Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay

Lower house of the General Assembly of Uruguay

Chamber of Representatives

Cámara de Representantes

50th Legislature
Type
Type|

Lower house of the General Assembly of Uruguay

History
Founded| 19 October 1830[1]
Leadership

President of the Chamber

Sebastián Valdomir, Broad Front
since 15 February 2025

Structure
Seats| 99

Political groups

| Government (48)

*   Broad Front (48)

Opposition (51)

*   Republican Coalition (49)
*   National Party (29)
*   Colorado Party (17)
*   Open Cabildo (2)
*   Independent Party (1)
*   Sovereign Identity (2)

Elections

Voting system

| Party-list proportional representation
D'Hondt method

Last election

| 27 October 2024

Next election

| 27 October 2029
Meeting place
Chamber of Representatives, Legislative Palace, Montevideo, Uruguay
Website
Official website

Politics of Uruguay

Constitution

* Current constitution (1997)
* Previous constitutions

* 1830
* 1918
* 1934
* 1942

1952
* 1967

Executive

* President (list)

Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou
* Cabinet

Legislative

* Vice President

Beatriz Argimón
* General Assembly
* Senate

President
* Chamber of Representatives

President
* Palacio Legislativo

Judiciary

* Supreme Court

Administrative divisions

* Departments
* Municipalities

Elections

* Political parties
* Recent elections

* General: 2014
* 2019
* 2024

* Municipal: 2010
* 2015
* 2020

* Electoral Court
* Ley de Lemas (voting system)

Foreign relations

* Ministry of Foreign Relations

Minister: Omar Paganini (list)

* * *

* Diplomatic missions of / in Uruguay

* * *

* Nationality law
* Passport
* Visa requirements
* Visa policy

See also

* Law of Uruguay

Civil Code
* State companies

Uruguay portal

* Other countries

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The Chamber of Representatives (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes)[2] is the lower house of the General Assembly of Uruguay (Asamblea General de Uruguay). The Chamber has 99 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation with at least two members per department.[3]

The composition and powers of the Chamber of Representatives are established by Article Ninety of the Uruguayan Constitution. It also requires that members must be aged at least 25 and have been a citizen of Uruguay for five years.[4] It is the competence of the Chamber of Representatives to accuse in the Senate members of both houses, the President and Vice President of the Republic, the Ministers of State, the members of the Supreme Court, the Administrative Litigation Court, the Court of Accounts and the Electoral Court, either for violating the Constitution or other serious crimes.[5]

## Latest elections

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Main article: 2024 Uruguayan general election

Party  | Senate

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Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–
| Broad Front | 1,071,826  | 43.86  | 16  | +3
| National Party | 655,426  | 26.82  | 9  | –1
| Colorado Party | 392,592  | 16.07  | 5  | +1
| Sovereign Identity | 65,796  | 2.69  | 0  | New
| Open Cabildo | 60,549  | 2.48  | 0  | –3
| Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente | 33,461  | 1.43  | 0  | 0
| Constitutional Environmentalist Party  | 11 865  | 0.49  | 0  | New
| Independent Party | 41,618  | 1.70  | 0  | 0
| Popular Unity-Workers' Party | 10 102  | 0.41  | 0  | 0
| For Necessary Changes Party  | 3,183  | 0.14  | 0  | New
| Republican Advance Party  | 1,909  | 0.08  | 0  | New
Invalid/blank votes  | 85,106  | –  | –  | –
Total | 2,443,901 | 100.00 | 30 | 0
Source: Corte Electoral

## Representatives

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Main article: 50th Legislature of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay

## President

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Main article: List of presidents of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay

The Presidency of the Chamber is renewed at the beginning of each session. Every year, a Representative is elected by the rest of the members as its President. The current officeholder of the Chamber of Representatives is Sebastián Andújar, who took office on March 1, 2023.

## Historical seat division

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### 1989–1994

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39  | 30  | 21  | 9

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National Party | Colorado Party | PDC  | PP

### 1994–1999

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32  | 31  | 31  | 5

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Colorado Party | National Party | Broad Front | NS

### 1999–2004

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40  | 33  | 22  | 4

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Broad Front | Colorado Party | National Party | NS

### 2004–2009

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52  | 36  | 10  | 1

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Broad Front | National Party | Colorado | IP

### 2009–2014

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50  | 30  | 17  | 2

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Broad Front | National Party | Colorado Party | IP

### 2014–2019

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50  | 32  | 13  | 3  | 1

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Broad Front | National Party | Colorado Party | IP | PA

### 2019–2024

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42  | 30  | 13  | 11  | 1  | 1  | 1

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Broad Front | National Party | Colorado Party | Open Cabildo | IP | PG | PERI

### 2025-2029

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48  | 29  | 17  | 2  | 2  | 1

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Broad Front | National Party | Colorado Party | SI | Open Cabildo | IP

## See also

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* General Assembly of Uruguay
* Chamber of Senators of Uruguay
* Elections in Uruguay

## References

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1. ^ Presidencia De La Asamblea General Y Del Senado Presidencia De La Camara De Representantes (October 29, 2013). "Parlamentarios Uruguayos 1830-2005" (PDF). www.parlamento.gub.uy. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013.
2. ^ "Uruguay Cámara de Representantes (House of Representatives)". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
3. ^ "Cámara de Representantes | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
4. ^ "Cámara de Representantes | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
5. ^ "Constitución de la República Oriental del Uruguay". www.impo.com.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.

## External links

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* 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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