The Constituent Assembly of Mexico City (Asamblea Constituyente de la Ciudad de México) is a body formed to create a new constitution for Mexico City in the wake of the 2016 political reforms that convert Mexico City into a federative entity comparable to the 31 states; with "autonomy in all matters concerning its internal regime and its political and administrative organisation." It will be installed on September 15, 2016, and must create the new constitution by January 31, 2017.
The Constituent Assembly is based at the Casona de Xicoténcatl, the former home of the Senate of the Republic, under an agreement between the government of Mexico City and the Senate.
Composition The Constituent Assembly consists of 100 members, which were allocated as follows in the decree of political reform of Mexico City published on January 29, 2016, in the Diario Oficial de la Federación:DOF 29 January 2016 (Evening Edition): "DECRETO por el que se declaran reformadas y derogadas diversas disposiciones de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de la reforma política de la Ciudad de México."
60 members, chosen in elections organised by the National Electoral Institute, using party list proportional representation 14 senators, selected by a two-thirds vote of the Senate of the Republic 14 deputies, selected by a two-thirds vote of the Chamber of Deputies 6 members designated by the president (Enrique Peña Nieto) 6 members designated by the Chief of the Government of the Federal District (Miguel Ángel Mancera)
Elected members The elections for 60 of the 100 seats in the Constituent Assembly were held on June 5, 2016. The 100 members are as follows:
Senatorial designees Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Raúl Cervantes Andrade María Lorena Marín MorenoAna Lilia Herrera Anzaldo, the original choice, left the Senate to become the Secretary of Education of the State of Mexico. Enrique Burgos García Lisbeth Hernández Lecona Joel Ayala Almeida Yolanda de la Torre Valdez National Action Party (PAN) Roberto Gil Zuarth Mariana Gómez del Campo Ernesto Cordero Arroyo Gabriela Cuevas Barrón Juan Carlos Romero HicksThe Labor Party declined to name one of its senators, as it disagreed with the creation of the list of senatorial designees. Romero Hicks of the PAN was selected instead. Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) Dolores Padierna Luna Armando Ríos Piter Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) Carlos Alberto Puente SalasReplaced Pablo Escudero Morales after he was designated President of the Senate.
Deputy designees Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) María de La Paz Quiñones Cornejo Enrique Jackson María Esther de Jesús Scherman Leaño César Camacho Quiroz National Action Party (PAN) Federico Döring Casar
Santiago Taboada Cortina Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) Cecilia Guadalupe Soto González Jesús Salvador Valencia Guzmán Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) Jesús Sesma Suárez Citizens' Movement (MC)
New Alliance Party (PANAL) María Eugenia Ocampo Bedolla Social Encounter Party (PES) Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes Morena To be designated
Presidential designees Claudia Aguilar Barroso Manuel Enrique Díaz Infante Augusto Gómez Villanueva (President of the Constituent Assembly) Fernando Lerdo de Tejada María Beatriz Pagés Llergo Rebollar Claudia Pastor Bobadilla
Mayoral designees Olga Sánchez Cordero Claudia Jusidman Ana Laura Magaloni Alejandro Chanona Porfirio Muñoz Ledo Alejandro Encinas
Final composition PartyVotes%ElectedseatsDesigneesTotalseatsNational Regeneration Movement652,28633.0622123Party of the Democratic Revolution572,04328.99191029National Action Party203,84310.37815Institutional Revolutionary Party153,0347.7551621Social Encounter Party68,6393.47213New Alliance Party (Mexico)55,1782.79213Citizens' Movement42,0682.1112Ecologist Green Party of Mexico30,4771.54123Labor Party18,3480.93000Independent candidates176,9188.91—1Invalid/blank votes172,821––––Total2,145,65510060–100Registered voters/turnout–28.67–––
The winning independent candidate — the only one of 21 to pass the 32,000-vote threshold — was Ismael Figueroa Flores.
Party coordinators Bernardo Bátiz, Morena Santiago Creel, PAN
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External links Constituent Assembly website