Chamber of Deputies (Dominican Republic)

Chamber of Deputies Cámara de Diputados
Type
Type	Lower house of the Congress of the Dominican Republic
Term limits	None
History
New session started	August 16, 2016 (2016-08-16)
Leadership
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Rubén Maldonado, PLD Since August 16, 2017
Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies	Ángela Pozo, PLD Since August 16, 2017
Majority Leader	Gustavo Sánchez, PLD Since August 16, 2016
Minority Leader	Alfredo Pacheco, PRM Since August 16, 2016
Structure
Seats	190 deputies
Political groups	PLD and allies (127)   PLD: 106 seats   PRD: 16 seats   PLR: 3 seats   MODA: 1 seat   PPC: 1 seat Opposition (60)   PRM: 42 seats   PRSC: 18 seats Independent (3)   ALPAIS: 1 seat   FA: 1 seat   PQDC: 1 seat
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Closed list[1] proportional representation, D'Hondt method
Last election	May 15, 2016
Next election	May 17, 2020
Meeting place
Congress Palace Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Website
https://www.camaradediputados.gob.do/app/app_2011/cd_frontpage.aspx
Footnotes
PRD electoral color is white but in the diagram is shown as blue. FA run allied with PRM but act as independent.

The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the lower chamber of the Congress which, along with the Senate, composes the legislature of the Dominican Republic.

The composition and powers of the House are established by Constitution of the Dominican Republic. The Chamber is composed of deputies who are divided in 178 by province, five nationally, and seven overseas.

The Chamber is charged with the passage of national legislation, known as laws, which, after concurrence by the Senate, are sent to the President of the Dominican Republic for consideration. In addition to this basic power, the Chamber has certain exclusive powers of which include the power to initiate all laws related to revenue, the Impeachment of officers elected by popular vote, the Senate or the National Council of the Magistracy who are sent to trial the Senate.

Current composition (2016-present)

On May 15, 2016, 190 deputies were elected, including 178 by provincial districts, five by national at-large voting, and seven by Overseas Deputies.

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 by Electoral List. (This list excludes the National Deputies and the Overseas Deputies)

• It includes 5 national and 7 overseas deputies.

The following table shows the composition of the Chamber of Deputies at the start of the most recent legislative period (2010–2016) by individual party.(This list includes the National Deputies and the Overseas Deputies)

• In 2010, the deputy Virgilio Meran Valenzuela win his seat like a member of MODA, but due to personal political changes, the web page of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic, list him like a PRD deputy. Moreover, the page not list MODA as a political party with some legislative representative.

The following table shows the composition of the Chamber of Deputies at the start of the most recent legislative period (2016–2020) by individual party.(This list includes the National Deputies and the Overseas Deputies)

See also

• Politics of the Dominican Republic
• List of political parties in the Dominican Republic
• Senate of the Dominican Republic.
• List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic

External links

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