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The 2025 Mexican special elections will be held on 1 June 2025, during which voters will elect nine Supreme Court justices, 464 Circuit Court magistrates, and 386 District Court judges. It will be the first judicial election in Mexican history.
Background
Judicial reform
Main article: 2024 Mexican judicial reformThe Mexican judicial reform replaced the country's appointment-based system for selecting judges with one where judges, pre-selected by the Congress, are elected by popular vote. A subsequent law set the election date for 1 June 2025.
Electoral system
The National Electoral Institute (INE) oversees federal elections in Mexico. Its responsibilities include organizing election day logistics, producing and distributing electoral materials, counting votes, and certifying the election results.
Voters must present their voter ID at polling stations to cast their ballots.
Judicial election
All judicial positions are elected by plurality voting. Members of the Supreme Court are elected for a single twelve-year term, members of the Federal Electoral Tribunal for single six-year terms, and members of the Judicial Disciplinary Tribunal for single six-year terms. Circuit and district court judges are elected for nine-year terms, with the possibility of a single consecutive reelection.
Article 96 of the Constitution mandates that each branch of government establish an evaluation committee composed of five jurists. These committees are responsible for assessing and filtering prospective candidates, who may choose the branch under which they wish to register. Each committee is tasked with selecting a third of the candidates for each position up for election. Candidates must be submitted to the National Electoral Institute (INE) by 12 February.
Candidate selection
Selection of judicial offices
On 12 October 2024, a lottery was conducted in the Senate to determine the offices up for election. The draw resulted in 464 Circuit Court magistrates and 386 District Court judges holding odd-numbered positions being selected for the election. The remaining offices will be elected in 2027.
Evaluation committees
On 31 October, each branch of government disclosed the jurists who would form their respective evaluation committees. The Executive branch received 18,447 applicants, the Senate received 11,904, and the Judiciary received 3,805 applicants.
Executive branch
- Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea
- Mary Cruz Cortés Ornelas
- Javier Quijano Baz
- Vanessa Romero Rocha
- Isabel Inés Romero Cruz
Legislative branch
- Maday Merino Damián
- Maribel Concepción Méndez De Lara
- Ana Patricia Briseño Torres
- Andrés Norberto García Repper Favila
- María Gabriela Sánchez García
Judicial branch
- Mónica González Contró
- Emma Meza Fonseca
- Emilia Molina de la Fuente
- Wilfrido Castañón León
- Luis Enrique Perea Trejo
References
- Jornada, La; Martínez, Lilian Hernández y Fabiola (11 September 2024). "INE comienza a preparar ruta para elección en 2025 de jueces, ministros y magistrados". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- "Mexico president signs contested law to elect all judges – DW – 09/16/2024". dw.com. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- Figueroa, Por Héctor (10 October 2024). "Senado aprueba leyes reglamentarias de la reforma judicial, va a diputados". Excélsior (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- Constitución Politica de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Artículo 94. 1917 (México).
- Constitución Politica de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Artículo 99. 1917 (México).
- Constitución Politica de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Artículo 100. 1917 (México).
- Constitución Politica de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Artículo 97. 1917 (México).
- Constitución Politica de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Artículo 96. 1917 (México).
- "Como en la Lotería: Así quedaron los resultados de la 'tómbola judicial' para 2025". El Financiero (in Spanish). 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- "Sheinbaum Conforma Comité de Evaluación para la Elección de Juzgadores del Poder Judicial". N+ (in Mexican Spanish). 31 October 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- EFE (25 November 2024). "Más de 34,000 aspirantes se inscriben en la primera elección judicial de México". Diario de Yucatán (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2025.
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