Coahuila electoral body assigns proportional representation seats; Morena gets five

The Electoral Institute of Coahuila (IEC) has finalized the distribution of proportional representation seats for the local legislature, confirming Morena's acquisition of five seats. This decision came during an Extraordinary General Council session held on Sunday, June 14. The PRI, the recently formed Nuevas Ideas party, the Democratic Unity of Coahuila (UDC), and the Labor Party will each gain one proportional representation seat in the upcoming Congress.

Among those securing a place through proportional representation are Carlos Robles Loustaunau, the current state leader of the PRI. For Morena, the new representatives will be Rocío Guadalupe de Aguinaga Peraza, Diego Eduardo del Bosque Villarreal (the current state leader), Guadalupe del Socorro Córdova González, Mayra Ruby Rangel Esquivel, and Mónica Darinka Guerra Arrieta. Lucía Inés Zorrilla Cepeda, who was a candidate in Torreón, will represent the Labor Party. Héctor Alberto de Luna Sánchez will represent the UDC, and Óscar Alberto Cano Jiménez, the state president, will take the seat for Nuevas Ideas.

With the final list of proportional representation deputies, the Coahuila Congress will be composed of a majority from the PRI and UDC Alliance for Security, holding 18 seats. Morena will have five seats, Nuevas Ideas one, and the Labor Party another, totaling the 25 positions in the next legislature. IEC President Óscar Daniel Rodríguez Fuentes stated that the agreements were delivered according to the vote percentages each party achieved, with a validated vote count of 1,213,321.

Rodríguez Fuentes described the electoral process as exemplary and a success, expressing hope that the Council's decisions will stand in court. He noted that over 100 complaints regarding potential irregularities were received, and at least nine appeals were filed, which will now be handled by the State Electoral Tribunal of Coahuila. The local party México Avante will lose its registration for failing to secure at least 3% of the votes, while national parties PAN, Movimiento Ciudadano, and the Green Party will lose their local prerogatives.

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we hope that everything that the Council validated, remains firm in the courts