Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay

{{Short description|Lower house of the General Assembly of Uruguay}}

{{Infobox legislature

| name = Chamber of Representatives

| native_name = {{Lang|es|Cámara de Representantes}}

| coa_pic = Coat of arms of Uruguay.svg

| coa-pic =

| house_type = Lower house of the General Assembly of Uruguay

| leader1_type = President of the Chamber

| leader1 = Sebastián Valdomir

| party1 = Broad Front

| election1 = 15 February 2025

| structure1 = Uruguay Chambres des députés 2024.svg

| structure1_res = 250px

| foundation = 19 October 1830{{Cite web|url=http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204334/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 29, 2013|title=Parlamentarios Uruguayos 1830-2005|date=October 29, 2013|author=Presidencia De La Asamblea General Y Del Senado Presidencia De La Camara De Representantes|website=www.parlamento.gub.uy}}

| members = 99

| political_groups1 =

Government (48)

{{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|Broad Front (Uruguay)}}}} Broad Front (48)}}

Opposition (51)

{{nowrap|{{color box|#4169E1}} Republican Coalition (49)}}
{{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}}} National Party (29)}}
{{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}}} Colorado Party (17)}}
{{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|Open Cabildo (Uruguay)}}}} Open Cabildo (2)}}
{{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|Independent Party (Uruguay)}}}} Independent Party (1)}}
{{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|Sovereign Identity}}}} Sovereign Identity (2)}}

| last_election1 = 27 October 2024

| voting_system1 = Party-list proportional representation
D'Hondt method

| session_room = Palacio_Legislativo_2025.jpg

| meeting_place = Chamber of Representatives, Legislative Palace, Montevideo, Uruguay

| website = [http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/palacio3/index1280.asp?e=0&w=1366 Official website]

|legislature=50th Legislature

|leader2=

|party2=Broad Front

|election2=7 March 2022

|leader2_type=

|leader3=

|party3=|election3=15 March 2022

|leader3_type=

|next_election1=27 October 2029

}}

{{Politics of Uruguay}}

The Chamber of Representatives ({{langx|es|Cámara de Representantes}}){{cite web|title=Uruguay Cámara de Representantes (House of Representatives)|url=http://www.ipu.org/parline/reports/2341_A.htm|work=Inter-Parliamentary Union|access-date=September 24, 2011}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://parlamento.gub.uy/camarasycomisiones/representantes/funciones-competencias|title=Cámara de Representantes {{!}} Parlamento|website=parlamento.gub.uy|access-date=2020-03-30}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://parlamento.gub.uy/camarasycomisiones/representantes/funciones-competencias|title=Cámara de Representantes {{!}} Parlamento|website=parlamento.gub.uy|access-date=2020-03-27}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.impo.com.uy/bases/constitucion/1967-1967/85|title=Constitución de la República Oriental del Uruguay|website=www.impo.com.uy|access-date=2020-03-27}}

Latest elections

{{Main|2024 Uruguayan general election}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party

! colspan="4" |Senate

Votes

!%

!Seats

!+/–

style="background-color:{{party color|Broad Front (Uruguay)}}" |

| align="left" |Broad Front

|1,071,826

|43.86

|16

| +3

style="background-color:{{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}" |

| align="left" |National Party

|655,426

|26.82

|9

|–1

style="background-color:{{party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}" |

| align="left" |Colorado Party

|392,592

|16.07

|5

| +1

style="background-color:{{party color|Sovereign Identity}}" |

| align="left" |Sovereign Identity

|65,796

|2.69

|0

|New

style="color:inherit;background:#FBC22B" |

| align="left" |Open Cabildo

|60,549

|2.48

|0

|–3

style="background-color:{{party color|Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente}}" |

| align="left" |Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente

|33,461

|1.43

|0

|0

style="background-color:#50C878" |

| align="left" |Constitutional Environmentalist Party

|11 865

|0.49

|0

|New

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Party (Uruguay)}}" |

| align="left" |Independent Party

|41,618

|1.70

|0

|0

style="color:inherit;background:#000000" |

| align="left" |Popular Unity-Workers' Party

|10 102

|0.41

|0

|0

style="color:inherit;background:#3B9945" |

| align="left" |For Necessary Changes Party

|3,183

|0.14

|0

|New

style="color:inherit;background:#F36F21" |

| align="left" |Republican Advance Party

|1,909

|0.08

|0

|New

colspan="2" align="left" |Invalid/blank votes

|85,106

|–

|–

|–

colspan="2" align="left" |Total

|2,443,901

|100.00

|30

|0

colspan="6" align="left" |Source: [https://eleccionesnacionales2024.corteelectoral.gub.uy/resumenresultados.htm Corte Electoral]

