General Assembly of Uruguay
General Assembly of Uruguay Asamblea General de Uruguay | |
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Chamber of Deputies | |
Leadership | |
Structure | |
Seats | 129 members 99 deputies 30 senators |
Senate political groups | Government
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Chamber of Representatives political groups | Government (56)
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Elections | |
Palacio Legislativo, Montevideo | |
Website | |
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Uruguay portal |
The General Assembly of Uruguay (
The General Assembly holds its sessions in the Chamber of Representatives of the Legislative Palace. During the 19th century, the legislature met in the Montevideo Cabildo.
History
In 1828, on the initiative of
The Assembly was unicameral. But since the establishment of the Constitution in 1830, the Uruguayan Parliament became bicameral, and has remained so to this day. The voting system of its members also changed: during the 19th century, voting was reserved for a minority, and senators represented departments. Later, the secret and universal vote was established, and the representativeness of the senators, who are elected at the national level, was reformulated.[3]
Attributes
The ordinary sessions span is from March 1 to December 15, or until September 15 in the event that elections are held, since the new Assembly must begin its sessions on February 15 of the following year.[4]
Article Ninety of the Uruguayan Constitution requires that members of the Chamber of Representatives must be aged at least 25 and have been a citizen of Uruguay for five years.[5] While Article Ninety-eight requires that the members of the Senate must be at least 30 years old and have been Uruguayan citizens for seven years.[6]
The General Assembly is entitled to politically judge the conduct of the Ministers of State, to declare war and to approve or reject peace treaties, alliances, commerce, and conventions or contracts of any nature that the Executive Power enters into with foreign powers and designate every year the necessary armed force, as well as allowing foreign troops to enter the country. Denying or granting the departure of national forces outside the nation is also among the functions of the Assembly. The creation of new Departments, the setting of their limits, as well as the establishment of customs and export and import duties concern the legislative power, in addition to other functions established in Article Eighty-Five of the Constitution.[7]
Latest elections
Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou 696,452 | 29.70 | 1,189,313 | 50.79 | 30 | –2 | 10 | 0 | | ||||||||||
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Colorado Party | Ernesto Talvi | 300,177 | 12.80 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
Open Cabildo | Guido Manini Ríos | 268,736 | 11.46 | 11 | New | 3 | New | |||||||||||
Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente | César Vega | 33,461 | 1.43 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Partido de la Gente | Edgardo Novick | 26,313 | 1.12 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Independent Party | Pablo Mieres | 23,580 | 1.01 | 1 | –2 | 0 | –1 | |||||||||||
Popular Unity | Gonzalo Abella | 19,728 | 0.84 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Green Animalist Party | Gustavo Salle | 19,392 | 0.83 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |||||||||||
Digital Party | Daniel Goldman | 6,363 | 0.27 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |||||||||||
Workers' Party | Rafael Fernández | 1,387 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Total | 2,344,965 | 100.00 | 2,341,584 | 100.00 | 99 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||||||||||
Valid votes | 2,344,965 | 96.37 | 2,341,584 | 96.23 | ||||||||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 88,399 | 3.63 | 91,612 | 3.77 | ||||||||||||||
Total votes | 2,433,364 | 100.00 | 2,433,196 | 100.00 | ||||||||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,699,978 | 90.13 | 2,699,980 | 90.12 | ||||||||||||||
Source: Corte Electoral (first round); Corte Electoral (second round) |
Library of the Legislative Power
The Library of the Legislative Power of Uruguay is a specialized institution whose main objective is to assist Uruguayan legislators and the cultural development of the community in the fulfillment of its functions, in order to provide documentation, information and advice to citizens, thanks to extensive bibliographic, jurisprudential, doctrinal and legislative collection.
Gallery
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Chamber of Representatives
See also
- Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay
- Senate of Uruguay
- Politics of Uruguay
- List of legislatures by country
References
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