SENATE OF MEXICO

The 'Senate' (Spanish: ''Cámara de Senadores'' or ''Senado'') 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:

★ Two for each of the 31 states and two for the Federal District ''elected'' under the principle of relative majority;

★ One for each of the 31 states and one for the Federal District, ''assigned'' under the principle of first minority (i.e. awarded to the party who had won the second highest number of votes within the state or Federal District);

★ Thirty-two national senators-at-large, divided among the parties in proportion to their share of the national vote.
In a senatorial race, each party nominates 2 candidates who run and are elected ''together'' by direct vote. The party of the 2 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 before the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE).

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Term and current Composition

Last election

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Term and current Composition

:''See main article: LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress''
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 2006 to 2009) is known as the 'LX Legislatura' (''60th Legislature'').
Senators are elected to serve during two legislatures of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies. Thus, current Senators (who were elected in the July 2, 2006 election) will serve during the '60th' and '61st Legislatures' of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies.

Last election

External link

★ Official Website of the Mexican Senate