LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress explained

LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress
Before:61st
After:63rd
Chamber1:Senate of the Republic
Chamber2:Chamber of Deputies
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:Senate President
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Chamber President
Body:Congress of the Union
Chamber1 Leader1:Ernesto Cordero Arroyo (2012-2013)
Raúl Cervantes Andrade (2013-2014)
Miguel Barbosa Huerta (2014-2015)
Chamber2 Leader1:Jesús Murillo Karam (2012)
Francisco Arroyo Vieyra (2012-2013)
Ricardo Anaya (2013-2014)
José González Morfin (2014)
Silvano Aureoles Conejo (2014-2015)
Tomás Torres Mercado (2015)
Julio César Moreno Rivera (2015)

The LXII Legislature of the Congress of the Union, the 62nd session of the Congress of Mexico, met from September 1, 2012, to August 31, 2015. It consisted of Senators and Deputies in their respective chambers. All members of both the lower and upper houses of the Congress were elected in the elections of July 2012.

Senators were elected for a six-year term during the 2012 elections, allowing them to serve in both the LXII and subsequent legislatures. Deputies, also elected in the 2012 elections, served exclusively during the LXII Legislature.

The composition of the LXII Legislature was as follows:

Senate of the Republic

Members of the Senate of the Republic are elected for a term of six years. Each of the states elects three senators, complemented by an additional 32 senators selected from a national list, totaling 128 senators.

The composition of the Senate in the LXII Legislature is as follows:

Number of Senators by Political Party

For the internal governance of the Senate, senators are organized by the political party through which they were elected into parliamentary groups. Each group is led by a coordinator. The coordinators from all groups collectively form the Political Coordination Board of the Senate.

Senate elections

The Institutional Revolutionary Party & the allied Green Party failed to gain a simple majority in either house. As a result, the PRI had to form crossparty coalitions in order to pass key reforms, particularly those requiring constitutional amendments.[1] In the July 2012 elections the PRI gained 2 seats, ending with 52. The PAN gained 5 seats, ending with 38. The PRD lost 1 seat, ending with 22. The PVEM gained 1 seat, ending with 9. The Labor Party lost 1 seat, ending with 4. The PANAL lost 3, ending with 2 seats. The MC lost 3 seats, ending with 1.

Senators

Colspan=2 Party !Senators
Relative Majority
Senators
First Minority
[2]
Senators[3]
Proportional Rep.
Total
16 13 9 38
30 11 11 52
11 5 6 22
1 2 3 6
6 1 2 9
Movimiento Ciudadano (partido político) 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 1
Colspan=2 Total 6432 32 128
Colspan=6Source: Federal Electoral Institute. [4]

The 128 Senators that make up the LXII Legislature are as follows:

By state

State Senator Party State Senator Party
PRD
Aguascalientes Morelos PRI
Aguascalientes Morelos PRD
PRI
Baja California Nayarit PRI
Baja California Nayarit PAN
PRI
Baja California Sur Nuevo León PAN
Baja California Sur Nuevo León PRI
PRI
Campeche Oaxaca PRD
Campeche Oaxaca PRD
PRI
Chiapas Puebla PAN
Chiapas Puebla PRI
PRI
Chihuahua Querétaro PAN
Chihuahua Querétaro PAN
PRD
Coahuila Quintana Roo PRI
Coahuila Quintana Roo PVEM
PAN
Colima San Luis Potosí PAN
Colima San Luis Potosí PRI
PRI
Federal District Sinaloa PRI
Federal District Sinaloa PAN
PAN
Durango Sonora PRI
Durango Sonora PRI
PRD
Guanajuato Tabasco PRD
Guanajuato Tabasco PRI
PRI
Guerrero Tamaulipas PAN
Guerrero Tamaulipas PAN
PRD
Hidalgo Tlaxcala PAN
Hidalgo Tlaxcala PT
PRI
Jalisco María Verónica Martínez Espinoza
Replacing Arturo Zamora Jiménez
PRIVeracruz PAN
Jalisco Veracruz PRI
PRI
Mexico State Yucatán PAN
Mexico State Yucatán PAN
PT
Michoacán Zacatecas PVEM
Michoacán Zacatecas PRI

