Congress of Deputies

Congress of Deputies

*Congreso de los Diputados*
Co-official languages
Basque: *Diputatuen Kongresua*
Catalan: *Congrés dels Diputats*
Galician: *Congreso dos Deputados*
Aranese: *Congrès des Deputats*
Congress of Deputies ; Congreso de los Diputados; Co-official languages Basque: Diputatuen Kongresua; Catalan: Congrés dels Diputats; Galician: Congreso dos Deputados; Aranese: Congrès des Deputats
15th Congress of Deputies
Type
Type	Lower house of the Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain
History
Founded	1834
Leadership
President	Francina Armengol, PSOE ; since 17 August 2023
First Vice President	Alfonso Rodríguez Gómez de Celis, PSOE ; since 3 December 2019
Second Vice President	José Antonio Bermúdez de Castro, PP ; since 17 August 2023
Third Vice President	Esther Gil de Reboleño Lastortres, SMR ; since 17 August 2023
Fourth Vice President	Marta González Vázquez, PP ; since 17 August 2023
Structure
Seats	350
Political groups	Government (147) PSOE (120); Sumar (27); Supported by (32) ERC (7); Junts (7); EH Bildu (6); EAJ/PNV (5); Podemos (4); BNG (1); CCa (1); Independent (1); Opposition (171) PP (137); Vox (33); UPN (1);
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation,; D'Hondt method
Last election	23 July 2023
Meeting place
	Palacio de las Cortes; Madrid, Community of Madrid; Kingdom of Spain
Website
	congreso.es
Rules
	Standing Orders of the Congress of Deputies (English)

The Congress of Deputies (Spanish: Congreso de los Diputados) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch, the upper house being the Senate. The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament (Palacio de las Cortes) in Madrid.

It has 350 members elected by constituencies (matching fifty Spanish provinces and two autonomous cities) by closed list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. Deputies serve four-year terms. The presiding officer is the President of the Congress of Deputies, who is elected by the members thereof. It is the analogue to a speaker.

In the Congress, MPs from the political parties, or groups of parties, form parliamentary groups. Groups must be formed by at least 15 deputies, but a group can also be formed with only five deputies if the parties got at least 5% of the nationwide vote, or 15% of the votes in the constituencies in which they ran. The deputies belonging to parties who cannot create their own parliamentary group form the Mixed Group.^[1]

After the 2019 general election in April, the number of female deputies was up to 168 representing 48% of all members, making Spain the European country with the highest percentage of women in parliament, surpassing Sweden and Finland.^[2]

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^ "Which European country has the most female politicians?". The Economist. 3 May 2019. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

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[4] "Which European country has the most female politicians?". The Economist. 3 May 2019. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

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