Congress of Guanajuato

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Congress of the State of Guanajuato

Congreso del Estado de Guanajuato
LXIV Legislature
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Type
Type
History
FoundedOctober 1, 1826 (1826-10-01)
Leadership
President
Isidoro Bazaldúa Lugo [1] , PRD
Vice president
Martha Isabel Delgado Zárate, PAN
Secretary
Germán Cervantes Vega, PAN
Vice secretary
María Carmen Vaca González, MORENA
Structure
Seats36
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Political groups
   PAN (19)
   MORENA (5)
   PRI (4)
   PRD (3)
   PVEM (2)
   PT (1)
   MC (1)
   PANAL (1)
[2]
Length of term
3 years
AuthorityTitle V, Chapter II, Section 1 of the Political Constitution of the State of Guanajuato [3]
Salary178,000 MXN [4]
Elections
First-past-the-post for 22 electoral district seats and Mixed-member proportional representation for 14 proportional representation seats
Last election
July 1, 2018
Meeting place
Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Website
Website of the Congress of Guanajuato

The Congress of the State of Guanajuato (Spanish : 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.

Contents

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.

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References

  1. "Mesa Directiva". congresogto.gob.mx/mesa. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. El Universal (2018). "Asigna Sala Superior, plurinominales al PRI en Congreso de Guanajuato" . Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. "Título Quinto, Capítulo II, Sección primera de la Constitución Política del Estado de Guanajuato" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "Diputados de Guanajuato los mejores pagados y los más "codos"". 21 September 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2018.