Chamber of Deputies of Chile

The Chamber of Deputies (Template:Langx)Template:Efn 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.

Eligibility

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.

Electoral system

Since 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 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

President of the Chamber

On 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).<ref name=vicepresidencies>Template:Cite web</ref> Likewise, the first and second vice-presidencies were assigned to people who are members of the PR, FA, PS, PC, DC and PPD.<ref name=vicepresidencies />

Political composition (2022–2026)

Current party representation in the Chamber of Deputies

Parliamentary GroupTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn		Leader	SeatsTemplate:Efn	Political position	Ideology
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Broad Front	Jaime Sáez Lorena Fries	23	Left-wing	Democratic socialism, Progressivism
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent Democratic Union	Henry Leal Marlene Pérez Felipe Donoso	20	Right-wing	Gremialismo, Conservatism, Economic liberalism
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	National Renewal	Miguel Mellado Carla Morales Ximena Ossandón	20	Centre-right to right-wing	Conservatism, Liberal conservatism
	Communist, Social Green Regionalist Federation, Humanist Action and independents	Lorena Pizarro Daniela Serrano	14	Left-wing to far-left	Communism, Green politics, Universal humanism
	Socialist	Juan Santana Emilia Nuyado	13	Centre-left to left-wing	Social democracy, Democratic socialism
	Republican Party	Cristián Araya	13	Far-right	National conservatism
	Christian Social, National Libertarian and independents	Roberto Arroyo	11	Right-wing to Far-right	Christian right, Paleolibertarianism
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Party for Democracy	Héctor Ulloa	9	Centre-left	Social democracy, Social liberalism
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Radical - Liberal	Luis Malla	9	Centre to centre-left	Radicalism, Social liberalism
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Christian Democratic and Independents	Héctor Barría	9	Centre to centre-left	Christian democracy, Third Way
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Democrats, Yellows and independents	Joanna Pérez	6	Centre to centre-right	Christian democracy, Christian humanism
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Political Evolution	Francisco Undurraga	4	Centre-right	Liberalism
	Independents Committee	Pamela Jiles	3	Left-wing	Left-wing populism
	Independents without a parliamentary group		2
Total			155

See also

• List of legislatures by country
• List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
• National Congress of Chile
• Senate of Chile

External links

• Template:Official website