LVII Legislature of the Mexican Congress explained

57th Congress
(LVII Legislatura)
Body:Congress of the Union
Meeting Place:Legislative Palace of San Lázaro
(Deputies/General Congress)
Casona de Xicoténcatl
(Senators)
Election:6 July 1997
Before:56th
After:58th
Chamber1:Senate of the Republic
Chamber1 Image:File:LVII Legislatura de México Cámara del Senado.svg
Membership1:128
Chamber2:Chamber of Deputies
Chamber2 Image:File:LVII Legislatura de México Cámara de Diputados.svg
Membership2:500
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The LVII Legislature (57th session) of the Congress of Mexico met from 1997 to 2000.

It was the first session in 68 years where the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) did not hold an absolute majority over opposition parties in the Chamber of Deputies.[1] The National Action Party (PAN), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), the Labor Party (PT), the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM), and two independents combined for 261 of the 500 seats.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: México y la LVII Legislatura. El Sol de Zacatecas. 4 May 2018. 25 April 2023. es.
  2. News: La Cámara de Diputados en la LVII Legislatura. Chamber of Deputies. 5–6. 25 April 2023. es.