Alliance for Change (Mexico)

Alliance for Change Alianza por el Cambio
Logo of the Alliance for Change (Mexico)
Abbreviation	AxC
Leader	Vicente Fox
Founded	1999 (1999)
Dissolved	2001 (2001)
Ideology	Christian democracy Liberal conservatism Social conservatism Right-wing populism
Political position	Right-wing
Politics of Mexico Political parties Elections

The Alliance for Change (Spanish: Alianza por el Cambio, AxC) was a political alliance formed in Mexico for the purpose of contesting the general election of 2 July 2000 against the-then ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party.

History

There were two member parties of the alliance: the National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional, or PAN), and the Green Ecological Party of Mexico (Partido Verde Ecologista de México, or PVEM).

With 43.43% of the popular vote in a three-horse race, the Alliance for Change's candidate for the position of President of Mexico, Vicente Fox, was declared the winner of the election, putting an end to 70 years of hegemonic rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Between them, the two parties also won 221 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (of 500) and 51 in the Senate (of 128).

Dissolution

One year after Fox took office, however, the PVEM publicly broke with the PAN as regards its support for him. Since then, the PVEM has more frequently allied itself with the PRI to fight gubernatorial and local elections.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election year	Candidate	# votes	% vote	Result
2000	Vicente Fox	15,989,636	42.5	Y Elected

Congressional elections

Chamber of Deputies

Election year	Constituency		PR		# of seats	Position	Presidency
	votes	%	votes	%
2000	14,212,032	38.2	14,321,975	38.3	223 / 500	Minority	Vicente Fox

References

Senate elections

Election year	Constituency		PR		# of seats	Position	Presidency		Note
	votes	%	votes	%
2000	14,208,973	38.1	14,339,963	38.2	60 / 128	Minority	Vicente Fox		Coalition: Alliance for Change