The Congress of the State of Guanajuato ( es, Congreso del Estado de Guanajuato) is the
legislative
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Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...
branch of the government of the
State
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of
Guanajuato
Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...
. The Congress is the governmental
deliberative body
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Etymology
In a speech to the electorate at Bristol in 1774, Edmund Burke described the Parliament of Great Britain, British Parliament as a "deliberative ...
of Guanajuato, which is equal to, and independent of, the
executive
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.
The Congress is
unicameral
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Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
and its current session consists of 36 local deputies (22 elected by the
first-past-the-post
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system and 14 by
proportional representation
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). 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 Guanajuato (whose term lasts form to 2018 to 2021) is known as the LXIV Legislature.
See also
*
List of Mexican state congresses
The congresses of the federal entities of Mexico are the depositary bodies of the legislative power in the thirty-one states and Mexico City. Conformed as unicameral assemblies, they are composed of deputies elected under the principles of rela ...
References
External links
Congress of Guanajuato website
Guanajuato, Congress of
Guanajuato
Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...
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