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The LXVI Legislature of the Congress of the Union (66th Congress) is the current session of the legislative branch of Mexico, composed of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. It convened on 1 September 2024, and will end on 31 August 2027,[1] covering the final month of Andrés Manuel López Obrador's term in office and the first three years of Claudia Sheinbaum's presidency.

Legislative bodyCongress of the Union
Term1 September 2024 (2024-09-01) – 31 August 2027 (2027-08-31)
Election2 June 2024
Members128 senators
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Legislative bodyCongress of the Union
Term1 September 2024 (2024-09-01) – 31 August 2027 (2027-08-31)
Election2 June 2024
Senate
Members128 senators
President
Chamber of Deputies
Members500 deputies
President
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Both chambers of Congress were elected in the 2024 general election. There were three competing forces: the Sigamos Haciendo Historia coalition, consisting of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), the Labor Party (PT), and the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM); the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition, comprising the National Action Party (PAN), the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD); and the Citizens' Movement (MC), the only party to run without allies.

Sigamos Haciendo Historia won a supermajority in the Chamber of Deputies, granting the ruling coalition 73% of the seats, the highest share since the LII Legislature in 1982, during Miguel de la Madrid's presidency.[2] Although the coalition fell three seats short of a supermajority in the Senate, defections by two senators elected for the PRD on 28 August closed the gap to one.[3] The supermajority was ultimately secured with the defection to Morena of Cynthia López, elected for the PRI in Mexico City, on 12 November.[4] This marked the first time since the LIII Legislature in 1985 that the ruling coalition held a supermajority in both chambers.[5]

Major events

Major legislation

Constitutional amendments

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DOF Citation Official title Votes Published
Deputies Senate
15-09-2024 A decree to amend, add, and repeal various provisions of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding the reform of the Judicial Branch

Decreto por el que se reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de reforma del Poder Judicial

4 September 2024
(357–130)
11 September 2024
(86–41)
15 September 2024
30-09-2024 A decree to amend, add, and repeal various provisions of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples and Communities

Decreto por el que se reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones del artículo 2o. de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de Pueblos y Comunidades Indígenas y Afromexicanos

18 September 2024
(483–0)
24 September 2024
(128–0)
30 September 2024
30-09-2024 A decree to amend and add Articles 13, 16, 21, 32, 55, 73, 76, 78, 82, 89, 123, and 129 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding the National Guard

Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan los artículos 13, 16, 21, 32, 55, 73, 76, 78, 82, 89, 123 y 129 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de Guardia Nacional

19 September 2024
(353–126)
24 September 2024
(86–42)
30 September 2024
30-10-2024 A decree to amend the fourth paragraph and add a fifth paragraph to Article 28 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding railways and railway transportation

Decreto por el que se reforma el párrafo cuarto y se adiciona un párrafo quinto al artículo 28 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de vías y transporte ferroviario

8 October 2024
(472–0)
16 October 2024
(123–0)
30 October 2024
31-10-2024 A decree to amend the fifth paragraph of Article 25, the sixth and seventh paragraphs of Article 27, and the fourth paragraph of Article 28 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding strategic areas and enterprises

Decreto por el que se reforman el párrafo quinto del artículo 25, los párrafos sexto y séptimo del artículo 27 y el párrafo cuarto del artículo 28 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de áreas y empresas estratégicas

9 October 2024
(350–111)
16 October 2024
(86–39)
31 October 2024
31-10-2024 A decree to amend the first paragraph of Section II of Article 107 and add a fifth paragraph to Article 105 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding the unchallengeability of additions or amendments to the Federal Constitution

Decreto por el que se reforma el primer párrafo de la fracción II del artículo 107, y se adiciona un quinto párrafo al artículo 105, de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de inimpugnabilidad de las adiciones o reformas a la Constitución Federal

30 October 2024
(343–129)
24 October 2024
(85–41)
31 October 2024
15-11-2024 A decree to amend and add Articles 4, 21, 41, 73, 116, 122, and 123 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding substantive equality, gender perspective, women's right to a life free of violence, and the elimination of the gender pay gap

Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan los artículos 4o., 21, 41, 73, 116, 122 y 123 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de igualdad sustantiva, perspectiva de género, derecho de las mujeres a una vida libre de violencia y erradicación de la brecha salarial por razones de género

5 November 2024
(468–0)
24 October 2024
(126–0)
15 November 2024
02-12-2024 A decree to amend and add Articles 4 and 27 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding well-being

Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan los artículos 4o. y 27 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de bienestar

22 October 2024
(408–65)
30 October 2024
(117–0)
2 December 2024
02-12-2024 A decree to amend and add Section XII of Subsection A of Article 123 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding housing for workers

Decreto por el que se reforma y adiciona la fracción XII del Apartado A del artículo 123 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de vivienda para las personas trabajadoras

23 October 2024
(472–0)
31 October 2024
(103–0)
2 December 2024
02-12-2024 A decree to amend and add Articles 3, 4, and 73 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding animal protection and care

Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan los artículos 3o, 4o y 73 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de protección y cuidado animal

12 November 2024
(441–0)
21 November 2024
(118–0)
2 December 2024
20-12-2024 A decree to amend, add, and repeal various provisions of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding organizational simplification

Decreto por el que se reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de simplificación orgánica

20 November 2024
(332–119)
28 November 2024
(86–40)
20 December 2024
31-12-2024 A decree to amend the second paragraph of Article 19 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding mandatory pretrial detention

Decreto por el que se reforma el párrafo segundo del artículo 19 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de prisión preventiva oficiosa

13 November 2024
(335–108)
27 November 2024
(93–35)
31 December 2024
31-12-2024 A decree to amend and add Article 21 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding public security

Decreto por el que se reforma y adiciona el artículo 21 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de seguridad pública

21 November 2024
(441–0)
13 November 2024
(122–0)
31 December 2024
17-01-2025 A decree to add a fifth paragraph to Article 4 and a second paragraph to Article 5 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding health protection

Decreto por el que se adicionan un párrafo quinto al artículo 4o y un párrafo segundo al artículo 5o, de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de protección a la salud

3 December 2024
(327–118)
11 December 2024
(86–39)
17 January 2025
17-03-2025 A decree to amend and add various provisions of Articles 4 and 27 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding the conservation and protection of native maize.

Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de los artículos 4o. y 27 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de conservación y protección de los maíces nativos.

25 February 2025
(382–88)
5 March 2025
(88–18)
17 March 2025
01-04-2025 A decree to add a second paragraph to Article 123 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding support for youth

Decreto por el que se adiciona un segundo párrafo al artículo 123 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de apoyo a jóvenes.

25 September 2024
(473–0)
11 March 2025
(112–0)
1 April 2025
01-04-2025 A decree to amend and supplement Articles 55, 59, 82, 115, 116, and 122 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding non-reelection and electoral nepotism

Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan los artículos 55, 59, 82, 115, 116 y 122 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de no reelección y nepotismo electoral.

4 March 2025
(432–28)
25 February 2025
(97–26)
1 April 2025
01-04-2025 A decree to amend the second paragraph of Article 19 and add second and third paragraphs to Article 40 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding the strengthening of national sovereignty

Decreto por el que se reforma el segundo párrafo del artículo 19 y se adicionan los párrafos segundo y tercero al artículo 40 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de fortalecimiento de la soberanía nacional.

11 March 2025
(327–116)
26 February 2025
(100–17)
1 April 2025
15-04-2025 A decree to amend the tenth paragraph of Article 25 and Subsection XXIX-Y of Article 73 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding administrative simplification and digitalization

Decreto por el que se reforman el párrafo décimo del artículo 25 y la fracción XXIX-Y del artículo 73 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de simplificación administrativa y digitalización.

