LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress explained

61st Congress
LXI Legislatura
Body:Congress of the Union
Meeting Place:Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro (Chamber of Deputies)
Edificio del Senado (Senate)
Election:5 July 2006
Before:60th
After:62nd
Chamber1:Senate of the Republic
Chamber1 Image:LX Legislatura de la Camara del Senado.svg
Membership1:128
Chamber2:Chamber of Deputies
Chamber2 Image:LXI Legislatura de la Camara de Diputados.svg
Membership2:500
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The LXI Legislature of the Congress of the Union, the 61st session of the Congress of Mexico, met from 1 September 2009 to 31 August 2012. Members of the upper house of the Congress were selected in the elections of July 2006 while members of the lower house of the Congress were selected in the elections of July 2009.

Composition

Out of 128 Senate seats, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (known as the PRI) controlled 50; the conservative National Action Party (PAN) controlled 33; while the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) controlled 23. Additionally, the Green Party of Mexico controlled eight seats, the Labor Party and the New Alliance Party each controlled five, and the Citizens' Movement four.[1]

Out of 500 seats of the Chamber of Deputies, the PRI had 239; the PAN had 142; and the PRD controlled 69. Among smaller parties, the Green Party controlled 23, the Labor Party controlled 13, the New Alliance controlled seven, and the Citizens' Movement controlled 6. Additionally there was one independent.

Senators

By state

State Name Party State Name Party
PAN
Aguascalientes Norma Esparza
Replacing Carlos Lozano de la Torre
Morelos PAN
Aguascalientes PRD
Nayarit PRI
Baja California Nayarit PRI
Baja California PRI
Nuevo León PAN
Baja California Sur Nuevo León PAN
Baja California Sur Armando Contreras Castillo
Replacing Salomón Jara Cruz
PRD
Oaxaca Ericel Gómez
Replacing Gabino Cué Monteagudo
MC
Campeche Carmen Guadalupe Fonz
Replacing Fernando Ortega Bernés
Oaxaca PRI
Campeche PAN
Puebla María Leticia Jasso
Replacing Rafael Moreno Valle
PAN
Chiapas Puebla PRI
María García Quiroz
Replacing José Eduardo Calzada Rovirosa
PRI
Chihuahua Querétaro PAN
Chihuahua Querétaro PAN
PRD
Coahuila Quintana Roo PRI
Coahuila Quintana Roo PVEM
MC
Colima San Luis Potosí PRI
Colima San Luis Potosí PAN
PRI
Federal District Sinaloa María Serrano Serrano
Replacing Heriberto Félix Guerra
PAN
Federal District Sinaloa Margarita Villaescusa Rojo
Replacing Mario López Valdez
PRI
PAN
Durango Juán Quiñones Ruiz
Replacing Rodolfo Dorador
Sonora PRI
Durango Sonora Emma Larios Gaxiola
Replacing Guillermo Padrés Elías
PAN
Dolores Gutiérrez Zurita
Replacing Arturo Núñez Jiménez
PRD
Guanajuato Tabasco PRI
Guanajuato Tabasco Martha Jiménez Oropeza
Replacing Rosalinda López Hernández
PRD
Julio César Aguirre Méndez
Replacing Lázaro Mazón Alonso
PRI
Guerrero Antelmo Alvarado
Replacing Ángel Aguirre Rivero
Tamaulipas Nelly González Aguilar
Replacing Alejandro Galván Garza
PAN
Guerrero Valentín Guzmán Soto
Replacing David Jiménez Rumbo
Tamaulipas PAN
PAN
Hidalgo Tlaxcala PANAL
Hidalgo Tlaxcala PRD
Eva Contreras Sandoval
Replacing Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez
PAN
Jalisco Veracruz MC
Jalisco Rafael Yerena Zambrano
Replacing Ramiro Hernández García
Veracruz PRD
PAN
Mexico María Guadalupe Mondragón
Replacing Ulises Ramírez Núñez
Yucatán PAN
Mexico Yucatán Cleominio Zoreda Novelo
Replacing Ivonne Ortega Pacheco
PRI
PRD
Michoacán Zacatecas PVEM
Michoacán Zacatecas PAN

