The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados)[a] is the lower house of Chile's bicameralCongress. Its organisation and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of Chile's current constitution.
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.
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
^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'.
^Party name and leaders current as of 11 August 2023
^Parliamentary Group: internal organisation of the congress; does not necessarily represent membership of political parties
^ ab"The PPD Raúl Soto will assume presidency of the Chamber of Deputies". https://elmostrador.cl/. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
November 29, 2023
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Chamber of Deputies of Chile news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message 33 02 52 S 71 36 21 W 33 04778 S 71 60583 W 33 04778 71 60583Chamber of Deputies Camara de Diputados56th National CongressTypeTypeLower House of the National Congress of ChileLeadershipPresidentRicardo Cifuentes DC since 24 July 2023StructureSeats155Political groupsGovernment 67 Apruebo Dignidad 37 PC 12 CS 10 RD 7 Commons 4 AH 2 FRVS 1 AD Independent 1 Democratic Socialism 30 PS 13 PPD 9 PL 5 PR 3 Opposition 70 Chile Vamos 50 RN 23 UDI 23 EVoPOLI 4 PLR 12 PSC 3 Independents 5 Others 18 DC 5 Democrats 4 PDG 3 PH 1 AxCh 1 PEV 1 Independents 3 Length of term4 yearsElectionsVoting systemOpen list proportional representation through the D Hondt method with no threshold in multi seat constituenciesLast election21 November 2021Meeting placeChamber of DeputiesNational Congress of ChileValparaisoChileWebsitehttp www camara clThe Chamber of Deputies Spanish Camara 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 Contents 1 Eligibility 2 Electoral system 3 President of the Chamber 4 Political composition 2022 2026 5 Deputies 5 1 2018 2022 5 2 2022 2026 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksEligibility editDeputies 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 editSince 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 Valparaiso some 120 km west of the capital Santiago The Congress building in Valparaiso replaced the old National Congress located in downtown Santiago in 1990President of the Chamber editOn 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 editCurrent party representation in the Chamber of Deputies Parliamentary Group b c Leader Seats d Seat Share Political position Ideology National Renewal Frank Sauerbaum 23 14 84 Centre right to right wing Conservatism Independent Democratic Union Guillermo Ramirez 23 14 84 Right wing Gremialism Social conservatism Nationalism Broad Front RD CS Commons Camila Rojas 22 14 19 Left wing Democratic socialism Progressivism Communist Social Green Regionalist Federation Humanist Action and independents Luis Cuello 16 10 32 Left wing to far left Communism Green politics Universal humanism Radical Liberal DC Yellows Eric Aedo 14 9 03 Centre to centre left Radicalism Social liberalism Christian democracy Socialist Party Daniel Manouchehri 13 8 39 Centre left Social democracy Republican Party Benjamin Moreno 12 7 74 Far right National conservatism Party for Democracy Cristian Tapia 10 6 45 Centre left Social democracy Third Way Party of the People and independents Karen Medina 8 5 16 Centre right to right wing Neo populism Christian Social Party and independents Victor Pino 7 4 52 Right wing Christian right Political Evolution Francisco Undurraga 4 2 58 Centre right Classical liberalism Independents Committee Pamela Jiles 2 1 29 Left wing Left wing populism Independents without a parliamentary group 1 0 65 Total 155 100 Deputies edit2018 2022 edit Main article LV legislative period of the Chilean Congress 2022 2026 edit Main article LVI legislative period of the Chilean CongressSee also editList of legislatures by country List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile National Congress of Chile Senate of ChileNotes edit 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 Party name and leaders current as of 11 August 2023 Parliamentary Group internal organisation of the congress does not necessarily represent membership of political parties Seat numbers current as of 11 August 2023References editExternal links editOfficial website a b The PPD Raul Soto will assume presidency of the Chamber of Deputies https elmostrador cl 11 March 2022 Retrieved 11 March 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chamber of Deputies of Chile amp oldid 1185250574, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
