Legislative Assembly of Mexico City


The Mexico City Congress is the legislative branch of government of the Mexico City. Between 1988 and 1993, it was known as the Assembly of Representatives of the Federal District, during which period it had reduced powers with respect to the current body.

Composition

The Legislative Assembly consists of 66 deputies, of which 40 are elected by the first-past-the-post system or FPP and 26 by proportional representation or PR.

III Legislative Assembly

From 2003 to 2006.
PartyFPPPRTotal by party
Party of the Democratic Revolution37037
National Action Party31316
Institutional Revolutionary Party077
Green Ecological Party of Mexico055
Independent011

IV Legislative Assembly

From 2006 to 2009.
PartyFPPPRTotal by party
Party of the Democratic Revolution34034
National Action Party41317
Institutional Revolutionary Party044
New Alliance Party044
Green Ecological Party of Mexico033
Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party022
Labor Party011
Convergence011

VI Legislative Assembly

From 2012 to 2015.
Political partyFPPPRTotal
Party of the Democratic Revolution31334
National Action Party9615
Institutional Revolutionary Party88
Labour Party55
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico33
New Alliance Party11
Total402666

VII Legislative Assembly

From 2015 to 2018.
Political partyFPPPRTotal
National Regeneration Movement18422
Party of the Democratic Revolution12719
National Action Party5510
Institutional Revolutionary Party347
Labour Party11
New Alliance Party11
Social Encounter Party22
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico22
Citizens' Movement11
Humanist Party11
Total402666

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 the Legislative Assembly has been renewed three times.