The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of Mexico's bicameral legislature, the Congress of the Union. The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. ... Chamber of the Estates-General, the Dutch legislature. ... The Congress of Mexico (formally: el Congreso de la Unión or Congress of the Union) is the legislative branch of the Mexican government. ... This article is about the current Political Constitution of the United Mexican States. ...

President Vicente Fox addressing the Chamber of Deputies

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2000x1312, 192 KB) English Mexican President Vicente Fox addressing the Mexican Congress in his 4th State of the Union Speech. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2000x1312, 192 KB) English Mexican President Vicente Fox addressing the Mexican Congress in his 4th State of the Union Speech. ... Term of office: December 1, 2000 – present Preceded by: Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León Succeeded by: incumbent Date of birth: July 2, 1942 Place of birth: Mexico City Profession: Industrialist First Lady: Marta Sahagún Political Party: National Action Party Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) is the...

Composition

The Chamber of Deputies comprises 500 members.

Of these, 300 are elected from single-member districts on a first-past-the-post (FPP) basis. The remaining 200 are elected by means of proportional representation on a party-list basis from five multi-state constituencies (circunscripciones). The 200 PR deputies are intended to counterbalance the bias introduced into the system by the winner-take-all single-member districts. The First Past the Post electoral system, is a voting system for single-member districts. ... Proportional representation (PR) is any election system which ensures a proportionally representative result of a democratic election, x% of votes should be represented by x% in the democratic institutions, parliament or congress. ...

Congressional elections take place every three years. An election is held simultaneously with the presidential election, and then mid-term elections are held halfway into the president's six-year mandate. The entire Chamber is replaced on both of those occasions, and deputies are disqualified from serving in two consecutive legislatures.

Election of July 2003 (59th Legislature)

Congressional elections were last held on 6 July 2003. The National Action Party (Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional), known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative party and one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican political party that wielded hegemonic power in the country – under a succession of names – for more than 70 years. ... The Party of the Democratic Revolution (in Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD) is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... The Labour Party (Partido del Trabajo, abbreviated to PT) is a Mexican political party. ... The Green Ecological Party of Mexico (Spanish: Partido Verde Ecologista de México, known by the abbreviation PVEM) is one of the six political parties to enjoy representation in the Mexican Congress. ... Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia) is a political party in Mexico. ... In politics, an independent is a a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Politics of Mexico
• List of political parties in Mexico
• Mexican Senate

The 1917 Constitution of Mexico provides for a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches. ... This article lists political parties in Mexico. ... The Senate (Spanish: Cámara de Senadores or Senado) is the upper house of Mexicos bicameral Congress. ...

External links

• Chamber of Deputies (in Spanish)
• Federal Electoral Institute (in Spanish)