Constituent Assembly of Mexico City

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 organization."[1] It will be installed on September 15, 2016, and must create the new constitution by January 31, 2017.[2]

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.[3]

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:[2]

Elected members

The elections for 60 of the 100 seats in the Constituent Assembly were held on June 5, 2016.[4] The 100 members are as follows:[5]

Senatorial designees

Deputy designees
  • René Cervera García
  • María Eugenia Ocampo Bedolla
  • To be designated[6]

Presidential designees

Mayoral designees

Final composition
Party Votes % Elected
seats		 Designees Total
seats
National Regeneration Movement652,28633.0622123
Party of the Democratic Revolution572,04328.99191029
National Action Party203,84310.37815
Institutional Revolutionary Party153,0347.7551621
Social Encounter Party68,6393.47213
New Alliance Party (Mexico)55,1782.79213
Citizens' Movement42,0682.1112
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico30,4771.54123
Labor Party18,3480.93000
Independent candidates176,9188.91—1
Invalid/blank votes172,821––––
Total2,145,65510060–100
Registered voters/turnout–28.67–––

The winning independent candidate — the only one of 21 to pass the 32,000-vote threshold — was Ismael Figueroa Flores.[9]

Popular vote
MORENA
 
 33.06%
PRD
 
 28.99%
PAN
 
 10.3%
PRI
 
 7.75%
PES
 
 3.47%
PANAL
 
 2.79%
MC
 
 2.1%
PVEM
 
 1.54%
PT
 
 0.93%
Independent
 
 8.9%
Seats including designees
PRD
 
 29%
MORENA
 
 23%
PRI
 
 21%
PAN
 
 15%
PES
 
 3%
PANAL
 
 3%
PVEM
 
 3%
MC
 
 2%
Independent
 
 1%

Party coordinators

Notes
  1. Ana Lilia Herrera Anzaldo, the original choice, left the Senate to become the Secretary of Education of the State of Mexico.
  2. The 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.
  3. Replaced Pablo Escudero Morales after he was designated President of the Senate.

References
  1. "Mexico City's Political Reform is a triumph of dialogue, democracy and its inhabitants: Enrique Peña Nieto". Office of the President of Mexico. 29 January 2016. (in English)
  2. 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."
  3. "Firman convenio de colaboración Gobierno de CDMX y Cámara de Senadores". Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  4. Bolaños Sánchez, Ángel (2016-06-10). "Asamblea Constituyente, sin cambios tras recuento de votos". La Jornada. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  5. "Los nombres que integrarán la Asamblea Constituyente". Excélsior. 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  6. Notimex (2016-05-24). "Cámara de Diputados publica su lista de integrantes a la Constituyente". Excélsior. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  7. "Instalan Asamblea Constituyente de la CDMX". El Universal. 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  8. "Ellos son los 6 constituyentes que designa Mancera". Aristegui Noticias. 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  9. Ríos, Valeria (2016-06-07). "Así quedará la Asamblea Constituyente de la Ciudad de México". Hipertextual. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  10. "Designan PAN y Morena coordinadores en Asamblea Constituyente". SDP Noticias. 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
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