Congress of the Union

The Union Mexico Congress ( Congreso de la Unión de México ) is the legislature of the State of Mexico. It consists of two chambers, the Senate ( Senado de México ) and the House of Representatives.

The Senate ( Cámara de Senadores or Senado ) is composed of 128 senators. They represent the state as a whole and are elected for six years. The senators are composed of two Senators for the 31 states and the Federal District, elected from candidates of each strongest party, as well as one of the Senator 's second largest party. Another 32 senators are determined by proportional representation throughout the country.

The Chamber of Deputies ( Cámara de Deputies corresponds to the British House of Commons ) consists of 500 deputies. Each represents an average of 200,000 voters ( for three years without re-election ). Here, 300 members are elected directly ( " representación proporcional ", according to majority vote in single-member constituencies ) and 200 indirectly ( " mayoria relativa " ), proportionally according to a complicated list suffrage. The composition corresponds approximately to the percentage of the parties throughout the country.

The midterm elections in the middle of the 6- year term of the President meet the mid - term elections in the U.S..

• 54 seats PAN - Partido Acción Nacional de México ( conservative National Action )
• 36 seats PRD - Partido de la Revolución Democrática ( Party of the Democratic Revolution)
• 33 seats PRI - Partido Revolucionario Institucional ( Institutional Revolutionary Party, until 1997 belonged Unity Party )
• 6 seats EMPA - Partido Verde Ecologista de México ( Green Ecological Party of Mexico )
• 5 seats PT - Partido del Trabajo ( Labour Party )
• 5 seats Convergencia ( convergence )
• 1 seat Partido Nueva Alianza ( New Alliance Party).

• Parliament ( America)
• Parliament by State
• Policy ( Mexico)
• Right (Mexico)