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The Chamber of Deputies ('s Bicameral Legislature , the Congress Of The Union . The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the 1917 Constitution Of Mexico . COMPOSITION addressing the Chamber of Deputies]] The Chamber of Deputies comprises 500 members. Of these, 300 are elected from single-member districts on a First-past-the-post (FPP) basis. The remaining 200 are elected by means of Proportional Representation on a party-list basis from five multi-state constituencies ''(circunscripciones)''. The 200 PR deputies are intended to counterbalance the bias introduced into the system by the winner-take-all single-member districts. Congressional elections take place every three years. An election is held simultaneously with the presidential election, and then mid-term elections are held halfway into the president's six-year mandate. The entire Chamber is replaced on both of those occasions, and deputies are disqualified from serving in two consecutive legislatures. ELECTION OF JULY 2003 ( 59TH LEGISLATURE ) Congressional elections were last held on 6 July 2003 . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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