Plurinominal Senators

State Name Party State State Name
Federal District Federal District Jorge Legorreta Ordorica
Replacing Gabriela Aguilar García
PVEM
Federal District Federal District PRI
Puebla Zacatecas PT
Aguascalientes Federal District PRI
Federal District Federal District PAN
Federal District Guanajuato PRD
Federal District Federal District PAN
Federal District Aguascalientes PANAL
Coahuila Federal District Javier Orozco Gómez
Replacing Irma Ortega Fajardo
PVEM
Veracruz Francisco García Lizardi
Replacing Jose Luis Lobato
Federal District PAN
Mexico Federal District PRI
Michoacán Federal District PRD
Durango Sinaloa PAN
Federal District Colima PRD
Federal District Guanajuato PAN
Sinaloa Colima PT

Deputies

By relative majority election

State Name Party State Name Party
Yucatán Efraín Aguilar Góngora
Replacing Angélica Araujo Lara
Puebla PRI
Puebla Mexico PRI
Guanajuato Viviana Agundiz
Replacing Juan Pascualli Gómez
Zacatecas PRD
Morelos Federal District PRD
Veracruz Chiapas PRI
Guerrero Chiapas PRD
Yucatán María Ester Alonzo Morales
Replacing Felipe Cervera
Tlaxcala PAN
Guerrero Tlaxcala PRI
Veracruz José Luis Álvarez Martínez
Replacing José Tomás Carrillo
Durango PRI
Oaxaca Jalisco PRI
Aguascalientes Guanajuato PAN
Jalisco Querétaro PRI
Baja California Baja California PAN
Guanajuato Mexico PRI
Guanajuato Michoacán Israel Madrigal Ceja
Replacing Julio César Godoy Toscano
PRD
Durango Pedro Ávila Nevárez
Replacing Jorge Herrera Caldera
Jalisco PAN
Tabasco Baja California PAN
Nuevo León Puebla PRI
Nuevo León Sonora PRI
San Luis Potosí Chihuahua PRI
Tabasco Chiapas PAN
Mexico Veracruz PAN
Veracruz Veracruz PRI
Guerrero María Benítez Navarrete
Replacing Mario Moreno Arcos
Coahuila PRI
Guanajuato Chiapas PAN
Sinaloa Querétaro PAN
Mexico Morelos PRI
Tabasco Jalisco PAN
Mexico Tamaulipas PRI
Sonora Patricia Calles Villegas
Replacing Jose Luis León Perea
Mexico PRI
Chiapas Veracruz PAN
Chihuahua Federal District PRD
Chihuahua Federal District PRD
Sonora Teresita Caraveo
Replacing Rogelio Díaz Brown
San Luis Potosí PAN
Federal District Oaxaca PRI
Jalisco Guanajuato PAN
Mexico Puebla PRI
Jalisco Veracruz Nely Miranda
Replacing Carolina Gudiño Corro
PRI
Yucatán Nuevo León PRI
Baja California Sur Puebla PRI
Oaxaca Colima PAN
Nuevo León Morelos PRI
Veracruz Veracruz Daniela Nadal Riquelme
Replacing Javier Duarte de Ochoa
PRI
Mexico Chiapas Moisés Narváez Ochoa
Replacing Roberto Albores Gleason
PRI
Oaxaca Puebla PVEM
Sinaloa Federal District PAN
Tabasco Mexico PRI
Mexico Federal District PRI
Chiapas Chihuahua PRI
Baja California Guanajuato PAN
Nayarit Mexico Elvira Olivas
Replacing David Sánchez Guevara
PRI
Colima Chiapas PRI
Aguascalientes Baja California PAN
Federal District Guanajuato PVEM
PANAL
Jalisco Baja California PAN
Campeche Margarita Curmina Cervera
Replacing Oscar Román Rosas
Baja California PAN
Federal District Campeche PRI
Chiapas Jalisco PRI
Oaxaca Hidalgo PRI
Tabasco San Luis Potosí PAN
Tabasco Alejandro de la Fuente Godínez
Replacing Adán Augusto López Hernández
Mexico PRI
Federal District Veracruz Aníbal Peralta Galicia
Replacing José Francisco Yunes Zorrilla
PRI
Coahuila Lily Fabiola de la Rosa
Replacing Héctor Franco López
Chihuahua PRI
Sonora Oaxaca PRI
Federal District Chihuahua PAN
Veracruz Norberta Díaz Azuara
Replacing Genaro Mejía de la Merced
Veracruz PRI
Oaxaca Mexico PRI
