Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay
Lower house of the General Assembly of Uruguay
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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]
Chamber of Representatives Cámara de Representantes | |
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| 50th Legislature | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 19 October 1830[1] |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 99 |
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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 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 | 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 | |||||
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 | PDC | PP |
1994–1999
| 32 | 31 | 31 | 5 |
| Colorado Party | National Party | Broad Front | NS |
1999–2004
| 40 | 33 | 22 | 4 |
| Broad Front | 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 |
2019–2024
| 42 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Broad Front | National Party | Colorado Party | Open Cabildo | IP | PG | PERI |
2025–2029
| 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Broad Front | National Party | Colorado Party | SI | Open Cabildo | IP |