Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay

Chamber of Representatives Cámara de Representantes
49th Legislature of the Chamber of Deputies
Type
Type	Lower House of the General Assembly of Uruguay
History
Founded	19 October 1830[1]
Leadership
President of the Chamber	Ana Olivera, Broad Front since 1 March 2024
Structure
Seats	99
Political groups	Government (56)   National Party (30)   Colorado Party (13)   Open Cabildo (11)   Independent Party (1)   Partido de la Gente (1) Opposition (43)   Broad Front (42)   PERI (1)
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method
Last election	27 October 2019
Next election	2024
Meeting place
Chamber of Representatives, Legislative Palace, Montevideo, Uruguay
Website
Official website

Politics of Uruguay
Constitution Current constitution (1997) Previous constitutions 1830 1918 1934 1942 1952 1967
Executive President (list) Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou Cabinet
Legislative Vice President Beatriz Argimón General Assembly Senate President Chamber of Representatives President Palacio Legislativo
Judiciary Supreme Court
Administrative divisions Departments Municipalities
Elections Political parties Recent elections General: 2014 2019 2024 Municipal: 2010 2015 2020 Electoral Court Ley de Lemas (voting system)
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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]

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]