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In-Person Participatory Budget Voting Concludes in Mexico City

District councils will now begin counting sealed ballots as residents delivered uneven turnout, prioritizing security projects followed by street lighting upgrades, drainage repairs

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Presupuesto participativo: casillas vacías en consulta 2025
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Overview

  • Today’s in-person vote ran from 09:00 to 17:00 at 2,427 Mesas Receptoras de Opinión, with sealed ballot packages shipped to district offices for tabulation.
  • Roughly 19,000 residents registered online, yielding 11,705 anticipatory votes from local voters, expatriates, detainees, homebound participants.
  • On-site turnout varied widely, with some modules seeing steady lines and others remaining nearly empty during the voting window.
  • Voters chose from 13,357 vetted community projects competing for 2,143 million pesos allocated by an IPDP formula balancing proportional shares with indicators including poverty, crime incidence, pueblo originario status.
  • Final outcomes depend on district-level counting, with mounting calls for stronger transparency pressuring alcaldías to justify project execution.