57th Legislature of the National Congress

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Legislative bodyNational Congress
Meeting placeNational Congress Palace
Term1 February 2023 – 31 January 2027
Election2 October 2022
57th Legislature of National Congress
←56th 58th→
National Congress building (2019)
Overview
Legislative bodyNational Congress
Meeting placeNational Congress Palace
Term1 February 2023 – 31 January 2027
Election2 October 2022
GovernmentSecond Lula cabinet
Websitecongressonacional.leg.br
Federal Senate
Members81 senators
President of the SenateRodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG)
(until 1 February 2025)
Davi Alcolumbre (UNIÃO-AP)
(from 1 February 2025)
Chamber of Deputies
Members513 deputies
President of the ChamberArthur Lira (PP-AL)
(until 1 February 2025)
Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB)
(from 1 February 2025)
Sessions
1st1 February 2023 – 22 December 2023
2nd5 February 2024 – 20 December 2024
3rd3 February 2025 – 19 December 2025
4th2 February 2026 – present

The 57th Legislature of National Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the Federal Government of Brazil, composed by the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. It convened in Brasília on 1 February 2023, a month after the inauguration of the winner of the 2022 presidential election.

In the 2022 elections, the Liberal Party became the largest party in the Chamber with 99 deputies and in the Senate with 13 senators.[1][a]

