LVII Legislature of the Mexican Congress

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57th Congress
(LVII Legislatura)
56th 58th
Overview
Legislative bodyCongress of the Union
Meeting placeLegislative Palace of San Lázaro
(Deputies/General Congress)
Casona de Xicoténcatl
(Senators)
Term1 September 1997 (1997-09-01) – 31 August 2000 (2000-08-31)
Election6 July 1997
Senate of the Republic
Members128
Chamber of Deputies
Members500

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]

References

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  1. ^ "México y la LVII Legislatura". El Sol de Zacatecas (in Spanish). 4 May 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  2. ^ "La Cámara de Diputados en la LVII Legislatura" (PDF) (in Spanish). Chamber of Deputies. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
Preceded by LVII Legislature
1997 to 2000
Succeeded by

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