Representatives

{{Main|50th Legislature of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay}}

President

{{Main|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

=1989–1994=

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style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}; width:39.39%; color:white" | 39

| style="background:{{party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}; width:30.30%; color:white" | 30

| style="background:orange; width:21.21%; color:white" | 21

| style="background:green; width:9.10%; color:white" | 9

| Colorado Party

| PDC

| PP

=1994–1999=

style="width:66em; text-align:center; font-size:88%"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}; width:32.32%; color:white" | 32

| style="background:{{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}; width:31.31%; color:white" | 31

| style="background:{{party color|Broad Front (Uruguay)}}; width:31.31%; color:white" | 31

| style="background:yellow; width:5.06%; color:black" | 5

| National Party

| NS

=1999–2004=

style="width:66em; text-align:center; font-size:88%"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|Broad Front (Uruguay)}}; width:40.40%; color:white" | 40

| style="background:{{party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}; width:33.33%; color:white" | 33

| style="background:{{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}; width:22.22%; color:white" | 22

| style="background:yellow; width:4.05%; color:black" | 4

| Colorado Party

| National Party

| NS

=2004–2009=

style="width:66em; text-align:center; font-size:88%"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|Broad Front (Uruguay)}}; width:52.53%; color:white" | 52

| style="background:{{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}; width:36.36%; color:white" | 36

| style="background:{{party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}; width:10.10%; color:white" | 10

| style="background:{{party color|Independent Party (Uruguay)}}; width:1.01%; color:white" | 1

| National Party

| IP

=2009–2014=

style="width:66em; text-align:center; font-size:88%"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|Broad Front (Uruguay)}}; width:50.50%; color:white" | 50

| style="background:{{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}; width:30.31%; color:white" | 30

| style="background:{{party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}; width:17.17%; color:white" | 17

| style="background:{{party color|Independent Party (Uruguay)}}; width:2.02%; color:white" | 2

| National Party

| Colorado Party

| IP

=2014–2019=

style="width:66em; text-align:center; font-size:88%"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|Broad Front (Uruguay)}}; width:50.41%; color:white" | 50

| style="background:{{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}; width:32.32%; color:white" | 32

| style="background:{{party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}; width:13.03%; color:white" | 13

| style="background:{{party color|Independent Party (Uruguay)}}; width:3.03%; color:white" | 3

| style="background:{{party color|Popular Assembly}}; width:1.01%; color:white" | 1

| National Party

| Colorado Party

| IP

| PA

=2019–2024=

style="width:66em; text-align:center; font-size:88%"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|Broad Front (Uruguay)}}; width:42.42%; color:white" | 42

| style="background:{{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}; width:30.30%; color:white" | 30

| style="background:{{party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}; width:13.03%; color:white" | 13

| style="background:#FBC22B; width:11.11%; color:white" | 11

| style="background:{{party color|Independent Party (Uruguay)}}; width:1.01%; color:white" | 1

| style="background:#92D050; width:1.01%; color:white" | 1

| style="background:{{party color|Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente}}; width:1.01%; color:white" | 1

| National Party

| Colorado Party

| IP

| PG

=2025-2029=

style="width:66em; text-align:center; font-size:88%"

style="font-weight:bold"

| style="background:{{party color|Broad Front (Uruguay)}}; width:48.48%; color:white" | 48

| style="background:{{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}; width:29.29%; color:white" | 29

| style="background:{{party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}; width:17.17%; color:white" | 17

| style="background:{{party color|Sovereign Identity}}; width:2.2%; color:white" | 2

| style="background:{{party color|Open Cabildo (Uruguay)}}; width:2.2%; color:white" | 2

| style="background:{{party color|Independent Party (Uruguay)}}; width:1.1%; color:white" | 1

| National Party

| Colorado Party

| SI

| IP

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

[https://parlamento.gub.uy/ Official website House of Representatives of Uruguay (Spanish)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090309062716/http://www.fcs.edu.uy/pri/en/ Politics Data Bank at the Social Sciences School - Universidad de la República (Uruguay)]

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