  • 1 February 2023: Congress convened. Members-elect of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies are sworn in. Election for the Directors' Board of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Senator Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG) was re-elected Senate President and Congressman Arthur Lira (PP-AL) was re-elected Chamber President.[2][3]
  • 2 February 2023: Joint session of the National Congress to officially inaugurate the 57th Legislature.[4]
  • 23 May 2023: The Chamber passes 372-108 the Taxes Framework plan (PLP 93/2023) presented by the Ministry of Finances to partially replace the Constitutional Amendment of the Public Expenditure Cap.[5]
  • 30 May 2023: The Chamber passes 311-137 the new Temporal Landmark (PL 490/2007), which forbids new indigenous land registration after 5 October 1988 and new land demarcation must be analyzed by the Congress.[6][7]
  • 21 June 2023: The Senate approves the nomination of Cristiano Zanin for the Supreme Federal Court in a voting of 58–18.[8]
  • 6 July 2023: The Chamber passes 382–118, in a first round, and 375–113, in a second round, the Tax Reform plan (PEC 45/2019), which merges most of taxes over consumption into a value added tax.[9][10]
  • 21 June 2023: The Senate passes, with changes, the Taxes Framework plan (PLP 93/2023), in a voting of 57–17. The bill later returned to the Chamber for a last review.[11]
  • 22 August 2023: The Chamber passes the last review of the Taxes Framework plan (PLP 93/2023) in a voting of 379–64.[12]
  • 27 September 2023: The Senate passes 43–21 the new Temporal Landmark (PL 490/2007).[13]
  • 10 October 2023: The Chamber passes 312-0 a motion of disavowal to the October 7 attacks (REQ 3458/2023).[14]
  • 18 October 2023: The Chamber passes 323-98 a bill to authorize the membership of Bolivia in Mercosur (PDC 745/2017).[15] The 8 January CPMI approves 20-11 the final report, which requests a formal complaint against more than 60 people, including former president Jair Bolsonaro, his aide-de-camp Mauro Cid, former ministers Walter Braga Netto, Anderson Torres, Augusto Heleno, Luiz Eduardo Ramos, Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, former Navy Commander Almir Garnier Santos and former Army Commander Marco Antônio Freire Gomes.[16]
  • 20 October 2023: President Lula da Silva vetoes most of the Temporal Landmark (PL 490/2007), turning the rest of the bill into Law 14701/23.[17]
  • 25 October 2023: The Chamber passes 323-119 a bill to tax offshore assets and high income funds (PL 5173/23).[18]
  • 8 November 2023: The Senate passes 53–24, with changes, the Tax Reform plan (PEC 45/2019). The bill later returned to the Chamber for a last review.[19]
  • 22 November 2023: The Senate passes 52–18, in two rounds, a constitutional amendment to limit the powers of the Supreme Federal Court (PEC 8/2021).[20]
  • 27 November 2023: President Lula nominates Justice Minister Flávio Dino for Justice of the Supreme Court and Paulo Gonet for Prosecutor General.[21]
  • 13 December 2023: The Senate approves 47-31 the nomination of Flávio Dino for the Supreme Federal Court and 65-11 the nomination of Paulo Gonet for Prosecutor General.[22]
  • 5 February 2024: Congress convened for the opening of the 2nd session of the 57th Legislature. A message sent by president Lula was read by Congress First Secretary Luciano Bivar.[23][24]
  • 24 March 2024: Congressman Chiquinho Brazão (UNIÃO-RJ), along with his brother, Domingos Brazão, and former chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police, Rivaldo Barbosa, is arrested for ordering the assassination of councillor Marielle Franco.[25]
  • 10 April 2024: The Chamber approves 277-129 a resolution to keep congressman Chiquinho Brasão (Ind.-RJ) arrested (CMC 1/2024, converted into Resolution 9/2024).[26]
  • 16 April 2024: The Senate passes 53-9 a constitutional amendment to prohibit the possession and carrying of any amount of drugs (PEC 45/2023).[27]
  • 6 May 2024: The Chamber passes the declaration of public calamity sent by president Lula da Silva (MSC 175/2024) due to floods in Rio Grande do Sul.[28]
  • 7 May 2024: The Chamber passes the declaration of public calamity sent by president Lula da Silva (PDL 236-A/2024).[29]
  • 9 May 2024: President Lula da Silva announces a bill to allow R$ 50 billion of extraordinary credit for the reconstruction of cities of Rio Grande do Sul (MPV 1216/2024).[30]
  • 8 October 2024: The Senate confirms Gabriel Galípolo for President of the Central Bank of Brazil (MSF 42/2024).[31]
  • 30 October 2024: The Chamber rejects 262-136 an amendment to the Taxes Framework plan to tax high net worth.[32]
  • 1 February 2025: Congress convened. Election for the Directors' Board of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Senator Davi Alcolumbre (UNIÃO-AP) was re-elected for a second non-consecutive term as Senate President and Congressman Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB) was elected Chamber President.[33]
  • 3 February 2025: Congress convened for the opening of the 3rd session of the 57th Legislature. A message sent by president Lula was read by Congress First Secretary Carlos Veras.[34]
  • 25 June 2025: Senate passes a bill to increase the number of federal deputies from 513 to 531.[35]
  • 5 August 2025: After the end of a mid-year recess, Congress convened. Protesting against the house arrest of former president Bolsonaro, the opposition bloc obstructs congressional works and occupies both Chamber and Senate board of directors.[36]
  • 6 August 2025: Chamber President Hugo Motta resumes the presidency of the House.[37]
  • 7 August 2025: Senate President Davi Alcolumbre resumes the presidency of the House.[38]
  • 8 August 2025: Chamber President Motta files a requirement to the Chamber Internal Affairs Department to suspend or expel 14 deputies who physically obstructed the House works, including Opposition Leader Luciano Zucco, PL Leader Sóstenes Cavalcante and NOVO Leader Marcel van Hattem.[39]
  • 16 September 2025: The Chamber passes a constitutional amendment bill to shield deputies and senators from legal investigations and prosecutions and arrests, requiring a secret voting process from the Houses to authorize any of these acts (PEC 3/2021).[40]
  • 24 September 2025: The Senate Constitution and Justice Commission unanimously rejects the Constitutional Amendment of Shielding, archiving the bill.[41]
  • 12 November 2025: The Senate confirms 42-26 the nomination of Paulo Gonet Branco as Prosecutor General of the Republic for 2 more years.[42]
  • 31 March 2026: President Lula nominates Attorney General Jorge Messias for Justice of the Supreme Court.[43]
  • 29 April 2026: The Senate rejects Jorge Messias to the Supreme Court, marking the first rejection to the court since 1894.[44][45]

