Lower house of Paraguay's legislature
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 ).
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]
Chamber of Deputies [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats +/– National Republican Association-Colorado Party 1,345,730 47.43 48 +6 National Crusade Party 233,812 8.24 4 +3 Alliance for Fatherland 221,383 7.80 6 New Beloved Fatherland Party 92,874 3.27 1 –2 National Encounter Alliance 81,843 2.88 2 0 National Coalition for a New Paraguay Caaguazú 70,877 2.50 2 New I Believe 66,126 2.33 2 New Itapúa Departmental Coalition 2023 60,273 2.12 2 New National Coalition for a New Paraguay Cordillera 59,752 2.11 2 New National Coalition for a New Paraguay Alto Paraná 51,002 1.80 1 New Departmental Coalition for a New San Pedro 47,265 1.67 2 New Alliance for Asunción Deputies 46,382 1.63 1 New Alliance for a New Paraguarí 36,667 1.29 1 New National Coalition for a New Paraguay Concepción 36,247 1.28 1 New Guasu Ñemongeta Front 33,254 1.17 0 0 National Union of Ethical Citizens 31,969 1.13 0 0 Alliance for a New Guairá 29,511 1.04 1 New Authentic Radical Liberal Party 28,162 0.99 1 – New Republic Movement 27,496 0.97 0 New Misiones Departmental Coalition 2023 24,688 0.87 1 New Party of the Youth 22,747 0.80 0 New Canindeyú Alliance 22,081 0.78 1 New Alliance for a New Caazapá 16,881 0.59 0 New All Together Alliance for Ñeembucú 16,788 0.59 1 New Alliance for a New Itapúa 15,240 0.54 0 New Unámonos National Party 15,029 0.53 0 New National Party of the People 30A 14,188 0.50 0 New Citizen Patriotic Coordinator Movement 12,370 0.44 0 New Liberty and Republic Party 10,200 0.36 0 New Boquerón Alliance Unites Us 8,048 0.28 0 New Alliance for a New President Hayes 7,906 0.28 0 New Dreamt Fatherland Party 7,206 0.25 0 New Let's go to Boquerón 6,974 0.25 0 New Herederos Democratic Socialist Party 6,289 0.22 0 New Humanist and Solidarity Movement 4,508 0.16 0 New President Hayes Alliance for the Fatherland 4,174 0.15 0 New National Coalition for a New Paraguay Alto Paraguay 3,317 0.12 0 New Únete Paraguay 2,835 0.10 0 New Capital Patriotic Union Alliance 2,732 0.10 0 New Northern Popular Unity 2,571 0.09 0 New Alliance Patriotic Union of San Pedro 2,066 0.07 0 New New Air Political Movement for Alto Paraná 1,407 0.05 0 New National Encounter Party 1,391 0.05 0 0 Cordillera Patriotic Union Alliance 1,388 0.05 0 New Caazapá Patriotic Union Alliance 913 0.03 0 New Tekojoja People's Party 850 0.03 0 0 Alliance Patriotic Union of Paraguarí 841 0.03 0 New Green Party Paraguay 684 0.02 0 New Alliance Patriotic Union of Concepción 613 0.02 0 New Total 2,837,550 100.00 80 0 Valid votes 2,837,550 94.22 Invalid votes 13,650 0.45 Blank votes 160,551 5.33 Total votes 3,011,751 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 4,730,694 63.66 Source: TSJE