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Congress of Tlaxcala

Legislature of Tlaxcala, Mexico

MORENA (8)

PT (4)

PRI (3)

PANAL (2)

PRD (2)

PAN (1)

FXM (1)

PES (1)

PAC (1)

AuthorityTitle IV, Chapter I, Article 31 of the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of TlaxcalaElections

Voting system

First-past-the-post for 15 electoral district seats and Mixed-member proportional representation for 10 proportional representation seats

Last election

June 6, 2021Meeting placeTlaxcala City, Tlaxcala, MexicoWebsiteCongress of the State of Tlaxcala

The Congress of the State of Tlaxcala (Spanish: Congreso del Estado de Tlaxcala) is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Tlaxcala. The Congress is the governmental deliberative body of Tlaxcala, which is equal to, and independent of, the executive.

The Congress is unicameral and consists of 25 deputies.^[1]^[2] 15 deputies are elected on a first-past-the-post basis, one for each district in which the entity is divided, while 10 are elected through a system of proportional representation.^[3] Deputies are elected to serve for a three-year term.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ley Orgánica del Poder Legislativo del Estado de Tlaxcala" (PDF) (in Spanish). Government of Tlaxcala. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ Cruz Pérez, Juan Luis (30 August 2021). "Se instala LXIV legislatura de Tlaxcala con mayoría de mujeres". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ Miranda, Justino (17 June 2021). "Plurinominales empoderan a Morena en Congreso de Tlaxcala". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2021.