Congress of Sonora

Legislature of Sonora, Mexico

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Honorable Congress of the State of Sonora

Honorable Congreso del Estado de Sonora

LXIII Legislature
Type
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Unicameral

History
Founded| September 12, 1824 (1824-09-12)
Leadership

President

Jacobo Mendoza Ruiz, MORENA

Vice President

Karina Teresita Zárate Félix, PRI

Secretary

Fermin Trujillo Fuentes, PANAL

Secretary

Diana Karina Barreras, PT

Substitute Secretary

Rosa Elena Trujillo, MC

Structure
Seats| 33

Political groups

MORENA (14)

PRI (4)

PAN (4)

PT (3)

MC (2)

PANAL (2)

PVEM (2)

PRD (1)

PES (1)

Elections

Voting system

| First-past-the-post for 21 electoral district seats and Mixed-member proportional representation for 12 proportional representation seats

Last election

| 2 June 2024
Meeting place
Legislative Palace
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Website
Honorable Congress of the State of Sonora

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

The Congress is unicameral and consists of 33 deputies. 21 deputies are elected on a first-past-the-post basis, one for each district in which the entity is divided, while 12 are elected through a system of proportional representation. Deputies are elected to serve for a three-year term.

Since its installation the congress has been renewed 63 times, hence the current session of the Congress of Sonora (whose term lasts from 2021 to 2024) is known as the LXIII Legislature.

## Electoral districts of Sonora

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Electoral District | Geographical Area | Electoral District | Geographical Area

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District I | San Luis Río Colorado | District XII | South Hermosillo
District II | Puerto Peñasco | District XIII | Guaymas
District III | Caborca | District XIV | Empalme
District IV | North Nogales | District XV | South Ciudad Obregón
District V | South Nogales | District XVI | Southeast Ciudad Obregón
District VI | Cananea | District XVII | Central Ciudad Obregón
District VII | Agua Prieta | District XVIII | North Ciudad Obregón
District VIII | Northwest Hermosillo | District XIX | North Navojoa
District IX | Central Hermosillo | District XX | Etchojoa
District X | Northeast Hermosillo | District XXI | Huatabampo
District XI |  Hermosillo Coast |  |

## Legislatures of Sonora

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Legislature Number | Period | Legislature Number | Period | Legislature Number | Period | Legislature Number | Period

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I Legislature | 1861-1863 | XV Legislature | 1895-1897 | XXXI Legislature | 1931-1933 | XLVI Legislature | 1970-1973
II Legislature | 1863-1864 | XVI Legislature | 1897-1899 | XXXII Legislature | 1933-1935 | XLVII Legislature | 1973-1976
III Legislature | 1867-1869 | XVII Legislature | 1899-1901 | XXXIII Legislature | 1935 | XLVIII Legislature | 1976-1979
IV Legislature | 1869-1871 | XVIII Legislature | 1901-1903 | XXXIII bis Legislature | 1936-1937 | XLIX Legislature | 1979-1982
V Legislature | 1871-1873 | XIX Legislature | 1903-1905 | XXXIV Legislature | 1937-1939 | L Legislature | 1982-1985
VI Legislature | 1873-1875 | XX Legislature | 1905-1907 | XXXV Legislature | 1939-1941 | LI Legislature | 1985-1988
VII Legislature | 1875-1876 | XXI Legislature | 1907-1909 | XXXVI Legislature | 1941-1943 | LII Legislature | 1988-1991
VII Legislature | 1877-1879 | XXII Legislature | 1909-1911 | XXXVII Legislature | 1943-1946 | LIII Legislature | 1991-1994
VII Legislature | 1879-1881 | XXIII Legislature | 1911-1913 | XXXVIII Legislature | 1946-1949 | LIV Legislature | 1994-1997
VIII Legislature | 1881-1883 | XXIV Legislature | 1917-1919 | XXXIX Legislature | 1949-1952 | LV Legislature | 1997-2000
IX Legislature | 1883-1885 | XXV Legislature | 1919-1921 | XL Legislature | 1952-1955 | LVI Legislature | 2000-2003
X Legislature | 1885-1887 | XXVI Legislature | 1921-1923 | XLI Legislature | 1955-1958 | LVII Legislature | 2003-2006
XI Legislature | 1887-1889 | XXVII Legislature | 1923-1925 | XLII Legislature | 1958-1961 | LVIII Legislature | 2006-2009
XII Legislature | 1889-1891 | XXVIII Legislature | 1925-1927 | XLIII Legislature | 1961-1964 | LIX Legislature | 2009-2012
XIII Legislature | 1891-1893 | XXIX Legislature | 1927-1929 | XLIV Legislature | 1964-1967 |  |
XIV Legislature | 1893-1895 | XXX Legislature | 1929-1931 | XLV Legislature | 1967-1970 |  |
Sonora State Deputy Flor Ayala with children visiting her office

## Composition

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Party  | Deputies

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MORENA | 14
Institutional Revolutionary Party | 4
National Action Party | 4
Labor Party | 3
Citizens' Movement | 2
New Alliance Party | 2
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico | 2
Party of the Democratic Revolution | 1
Social Encounter Party | 1

The LXIII Legislature of the Congress of Sonora consists of 33 deputies.

## History

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Since 1917 the Congress has been composed as follows:

* From 1917 to 1931 it was composed of 15 deputies.
* From 1931 to 1970 it was composed of 9 deputies.
* From 1970 to 1979 it was composed of 11 deputies.
* From 1979 to 1982 it was composed of 19 deputies (15 elected by the first-past-the-post (FPP) system and 4 by the proportional representation system (PR).
* From 1982 to 1988 it was composed of 24 deputies (18 elected by the FPP system and 6 by the PR system).
* From 1988 to 1994 it was composed of 27 deputies (18 elected by the FPP system and 9 by the PR system.
* Since 1994 the Congress is composed of 33 deputies (21 elected by the FPP system and 12 by the PR system.
* The LVII Legislature (2003-2006) was composed of 31 deputies.
* The current session is composed of 33 deputies (21 elected by the FPP system and 12 by the PR system.

María Jesús Guirado Ibarra [es] was elected the first female member of the Congress of Sonora in 1955, which was the first election after the passage of women's suffrage in Mexico.[1] The LXIII Legislature [es], elected in 2021, became the first women-majority legislature in state history.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "María Jesús Guirado será la primera mujer en la pared histórica del Congreso de Sonora". Uniradio Informa Sonora (in Spanish). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
2. ^ Romo, Yoanna (12 July 2021). "Históricas: Mujeres serán mayoría en el Congreso de Sonora". El Sol de Hermosillo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2024.

## See also

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* List of Mexican state congresses

## External links

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* Congress of Sonora website
* Sonora State Electoral Council

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