Mexican Women Mayors
Since the June 2024 elections, close to 50% of Mexico's 80 largest cities have women mayors. Mayoral elections were held in 1802 Mexican cities. More than 29% of mayors elected were women.
Research by Adriana Maciel *
Women Mayors elected in Mexico on 2 June 2024 (from Left): Alejandra Gutiérrez Campos (León, Estado de Guanajuato); Clara Brugada Molina (Mexico City); Abelina López Ródriguez (Acapulco, Estado de Guerrero)
June 2024: For most of the last century, Mexico did not have women mayors. Aurora Meza Andraca, elected in 1938, was the country’s first woman mayor. She ruled a state capital. It took then another 17 years to elect the country’s second female mayor. María del Socorro Blanc Ruiz took office in 1955. In this century, however, women are firmly established in Mexico’s local government. While they have not yet reached parity with men, more than 29 per cent of mayors elected this year are women. The percentage of women taking charge of the country’s largest cities, those with more than 200,000 residents, has almost reached 50 per cent.
On 2 June 2024, some 1,802 out of the 2,469 municipalities in Mexico elected mayors for new three-year terms. They will take office between October 2024 and the end of the year. Some 523 of the newly elected mayors are women, 39 of whom will govern cities and municipalities of more than 200,000 inhabitants. Seven state capitals, including Mexico City, will have women at the helm.
MORENA (National Regeneration Movement), the country’s ruling party since 2018, strengthened by the victory of Claudia Sheinbaum as Mexico’s first woman president, will take charge of 30 of the 39 largest cities. In some cases, the party will govern in coalition with Mexico’s Green Party, Labour Party and/or Fuerza México.
Mexico’s main political parties
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Founded in 1929; Politics: centre-right, nationalist
National Action Party (PAN) Founded in 1939; Politics: centre-right, right-wing
Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) Founded in 1989; Politics: centre-left, left-wing
MORENA Founded in 2011: Politics: Left-wing
Labour Party (PT) Founded in 1990; Politics: Left-wing
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) Founded in 1993; Politics: Green politics, centre-left
Citizens Movement (MC) Founded in 1999; Politics centre-left
Women mayors elected in Mexico on 2 June 2024
The newly elected mayors will assume office between October and the end of 2024. Further below is a list of current Mexican female mayors elected in 2021. Their terms will end later this year.
(Listed in alphabetical order of states)
Ensenada, Estado de Baja California
Popl: 443,000
Mayor Claudia Josefina Agatón Muñiz
Party / Politics: MORENA
Mexicali, Estado de Baja California
Popl: 1,000,000
Mayor Norma Alicia Bustamante Martínez
Party / Politics: MORENA
La Paz, Estado de Baja California Sur
Popl: 250,000
Mayor Milena Paola Quiroga Romero
Party / Politics: MORENA
Campeche, Estado de Campeche
Popl: 900,000
Mayor Biby Karen Rabelo de la Torre
Party / Politics: Movimiento Ciudadano
Ocosingo, Estado de Chiapas
Popl: 234,000
Mayor Manuela Angélica Méndez Cruz
Party / Politics: Green Party
San Cristobal de las Casas, Estado de Chiapas
Popl: 215,000
Mayor Fabiola Ricci Diestel
Party / Politics: MORENA
Irapuato, Estado de Guanajuato
Popl: 592,000
Mayor Lorena del Carmen Alfaro García
Party / Politics: Coalition: PAN, PRI, PRD
León, Estado de Guanajuato
Popl: 1,700,000
Mayor Alejandra Gutiérrez Campos
Party / Politics: PAN
Silao, Estado de Guanajuato
Popl: 203,000
Mayor Janet Melanie Murillo Chavez
Party / Politics: PAN
Acapulco, Estado de Guerrero
Popl: 3,540,000
Mayor Abelina López Ródriguez
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Guadalajara, Estado de Jalisco
Popl: 1,385,000
Mayor Verónica Delgadillo García
Party / Politics: Movimiento Ciudadano
Tlaquepaque, Estado de Jalisco
Popl: 687,000
Mayor Laura Imelda Pérez
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
El Salto, Estado de Jalisco
Popl: 232,000
Mayor María Elena Farías
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Chalco, Estado de México
Popl: 384,000
Mayor Abigail Sánchez Martínez
Party / Politics: MORENA
Chimalhuacán, Estado de México
Popl: 705,000
Mayor Xochitl Flores Jiménez
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Ecatepec de Morelos, Estado de México
Popl: 1,645,000
Mayor Azucena Cisneros Coss
Party / Politics: MORENA
Huixquilucan, Estado de México
Popl: 284,000
Mayor Romina Contreras Carrasco
Party / Politics: PAN
Nicolás Romero, Estado de México
Popl: 430,000
Mayor Yoselin Nayeli Mendoza Ramírez
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Tecamac, Estado de México
Popl: 547,000
Mayor Rosa Yolanda Wong Romero
Party / Politics: MORENA
Tultitlán, Estado de México
Popl: 516,000
Mayor Ana María Castro Fernández
Party / Politics: MORENA
La Paz, Estado de México
Popl: 304,000
Martha Guerrero Sánchez
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Mexico City
Popl: 9,200,000
Mayor Clara Brugada Molina
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Azcaptzalco, Mexico City district
Popl: 432,000
Mayor Nancy Marlene Nuñez Resendiz
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Iztacalco, Mexico City district
Popl: 384,000
Mayor María de Lourdes Paz Reyes
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Iztapalapa, Mexico City district
Popl: 1,800,000
Mayor Aleida Alavez Ruiz
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Tlahuac, Mexico City district
Popl: 392,000
Mayor Araceli Berenice Hernández
Party / Politics: MORENA
Tlalpan, Mexico City district
Popl: 700,000
Mayor Gabriela Osorio Hernández
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Xochimilco, Mexico City district
Popl: 442,000
Mayor Circe Camacho Bastida
