Nuevo León electoral spending ranking, Digi Mart USA News (Nuevo León, Mexico): Amid growing demands for resources ahead of 2027, a national study has found that Nuevo León is the third state with the highest spending on conducting elections, behind only the State of Mexico and Mexico City, according to Milenio.
According to the document from the Association of Electoral Institutions of the Federative Entities, between 2014 and 2015 the then State Electoral Commission allocated 1,173 million pesos to hold elections. In 2017 and 2018 it spent 1,690 million pesos, while for 2020 and 2021 it allocated 1,640.1 million pesos.
In the most recent electoral process, covering 2023-2024 and by then operating as the State Electoral Institute, the state spent 1,785.8 million pesos. The period also saw complications with budget reallocation stemming from a political dispute between the state government and the local Congress.
The study cites changes in spending in the states with the largest voter rolls: the State of Mexico rose from 2,433.9 million pesos to 2,875.3 million pesos (+18.1%), Mexico City from 2,020 million to 2,100 million pesos (+4%), and Nuevo León from 1,690 million to 1,785.8 million pesos (+5.7%).
The study highlights the budgetary austerity of the state’s electoral body, noting that most spending went to materials and rent of buildings for the Municipal Commissions. The document states that austerity has become a structural feature of local electoral organization, and that the local electoral bodies have maintained technical and operational standards despite limited resources.
Between 2014 and 2025, more than 36,000 complaints and denunciations were processed nationwide. The study recorded 12,347 cases during the 2023-2024 process alone, with Nuevo León accumulating 5,984, Mexico City 4,240, the State of Mexico 3,643, and Veracruz 2,843.
Last week, Beatriz Camacho, president of the State Electoral Institute, said the institute urgently needs 60 million pesos, but that the state treasury has so far delivered only six million pesos in two disbursements. She also said the institute submitted a request for 1,888 million pesos for 2027, of which 581 million relates to prerogatives and financing for political parties.
The State Treasury has proposed providing only 1,161 million pesos, which would represent a deficit of 38.5 percent.