Mexico Federal District PVEM
Mexico Estefanía Durán Ortíz
Replacing Sergio Mancilla Zayas
Sonora PRI
Jalisco Baja California Sur Silvia Puppo Gastélum
Replacing Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor
PRD
Federal District Federal District PRI
Nuevo León Guanajuato Aranzazú Quintana
Replacing Juan Huerta Montero
PAN
San Luis Potosí Veracruz PRI
Jalisco Tamaulipas PRI
Hidalgo Guerrero PRD
Coahuila Nuevo León PAN
Federal District Oaxaca PRI
Mexico Puebla PRI
Chihuahua Jalisco PAN
Sonora Luz Mireya Franco
Replacing Manuel Ignacio Acosta Gutiérrez
Durango PRI
Querétaro Federal District PRI
Guanajuato Mexico PRI
San Luis Potosí Federal District PAN
Nayarit Nayarit PAN
Michoacán Guanajuato PAN
Michoacán Celia García Ayala
Replacing Uriel López Paredes
Guerrero PRD
Durango Querétaro PRI
Veracruz Federal District PRI
Oaxaca Veracruz Adela Robles Morales
Replacing Salvador Manzur Díaz
PRI
Tamaulipas Laura García Dávila
Replacing Everardo Villarreal Salinas
Coahuila Josefina Rodarte
Replacing Miguel Ángel Riquelme
PRI
Sinaloa Nuevo León PAN
Quintana Roo Luis García Silva
Replacing Rosario Ortiz Yeladaqui
Mexico PRI
Sinaloa San Luis Potosí PAN
Guerrero Rodolfina Gatica Garzón
Replacing Ángel Aguirre Herrera
Veracruz Rafael Rodríguez González
Replacing Judith Vázquez Saut
PRI
Mexico Morelos PRI
Tamaulipas Mexico PRI
Jalisco Hidalgo PRI
Chiapas Hidalgo PRI
Jalisco Veracruz Frida Rosas Peralta
Replacing Felipe Amadeo Flores Espinosa
PRI
Michoacán José Alfredo González Díaz
Replacing Víctor Manuel Báez Ceja
Mexico PRI
Oaxaca Michoacán Iridia Salazar
Replacing Alfonso Martínez Alcázar
PAN
Federal District Mexico PRI
Federal District José Antonio González Mata
Replacing Mauricio Toledo Gutiérrez
Guerrero PRI
Puebla Federal District PRD
Coahuila Diana Patricia González Soto
Replacing Ruben Moreira Valdez
Michoacán PRI
Puebla Morelos PRI
Yucatán Daniel Jesús Granja Peniche
Replacing Rolando Zapata Bello
Veracruz PAN
Nuevo León Federal District PRD
Nuevo León Federal District Ind.
Federal District Mexico Blanca Soria Morales
Replacing Germán Cortéz Sandoval
PRI
Tamaulipas Puebla PRI
Mexico Mexico PRI
Sonora Hidalgo Blanca Soto Plata
Replacing David Penchyna Grub
PRI
Jalisco Michoacán PAN
Coahuila Lilia Gutiérrez Burciaga
Replacing Melchor Sánchez de la Fuente
Jalisco PAN
Guanajuato Chihuahua PRI
Chiapas Sinaloa Reyna Tirado Gálvez
Replacing Aarón Irízar López
PRI
Chiapas Baja California PAN
Mexico Mexico PRI
Mexico Michoacán PRD
Jalisco Michoacán PAN
Federal District Puebla Ricardo Urzúa Rivera
Replacing Ardelio Vargas
PRI
Mexico Mexico PRI
Aguascalientes Michoacán PRD
Zacatecas Federal District PRD
Veracruz Federal District PRD
Michoacán Mexico PRI
Tamaulipas Mexico PRI
Nuevo León Mexico PRI
Quintana Roo Susana Hurtado Vallejo
Replacing Roberto Borge Angulo
Michoacán PRD
Mexico Guanajuato PAN
Jalisco Zacatecas PRI
Puebla Yucatán PVEM
Zacatecas Hidalgo PRI
Puebla Hidalgo PRI
Puebla Jalisco Arturo Villaseñor
Replacing Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña
PAN
Federal District Mexico PRI
Puebla Oaxaca PRI
Quintana Roo Tamaulipas PRI
Puebla Jalisco PRI
Veracruz Chihuahua Georgina Zapata Lucero
Replacing Héctor Murguía Lardizábal
PRI
Veracruz Mexico PRI
Sinaloa Guanajuato PAN
Sinaloa Sinaloa PRI
Mexico Guerrero PVEM
San Luis Potosí Mexico PRI
Coahuila Mexico PRI
Tlaxcala Guerrero PRI

Plurinominal Deputies

State Name Party State Name Party
Mexico Campeche PAN
Chihuahua Mexico PRI
Tlaxcala Jaime Aguilar Álvarez
Replacing Beatriz Paredes Rangel
Nuevo León PAN
Morelos Coahuila PANAL
Guerrero Federal District PT
Zacatecas Mexico PRI
Guanajuato Coahuila PRI
Yucatán Guerrero Zeus Mendoza
Replacing Ilich Lozano
PRD
Federal District Oaxaca María Mendoza Sánchez
Replacing Guillermo Zavaleta Rojas
PAN
Baja California Zacatecas PAN
Sonora Héctor Barraza Chávez
Replacing Jesús Zambrano Grijalva
Baja California Sur PRD
Guerrero Nuevo León José Isabel Meza Elizondo
Replacing Reyes Tamez
PANAL
Mexico Veracruz PAN
Mexico Campeche PAN
Puebla Federal District PT
Veracruz Mexico Jorge Alberto Muro
Replacing Adriana Hinojosa Céspedes
PAN
Sonora Michoacán PRD
Chihuahua Margarita Cano
Replacing Javier Corral Jurado
Mexico PRI
Nuevo León Jalisco PAN
Oaxaca Mexico MC
Michoacán Quintana Roo PAN
Federal District Chihuahua PRI
Veracruz Chiapas PRD
Federal District Querétaro PVEM
Guerrero Antonino Cayetano
Replacing Filemón Navarro
Jalisco PAN
Colima Nayarit PAN
Guanajuato Edgardo Chaire Chavero
Replacing Alejandra Reynoso Sánchez
Colima PAN
Jalisco Federal District PAN
Federal District Mexico PAN
Nuevo León Sonora PAN
Durango Baja California PANAL
Colima Mexico PAN
Oaxaca Nuevo León PVEM
Durango Marcos Carlos Cruz Martínez
Replacing Guadalupe Silerio
Nayarit PANAL
Nuevo León Guillermo Cueva Sada
Replacing Kattia Garza Romo
Baja California Sur Gloria Porras Valles
Replacing Isaías González Cuevas
PRI
Durango Federal District PRD
Guanajuato Michoacán PAN
Mexico Alejandro del Mazo
Replacing Carolina García Cañón
Sonora Mariano Quihuis
Replacing Carlos Samuel Moreno Terán
PVEM
Sonora Zacatecas PAN
Michoacán Pavel Díaz Juárez
Replacing Carlos Torres Piña
Yucatán PRI
Yucatán Oaxaca PRI
Puebla Coahuila PAN
Nayarit Chiapas PAN
Federal District Zacatecas Juan Carlos Regis Adame
Replacing José Narro Céspedes
PRD
Guerrero Mexico PT
Federal District Aguascalientes PAN
Michoacán Fernando Espino Arévalo
Replacing Jeny de los Reyes Aguilar
Durango Primitivo Ríos Vázquez
Replacing Anel Patricia Nava Pérez
PT
Chiapas Sinaloa PAN
Chiapas Querétaro PRI
Durango San Luis Potosí PRD
Querétaro Carlos Ezeta Salcedo
Replacing Ivette Ezeta Salcedo
Mexico PRI
Mexico Silvia Fernández Martínez
Replacing Luis Videgaray Caso
Chiapas PRI
Veracruz Sinaloa PAN
Tabasco Hidalgo PAN
Tamaulipas Guerrero PRD
Oaxaca San Luis Potosí Salomón Rosas
Replacing Sara Montiel Solís
PRI
Baja California Sur Víctor Manuel Galicia
Replacing Esthela Ponce Beltrán
Morelos Fidel Rubí Huicochea
Replacing Jesús Giles Sánchez
PAN
Aguascalientes Yucatán PRI
Oaxaca Guanajuato Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa
Replacing Yulma Rocha Aguilar
PRI
Federal District Federal District PRI
Mexico Mexico Caritina Sáenz
Replacing Raymundo Vargas Sáenz
PVEM
Chihuahua San Luis Potosí PAN
Mexico Tamaulipas PAN
Jalisco María Gómez Villalovos
Replacing Rafael Yerena Zambrano
Veracruz PAN
Jalisco Federal District PVEM
Tlaxcala Mexico Hilario Sánchez Cortés
Replacing Juventino Castro y Castro
PRD
Coahuila Guanajuato PRI
Sinaloa Valerio González Schcolnik
Replacing Manuel Clouthier Carrillo
Federal District PAN
Aguascalientes Guanajuato PAN
Mexico Chiapas PRI
Coahuila Veracruz PVEM
Mexico Jalisco PRI
Tamaulipas Campeche PAN
Federal District Mexico PRI
Federal District Tamaulipas PRI
Puebla María Guzmán Lozano
Replacing Pablo Rodríguez Regordosa
Veracruz PAN
Federal District Veracruz PRI
Hidalgo Mexico PANAL
Mexico Jorge Herrera Martínez
Replacing Diego Guerrero Rubio
Chiapas PRD
Durango Sonora PAN
Michoacán Michoacán PAN
Jalisco Querétaro PAN
Federal District San Luis Potosí PAN
Mexico Sonora PAN
Tabasco Tabasco PRI
Federal District Querétaro PAN
Campeche Federal District PRD
Mexico Guanajuato PAN
Tabasco Yucatán PAN
Baja California Tabasco PAN
Baja California Chiapas Maricarmen Valls
Replacing Roberto Gil Zuarth
PAN
Federal District Mexico PANAL
Sinaloa Hidalgo PRI
Oaxaca Nuevo León PT
Guerrero Baja California PAN
Tamaulipas Federal District PANAL
Federal District Sinaloa PRI
Chiapas Coahuila PAN
Mexico Colima PRD
Guerrero Federal District PAN
Federal District Baja California PVEM

