the MC party, with 28.4% (25,727), and José Antonio Meráz of the PRI-PAN party, with 25.4% (23,026).
For Lerdo, the results, as of Monday’s cutoff, were: Susy Torrecillas of the PRI-PAN party leads with 59.1% of the vote (36,541); in second place is Flora Leal of Morena, with 31.2% (19,294); and in third place is Felipe Sánchez of the Renovación party, with 3.3% (2,094).
Morena denounces state election
The National Executive Committee (CEN) of Morena denounced a series of acts of violence, intimidation, and repression reported during election day in the municipality of Lerdo.
In the document, Morena specifically highlighted the arbitrary detention of the campaign coordinator of its candidate for mayor, Flora Isela Leal Méndez, at the hands of municipal police officers.
They also reported the illegal detention of duly accredited polling station representatives, which they described as an attempt to obstruct the democratic process and intimidate citizens.
The party also denounced acts of intimidation and threats of arrest against candidates for council seats. According to the statement, these events represent a “serious violation of democratic principles and the rule of law” and accuse the existence of a state election, allegedly orchestrated by state and municipal authorities.
Morena demanded an impartial investigation into the events and the holding accountable of the officials involved in what they described as anti-democratic practices, including massive vote buying using QR codes, voter intimidation, and the biased actions of state and municipal police in favor of the PRIAN candidate.
They added that the candidate is the spouse of the current mayor, which, they said, represents an improper use of public resources and a conflict of interest due to nepotism.
Source: proceso
