Congress of Chiapas

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Congress of the State of Chiapas

Congreso del Estado de Chiapas
Coat of arms of Chiapas.svg
Type
Type
Term limits
1 term (3 years)
History
Founded5 January 1825 (1825-01-05)
Structure
Seats40
Political groups
   MORENA (16)
   PVEM (10)
   PT (6)
  PMC (2)
   PRI (2)
  PCU (1)
   PES (1)
   RSP (1)
  Local deputy (1)
Length of term
3 years
Salary$54,809 MXN [1]
Elections
First-past-the-post for 24 electoral district seats and Mixed-member proportional representation for 16 proportional representation seats
Last election
6 June 2021  [ es ]
Meeting place
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Website
Congreso de Chiapas

The Congress of the State of Chiapas (Spanish : Congreso del Estado de Chiapas) is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Chiapas. It was constituted for the first time after the state's accession to Mexico on 5 January 1825. The Congress is the governmental deliberative body of Chiapas, which is equal to, and independent of, the executive.

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At present it is composed of an assembly of 40 deputies, 24 of whom are elected on a first-past-the-post basis, one for each district in which the entity is divided. The rest is elected through a system of proportional representation. Deputies are elected to serve for a three-year term. Its headquarters are in the state capital, Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

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References

  1. Estado a estado: ¿cuánto ganan los diputados locales? by Ángel Nakamura, accessed 6 July 2018