CBSE Class 9 Answered

Elections were held regularly in Mexico since 1930, but it did not present an example of true democracy till 2000 because of the following reasons:

1. In Mexico, though elections were held after every six years, unfair practices were used by the ruling party PRI (Institutional revolutionary Party) to elect the President of the country.

2. All government employees had to compulsorily attend the meetings of PRI. Teachers working in the governmental schools forced the parents to vote for the PRI.

3. Media was used by the ruling party to only criticise the opposition parties.

4. Sometimes even the polling booths were shifted at the last moment so that people of a particular locality were not able to vote.

5. The PRI also spent huge sums of money in campaigning for its candidates.

Thus, PRI won every election in Mexico till 2000 because of unfair practices adopted by the party.