Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay
The Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of Paraguay's bicameral legislature, the National Congress. It is made up of 80 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation. The other chamber of the National Congress (Congreso Nacional) is the Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores).
Chamber of Deputies Cámara de Diputados | |
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| Type | of the Congress of Paraguay |
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| Founded | 1813[1] |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 80 |
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| Elections | |
| Proportional representation | |
Last election | 22 April 2018 |
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Unicameral congress was established in 1813, and replaced with bicameral congress including Chamber of Deputies and the Senate in 1870. In 1940, unicameral Chamber of Representatives was formed, and since 1967 there has been a bicameral legislature.[1]
Latest election
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Colorado Party | 927,183 | 39.10 | 42 | –2 | |
| Authentic Radical Liberal Party | 420,821 | 17.74 | 17 | – | |
| GANAR | 286,513 | 12.08 | 13 | – | |
| Beloved Fatherland Party | 105,765 | 4.46 | 3 | +2 | |
| Hagamos Party | 75,601 | 3.19 | 2 | New | |
| National Encounter Party | 75,514 | 3.18 | 2 | 0 | |
| National Union of Ethical Citizens | 65,593 | 2.77 | 0 | –2 | |
| Guasú Front | 42,891 | 1.81 | 0 | –1 | |
| Green Party | 42,053 | 1.77 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Crusade Movement | 33,417 | 1.41 | 1 | New | |
| Progressive Democratic Party | 27,932 | 1.18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 26,783 | 1.13 | 0 | New | |
| Civic Compromise | 21,651 | 0.91 | 0 | New | |
| Broad Front | 20,594 | 0.87 | 0 | New | |
| We are Paraguay | 18,060 | 0.76 | 0 | New | |
| Concertación Nacional Avancemos País | 16,070 | 0.68 | 0 | New | |
| Revolutionary Febrerista Party | 15,169 | 0.64 | 0 | New | |
| National Artists' Movement | 11,727 | 0.49 | 0 | New | |
| Youth Party | 10,871 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Us | 10,816 | 0.46 | 0 | New | |
| Secure Paraguay | 9,651 | 0.41 | 0 | New | |
| Patriotic Reserve Movement | 9,648 | 0.41 | 0 | New | |
| Civic Participation Party | 9,567 | 0.40 | 0 | New | |
| Party of the A | 9,043 | 0.38 | 0 | New | |
| Heirs Democratic Socialist Party | 8,832 | 0.37 | 0 | New | |
| Itapua for All Alliance | 8,683 | 0.37 | 0 | New | |
| Plurinational Indigenous Political Movement | 8,094 | 0.34 | 0 | New | |
| Movimiento Civico Nacional Unamonos | 7,241 | 0.31 | 0 | New | |
| Party of the Movement for Socialism | 6,207 | 0.26 | 0 | New | |
| All for Paraguay United Movement | 5,871 | 0.25 | 0 | New | |
| Ganar Alliance | 5,476 | 0.23 | 0 | – | |
| Party of the Patriotic Popular Movement | 5,147 | 0.22 | 0 | New | |
| National Political Sovereignty Movement | 4,457 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
| Let's Continue Building Alliance | 4,183 | 0.18 | 0 | New | |
| Union and Equality Political Movement | 3,775 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |
| Itapuense Front Alliance | 3,036 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
| Concertación por Vos | 2,407 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
| Party of Popular Unity | 1,329 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| Tekojoja People's Movement | 1,046 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
| Movimiento Politico Civico Nacional Unamonos | 949 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
| All for Ñeembucu | 772 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Mbarete Independent Political Movementn | 595 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Teete Patriotic Front Party | 574 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 210,753 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 2,582,360 | 100 | 80 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,241,507 | 60.88 | – | – | |
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Website
- Deputies of Paraguay Website (in Spanish)
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