Senate of the United Mexican States Senado de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
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LXI Legislature | |
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Founded | October 4, 1824 |
Type | Upper house |
Leadership | |
President of the Senate | José González Morfín, (PAN) since September 1, 2011 |
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Members | 128 |
Political groups | Independent |
Length of term | 6 years (no reelection) |
Authority | Chapter II of the Constitution of the United Mexican States |
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Voting system | Direct election |
Last election | July 2, 2006 |
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La Patria Es Primero (The Country Is First) |
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Senate Tribune Senate Palace Mexico City Mexico |
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Official Website of the Mexican Senate |
The Senate of the Republic, (Spanish: Senado de la República) constitutionally Chamber of Senators of the Honorable Congress of the Union (Spanish: Cámara de Senadores del H. Congreso de la Unión, is the upper house of Mexico's bicameral Congress.
After a series of reforms during the 1990s, it is now made up of 128 senators:
In a senatorial race, each party nominates two candidates who run and are elected together by direct vote. The party of the two candidates that won the second highest vote within the state or the Federal District then assigns a senator to occupy the third seat (first minority seat), according to the list of candidates that the party registered with the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE).
Senators serve six-year terms, running concurrently with the President of Mexico. Special elections are rare, as substitutes are chosen at every election.
The Senate is completely renewed every six years, since senators are barred from immediate reelection.
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In Spanish, it is conventional to refer to each Legislature of the Senate by the Roman numeral of its term.
The current session (whose term lasts from 2009 to 2012) is known as the LXI Legislatura (61st Legislature).
Senators are elected to serve during two legislatures of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies. Thus, current Senators (who were elected in the general election of July 2, 2006) will serve during the 60th and 61st Legislatures of the Chamber of Deputies.
Parties and/or coalitions | Votes | % | FPP | FM | PR | Total seats | ||
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National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional) | 14,035,503 | 33.63 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 52 | ||
Coalition for the Good of All (Coalición por el Bien de Todos) |
Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática) | 12,397,008 | 29.70 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 31 | |
Labour Party (Partido del Trabajo) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Convergence (Convergencia) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Alliance for Mexico (Alianza por México) |
Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) | 11,681,395 | 27.99 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 35 | |
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (Partido Verde Ecologista de México) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||
New Alliance Party (Partido Nuevo Alianza) | 1,688,198 | 4.04 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party {Partido Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina) | 795,730 | 1.91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 41,739,188 | 100.00 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 128 | ||
Source: Senate |
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