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Cuauhtemoc, Mexico City district
Popl: 544,000
Mayor Alessandra Rojo de la Vega Piccolo
Party / Politics: Coalition: PAN, PRI, PRD
Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City district
Popl: 443,000
Mayor Evelyn Parra Álvarez
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Tepic, Nayarit
Popl: 425,000
Mayor María Geraldine Ponce Méndez
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party, Fuerza México
Benito Juárez, Estado de Quintana Roo
Popl: 911,000
Mayor Ana Patricia Peralta de la Peña
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Solidaridad, Estado de Quintana Roo
Popl: 333,000
Mayor Angy Estefanía Mercado Asencio
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Mazatlán, Estado de Sinaloa
Popl: 501,000
Mayor Estrella Palacios Domínguez
Party / Politics: MORENA
Guasave, Estado de Sinaloa
Popl: 501,000
Mayor Cecilia Ramírez Montoya
Party / Politics: MORENA
Centro, Estado de Tabasco
Popl: 683,000
Mayor Yolanda del Carmen Osuna
Party / Politics: MORENA
Nuevo Laredo, Estado de Tamaulipas
Popl: 425,000
Mayor Carmen Lila Canturosas Villareal
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Tampico, Estado de Tamaulipas
Popl: 297,000
Mayor Mónica Zacil Villareal Anaya
Party / Politics: Coalition: MORENA, Green Party, Labour Party
Mérida, Estado de Yucatán
Popl: 995,000
Mayor Cecilia Anunciación Patrón Laviada
Party / Politics: Coalition: PAN, PRI, Nueva Alianza
Female mayors in Mexico elected for the term 2021 to 2024
Their terms will end between October 2024 and the end of the year
Listed alphabetically by state
Mexicali (state capital), Estado de Baja California
Popl: 1,050,000
Norma Alicia Bustamante Martínez, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA
Tijuana, Estado de Baja California
Popl: 1,922,000
Montserrat Caballero Ramírez, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA
La Paz, Estado de Baja California Sur
Popl: 292,000
Milena Paola Quiroga Romero, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA
Campeche (state capital), Estado de Campeche
Popl: 294,000
BiBy Karen Rabelo de la Torre, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: Movimiento Ciudadano
Tapachula, Estado de Chiapas
Popl: 353,000
Rosa Irene Urbina Castañeda, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA
Gómez Palacio, Estado de Durango
Popl: 372,000
Juana Leticia Herrera Ale, Mayor since 2022
Party / Politics: PRI
Chicoloapan, Estado de México
Popl: 200,000
Nancy Jazmín Gómez Vargas, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA
Chimalhuacan, Estado de México
Popl: 705,000
Xóchitl Flores Jiménez, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA
Huixquilucan, Estado de México
Popl: 284,000
Romina Contreras Carrasco, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: PAN
Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México
Popl: 834,000
Angélica Moya Marín, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: PAN
La Paz, Estado de México
Popl: 304,000
Cristina González Cruz, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: PRI
Tecámac, Estado de México
Popl: 547,000
Mariela Gutiérrez Escalante, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA)
Texcoco, Estado de México
Popl: 277,000
Sandra Luz Falcón Venegas, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA
Tultitlán, Estado de México
Popl: 516,000
Elena García Martínez, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA
Cuautitlán Izcalli, Estado de México
Popl: 555,000
Karla Leticia Fiesco García, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: PAN
Irapuato, Estado de Guanajuato
Popl: 593,000
Lorena del Carmen Alfaro García, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: PAN
León, Estado de Guanajuato
Popl: 1,721,000
Alejandra Gutiérrez Campos, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: PAN
Acapulco, Estado de Guerrero
Popl: 779,000
Abelina López Ridríguez, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA
Chilpancingo (state capital), Estado de Guerrero
Popl: 283,000
Norma Otilia Hernández Martínez, Mayor since 2021; Removed from office in disgrace in 2024
Party / Politics: MORENA
San Pedro Tlaquepaque, Estado de Jalisco
Popl: 687,000
Mirna Citlalli Amaya de Luna, Mayor since 2022
Party / Politics: Movimiento Ciudadano
Tepic (capital), Estado de Nayarit
Popl: 426,000
María Geraldine Ponce Méndez, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA
Guadalupe, Estado de Nuevo León
Popl: 643,000
María Cristina Díaz Salazar, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: PRI
Othón P. Blanco, Estado de Quintana Roo
Popl: 233,000
Yensunni Idalia Martínez Hernández, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MOREN)
Benito Juárez, Estado de Quintana Roo
Popl: 912,000
Ana Patricia Peralta de la Peña, Mayor since 2022
Party / Politics: MORENA
Solidaridad, Estado de Quintana Roo
Popl: 334,000
Roxana Lili Campos Miranda, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: PAN
Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, Estado de San Luís Potosí
Popl: 332,000
Leonor Noyola Cervantes, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: PVEM
Cárdenas, Estado de Tabasco
Popl: 243,000
María Esther Zapata Zapata, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA
Centro, Estado de Tabasco
Popl: 683,000
Yolanda del Carmen Osuna Huerta, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA
Nuevo Laredo, Estado de Tamaulipas
Popl: 425,000
Carmen Lilia Canturosas Villareal , Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: MORENA
Veracruz, Estado de Veracruz
Popl: 607,000
Patricia Lobeira Rodríguez, Mayor since 2021
Party / Politics: PAN
* Sources and methodology: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) and Demoscopía Digital. The research was carried out in January and June 2024. .
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