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Congress of the State of Mexico

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ5160913 ↗
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The Congress of the State of México (Spanish: Congreso del Estado de México) is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Mexico. The unicameral Congress is the governmental deliberative body of the State of Mexico, which is equal to, and independent of, the executive.

At present it is composed of an assembly of 75 deputies, 45 of whom are elected in electoral districts on a first-past-the-post basis and 30 being elected through a system of proportional representation. Deputies are elected to serve for a three-year term.

Its headquarters are in the Recinto del Poder Legislativo, in the City of Toluca.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 103-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1824-03-02. For this dossier, Congress, State and Mexico is the immediate research focus.
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