Party summary

Chamber of Deputies

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party18,201,24616.6299+66[b]
Brazil
of Hope		Workers' Party13,170,62612.0267+11
Communist Party of Brazil1,154,7121.056–4[c]
Green Party954,5780.876+2
Brazil Union10,198,2889.3159–22[d]
Progressistas8,692,9187.9447+10
Social Democratic Party8,293,9567.5742+8
Brazilian Democratic Movement7,870,8107.1842+8
Republicans7,610,8946.9541+11[e]
Always
Forward		Brazilian Social Democracy Party3,309,0613.0213–16
Cidadania1,614,1061.475–3[f]
PSOL
REDE		Socialism and Liberty Party3,856,0313.5212+2
Sustainability Network783,6010.722+1
Brazilian Socialist Party4,172,3833.8114–18
Democratic Labour Party3,828,2893.4917–11
Podemos3,610,6343.3012–5[g]
Avante2,175,3551.9970
Social Christian Party1,944,6781.786–2
Solidarity1,697,1271.554–9
Patriota1,526,5701.394–5[h]
Brazilian Labour Party1,422,6521.301–9
New Party1,354,7541.243–5
Republican Party of the Social Order1,042,6980.954–4
Brazilian Labour Renewal Party288,0270.2600
Party of National Mobilization256,5780.230–3
Act158,6220.140–2[i]
Christian Democracy97,7410.090–1
Brazilian Communist Party85,5110.0800
Brazilian Woman's Party83,0550.0800
Popular Unity54,5860.050New
United Socialist Workers' Party27,9950.0300
Workers' Cause Party7,3080.0100
Total109,545,390100.005130
Valid votes109,545,39088.92
Invalid votes6,149,0564.99
Blank votes7,501,1256.09
Total votes123,195,571100.00
Registered voters/turnout155,557,50379.20
Source: Superior Electoral Court

Federal Senate

Party or allianceVotes%Seats
ElectedTotal+/–
Liberal Party25,278,76425.39813+11[j]
Brazilian Socialist Party13,615,84613.6711–1
Brazil
of Hope		Workers' Party12,024,69612.0849+3
Green Party475,5970.48000
Communist Party of Brazil299,0130.30000
Social Democratic Party11,312,51211.36210+3
Progressistas7,592,3917.6237+2
Brazil Union5,465,4865.49512+2[k]
Social Christian Party4,285,4854.30110
Republicans4,259,2794.2823+2[l]
Brazilian Democratic Movement3,882,4583.90110–2
Brazilian Labour Party2,046,0032.0500–3
Podemos1,776,2831.7806–1[m]
Democratic Labour Party1,586,9221.5902–2
Always
Forward		Brazilian Social Democracy Party1,384,8711.3904–5
Cidadania00.0001–1[n]
Avante1,359,4551.37000
Brazilian Labour Renewal Party758,9380.76000
PSOL
REDE		Socialism and Liberty Party675,2440.68000
Sustainability Network8,1330.0101–4
New Party479,5930.48000
Popular Unity291,2940.2900New
Republican Party of the Social Order213,2470.21010
United Socialist Workers' Party132,6800.13000
Christian Democracy94,0980.09000
Patriota76,7290.0800–1[o]
Brazilian Communist Party64,5690.06000
Brazilian Woman's Party61,3500.06000
Party of National Mobilization27,8120.03000
Act24,0760.0200–1[p]
Solidarity17,3390.0200–1
Workers' Cause Party5,5720.01000
Independent00.0000–1
Total99,575,735100.0027810
Valid votes99,575,73580.83
Invalid votes14,279,52711.59
Blank votes9,340,3097.58
Total votes123,195,571100.00
Registered voters/turnout155,557,50379.20
Source: Superior Electoral Court

Leadership

Federal Senate

Senate Presidents
Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG),
until 1 February 2025
Davi Alcolumbre (UNIÃO-AP),
from 1 February 2025
1 February 2023 president election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Rodrigo Pacheco (MG) Green tickYPSD4960.49
Rogério Marinho (RN)PL3239.51
Total81100.00
Valid votes81100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes81100.00
Registered voters/turnout81100.00
1 February 2025 president election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Davi Alcolumbre (AP) Green tickYUNIÃO7390.12
Eduardo Girão (CE)NOVO44.94
Marcos Pontes (SP)PL44.94
Total81100.00
Valid votes81100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes81100.00
Registered voters/turnout81100.00

Chamber of Deputies

Chamber Presidents
Arthur Lira (PP-AL),
until 1 February 2025
Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB),
from 1 February 2025
1 February 2023 president election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Arthur Lira (AL) Green tickYPP46492.06
Chico Alencar (RJ)PSOL214.17
Marcel van Hattem (RS)NOVO193.77
Total504100.00
Valid votes50499.02
Invalid/blank votes50.98
Total votes509100.00
Registered voters/turnout51399.22
1 February 2025 president election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Hugo Motta (PB) Green tickYRepublicanos44489.34
Marcel van Hattem (RS)NOVO316.24
Henrique Vieira (RJ)PSOL224.43
Total497100.00
Valid votes49799.60
Invalid/blank votes20.40
Total votes499100.00
Registered voters/turnout51397.27

Members

Federal Senate

Chamber of Deputies

Commissions

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