Plurinominal Senators

Senator Party Senator Party
PRI
PAN
PT
PAN
PRD
PRI
María del Pilar Ortega Martínez
Replacing Alonso Lujambio
PAN
PRI
PRD
PAN
PRI
PVEM
PRI
PRD
MC
PAN

Chamber of Deputies elections

The Institutional Revolutionary Party lost 32 seats, ending with 207. The PAN lost 28 seats, ending with 114. The PRD gained 31 seats, ending with 100. The Green Party gained 11 seats, ending with 34. The PT gained 6 seats, ending with 19. The New Alliance gained 3 seats, ending with 10. The Citizens Movement gained 10 seats, ending with 16. 1 independent seat was lost, and now there are none in the Chamber of Deputies.

Deputies

By relative majority election

State Name Party State Name Party
Campeche Oaxaca PRD
Veracruz Puebla PAN
Colima Aguascalientes PAN
Federal District Guerrero MC
Querétaro Coahuila PRI
Federal District Quintana Roo PRI
Jalisco Nuevo León PAN
Tlaxcala Mexico PRI
Puebla Tamaulipas PAN
San Luis Potosí Baja California PRI
Veracruz Federal District MORENA
Mexico Nuevo León PAN
Federal District Veracruz PAN
Chihuahua Veracruz PRI
Oaxaca Chiapas PVEM
Jalisco Sonora PAN
Veracruz Jalisco PRI
Sonora Mexico PRI
Querétaro Federal District PRD
Chihuahua Mexico PRI
Michoacán Puebla PRI
San Luis Potosí Mexico PRI
Hidalgo San Luis Potosí PRI
Jalisco Baja California PRI
Jalisco Oaxaca MORENA
Querétaro Morelos MORENA
Guanajuato Veracruz Ángel Abel Mavil
Replacing Fernando Charleston
PRI
Michoacán Baja California Ricardo Medina Fierro
Replacing Gilberto Hirata
PRI
Mexico Tabasco PRD
Federal District Tabasco MORENA
Mexico Oaxaca PRD
Mexico Jalisco PRI
Oaxaca Durango PRI
Mexico Guerrero PRD
San Luis Potosí Federal District PRD
Federal District Hidalgo PRI
Mexico Guerrero PRD
Campeche Veracruz PRI
Guerrero Chihuahua PRI
Tabasco Puebla PRI
Zacatecas Federal District PRD
Jalisco Mexico PRI
Tabasco Aguascalientes PRI
Nuevo León Federal District PRD
Mexico Hidalgo PRI
Guanajuato Federal District PRD
Puebla Chihuahua PRI
Federal District Morelos PRD
Mexico Chiapas PVEM
Tamaulipas San Luis Potosí PRI
Veracruz Mexico PRD
Federal District Guanajuato PRI
Mexico Jalisco PRI
Guanajuato Mexico PRI
Veracruz Nuevo León PAN
Federal District Michoacán PVEM
Chihuahua Nayarit PRI
Puebla Liliana Castillo Terreros
Replacing Julio César Lorenzini
Chiapas PRI
Baja California Guanajuato PAN
Jalisco Michoacán PRI
Michoacán Yucatán PRI
Jalisco Morelos PRD
