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Congress of the State of Guanajuato | |
Native Name: | Congreso del Estado de Guanajuato |
Coa Pic: | Coat of arms of Guanajuato.svg |
Legislature: | LXIV Legislature |
House Type: | Unicameral |
Leader1 Type: | President |
Leader1: | Isidoro Bazaldúa Lugo[1] |
Party1: | PRD |
Leader2 Type: | Vice president |
Leader2: | Martha Isabel Delgado Zárate |
Party2: | PAN |
Leader3 Type: | Secretary |
Leader3: | Germán Cervantes Vega |
Party3: | PAN |
Leader4 Type: | Vice secretary |
Leader4: | María Carmen Vaca González |
Party4: | MORENA |
Members: | 36 |
Voting System1: | First-past-the-post for 22 electoral district seats and Mixed-member proportional representation for 14 proportional representation seats |
Last Election1: | July 1, 2018 |
Term Length: | 3 years |
Authority: | Title V, Chapter II, Section 1 of the Political Constitution of the State of Guanajuato[2] |
Structure1: | Composición del congreso.jpg |
Structure1 Res: | 250px |
Political Groups1: | [3] |
Salary: | 178,000 MXN[4] |
Meeting Place: | Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico |
Website: | Website of the Congress of Guanajuato |
The Congress of the State of Guanajuato (Spanish; Castilian: Congreso del Estado de Guanajuato) is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Guanajuato. The Congress is the governmental deliberative body of Guanajuato, which is equal to, and independent of, the executive.
The Congress is unicameral and its current session consists of 36 local deputies (22 elected by the first-past-the-post system and 14 by proportional representation). Deputies are elected to serve for a three-year term.
Since its installation the congress has been renewed 63 times, hence the current session of the Congress of Guanajuato (whose term lasts form to 2018 to 2021) is known as the LXIV Legislature.