Legislative Representation and Re-election in Mexico: The 2021 Federal Election

The article aims to analyze the exercise of legislative reelection in the 2021 elections based on the elimination of consecutive prohibition under two criteria: reelection as a right and as a component of parliamentary professionalization. To do this, it reviews the development of the transition fro...

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Author: Valencia Escamilla, Laura
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2022
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repository:Revista Mexicana de Opinión Pública
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/79992
Online Access:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmop/article/view/79992
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Reelección legislativa
carreras legislativas
profesionalización parlamentaria
representación política
rendición de cuentas social
Legislative reelection
legislative careers
parliamentary professionalization
political representation
social accountability
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Summary:The article aims to analyze the exercise of legislative reelection in the 2021 elections based on the elimination of consecutive prohibition under two criteria: reelection as a right and as a component of parliamentary professionalization. To do this, it reviews the development of the transition from recidivism to re-election as an institutional change, and also identifies the effect that said change has on the legislative careers of popular representatives from a cyclical point of view and of continuity in the interests of the federal deputies who are re-elected for the first time in the 2021 elections. To that end, a database was developed on the trajectories of Mexican legislators based on their experience in different positions of representation and in local and federal public administration.