Chamber of Deputies of Mexico

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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 [1] of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.

1 Composition
2 Election of July 2006 (60th Legislature)
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Composition

The Chamber of Deputies is composed of one "deputy" 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. The remaining 200 "party deputies" are assigned through complex 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 deputies.

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.

[edit] Election of July 2006 (60th Legislature)

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**Summary of the 2 July 2006 **Chamber of Deputies of Mexico** election results**
Alliances and parties			Votes	%	FPP Seats	PR Seats	Total
	National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional)		13,876,499	33.41	137	69	206
	Coalition for the Good of All (Coalición por el Bien de Todos)	Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática)	12,040,698	28.99	100	60	160
		Labour Party (Partido del Trabajo)
		Convergence (Convergencia)
	Alliance for Mexico (Alianza por México)	Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional)	11,704,639	28.18	63	58	121
	Alliance for Mexico (Alianza por México)	Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (Partido Verde Ecologista de México)	11,704,639	28.18	63	58	121
	New Alliance Party (Partido Nueva Alianza)		1,887,667	4.55	0	9	9
	Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party (Partido Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina)		852,849	2.05	0	4	4
Total			41,531,750	100.00	300	200	500
Source: IFE