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elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term; election last held 21 August 1994 (next to be held in July or August 2000) election results: Ernesto ZEDILLO Ponce de Leon elected president; percent of vote--Ernesto ZEDILLO Ponce de Leon (PRI) 50.18%, Cuauhtemoc CARDENAS Solorzano (PRD) 17.08%, Diego FERNANDEZ DE CEVALLOS (PAN) 26.69%, other 6.05% Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Union consists of the Senate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats; half are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms, and half are allocated on the basis of each party's popular vote) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (500 seats; 300 members are directly elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; remaining 200 members are allocated on the basis of each party's popular vote, also for three-year terms) elections: Senate--last held 6 July 1997 for one-quarter of the seats; Chamber of Deputies--last held 6 July 1997 (the next legislative elections will coincide with the presidential election in July or August 2000) election results: Senate--percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--PRI 77, PAN 33, PRD 16, PVEM 1, PT 1; note--the distribution of seats as of May 1998 is as follows--PRI 77, PAN 31, PRD 15, PT 1, independents 4; Chamber of Deputies--percent of vote by party--PRI 39%, PAN 27%, PRD 26%; seats by party--PRI 239, PRD 125, PAN 121, PVEM 8, PT 7; note--the distribution of seats as of May 1998 is as follows--PRI 237, PRD 127, PAN 120, PT 7, PVEM 6, independents 3 Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate) Political parties and leaders: recognized parties--Institutional Political pressure groups and leaders: Roman Catholic Church; Confederation of Mexican Workers or CTM; Confederation of Industrial Chambers or CONCAMIN; Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce or CONCANACO; National Peasant Confederation or CNC; Revolutionary Workers Party or PRT; Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Peasants or CROC; Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers or CROM; Confederation of Employers of the Mexican Republic or COPARMEX; National Chamber of Transformation Industries or CANACINTRA; Coordinator for Foreign Trade Business Organizations or COECE; Federation of Unions Providing Goods and
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