The Chamber of Deputies ( es, Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados, links=no) is the lower house of

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. Its organisation and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of Chile's current

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Eligibility

Deputies must: be aged at least 21; not be disqualified from voting; have finished

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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

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under the

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. 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

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located in the port city of

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, some 120 km west of the capital,

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. 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 Raúl Soto (PPD), Karol Cariola ( PC), Miguel Ángel Calisto ( DC), Yovana Ahumada ( PDG), the Broad Front (FA) and

Vlado Mirosevic Vlado Mirosevic Verdugo (born 23 May 1987 in Arica) is a Chilean political scientist and politician who currently serves as President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile. He is one of the founders of the Liberal Party of Chile, and served as ...

( PL). Likewise, the first and second vice-presidencies were assigned to people who are members of the PR, FA, PS, PC, DC and PPD.

Political composition (2022-2026)

Deputies

2018-2022

2022-2026

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chamber Of Deputies Of Chile Government of Chile