The Congress of Mexico City () is the legislative branch of the government of Mexico City. Between 1988 and 1997, it was known as the Assembly of Representatives of the Federal District (). Between 1997 and 2018, it was styled the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District (. During those earlier periods, it had reduced powers compared to the current body.
Composition The Congress consists of 66 deputies, of which 33 are elected by first-past-the-post voting and 33 by proportional representation.
III Legislative Assembly From 2003 to 2006.
Party FPTP PR Total by party Party of the Democratic Revolution 37 0 37 National Action Party 3 13 16 Institutional Revolutionary Party 0 7 7 Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 0 5 5 Independent 0 1 1
IV Legislative Assembly From 2006 to 2009.
Party FPTP PR Total by party Party of the Democratic Revolution 34 0 34 National Action Party 4 13 17 Institutional Revolutionary Party 0 4 4 New Alliance Party 0 4 4 Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 0 3 3 Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party 0 2 2 Labor Party 0 1 1 Convergence 0 1 1
VI Legislative Assembly From 2012 to 2015.
Political partyFPTPPRTotal Party of the Democratic Revolution31334 National Action Party9615 Institutional Revolutionary Party88 Labor Party55 Ecologist Green Party of Mexico33 New Alliance Party11Total402666
VII Legislative Assembly From 2015 to 2018.
Political partyFPTPPRTotal Morena18422 Party of the Democratic Revolution12719 National Action Party5510 Institutional Revolutionary Party347 Labor Party11 New Alliance Party11 Social Encounter Party22 Ecologist Green Party of Mexico22 Citizens' Movement11 Humanist Party11Total402666
History In 1987, the federal government decided the creation of an Assembly of Representatives () of the Federal District. This assembly, elected by the inhabitants of the Federal District, had limited legislative powers. Nonetheless, it was the first time since 1928 that the inhabitants of the Federal District recovered some oversight over their local affairs. Eventually, in 1993, full home rule was granted to the Federal District by the federal government, with the creation of an elected Head of Government of the Federal District and a great expansion of the legislative powers of the Assembly of Representatives of the Federal District, which was also renamed the Legislative Assembly.
The first session of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District ran from 1997 to 2000. Since its installation and until 2018, the Legislative Assembly was renewed for three-year terms a total of six times, when it was replaced by the Congress of Mexico City.
References
External links Congress of Mexico City Legislative Assembly website