The LXI Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 1, 2009, to August 31, 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.
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. [1]
| Name | Replacing: | Took office | Name | Replacing: | Took office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| María Teresa Álvarez Vázquez | Martha Bernardino | 30 April 2012 | Jorge Luis Lara Aguilar | Juan Carlos López Fernández | 8 March 2012 |
| Luz Margarita Alba Contreras | José Guadalupe Vera | 25 April 1012 | Humberto Macías Romero | Oralia López Hernández | 2 February 2010 |
| Violeta Avilés Álvarez | Eviel Pérez Magaña | 2 March 2010 | Aarón Mastache | Alejandro Encinas | 29 March 2012 |
| María Báez Padilla | Omar Rodríguez Cisneros | 30 April 2012 | Salma Meza Manjarrez | Salvador Caro Cabrera | 1 February 2012 |
| María Gabriela Banda | Justino Arriaga Rojas | 19 April 2012 | Guadalupe Mondragón Cobos | Francisco Javier Landero | 30 April 2012 |
| Martha Patricia Bernal | Jesús Ricardo Enríquez Fuentes | 30 April 2012 | Xóchitl Montes de Oca | Carlos Bello Otero | 26 April 2012 |
| María Cabrera Muñoz | Tereso Medina | 10 April 2012 | Christian Nava Sánchez | Luis Félix Rodríguez Sosa | 17 April 2012 |
| Morelos Jaime Canseco Gómez | Rodolfo Torre Cantú | 23 February 2010 | Julián Nazar Morales | Ana María Rojas | 16 February 2012 |
| Adriana Castelán Macías | Fidel Kuri Grajales | 25 March 2010 | Florentina Ocegueda | Martha Elena García | 17 April 2012 |
| Maribel Chollet | Miguel Ángel García Granados | 29 April 2010 | Martín Palacios Calderón | Óscar González Yáñez | 30 April 2012 |
| Luciano Cornejo Barrera | Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo | 1 February 2011 | Fany Pérez Gutiérrez | Sergio González Hernández | 2 February 2010 |
| Alfredo Cuadra Tinajero | Camilo Ramírez Puente | 26 April 2012 | Elvira Pola Figueroa | Obdulia Torres Abarca | 10 April 2012 |
| Alín Nayely de Jesús Sánchez | Ezequiel Rétiz | 13 March 2012 | Malco Ramírez Martínez | Juan Carlos Lastiri | 2 February 2010 |
| Adolfo de la Garza Malacara | Felipe Enríquez Hernández | 23 February 2012 | Horacio Ramírez Reyes | Gloria Romero León | 26 April 2011 |
| Gerardo del Mazo Morales | Karla Villarreal Benassini | 29 October 2009 | Óscar Rangel Miravete | Fermín Alvarado Arroyo | 30 April 2012 |
| María Díaz de León | Raúl Cuadra García | 4 February 2012 | César Rodríguez Cal y Mayor | Gloria Luna Ruiz | 30 April 2012 |
| José Enríquez Rosado | Feliciano Marín Díaz | 25 July 2012 | Juanita Santillán | Raúl Domínguez Rex | 6 October 2011 |
| Omar Flores Majul | Esteban Albarrán Mendoza | 17 April 2012 | Víctor Silva Chacón | Graciela Ortiz González | 12 October 2010 |
| María Patricia Franco Cruz | Héctor Pedroza Jiménez | 23 April 2012 | Hazel Suárez Bastida | José Luis Velasco | 30 April 2012 |
| Noé Fernando Garza Flores | Hilda Esthela Flores | 2 February 2012 | Mayra Valdés González | Jesús Ramírez Rangel | 2 February 2010 |
| Fátima Gómez Montero | Humberto Cota Jiménez | 14 February 2012 | Carmen Valle Vea | Leonardo Guillén Medina | 10 April 2012 |
| María González Alvarado | Alfredo Lugo Oñate | 26 April 2012 | Marcela Vieyra Alamilla | Ramón Ramírez Valtierra | 7 April 2011 |
| Karla González Cruz | Julio Saldaña Morán | 20 April 2010 | Moisés Villanueva de la Luz | Socorro Sofío Ramírez | 31 March 2011 |
| Cuauhtémoc Gutiérrez de la Torre | Patricia Jiménez Case | 2 February 2010 | José Luis Villegas Méndez | Sixto Zetina | 25 April 2012 |
| Nazario Herrera Ortega | María Elena López Loyo | 2 February 2010 | María Elena Zamora | Erandi Bermúdez | 25 April 2012 |
| Prudencia Juárez Capilla | Julián Velázquez y Llorente | 2 February 2010 | María Zamudio Guzmán | Adolfo Rojo Montoya | 30 April 2012 |
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