Mexican Elected Officials Database, 2000-2025

Carlos Villalobos compiled a database of 5,448 elected positions in Mexico from 2000 to 2025, including federal deputies, senators, governors, and presidents. The dataset records each official's name, gender, party affiliation, state, and term start and end years. It was last updated on April 27, 2026, on the Harvard Dataverse platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze party representation trends over time based on party affiliation and term dates.
• Study gender distribution in elected offices based on the gender variable.
• Track political careers and turnover based on name, position, and state data.
• Examine regional political dynamics based on the state of origin or representation.

Strengths

• Covers 5,448 elected positions across four office types from 2000 to 2025.
• Includes standardized name format and cross-referenced data from official legislative websites.
• Explicitly documents processing steps and sources for transparency.

Limitations

• The state variable has inconsistent definitions (state of origin vs. representation) across records.
• Party affiliation and term end dates are fixed at the start of the term and do not account for mid-term changes.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Official websites of the Mexican Senate and Chamber of Deputies.

Collection Method

Information was extracted from attendance lists and cross-referenced; gender was assigned using the gemma2-9b-it language model.

Time Range

2000 to 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 27 15:00:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mexico