Chamber of Deputies of Mexico

Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Cámara de Diputados
LXI Legislature
Seal of the Chamber of Deputies
Type
Founded September 28, 1821 (1821-09-28)
Type Lower house
Leadership
President of
the Chamber
of Deputies
Emilio Chuayffet, (PRI)
since September 1, 2011 (2011-09-01)
Structure
Members 500
LXI LegislaturaCamaradeDiputadosMexico.png
Political groups      PAN (Mexico).svg      PRI Party (Mexico).svg
     PRD logo (Mexico).svg      Mexican Green Party.png
     Convergencia (Mexico) logo.PNG      Logo PT.JPG
     Nueva-alianza.jpg      Independent
Meeting place
Mexico Chamber of Deputies backdrop.jpg
Chamber of Deputies
San Lázaro Legislative Palace
Mexico City
Mexico
Website
Official Website of the Chamber of Deputies

The Chamber of Deputies (in Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, Mexico's bicameral legislature. The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the current constitution.

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Composition

The Chamber of Deputies is composed of one federal representative (in Spanish: diputado federal) for every 200,000 citizens. Currently (as of 2006 election) there are 500 deputies.

Of these, 300 "majority deputies" are directly elected by plurality from single-member districts (Federal Electoral Districts). The remaining 200 "party deputies" are assigned through rules of proportional representation. These seats are not tied to districts; rather, they are allocated to parties based on each party's share of the national vote. The 200 party deputies are intended to counterbalance the sectional interests of the district-based representatives. Substitutes are elected at the same time as each deputy.

The Chamber of Deputies is completely replaced every three years since all seats are subject to reelection and deputies are not permitted to serve consecutive terms. Congressional elections held halfway into the president's six year mandate are known as mid-term elections.

Current Representatives

See Main article: LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress

Last election

e • d Summary of the 5 July 2009 Mexican Chamber of Deputies election results
Party Votes  % (of
all votes)
Seats +/−  %
Institutional Revolutionary Party 12,591,855 36.68% 241 +135 48.2%
National Action Party 9,549,798 27.98% 147 −59 29.4%
Party of the Democratic Revolution 4,164,393 12.20% 72 −54 14.4%
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 2,291,298 6.71% 17 ±0 3.4%
Labor Party 1,258,341 3.68% 9 −2 1.8%
New Alliance Party 1,164,999 3.41% 8 −1 1.6%
Convergence 850,777 2.49% 6 −12 1.2%
Social Democratic Party 353,261 1.03% 0 −5
Independents 62,101 0.18% 0 −2
Valid votes 32,286,823 94.61% 500 100.0%
Invalid votes 1,839,971 5.39%  
Total votes (turnout: %) 34,126,794 100.0%
Sources: El Universal, IFE PREP 2009

See also

External links

Coordinates: 19°25′48″N 99°07′04″W / 19.43°N 99.11778°W / 19.43; -99.11778


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