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Article 94
 

1. The following are causes for the loss of registration of a political party:


a) To not participate in an ordinary electoral process;


b) To fail to obtain, in the immediately previous ordinary election, at least three percent of the validly cast votes in any of the elections for representatives, senators or President of the United Mexican States in the case of national political parties, or for Governor, representatives to the local legislatures and city councils as well as Chief of Government, representatives to the Legislative Assembly and the heads of the political-administrative bodies of the boroughs of the Federal District in the case of a local political party;


c) To fail to obtain at least three percent of the validly cast votes in any of the ordinary federal elections for representatives, senators or President of the United Mexican States in the case of a national political party, or for Governor, representatives to the local legislatures and city councils as well as Chief of Government, representatives to the Legislative Assembly and the heads of the political-administrative bodies of the boroughs of the Federal District in the case of a local political party, if the party participates in a coalition;


d) To no longer comply with the requirements necessary to obtain the registration;


e) To seriously and systematically fail to comply with the obligations set out in the electoral legislation, as determined by the General Council of the Institute or of the Local Public Bodies;


f) To have been declared as dissolved by an agreement by its members, in accordance with the provisions of its statutes, and


g) To have merged with another political party.