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Parliament name (generic / translated) Congreso de la Unión / Congress of the Union
Affiliation date(s) 1925 - 1928
President Martí Batres Guadarrama (M)
Notes 1 Sep. 2018 -
Secretary General Roberto Figueroa Martínez (M)
Notes Appointed on 2 Oct. 2014.
Members (statutory / current number) 128 / 128 PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
Women (current number) 63 (49.22%)
Mode of designation directly elected 128
Last renewal dates 1 July 2018
Phone (52 55) 53 45 30 00 (Ext. 2135)
Electoral law 31 January 1917
Last amendment: 1996
Constituencies - 32 multimember (three seats each) constituencies corresponding to the 31 states and the federal district;
- a single national constituency for 32 seats.
Voting system Mixed: Political parties submit a list of two candidates for each state;
Majority system: A total of 96 seats are filled by majority system, of which
- 64 seats are allocated to the two candidates receiving the largest amount of votes in each state;
- 32 seats are allocated to one candidate from the party which obtained the second largest amount of votes in each state (minority senators).
Proportional representation system:
- 32 seats are filled by a proportional representation system, based on party lists.
Voting is compulsory (no sanctions).
- Mexican citizenship
- honest means of livelihood
- disqualifications: criminal conviction, imprisonment, fugitive from justice, sentence imposing suspension
- age: 25 years old on the day of the election;
- Mexican citizenship by birth;
- full possession of political rights;
- Six-month residence in the state where elections are held or in a neighbouring state.
Incompatibilities - Members and former members (having left the service less than 90 days prior to the elections) of the federal army, of the police or of the rural gendarmerie in the district where the elections are held;
- State secretary or sub-secretary, Justice of the national Supreme Court. However, secretaries resigning 90 days or more before the election and judges doing so two years before the elections are allowed to run for elections;
- State government secretaries, magistrates and federal or state judges. However, persons running for other jurisdictions or those resigning from their duties 90 days before the elections are allowed to run for elections;
- Ministers of any religious group;
- Former senators and deputies who served in the term immediately preceding the elections.
Candidacy requirements - candidatures submitted by duly registered political parties.
Dates of election / renewal (from/to) 1 July 2018
Timing and scope of renewal Elections were held for all seats in the Senate on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.
Round no 1 1 July 2018
Valid votes 89'250'881
Percent of women 65
IPU Group (10.08.2018, 31.08.2018)
Title President of the Senate
Term - duration: 1 year (may not be re-elected to this post for the duration of the session)
- reasons for interruption of the term: resignation, removal for repeated failure to observe the provisions of the Organic Law, death
Appointment - elected by all Senators
- following swearing-in
Eligibility - any Senator may be a candidate
Voting system - formal vote by secret ballot in one round
Procedures / results - the outgoing President presides over the Senate during the voting
- the Governing Board supervises the voting
Status - represents the Senate with the authorities
- the Presidents of the two Chambers hold the same rank in the order of precedence
- the President of the Chamber of Deputies presides over joint sittings
Board - the Governing Board is regulated by the Standing Orders
- consists of the President and as many Vice-Presidents as there are parliamentary groups, four secretaries and four under-secretaries
- is responsible for advising the President
- may appoint committees
Special powers - submits the budget established by the Administration Committee to the Senate for approval
- signs the texts adopted before transmitting them to the Head of State for promulgation
Start of the mandate · When the senators take the oath (see Art. 128 of the Constitution of 05.02.1917, as amended up to and including 20.03.1997, Art. 62 (1), (2), and (4) of the Organic Law of the Congress, and Rules 8, 9, and 193 of the Congress Internal Rules)
Validation of mandates · Validation by the Federal Electoral Commission and, in case of challenge, by the Electoral Tribunal (Art. 41 S. III (8), 60, and 99 (4) (I), and (III) to (V) of the Constitution). Inquiry, in case of doubt on the legality of the entire process of election, by the Supreme Court of Justice (Art. 97 (3) of the Constitution).
· Procedure (Art. 41 S. III (8) and S. IV, 60, 97 (3), and 99 of the Constitution; see also Art. 60 (c) of the Organic Law of the Congress, Rules 5 to 7 of the Congress Internal Rules, and Art. 264 to 343-A of the Federal Code on Electoral Institutions and Procedures)
End of the mandate · On the day when the legal term of the House ends - or on the day of early dissolution
Can MPs resign? No
Can MPs lose their mandate ? Yes (a) Definitive exclusion from Parliament by the latter:
- Loss of mandate for incompatibilities (Art. 62 and 125 of the Constitution)
- Loss of mandate for absence (Art. 63 (1) of the Constitution; see also Participation in the work of Parliament)
- Political trial (Art. 109 S. I, 110, and 114 (1) of the Constitution)
1. The Major Commission
2. The Speakers of the parliamentary groups
3. The President of the Governing Board of the Senate
4. The Presidents of the Standing Commissions
5. The other senators
· Outside Parliament: there is no official order of precedence.
