LV Legislature of the Mexican Congress
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| Legislative body | Congress of the Union | ||||
| Meeting place | Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro (Chamber of Deputies/Congress) Casona de Xicoténcatl (Senate) | ||||
| Term | 1 September 1991 – 31 August 1994 | ||||
| Election | 18 August 1991 | ||||
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| Members | 64 | ||||
| Chamber of Deputies | |||||
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| Members | 500 | ||||
The LV Legislature of the Congress of the Union of Mexico (55th Congress) met from 1 September 1991 to 31 August 1994.
32 senators and all of the deputies had been elected in the 1991 legislative elections. The deputies served three years and the senators six, continuing into the 56th Congress.
The PRI regained near-total control of the legislature, with nearly two-thirds of the deputies and all but three senators.
Legislation
Constitutional Reforms
New Laws
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Senate
By political party
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PAN | 1 |
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PRI | 61 |
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PRD | 2 |
By federative entity
Parliamentary coordinators
Partido Acción Nacional
Partido Revolucionario Institucional:
Partido de la Revolución Democrática:
Chamber of Deputies
The Chamber of Deputies had 500 legislators, elected for three-year terms with no immediate reelection. 300 deputies were elected from single-member districts and the other 200 from party lists in each of the five proportional representation electoral regions.
Deputies by political party
| Party | Deputies (SMD) | Deputies (PR) | Total Deputies | |
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Partido Acción Nacional | 11 | 78 | 89 |
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Partido Revolucionario Institucional | 289 | 31 | 320 |
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Partido Popular Socialista | 0 | 12 | 12 |
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Partido Auténtico de la Revolución Mexicana | 0 | 15 | 15 |
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Partido del Frente Cardenista de Reconstrucción Nacional | 0 | 23 | 23 |
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Partido de la Revolución Democrática | 0 | 41 | 41 |
Deputies from single-member districts
Proportional representation deputies
Presidents of the Head Commission of the Chamber of Deputies
- (1991 - 1993): Fernando Ortiz Arana
- (1993 - 1994): María de los Ángeles Moreno
Parliamentary coordinators
- Partido Acción Nacional:
- (1991 - 1993): Diego Fernández de Cevallos
- (1993 - 1994): Gabriel Jiménez Remus
- Partido Revolucionario Institucional :
- Partido de la Revolución Democrática: