LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress

LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress
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Overview
Legislative body	Congress of the Union
Term	1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) – 31 August 2015 (2015-08-31)
Senate of the Republic
Senate President	Ernesto Cordero Arroyo (2012-2013) Raúl Cervantes Andrade (2013-2014) Miguel Barbosa Huerta (2014-2015)
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber President	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. 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

Party		Senators Relative Majority	Senators First Minority	Senators Proportional Rep.	Total
Partido Accion Nacional	16	13	9	38
Partido Revolucionario Institucional	30	11	11	52
Partido de la Revolución Democrática	11	5	6	22
Partido del Trabajo	1	2	3	6
Partido Verde Ecologista de México	6	1	2	9
Movimiento Ciudadano (partido político)	0	0	0	0
Nueva Alianza	0	0	1	1
Total		64	32	32	128
Source: Federal Electoral Institute.

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

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.

See also

• Category:Deputies of the LXII Legislature of Mexico