Nuevo León Tamaulipas PAN
Morelos Michoacán PRI
Sinaloa Puebla PAN
Mexico Sonora PAN
Federal District Guanajuato PAN
Mexico Tamaulipas PAN
Coahuila Sinaloa PRI
Jalisco Jalisco PRI
Guerrero Chiapas PVEM
Tamaulipas Yucatán PAN
Baja California Sur Veracruz PRI
Guerrero Baja California Sur PAN
Mexico Sinaloa PAN
Coahuila Veracruz Patricia Peña Recio
Replacing Joaquín Caballero Rosiñol
PRI
Veracruz Juan Isidro Del Bosque
Replacing Juan Manuel Diez Francos
Chiapas PRI
Mexico Jalisco PRI
Jalisco Guanajuato PVEM
Chiapas Baja California PVEM
Puebla Mexico PRI
Mexico Guerrero PRD
Oaxaca Tamaulipas PAN
Puebla Quintana Roo PRI
Chihuahua Michoacán PRI
Chihuahua Coahuila PAN
Guerrero Federal District PRD
Coahuila Mexico PRI
Durango Guanajuato PRI
Federal District Sonora PAN
Michoacán Mexico PRI
Sonora Federal District PRD
Mexico Nuevo León PAN
Zacatecas Baja California PRI
Veracruz Nayarit PRI
Mexico Morelos PRD
Coahuila Guanajuato PAN
Federal District Hidalgo PRI
Nuevo León Mexico PRI
Chihuahua Oaxaca PT
Sonora Michoacán PRI
Veracruz Zacatecas PVEM
Querétaro Federal District PRD
Michoacán Sinaloa PRI
Nuevo León Veracruz PRI
Tamaulipas Mexico PRI
Puebla Mexico PRI
Puebla Yucatán PRI
Puebla Mexico PRD
Guanajuato Quintana Roo PRD
Baja California Guerrero PRD
Tabasco Jalisco PRI
Jalisco Tamaulipas PAN
Guanajuato Mexico PRI
Mexico Veracruz PRI
Chiapas Puebla PRI
Chiapas Tlaxcala PRI
Jalisco Federal District Hugo Sandoval Martínez
Replacing Alejandro Sánchez Camacho
PRD
Nayarit Tabasco PRD
Aguascalientes Baja California PRI
Mexico Veracruz PAN
Mexico Yucatán PRI
Michoacán Oaxaca MC
Jalisco Federal District PAN
Mexico San Luis Potosí PRI
Jalisco San Luis Potosí PRI
Nuevo León Coahuila PAN
Hidalgo Nuevo León PRI
Puebla Mexico PRI
Chiapas Sinaloa PRI
Mexico Oaxaca MORENA
Nuevo León Guanajuato PAN
Zacatecas Puebla PRI
Puebla Veracruz PRI
Chiapas Mario Francisco Guillén Guillén
Replacing Oscar Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar
VeracruzPRI
Oaxaca Tlaxcala PRD
Chiapas Yucatán PRI
Nuevo León Hidalgo PRI
Oaxaca Guanajuato PRI
Sinaloa Sinaloa Mirna Velázquez López
Replacing Sergio Torres Félix
PRI
Veracruz Chihuahua PRI
Veracruz Chiapas PVEM
Michoacán Federal District MORENA
Hidalgo Guanajuato PAN
Mexico Durango PRI
Durango Mexico PRI
Federal District Mexico PRI
Federal District Federal District PRD
Sinaloa Sonora PAN
Federal District Colima PRI

