1828 Mexican general election

The federal elections of Mexico of 1828 were held on September 1, 1828. In those the positions were elected through indirect election:

• President of the Republic. Head of state and of Government, elect by a period of four years: 1829 - 1832, without possibility of immediate reelection. The elect candidate was Manuel Gómez Pedraza.
• Vice-president of the Republic. Constitutional substitute of the President, elect for the same period, the runner-up in the election. The elect candidate was Vicente Guerrero.

Two weeks later Antonio López de Santa Anna rose in rebellion against the election and at the end of November the rebels entered Mexico City. Gómez Pedraza abandoned his position and left the country. The Congress of the Union, pressured by the adherents of Guerrero, decided to cancel the elections and designated Vicente Guerrero as President of the Republic and Anastasio Bustamante as Vice-president from April 1, 1829. This arrangement proved unsustainable and on December 4 Bustamante rebelled against Guerrero, taking the presidency from January 1, 1830. A further rebellion in 1832 led to an agreement by which Gómez Pedraza would return to the presidency, at least until the elections of 1833 which Santa Anna (more interested in the title than the position) would win.

Electoral results

President

Candidate		Votes of the Legislatures
	Manuel Gómez Pedraza	11
	Vicente Guerrero	9
	Anastasio Bustamante	6
	Melchor Múzquiz	2
	Ignacio Rayon	2
	Juan Ignacio Godoy	2
	Others	4
Total		36