election
"Se Cayó el Sistema" — 1988 Presidential Election
Mexico's contested presidential election saw the federal electoral commission's computer system 'crash' as early returns showed Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas leading Carlos Salinas de Gortari. When the system 'resumed,' Salinas was winning. PRI's Manuel Bartlett Díaz controlled the process. Salinas was officially declared winner with 50.7%. The phrase 'se cayó el sistema' entered the Mexican political lexicon as a metaphor for electoral fraud.
Sources
- T1 Comisión Federal Electoral official results, 1988 Official
- T3 Rolando Cordera et al., La jornada electoral, Era Institutional
- T2 New York Times, July 7, 1988 Major