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Chamber of Deputies of Chile

Coordinates: 33°02′52″S 71°36′21″W / 33.04778°S 71.60583°W / -33.04778; -71.60583
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Chamber of Deputies

Cámara de Diputados
56th National Congress
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Karol Cariola, PCCh
since 15 April 2024
Structure
Seats155
Political groups
Government (67)
  • Government Alliance (67)
    •   FA (23)
    •   PS (13)
    •   PCCh (10)
    •   PPD (9)
    •   PL (5)
    •   PR (3)
    •   AH (2)
    •   FREVS (1)
    •   Independents (1)

External support (7)

Opposition (81)

Length of term
4 years
Elections
Open list proportional representation through the D'Hondt method with no threshold in multi-seat constituencies
Last election
21 November 2021
Meeting place
Chamber of Deputies
National Congress of Chile
Valparaíso
Chile
Website
http://www.camara.cl

33°02′52″S 71°36′21″W / 33.04778°S 71.60583°W / -33.04778; -71.60583

The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados)[a] is the lower house of Chile's bicameral Congress. Its organisation and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of Chile's current constitution.

Eligibility

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Deputies must: be aged at least 21; not be disqualified from voting; have finished secondary school or its equivalent; and have lived in the corresponding electoral district for at least two years prior to the election.

Electoral system

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Since 2017, Chile's congress has been elected through open list proportional representation under the D'Hondt method.

Before 2017, a unique binomial system was used. These system rewards coalition slates. Each coalition could run two candidates for each electoral district's two Chamber seats. Typically, the two largest coalitions in a district divided the seats, one each, among themselves. Only if the leading coalition ticket out-polls the second-place coalition by a margin of more than two-to-one did the winning coalition gain both seats. with seats allocated using the simple quotient. The Chamber of Deputies meets in Chile's National Congress located in the port city of Valparaíso, some 120 km west of the capital, Santiago. The Congress building in Valparaíso replaced the old National Congress, located in downtown Santiago, in 1990

President of the Chamber

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On 11 March 2022, it was agreed that the Presidency of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies would rotate between the Party for Democracy (PPD), Communist Party (PC), Christian Democratic Party (DC), Party of the People (PDG), the Broad Front (FA) and the Liberal Party (PL).[1] Likewise, the first and second vice-presidencies were assigned to people who are members of the PR, FA, PS, PC, DC and PPD.[1]

Political composition (2022-2026)

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Current party representation in the Chamber of Deputies
Parliamentary Group[b][c] Leader Seats[d] Seat Share Political position Ideology
  Broad Front Camila Rojas 23 14.84% Left-wing Democratic socialism, Progressivism
  Independent Democratic Union Juan Antonio Coloma 22 14.19% Right-wing Gremialismo, Conservatism, Economic liberalism
  National Renewal Ximena Ossandón 22 14.19% Centre-right to right-wing Conservatism, Liberal conservatism
  Radical - Liberal - DC Luis Malla 14 9.03% Centre to centre-left Radicalism, Social liberalism, Christian democracy
  Communist, Social Green Regionalist Federation, Humanist Action and independents Luis Cuello 14 9.03% Left-wing to far-left Communism, Green politics, Universal humanism
  Socialist Daniel Melo 13 8.39% Centre-left to left-wing Social democracy, Democratic socialism
  Republican Party Stephan Schubert 12 7.74% Far-right National conservatism
  Party for Democracy Jaime Araya 9 5.81% Centre-left Social democracy
  Democrats, Yellows and independents Joanna Pérez 8 5.16% Centre to centre-right Christian democracy
  Christian Social Party and independents Francesca Muñoz 7 4.52% Right-wing Christian right
  Political Evolution Jorge Guzmán 4 2.58% Centre-right Classical liberalism
  Independents Committee Pamela Jiles 3 1.94% Left-wing Left-wing populism
  Independents without a parliamentary group 4 2.58%
Total 155 100%

Deputies

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2018-2022

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2022-2026

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In Spanish, the Chamber's name includes both 'Diputadas' (female Deputies) and 'Diputados' (male Deputies), which in English is just translated to the gender-neutral 'Deputies'.
  2. ^ Party name and leaders current as of 8 July 2024
  3. ^ Parliamentary Group: internal organisation of the congress; does not necessarily represent membership of political parties
  4. ^ Seat numbers current as of 8 July 2024

References

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  1. ^ a b "The PPD Raúl Soto will assume presidency of the Chamber of Deputies". https://elmostrador.cl/. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.