Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic

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The Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of the Dominican Republic's bicameral National Congress. The upper house is the Senate.

It currently comprises 178 deputies who are elected for four-year terms. Congressional elections are held in even numbered years not divisible by four, when the entire Chamber and Senate are replaced.

Deputies are elected by preferencial vote and en bloc by provinces, with one deputy per 50,000 inhabitants or fraction in excess of 25,000, and a guaranteed minimum of two per province.

[edit] Latest election

Deputies elected in the May 2006 elections.

[edit] Party strengths in the Chamber of Deputies

The following table shows the composition of the Chamber of Deputies at the start of the most recent legislative periods.

[edit] See also

• Politics of the Dominican Republic
• List of political parties in the Dominican Republic

[edit] External links

• National Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic
• Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic (Spanish)