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Anelection forgovernor was held in theMexicanstate ofColima on 6 July 2003, simultaneously withfederal congressional midterm elections.Gustavo Vázquez Montes of theInstitutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was initially declared the winner, with 83,995 votes; second place went to theNational Action Party (PAN) with 69,180, with theParty of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in third place with 32,042.[1] Following accusations of irregularities, the gubernatorial result was declared void by the state electoral authorities and an extraordinary election was held on December 7, 2003. Meanwhile, Carlos Flores Dueñas of the PRI served as interim governor.
Two candidates stood in the extraordinary election: Gustavo Vázquez Montes, representing an alliance of the PRI,Labour Party (PT), andGreen Ecological Party of Mexico (PVEM), and Antonio Morales de la Peña of the PAN standing as theAlianza Todos por Colima candidate (an unusual combination of PAN and PRD, and the localADC party). The state electoral institute declared Vázquez Montes the winner and he was sworn in on January 1, 2004.
Barely 14 months into his gubernatorial term, however, Vázquez Montes was killed in an airplane accident overMichoacán on February 24, 2005.Arnoldo Ochoa González of the PRI was appointed acting governor; a fresh election was held on April 10, 2005, withSilverio Cavazos – the victor in that contest, representing a PRI/PVEM/PT alliance – to be sworn in on May 5.