Indemnities, facilities and services · Official passport
· Basic salary (see Art. 127 of the Constitution): US $ 4,000 per month
(a) Secretariat (see Art. 99 of the Organic Law of the Congress)
(b) Assistants (see Art. 77 S. III of the Constitution, Art. 99 of the Organic Law of the Congress, and Rule 21 (XII) of the Congress Internal Rules)
(c) Postal and telephone services
(d) Travel and transport
(e) Others: funeral costs and delegation (Rules 52, 195, and 204 of the Congress Internal Rules)
Parliamentary immunity - parliamentary non-accountability · The concept does exist (Art. 61 of the Constitution, Art. 12, 13 (2), and 71 (1) and (2) (g) of the Organic Law of the Congress).
· Derogations: offences, faults or omissions committed in carrying out the functions of senator (civil responsibility; waiver of immunity for criminal proceedings, Art. 12 (3) of the Organic Law of the Congress, but see Art. 14 of the Organic Law of the Congress; political trial (Art. 109 S. I, 110, and 114 (1) of the Constitution); offence or insult (Rules 105 and 107 of the Congress Internal Rules, see Discipline)
· Non-accountability takes effect on the day when the mandate begins and, after the expiry of the mandate, offers protection against prosecution for opinions expressed during the exercise of the mandate.
Parliamentary immunity - parliamentary inviolability · The concept does exist (Art. 12 (3), 13 (2), and 71 (1) and (2) (g) of the Organic Law of the Congress).
· It applies only to criminal proceedings, covers all offences and protects senators from arrest and from being held in preventive custody, from the opening of judicial proceedings against them and from their homes being searched.
· Parliamentary inviolability does not prevent senators from being called as witnesses before a judge or tribunal.
· Protection is provided from the start to the end of the mandate, and in some cases also thereafter (see Procedure for waiver of immunity). It does not cover judicial proceedings instituted against senators before their election. However, senators found guilty before their election are not eligible.
· Parliamentary immunity (inviolability) can be lifted (Art. 12 (3) of the Organic Law of the Congress):
- Competent authority: the Chamber of Deputies or the senator himself
- Procedure (Art. 111, 112, and 114 (2) of the Constitution, see also Art. 14 of the Organic Law of the Congress). In this case, senators must be heard. They have no means of appeal.
· Parliament cannot make prosecution and/or detention subject to certain conditions.
Training · There is no training/initiation process on parliamentary practices and procedures for senators, nor is there a handbook of parliamentary procedure.
Participation in the work of the Parliament · It is compulsory for senators to be present at plenary sittings, committee meetings, and at Congress plenary sittings (Rule 45 (1) of the Congress Internal Rules). For leave of absence, see Art. 79 S. VIII of the Constitution, and Rules 47 to 49 of the Congress Internal Rules.
- Reduction of monthly remuneration (Art. 64 of the Constitution)
- Publication of failure (Rule 50 of the Congress Internal Rules)
- Temporary replacement by alternates (Art. 63 (2) and (3) of the Constitution)
- Loss of mandate (Art. 63 (1) of the Constitution)
- Other sanctions on senator or party nominating him (Art. 63 (4) of the Constitution)
- Publication of failure (Rule 50 of the Congress Internal Rules): the Secretariat
- Other penalties (Art. 71 (2) (e) of the Organic Law of the Congress; see also Rule 21 (XVII) of the Congress Internal Rules): the President of the Governing Board
Discipline · The rules governing discipline within Parliament are contained in Rules 21 (II) and (VIII), 105, 107, and 109 of the Congress Internal Rules.
- Call to order and warning for irrelevance (Rules 105 and 107 of the Congress Internal Rules)
- Suspension of the sitting (Rule 109 of the Congress Internal Rules)
- Offence or insult (Rules 105 and 107 of the Congress Internal Rules): call to order
· Competent body to judge such cases/to impose penalties (Rule 21 (II) and (VIII) of the Congress Internal Rules): the President
- Call to order and warning for irrelevance, offence or insult (Rules 105 and 107 of the Congress Internal Rules)
Code (rules) of conduct · This concept does not exist in the country's juridical system but there are some relevant provisions (Art. 62, 109 S. I, 110, 114 (1), and 125 of the Constitution). For the declaration of interests, see Obligation to declare personal assets.
- Loss of mandate (Art. 62 and 125 of the Constitution, incompatibilities; Art. 109 S. I, 110, and 114 (1) of the Constitution, political trial)
· Competent body to judge such cases/to impose penalties: the Parliament
- Loss of mandate for incompatibilities. In this case, senators have (no) means of recourse.
- Loss of mandate through political trial (Art. 109 S. I, 110, and 114 (1) of the Constitution). In this case, senators have no means of recourse.
Relations between MPs and pressure group · There are some legal provisions in this field (Art. 25 (1) (c) and 38 (1) (n) of the Federal Code on Electoral Institutions and Procedures; prohibition of any accord between political parties and religious groups).
This page was last updated on 3 September 2018