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Congress of the State of Chiapas | |
Native Name: | Congreso del Estado de Chiapas |
House Type: | Unicameral |
Term Limits: | 1 term (3 years) |
Members: | 40 |
Voting System1: | First-past-the-post for 24 electoral district seats and Mixed-member proportional representation for 16 proportional representation seats |
Term Length: | 3 years |
Structure1 Res: | 250px |
Salary: | $54,809 MXN[1] |
Meeting Place: | Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico |
Website: | de Chiapas |
The Congress of the State of Chiapas (es|Congreso del Estado de Chiapas) is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Chiapas. It was constituted for the first time after the state's accession to Mexico on 5 January 1825. The Congress is the governmental deliberative body of Chiapas, which is equal to, and independent of, the executive.
At present it is composed of an assembly of 40 deputies, 24 of whom are elected on a first-past-the-post basis, one for each district in which the entity is divided. The rest is elected through a system of proportional representation. Deputies are elected to serve for a three-year term. Its headquarters are in the state capital, Tuxtla Gutiérrez.