National Congress of Chile
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National Congress of Chile Congreso Nacional de Chile | ||
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President of the Chamber | ||
Structure | ||
Seats | 50 senators and 155 deputies | |
Political groups | Government (19)
Opposition (27)
Others (4)
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Political groups | Government (67)
Opposition (68)
Others (20)
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Elections | ||
Open list proportional representation | ||
Meeting place | ||
Edificio del Congreso Nacional Valparaíso Chile | ||
Website | ||
Cámara de Diputados (in Spanish) Senado (in Spanish) |
The National Congress of Chile[2] (Spanish: Congreso Nacional de Chile) is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Chile.
The National Congress of Chile was founded on July 4, 1811. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Chamber of Deputies (lower house), of 155 Deputies (120 before 2017) and by the Senate (upper house), formed by 43 Senators (38 before 2017) which will increase its size to 50 senators after the next general election.
The organisation of Congress and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of the current constitution and by the Constitutional Organic Law No. 18,918.
Congress meets in the Chile Congress building, which was built during the last years of the
On 13 September 1973, the Government Junta of Chile dissolved Congress.[3]
Statistical analysis suggest Chilean politicians in Congress "are not randomly drawn from the population, but over-represent high-income communities".
Accusations of bias in the design of the legislative electoral system
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The 1980 Constitution defined a complicated scheme, unique in the world, for electing the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Each Deputy or Senator was elected from a two-member district. Parties or coalitions put two-member lists on the ballot. If the first-place list in a district won more than twice the votes of the second-place list, both its nominees were elected; otherwise, the top candidate from each list went to Valparaiso, the seat of Chile's Congress. It has been argued this scheme was expressly designed by the
See also
Chile portal |
References
- ^ a b c d e f Cámara de Diputados de Chile. "Organización y Autoridades Parlamentarias periodo legislativo 2018 - 2022" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ Cabrera-Tapia, Roberto (2021). "The Chilean Congress: Bicameralism in a Presidential System" (PDF). PSA Parliaments specialist group.
- ^ "Junta general names himself as new President of Chile". The Guardian. 14 September 1973. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ PMID 33406147.
- ^ a b Carey, John M. Malapportionment and ideological bias in Chilean electoral districts. Dartmouth College. May 18, 2015.
- ^ Pastor, Daniel (2004). "Origins of the Chilean Binominal Election System" (PDF). Revista de Ciencia Política. 24: 38–57.
- ^ Carey, John. Chile's electoral reform. Global Americans. May 27, 2015.