19 March 2025
(425–19)
12 March 2025
(107–3)
15 April 2025
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Budgets

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Year Official title Votes Published Total expenditures
Deputies Senate
2025 Law of Revenues of the Federation for the Fiscal Year 2025

Ley de Ingresos de la Federación para el Ejercicio Fiscal de 2025

26 November 2024
(367–95)
4 December 2024
(84–36)
19 December 2024 MX$9.302 trillion
Budget of Expenditures of the Federation for the Fiscal Year 2025

Presupuesto de Egresos de la Federación para el Ejercicio Fiscal 2025

11 December 2024
(349–129)
N/a 24 December 2024
2026 Law of Revenues of the Federation for the Fiscal Year 2026

Ley de Ingresos de la Federación para el Ejercicio Fiscal de 2026

15 October 2025
(349–128)
29 October 2025
(80–37)
7 November 2025 MX$10.19 trillion
Budget of Expenditures of the Federation for the Fiscal Year 2026

Presupuesto de Egresos de la Federación para el Ejercicio Fiscal 2026

4 November 2025
(358–133)
N/a 21 November 2025
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Party summary

These tables relate to the composition of the Senate of the Republic and the Chamber of Deputies at the start of the LXVI Legislature and their current makeup, highlighting the changes in party affiliation that have occurred during the legislature.

Senate

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Party Start of
Legislature
Current
seats
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National Regeneration Movement 66 66 Steady
National Action Party 22 21 Decrease 1
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 13 14 Increase 1
Institutional Revolutionary Party 15 13 Decrease 2
Labor Party 6 6 Steady
Citizens' Movement 5 6 Increase 1
Independents / No party 1 2 Increase 1
Total 128 128
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Chamber of Deputies

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Party Start of
Legislature[23]
Current
seats
±
National Regeneration Movement 257 253 Decrease 4
National Action Party 71 69 Decrease 2
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 60 62 Increase 2
Labor Party 47 49 Increase 2
Institutional Revolutionary Party 36 37 Increase 1
Citizens' Movement 27 29 Increase 2
Independents / No party 1 1 Steady
Party of the Democratic Revolution 1 0 Decrease 1
Total 500 500
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Leadership

Senate Board of Directors

The Senate's Board of Directors (Mesa Directiva) is composed of a president, three vice presidents and four secretaries, elected by an absolute majority of the senators present in a ballot vote and serving one legislative year, with re-election permitted. For the second and third years it is chosen at a preliminary meeting held in the ten days before sessions open.[24] The Senate has repeatedly gone beyond that statutory minimum, adding posts by parliamentary agreement so that every parliamentary group is represented: a fourth vice presidency and three further secretaryships in September 2024, and eight secretaries in 2025–2026.

2024–2025

The Senate elected its first Board of Directors on 29 August 2024, choosing Gerardo Fernández Noroña (Morena) as president in a ballot vote with 127 votes in favor and one against.[25] On 3 September, the Senate approved an agreement of its Political Coordination Board adding, for that legislative year, a fourth vice presidency for the PVEM and three further secretaryships, allotted to Morena, the PAN and the PRI.[26]

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President Morena Gerardo Fernández Noroña
Vice presidents Morena Imelda Castro Castro
PAN Mauricio Vila Dosal
PRI Karla Guadalupe Toledo Zamora
PVEM Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín
from 3 September 2024
Secretaries Morena Verónica Camino Farjat
PVEM Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez
PT Lizeth Sánchez García
MC Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas
Morena Julieta Andrea Ramírez Padilla
from 3 September 2024
PAN Imelda Margarita Sanmiguel Sánchez
from 3 September 2024
PRI Claudia Edith Anaya Mota
from 3 September 2024
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2025–2026

At the preliminary meeting of 29 August 2025, the Senate elected Laura Itzel Castillo (Morena) as president by secret ballot, approving the slate with 101 of the 106 votes cast, the remaining five going to other candidates.[27] It was the first time in 96 years that the PRI held neither the presidency nor a vice presidency of the board,[28] a consequence of Senator Néstor Camarillo leaving the party for Citizens' Movement (MC) two days earlier, which reduced the PRI to thirteen senators and fourth place in the chamber.[29] The board comprised eight secretaryships, one for each parliamentary group and three for Morena.[30] Secretary Gustavo Sánchez Vásquez (PAN) died in office on 31 January 2026 and was replaced on 24 February by Gina Gerardina Campuzano González.[31]

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President Morena Laura Itzel Castillo
Vice presidents Morena Verónica Camino Farjat
PAN Imelda Sanmiguel Sánchez
PVEM Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín
Secretaries Morena Mariela Gutiérrez Escalante
Morena Sandra Simey Olvera Bautista
Morena María Martina Kantún Can
PAN Gustavo Sánchez Vásquez
to 31 January 2026
PAN Gina Gerardina Campuzano González
from 24 February 2026
PVEM Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez
PT Lizeth Sánchez García
PRI Claudia Edith Anaya Mota
MC Néstor Camarillo Medina
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2026–2027

