25th Senate of Puerto Rico

25th Senate of Puerto Rico
25th Senate of Puerto Rico
In session
	January 2, 2013 – January 1, 2017
Leadership
President	Eduardo Bhatia
President pro tem	José Luis Dalmau
Majority Leader	Aníbal José Torres
Majority Whip	Rossana López
Minority Leaders	Larry Seilhamer; María de Lourdes Santiago
Minority Whip	Carmelo Ríos
Non-officers
Secretary	Tania Barbarossa
Sergeant-at-Arms	Luis A. Ramos Rivera
Structure
Seats	27 voting members
Parties represented	18 PPD; 8 PNP; 1 PIP
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Last election	November 6, 2012
Next election	November 8, 2016
Legislature
	17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Lower house
	29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Sessions
1st
1st	January 14, 2013 – June 30, 2013
2nd	August 19, 2013 – November 19, 2013
3rd	January 13, 2014 – June 30, 2014
4th	August 18, 2014 – November 18, 2014
5th	January 12, 2015 – June 30, 2015
6th	August 17, 2015 – November 17, 2015
7th	January 11, 2016 – June 30, 2016
8th	August 15, 2016 – November 15, 2016
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The 25th Senate of Puerto Rico is the upper house of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and will meet from January 2, 2013, to January 1, 2017. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2012. The Senate has a majority of members from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).^[1]^[2]^[3] The body is counterparted by the 29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in the lower house.

^ "El Senado será dominado por populares". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013.
^ "SENADORES POR DISTRITO RESULTADOS POR DISTRITO SENATORIAL". Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 29 December 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
^ "SENADORES POR ACUMULACIÓN RESULTADOS ISLA". Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 29 December 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.