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Senate of the United Mexican States
Senado de los
Estados Unidos MexicanosLXI Legislature Type Founded October 4, 1824 Type Upper house Leadership President of the Senate José González Morfín, (PAN)
since September 1, 2011Structure Members 128 Political groups
IndependentLength of term 6 years (no reelection) Authority Chapter II of the Constitution of the United Mexican States Elections Voting system Direct election Last election July 2, 2006 Motto La Patria Es Primero
(The Country Is First)Meeting place Senate Tribune
Senate Palace
Mexico City
MexicoWebsite 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:
- 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 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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Term and current composition
- See main article: LXI 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 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.
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Former Main Senate Chambers at corner of Donceles and Xicotencatl Streets in the historic center of Mexico City.
Last election
election results Summary of the 2 July 2006 Mexican SenateParties and/or coalitions Votes % FPP FM PR Total seats 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 External links
- (Spanish) Official Website of the Mexican Senate
Landmarks and historic buildings of Mexico City Centro Zócalo
and immediate vicinitySchools and colleges Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana · Academia Mexicana de la Historia · Academy of San Carlos · Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas · Antigua Escuela de Economía · Colegio Nacional · Colegio de Minería
Government buildings Old Customs Building · Chamber of Deputies · Departamento de Estadistica Nacional · Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters · Senate building · Supreme Court building · Palace of the Marqués del Apartado · Library of the Congress of Mexico
Religious buildings Nuestra Señora de Loreto Church · Church of San Francisco · Church of Nuestra Señora de Valvanera · Church of San Bernardo · Ex Temple of Corpus Christi · La Enseñanza Church · La Merced Cloister · La Santisima Church · Temple and Ex-convent of Jesus Maria · Church of San Juan de Dios · Santa VeraCruz Church · Regina Coeli Church · Santa Teresa la Antigua · Temple of San Pablo el Nuevo · Church of Santo Domingo · Temple of Saint Augustine · Temple of San Felipe Neri "La Profesa" · Church of La Soledad
Museums San Ildefonso College · Caricature Museum · Franz Mayer Museum · Museum of the City of Mexico · Interactive Museum of Economics · Museo de Arte Popular · José Luis Cuevas Museum · Palace of the Inquisition (Museum of Mexican Medicine) · Mexican Army Museum · Museo Nacional de Arte · Museo de Charrería · Museo de la Estampa · Museo de Estanquillo · Museum Archive of Photography · Museum of Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público · San Pedro y San Pablo College (Museum of Light) · House of the First Print Shop in the Americas · National Museum of Cultures · Borda House, Mexico City
Palaces Castillo de Chapultepec · Palace of Iturbide · Palacio de Bellas Artes · Palacio de Correos de Mexico · Casa de los Azulejos · Houses of the Mayorazgo de Guerrero · Palace of the Marqués del Apartado · Palacio de la Autónomia
Historic houses Tlaxcala House · House of Count de la Torre de Cossio · House of the Marquis of Uluapa · House of the Count de la Torre Cosío y la Cortina
Other Plaza Garibaldi · Antigua Escuela de Jurisprudencia · Chinatown (Barrio Chino) · Tlaxcala House · Garden of the Triple Alliance · Centro Cultural de España (Mexico City) · INAH Building · Abelardo L. Rodriguez Market · La Merced Market · Lirico Theatre · Alameda Park · Plaza Santo Domingo · Teatro Hidalgo · Teatro de la Ciudad · Torre Latinoamericana · Hospital de Jesús Nazareno · Tlaxcoaque
Coordinates: 19°26′11.57″N 99°8′19.37″W / 19.4365472°N 99.1387139°W
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