Alternate Deputies

Name Replacing: Took office Name Replacing: Took office
Martha Bernardino 30 April 2012 Juan Carlos López Fernández 8 March 2012
José Guadalupe Vera 25 April 1012 Oralia López Hernández 2 February 2010
Eviel Pérez Magaña 2 March 2010 Alejandro Encinas 29 March 2012
Omar Rodríguez Cisneros 30 April 2012 Salvador Caro Cabrera 1 February 2012
Justino Arriaga Rojas 19 April 2012 Francisco Javier Landero 30 April 2012
Jesús Ricardo Enríquez Fuentes 30 April 2012 Carlos Bello Otero 26 April 2012
Tereso Medina 10 April 2012 Luis Félix Rodríguez Sosa 17 April 2012
Rodolfo Torre Cantú 23 February 2010 Ana María Rojas 16 February 2012
Fidel Kuri Grajales 25 March 2010 Martha Elena García 17 April 2012
Miguel Ángel García Granados 29 April 2010 Óscar González Yáñez 30 April 2012
Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo 1 February 2011 Sergio González Hernández 2 February 2010
Camilo Ramírez Puente 26 April 2012 Obdulia Torres Abarca 10 April 2012
Ezequiel Rétiz 13 March 2012 Juan Carlos Lastiri 2 February 2010
Felipe Enríquez Hernández 23 February 2012 Gloria Romero León 26 April 2011
Karla Villarreal Benassini 29 October 2009 Fermín Alvarado Arroyo 30 April 2012
Raúl Cuadra García 4 February 2012 Gloria Luna Ruiz 30 April 2012
Feliciano Marín Díaz 25 July 2012 Raúl Domínguez Rex 6 October 2011
Esteban Albarrán Mendoza 17 April 2012 Graciela Ortiz González 12 October 2010
Héctor Pedroza Jiménez 23 April 2012 José Luis Velasco 30 April 2012
Hilda Esthela Flores 2 February 2012 Jesús Ramírez Rangel 2 February 2010
Humberto Cota Jiménez 14 February 2012 Leonardo Guillén Medina 10 April 2012
Alfredo Lugo Oñate 26 April 2012 Ramón Ramírez Valtierra 7 April 2011
Julio Saldaña Morán 20 April 2010 Socorro Sofío Ramírez 31 March 2011
Patricia Jiménez Case 2 February 2010 Sixto Zetina 25 April 2012
María Elena López Loyo 2 February 2010 Erandi Bermúdez 25 April 2012
Julián Velázquez y Llorente 2 February 2010 Adolfo Rojo Montoya 30 April 2012

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Seelke. Claire. Mexico’s 2012 Elections. Congressional Research Service. 10 December 2012.