Plurinominal Deputies

State Name Party State Name Party
Federal District Zacatecas PRD
Chihuahua Puebla PRI
Mexico Colima PAN
Morelos Puebla PRD
Tlaxcala Mexico PRI
Chihuahua Chiapas PRI
Federal District Michoacán PRD
Veracruz Federal District PVEM
Guanajuato Michoacán PT
Michoacán Quintana Roo PVEM
Querétaro Guerrero MC
Michoacán Mexico PRD
Nuevo León Oaxaca PRD
Coahuila Nuevo León PRI
Guerrero Puebla PAN
Chiapas Veracruz PRD
Tamaulipas Guerrero PRD
Nuevo León Mexico PAN
Federal District Federal District MORENA
Guanajuato Mexico PRD
Federal District Federal District PRD
Sonora Campeche PRI
Federal District Federal District PRD
Sonora Sinaloa PAN
Tamaulipas Morelos PRD
Mexico Federal District PRI
Baja California Guanajuato PAN
Yucatán Sonora PAN
Querétaro Federal District PRD
Guanajuato Zacatecas PT
Veracruz Colima PRI
Campeche Colima PVEM
Tabasco Federal District PANAL
Mexico Federal District PT
Aguascalientes Mexico PVEM
Guanajuato Yucatán PRI
Mexico Federal District MORENA
Nuevo León Durango PRI
Coahuila Mexico PVEM
Sinaloa Sonora PAN
Chiapas Carlos Octavio Castellanos
Replacing Raciel López Salazar
Federal District PAN
Mexico Jalisco PAN
Nuevo León Campeche PRI
Nuevo León Mexico PRD
Yucatán Mexico PRD
Federal District Rodrigo Chávez Contreras
Replacing Martí Batres
Durango PRI
Veracruz San Luis Potosí PAN
Chihuahua Morelos PAN
Puebla Jalisco PRI
Jalisco Mexico PRD
Federal District Chihuahua PAN
Jalisco Quintana Roo PAN
Oaxaca Chiapas PANAL
Mexico Mexico PAN
Aguascalientes Hidalgo PAN
Yucatán Chiapas PT
Baja California Hidalgo José Alberto Rodríguez Calderón
Replacing Jesús Murillo Karam
PRI
Veracruz Federal District PAN
Durango Tlaxcala PAN
Sonora Tabasco MORENA
Federal District Campeche PAN
Sinaloa Baja California Adán David Ruiz
Replacing Fernando Jorge Castro Trenti
PRI
San Luis Potosí Nuevo León PAN
Jalisco Federal District PAN
Tabasco Mexico PRI
Federal District Nuevo León PAN
Mexico Mexico PRD
Sinaloa Mexico PRD
Sinaloa Tamaulipas PAN
Quintana Roo Mexico MC
Aguascalientes Sonora PAN
Oaxaca Federal District PRD
Federal District Oaxaca PRD
Michoacán Colima PAN
Veracruz Sonora PANAL
Mexico Federal District PRD
Baja California Veracruz PT
Nuevo León Zacatecas PVEM
Jalisco Chihuahua PRD
Tamaulipas Zacatecas PAN
Tamaulipas Nuevo León PRI
Nayarit Nayarit PAN
Mexico Chiapas PAN
Veracruz Mexico PRI
Coahuila Yucatán PAN
Oaxaca Jalisco MC
Michoacán Sonora PRD
Mexico Tabasco MC
Hidalgo Martha Gutiérrez Manrique
Replacing Nuvia Mayorga Delgado
PRIOaxaca PRI
Nuevo León Morelos PRI
Puebla Sinaloa PAN
Querétaro Guanajuato PAN
Jalisco Michoacán PRI
Mexico Federal District PRI
Veracruz Chiapas PVEM
Jalisco Guanajuato PAN
Jalisco Guanajuato PAN
Aguascalientes Baja California Sur PAN
Oaxaca Roberto López Rosado
Replacing Gabriel López Rosado
Yucatán PAN
Baja California María Carmen López Segura
Replacing María Elvia Amaya Araujo
Federal District PVEM

References

  1. Web site: Seelke. Claire. Mexico’s 2012 Elections. Congressional Research Service. 10 December 2012.
  2. Web site: 23 September 2013 . Senadores Integrantes de las LXII y LXIII Legislaturas .
  3. Web site: 12 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160812044418/http://computos2012.ife.org.mx/senadores.html . Instituto Federal Electoral . 22 August 2012 . Asigna Consejo General Diputados y Senadores por el principio de representación proporcional .
  4. Web site: 12 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160812044418/http://computos2012.ife.org.mx/senadores.html . IFE . 7 August 2012 . Resultado del Cómputo de Entidad Federativa de la Elección de Senadores de 2012 .

See also