Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay

Chamber of Representatives

*Cámara de Representantes*
Chamber of Representatives ; Cámara de Representantes
49th Legislature of the Chamber of Deputies
Type
Type	Lower House of the General Assembly of Uruguay
History
Founded	19 October 1830
Leadership
President of the Chamber	Ana Olivera, Broad Front ; since 1 March 2024
Structure
Seats	99
Political groups	Government (56) National Party (30); Colorado Party (13); Open Cabildo (11); Independent Party (1); Partido de la Gente (1); Opposition (43) Broad Front (42); PERI (1);
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation; D'Hondt method
Last election	27 October 2019
Next election	2024
Meeting place
	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]

Latest elections

Party		Chamber of Representatives
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Broad Front	949,376	40.49	42	–8
	National Party	696,452	29.70	30	–2
	Colorado Party	300,177	12.80	13	0
	Open Cabildo	268,736	11.46	11	New
	Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente	33,461	1.43	1	+1
	Party of the Folk	26,313	1.12	1	+1
	Independent Party	23,580	1.01	1	–2
	Popular Unity	19,728	0.84	0	–1
	Green Animalist Party	19,392	0.83	0	New
	Digital Party	6,363	0.27	0	New
	Workers' Party	1,387	0.06	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		88,399	–	–	–
Total		2,433,364	100	99	0
Registered voters/turnout		2,699,978	90.13	–	–
Source: Corte Electoral; El País Archived 2020-01-17 at the Wayback Machine

Representatives

President

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

1989–1994

39	30	21	9
National Party	Colorado Party	PE	PP

1994–1999

32	31	31	5
Colorado Party	National Party	PE	NS

1999–2004

40	33	22	4
PE	Colorado Party	National Party	NS

2004–2009

52	36	10	1
Broad Front	National Party	Colorado	IP

2009–2014

50	30	17	2
Broad Front	National Party	Colorado Party	IP

2014–2019

50	32	13	3	1
Broad Front	National Party	Colorado Party	IP	PA

2019–

42	30	13	11	1	1	1
Broad Front	National Party	Colorado Party	Open Cabildo	IP	PG	PERI

References

^ 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.