Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay
| Chamber of Deputies Cámara de Representantes |
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| Seats | 99 |
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Political groups
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Government coalition
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| Elections | |
| Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method |
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Last election
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26 October 2014 |
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| Palacio Legislativo, seat of the General Assembly | |
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes)[1] is the lower house of the General Assembly of Uruguay (Asamblea General). The Chamber has 99 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation with at least two members per department. As of the last election, the Broad Front has retained its majority with 50 Deputies with the National Party receiving 31, the Colorado Party receiving 17, and the Independent Party electing two.[2]
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Latest elections
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| Party or coalition Presidential candidate |
First round (General election) | Second round (Presidential runoff) |
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| Votes | % | Seats | |||||||
| Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– | Votes | % | ||||
| Broad Front Tabaré Vázquez |
1,134,187 | 49.45 | 50 | 0 | 15 | –1 | 1,226,105 | 56.63 | |
| National Party Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou |
732,601 | 31.94 | 32 | +2 | 10 | +1 | 939,074 | 43.37 | |
| Colorado Party Pedro Bordaberry |
305,699 | 13.33 | 13 | –4 | 4 | –1 | |||
| Independent Party Pablo Mieres |
73,379 | 3.20 | 3 | +1 | 1 | +1 | |||
| Popular Assembly Gonzalo Abella |
26,869 | 1.17 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente César Vega |
17,835 | 0.78 | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |||
| Workers' Party Rafael Fernández |
3,218 | 0.14 | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |||
| Total | 2,372,117 | 100 | 99 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2,321,230 | 100 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 78,329 | – | – | – | – | – | 156,051 | – | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,620,791 | 90.51 | – | – | – | – | 2,620,791 | 88.57 | |
| Source: Corte Electoral, Buenos Aires Herald | |||||||||
Historical seat division
1989–1994
| 39 | 30 | 21 | 9 |
| National Party | Colorado Party | PE | PP |
1994–1999
| 32 | 31 | 31 | 5 |
| Colorado Party | National Party | PE | NS |
1999–2004
| 40 | 33 | 22 | 4 |
| PE | Colorado Party | National Party | NS |
2004–2009
| 52 | 36 | 10 | 1 |
| Broad Front | National Party | Colorado | IP |
2009–2014
| 50 | 30 | 17 | 2 |
| Broad Front | National Party | Colorado Party | IP |
2014–
| 50 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Broad Front | National Party | Colorado Party | IP | PA |
See also
References
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- ↑ http://en.mercopress.com/2009/10/27/uruguayan-ruling-coalition-retains-majority-in-next-parliament
External links
- Official website House of Representatives of Uruguay (Spanish)
- Politics Data Bank at the Social Sciences School - Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
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