Argentine Chamber of Deputies

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The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the National Congress, Argentina's parliament. It has 257 seats and one-half of the members are elected every two years to serve four-year terms by the people of each district (23 provinces and the Federal Capital) using proportional representation, D'Hondt formula with a 3% of the district registered voters threshold, and the following distribution:

Buenos Aires Province: 70 deputies
Capital Federal: 25 deputies
Catamarca Province: 5 deputies
Chaco Province: 7 deputies
Chubut Province: 5 deputies
Córdoba Province: 18 deputies
Corrientes Province: 7 deputies
Entre Ríos Province: 9 deputies
Formosa Province: 5 deputies
Jujuy Province: 6 deputies
La Pampa Province: 5 deputies
La Rioja Province: 5 deputies
Mendoza Province: 10 deputies
Misiones Province: 7 deputies
Neuquén Province: 5 deputies
Río Negro Province: 5 deputies
Salta Province: 7 deputies
San Juan Province: 6 deputies
San Luis Province: 5 deputies
Santa Cruz Province: 5 deputies
Santa Fe Province: 19 deputies
Santiago del Estero Province: 7 deputies
Tucumán Province: 9 deputies
Tierra del Fuego Province: 5 deputies

This Chamber holds exclusive rights to create taxes, to draft troops, and to accuse the President, the ministers and the members of the Supreme Court before the Senate.

2005 election

See List of current Argentine Deputies

External link

[Cámara de Diputados de la Nación]

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