Morena's caucus unanimously nominated Higinio Martínez Miranda on 30 August 2026, over the objections of Gerardo Fernández Noroña, who had sought the post.[32] The plenary elected him president on 31 August 2026 with 116 of the 117 votes cast in a nominal ballot.[33][34]

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President Morena Higinio Martínez Miranda
Vice presidents Morena Verónica Camino Farjat
PAN Mauricio Vila Dosal
PVEM Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín
Secretaries Morena María Martina Kantún Can
Morena Alejandra Berenice Arias Trevilla
Morena Simey Olvera Bautista
PAN Gina Gerardina Campuzano González
PVEM Juanita Guerra Mena
PT Lizeth Sánchez García
PRI Claudia Edith Anaya Mota
MC Néstor Camarillo Medina
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Chamber of Deputies Board of Directors

The Board of Directors (Mesa Directiva) is elected by the plenary and consists of a president, three vice presidencies and one secretaryship proposed by each parliamentary group; its members serve one year and may be re-elected.[35] For the second and third years of a legislature the law requires the presidency to pass, in decreasing order, to the largest parliamentary groups that have not yet held it, and bars it from the group presiding the Political Coordination Board; it accordingly went from Morena to the PAN and then to the PVEM.[35]

2024–2025

The Chamber elected its first Board of Directors at the constitutive session of 29 August 2024, choosing Ifigenia Martínez y Hernández (Morena) as president with 496 votes.[36] Martínez y Hernández died in office on 5 October 2024; three days later the Chamber designated, by a unanimous 420 votes, First Vice President Sergio Gutiérrez Luna as substitute president, Dolores Padierna Luna as vice president and José Luis Montalvo Luna as secretary in place of Pedro Vázquez González, all three taking office the same day.[37] Third Vice President María del Carmen Pinete Vargas died on 1 April 2025; María Luisa Mendoza Mondragón was elected with 394 votes on 22 April to complete the term.

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President Morena Ifigenia Martínez y Hernández
1 September – 5 October 2024
Morena Sergio Gutiérrez Luna
from 8 October 2024
Vice presidents Morena Sergio Gutiérrez Luna
1 September – 8 October 2024
Morena Dolores Padierna Luna
from 8 October 2024
PAN Kenia López Rabadán
PVEM María del Carmen Pinete Vargas
1 September 2024 – 1 April 2025
PVEM María Luisa Mendoza Mondragón
from 22 April 2025
Secretaries Morena Julieta Villalpando Riquelme
PAN Alan Sahir Márquez Becerra
PVEM Nayeli Arlen Fernández Cruz
PT Pedro Vázquez González
1 September – 8 October 2024
PT José Luis Montalvo Luna
from 8 October 2024
PRI Fuensanta Guadalupe Guerrero Esquivel
MC Laura Ballesteros Mancilla
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2025–2026

The parliamentary groups failed to agree at the preparatory session of 31 August 2025, Morena having rejected the PAN's proposals for the presidency, and the outgoing board continued in office under the fallback provided by the law.[35] Agreement was reached two days later: on 2 September 2025, Kenia López Rabadán (PAN) was elected president with 435 votes in favor and four against.[38]

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President PAN Kenia López Rabadán
Vice presidents Morena Sergio Gutiérrez Luna
PAN Paulina Rubio Fernández
PVEM Raúl Bolaños Cacho Cué
Secretaries Morena Julieta Villalpando Riquelme
PAN Alan Sahir Márquez Becerra
PVEM Nayeli Arlen Fernández Cruz
PT Magdalena del Socorro Núñez Monreal
PRI Fuensanta Guadalupe Guerrero Esquivel
MC Laura Ballesteros Mancilla
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2026–2027

At the preparatory session of 31 August 2026, the Chamber approved the composition of its final Board of Directors with 432 votes in favor, one against and ten abstentions, electing Raúl Bolaños Cacho Cué (PVEM) as president.[39] It was the first time the board was elected using the electronic voting system rather than ballots deposited in an urn.[40] The composition had been settled earlier the same day in a resolution signed by all six parliamentary coordinators.[41]

