Chamber of Deputies of Chile

Chamber of Deputies

*Cámara de Diputados*
Chamber of Deputies ; Cámara de Diputados
56th National Congress
Type
Type	Lower House of the National Congress of Chile
Leadership
President	Karol Cariola, PCCh ; since 15 April 2024
Structure
Seats	155
Political groups	Government (66) Government Alliance (66) FA (22); PS (13); PCCh (10); PPD (9); PL (5); PR (3); AH (2); FREVS (1); Independents (1); ; External support (7) DC (7); Opposition (81) Chile Vamos (48) UDI (22); RN (22); Evópoli (4); ; Others (33) PLR (12); PSC (8); Democrats (7); AxCh (1); Independents (5); ; Vacant (1) Vacant (1);
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Open list proportional representation through the D'Hondt method with no threshold in multi-seat constituencies
Last election	21 November 2021
Meeting place
	Chamber of Deputies; National Congress of Chile; Valparaíso; Chile
Website
	http://www.camara.cl

33°02′52″S 71°36′21″W / 33.04778°S 71.60583°W / -33.04778; -71.60583

The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados)^[b] 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).^[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)

Current party representation in the Chamber of Deputies
Parliamentary Group^[c]^[d]		Leader	Seats^[e]	Seat Share	Political position	Ideology
	Broad Front	Camila Rojas	23	14.84%	Left-wing	Democratic socialism, Progressivism
	Independent Democratic Union	Juan Antonio Coloma	22	14.19%	Right-wing	Gremialismo, Conservatism, Economic liberalism
	National Renewal	Ximena Ossandón	22	14.19%	Centre-right to right-wing	Conservatism, Liberal conservatism
	Radical - Liberal - DC	Luis Malla	14	9.03%	Centre to centre-left	Radicalism, Social liberalism, Christian democracy
	Communist, Social Green Regionalist Federation, Humanist Action and independents	Luis Cuello	14	9.03%	Left-wing to far-left	Communism, Green politics, Universal humanism
	Socialist	Daniel Melo	13	8.39%	Centre-left to left-wing	Social democracy, Democratic socialism
	Republican Party	Stephan Schubert	12	7.74%	Far-right	National conservatism
	Party for Democracy	Jaime Araya	9	5.81%	Centre-left	Social democracy
	Democrats, Yellows and independents	Joanna Pérez	8	5.16%	Centre to centre-right	Christian democracy
	Christian Social Party and independents	Francesca Muñoz	7	4.52%	Right-wing	Christian right
	Political Evolution	Jorge Guzmán	4	2.58%	Centre-right	Classical liberalism
	Independents Committee	Pamela Jiles	3	1.94%	Left-wing	Left-wing populism
	Independents without a parliamentary group		4	2.58%
Total			155	100%

Deputies

2018-2022

2022-2026

Notes

^ Vacancy due to the death of deputy Mercedes Bulnes (FA - district 17) on November 22nd, 2024
^ 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 8 July 2024
^ Parliamentary Group: internal organisation of the congress; does not necessarily represent membership of political parties
^ Seat numbers current as of 8 July 2024

References

External links

Official website

^ ^a ^b "The PPD Raúl Soto will assume presidency of the Chamber of Deputies". https://elmostrador.cl/. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

[1] Vacancy due to the death of deputy Mercedes Bulnes (FA - district 17) on November 22nd, 2024

[2] 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'.

[4] Party name and leaders current as of 8 July 2024

[5] Parliamentary Group: internal organisation of the congress; does not necessarily represent membership of political parties

[6] Seat numbers current as of 8 July 2024

[vicepresidencies-3] "The PPD Raúl Soto will assume presidency of the Chamber of Deputies". https://elmostrador.cl/. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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