LV Legislature of the Mexican Congress | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Congress of the Union | ||||
Meeting place | Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro (Chamber of Deputies/Congress) Casona de Xicoténcatl (Senate) | ||||
Term | 1 September 1991 | – 31 August 1994||||
Election | 18 August 1991 | ||||
Senate of the Republic | |||||
Members | 64 | ||||
Chamber of Deputies | |||||
Members | 500 |
The LV Legislature of the Congress of the Union met from September 1, 1991, to August 31, 1994.
32 senators and all of the deputies had been elected in the 1991 legislative elections. The deputies served three years and the senators six, continuing into the LVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress.
The PRI regained near-total control of the legislature, with nearly two-thirds of the deputies and all but three senators.
First Year (1991-1992)
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Party | Senators | |
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PAN | 1 | |
PRI | 61 | |
PRD | 2 |
The Chamber of Deputies had 500 legislators, elected for three-year terms with no immediate reelection. 300 deputies were elected from single-member districts and the other 200 from party lists in each of the five proportional representation electoral regions.
Party | Deputies (SMD) | Deputies (PR) | Total Deputies | |
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Partido Acción Nacional | 11 | 78 | 89 | |
Partido Revolucionario Institucional | 289 | 31 | 320 | |
Partido Popular Socialista | 0 | 12 | 12 | |
Partido Auténtico de la Revolución Mexicana | 0 | 15 | 15 | |
Partido del Frente Cardenista de Reconstrucción Nacional | 0 | 23 | 23 | |
Partido de la Revolución Democrática | 0 | 41 | 41 |