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President PVEM Raúl Bolaños Cacho Cué
Vice presidents Morena Sergio Gutiérrez Luna
PAN Annia Sarahí Gómez Cárdenas
PVEM Nayeli Arlen Fernández Cruz
Secretaries Morena Julieta Villalpando Riquelme
PAN Diana Estefanía Gutiérrez Valtierra
PVEM Felipe Miguel Delgado Carrillo
PT Francisco Amadeo Espinosa Ramos
PRI Fuensanta Guadalupe Guerrero Esquivel
MC Laura Ballesteros Mancilla
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Senate members

Elected by state

In the list, the first two positions represent the senators from the winning two-name formula who secured a majority in the state. The third corresponds to the senator who earned a seat through first minority.

Elected by proportional representation

Chamber of Deputies members

Elected by district

Elected by proportional representation

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Notes

  1. Sánchez Vásquez died in office on 31 January 2026.[42] His alternate, García López, was sworn in on 10 February.[43]
  2. In Campeche: Before the 2024 election, Eliseo Fernández Montufar's candidacy was revoked due to an active arrest warrant.[44] Citizens' Movement's formula secured a seat through first minority, with his alternate, Daniel Barreda Pavón, becoming the senator-elect.[45]
  3. López Castro resigned her membership in the PRI on 29 October 2024[46] and joined MORENA two weeks later.[47]
  4. Saucedo Reyes was elected for the PRD as part of the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition but switched allegiance to Morena on 28 August 2024.[3][48]
  5. Camarillo Medina switched allegiance from the PRI to MC on 27 August 2025.[49]
  6. Inzunza Cázarez resigned from Morena's Senate caucus to continue serving unaffiliated while under investigation.[50]
  7. Fabio Beltrones was elected as part of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), but on 12 August 2024, before the start of the legislature, the party announced his exclusion from the PRI parliamentary group due to disagreements with the party leadership.[51]
  8. In Tabasco: Rosalinda López Hernández, the senator-elect, died on 5 June 2024, before being sworn in.[52] Her alternate, Alejandra Arias Trevilla, took her place.[53]
  9. Herrera Dagdug was elected for the PRD as part of the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition but switched allegiance to Morena on 28 August 2024.[3][48]
  10. On 10 September 2024, Yunes Márquez was granted a leave of absence on health grounds, and Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares was sworn in as his alternate.[54] Later the same day, however, Yunes Márquez returned to his seat.[55]
  11. On 23 November 2024, the National Action Party (PAN) parliamentary group expelled Yunes Márquez due to his vote in favor of the 2024 Mexican judicial reform.[56]
  12. Yunes Márquez joined Morena on 18 February 2025.[57]
  13. Was among the eight deputies who switched from Morena to the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico on 1 September 2024.[58]
  14. Following the loss of the Party of the Democratic Revolution's registration as a federal party, on 20 September 2024, Sandoval Hernández joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party.[59]
  15. Was among the three deputies who switched from the Labor Party to Morena on 19 September 2024.[60]
  16. Was among the five deputies who switched from Morena to the Labor Party on 19 September 2024.[60]
  17. Was among the six deputies who switched from the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico to Morena on 1 September 2024.[58]
  18. Villegas Sánchez resigned her seat on 31 October 2024 to serve as her party's state president in Sinaloa and was replaced by her alternate, Flores Ojeda.[61][62]
  19. Pinete Vargas died in office on 1 April 2025.[63] Her alternate, Guzmán González, was sworn in on 9 April.[64]
  20. Aguas Atlahua was murdered in Zongolica, Veracruz, on 9 December 2024.[65] His alternate, Puertos Chimalhua, was sworn in on 11 December.[66]
  21. Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda had been assigned a seat through proportional representation but was murdered on 25 July 2024, before the start of the legislature.[67] His alternate, Juan Moreno de Haro, took his place.[68]
  22. On 11 December 2024, the Chamber's plenary granted Vitela Rodríguez's request to vacate her seat as of 15 January 2025.[66]

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