Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay - Wikipedia
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Chamber of Representatives Cámara de Representantes | |
|---|---|
| 50th Legislature | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 19 October 1830[1] |
| Leadership | |
Sebastián Valdomir, Broad Front | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 99 |
 | |
Political groups | Government (48)
Opposition (51)
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| Elections | |
| Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method | |
Last election | 27 October 2024 |
Next election | 27 October 2029 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Chamber of Representatives, Legislative Palace, Montevideo, Uruguay | |
| Website | |
| Official website |
The Chamber of Representatives (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes)[2] is the lower house of the General Assembly of Uruguay (Asamblea General de Uruguay). The Chamber has 99 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation with at least two members per department.[3]
The composition and powers of the Chamber of Representatives are established by Article Ninety of the Uruguayan Constitution. It also requires that members must be aged at least 25 and have been a citizen of Uruguay for five years.[4] It is the competence of the Chamber of Representatives to accuse in the Senate members of both houses, the President and Vice President of the Republic, the Ministers of State, the members of the Supreme Court, the Administrative Litigation Court, the Court of Accounts and the Electoral Court, either for violating the Constitution or other serious crimes.[5]
| Party | Senate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
| Broad Front | 1,071,826 | 43.86 | 16 | +3 | |
| National Party | 655,426 | 26.82 | 9 | –1 | |
| Colorado Party | 392,592 | 16.07 | 5 | +1 | |
| Sovereign Identity | 65,796 | 2.69 | 0 | New | |
| Open Cabildo | 60,549 | 2.48 | 0 | –3 | |
| Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente | 33,461 | 1.43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Constitutional Environmentalist Party | 11 865 | 0.49 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Party | 41,618 | 1.70 | 0 | 0 | |
| Popular Unity-Workers' Party | 10 102 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | |
| For Necessary Changes Party | 3,183 | 0.14 | 0 | New | |
| Republican Advance Party | 1,909 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 85,106 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 2,443,901 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
| Source: Corte Electoral |
The Presidency of the Chamber is renewed at the beginning of each session. Every year, a Representative is elected by the rest of the members as its President. The current officeholder of the Chamber of Representatives is Sebastián Andújar, who took office on March 1, 2023.
Historical seat division
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| 50 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Broad Front | National Party | Colorado Party | IP | PA |
| 42 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Broad Front | National Party | Colorado Party | Open Cabildo | IP | PG | PERI |
| 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Broad Front | National Party | Colorado Party | SI | Open Cabildo | IP |
- ^ Presidencia De La Asamblea General Y Del Senado Presidencia De La Camara De Representantes (October 29, 2013). "Parlamentarios Uruguayos 1830-2005" (PDF). www.parlamento.gub.uy. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013.
- ^ "Uruguay Cámara de Representantes (House of Representatives)". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ "Cámara de Representantes | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ "Cámara de Representantes | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Constitución de la República Oriental del Uruguay". www.impo.com.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.