LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress

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The LIX Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 2003 to August 2006. All members of the lower house (Chamber of Deputies) of the Congress were elected in the elections of July 2003 while members of the upper house (Senate) were elected in the elections of July 2000.

Contents 1 Composition 1.1 Chamber of Deputies 1.2 Senate of Mexico 2 Notable members 2.1 Chamber of Deputies 2.2 Senate 3 Elections results 3.1 Chamber of deputies 3.2 Senate of Mexico 4 External links

[edit] Composition

[edit] Chamber of Deputies

Party		Members	Percentage
	PRI	223	45%
	PAN	148	30%
	PRD	97	19%
	Green	17	3%
	Labour	6	1%
	Convergence	5	1%
Independent		4	1%

[edit] Senate of Mexico

Party		Members	Percentage
	PRI	58	45%
	PAN	47	37%
	PRD	15	12%
	Green	5	4%
Independent		3	2%

[edit] Notable members

[edit] Chamber of Deputies

Some notable members of the LIX Legislature in the Chamber of Deputies include (from a total of 500):

PAN

• Federico Döring Casar
• Francisco Barrio
• Beatriz Zavala

PVEM

• Jorge Kahwagi

PRD

• Emiliano Ramos
• Manuel Camacho Solís

PRI

• Cristina Díaz Salazar
• Elba Esther Gordillo
• Marcela Guerra
• Juan Carlos Pérez Góngora
• Roberto Vega Galina

[edit] Senate

Some notable members of the LIX Legislature in the Chamber of Senators include (from a total of 128):

PAN

• Addy Joaquín Coldwell
• Diego Fernández de Cevallos

PRI

• Dulce María Sauri Riancho
• Enrique Jackson

[edit] Elections results

[edit] Chamber of deputies

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Summary of the 6 July 2003 Chamber of Deputies of Mexico election results

Parties		Votes	%	FPP Seats	PR Seats	Total
PRI/PVEM	Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional)		30.6	161	63	224
	Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (Partido Verde Ecologista de México)		4.0	3	14	17
	PRI-PVEM lists		13.4
National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional)			23.1	80	69	149
Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática)			17.6	56	41	97
Labour Party (Partido del Trabajo)			2.4	0	6	6
Convergence for Democracy (Convergencia por la Democracia)			2.3	0	5	5
Independents				0	2	2
Total				300	200	500
Source: IFE/PREP and Grupa Reforma

[edit] Senate of Mexico

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Summary of the 2 July 2000 Senate of Mexico election results

Alliances and parties		Votes	%	Seats
Alliance for Change (Alianza por el cambio)	National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional)		38.1	46
	Green Ecological Party of Mexico (Partido Verde Ecologista de México)			5
Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional)			36.7	60
Alliance for Mexico (Alianza por México)	Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática)		18.9	15
	Labour Party (Partido del Trabajo)			1
	Convergence for Democracy (Convergencia por la Democracia])			1
	Social Alliance Party (Partido Alianza Social )			-
	Party of the Nationalist Society (Partido de la Sociedad Nacionalista)			-
Social Democracy (Democracia Social)			1.8	-
Party of the Democratic Centre (Partido de Centro Democrático] )			1.4	-
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution (Partido Auténtico de la Revolución Mexicana)			0.7	-
Total (turnout 64.0 %)				128
Source: IFE

[edit] External links

• Chamber of Deputies website
• Chamber of Senators website

Preceded by LVIII Legislature

LIX Legislature September 2003 to August 2006

Succeeded by LX Legislature