Distritos electorales y representación bicameral en México

Abstract

AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE 1996 ELECTORAL REFORM AFFECTED THE ORIGIN OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY: IT ALTERED THE UNINOMINAL DISTRICTS AND RE-ARRANGED THE PLURINOMINAL DISTRICTS. IT ALSO MODIFIED THE TERRITORIAL DESCRIPTION OF SENATORS, REDUCING THE NUMBER FROM FOUR TO THREE PER STATE AND ADDING A LIST OF 32 SENATORS ELECTED IN A SINGLE, RATIONAL PLURINOMINAL DISTRICT. THIS ARTICLE ESTIMATES THE LEVELS OF OVER-REPRESENTATION IN THE DISTRICTS FOR EACH CHAMBER, PUTTING FORWARD ARGUMENTS IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE IN FAVOR OF TERRITORIAL REPRESENTATION AND THE PLURINOMINAL LIST.