Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)

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Chamber of Deputies

Câmara dos Deputados
57th Legislature of the National Congress
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Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
Founded6 May 1826 (1826-05-06)
New session started
1 February 2025 (2025-02-01)
Leadership
Hugo Motta, Republicans
since 1 February 2025
Government Leader
José Guimarães, PT
since 6 January 2023
Majority Leader
Arlindo Chinaglia, PT
since 8 April 2025
Minority Leader
Caroline de Toni, PL
since 1 February 2025
Opposition Leader
Luciano Zucco, PL
since 1 February 2025
Structure
Seats513
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Political groups
Government (122)
  •    Brazil of Hope (80)
  •    PSB (15)
  •    PSOL-REDE (14)
  •    Avante (8)
  •    Solidarity (5)

Support (88)

Opposition (128)

Independent (175)

Length of term
4 years
Salary R$ 39,293 monthly (and benefits) [1]
Elections
Open list proportional representation (D'Hondt method) with a 2% election threshold [2]
Last election
2 October 2022
Next election
4 October 2026
Meeting place
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Ulysses Guimarães plenary chamber
National Congress Palace
Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Website
www.camara.leg.br

15°47′59″S47°51′51″W / 15.79972°S 47.86417°W / -15.79972; -47.86417

Contents

The Chamber of Deputies (Portuguese : Câmara dos Deputados) is a federal legislative body and the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. The chamber comprises 513 deputies, who are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms. The current president of the chamber is the Deputy Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), who was elected on 1 February 2025.

Structure

The number of deputies elected is proportional to the size of the population of the respective state (or of the Federal District) as of 1994. However, no delegation can be made up of less than eight or more than seventy seats. Thus the least populous state elects eight federal deputies and the most populous elects seventy. These restrictions favour the smaller states at the expense of the more populous states and so the size of the delegations is not exactly proportional to population.

Elections to the Chamber of Deputies are held every four years, with all seats up for election.

Federal representation

A census held every 10 years by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics is used as the basis for the distribution of the seats. Proportionality is followed as a principle, with the exception that there should be a minimum of eight (8) members and a maximum of seventy (70) members per state. Per the 2010 census, states with 3,258,117 inhabitants upwards have 9 to 70 deputies.

As a result, although most states hover around an average of 362,013 inhabitants by deputy (per the 2010 census), some states with smaller populations have a much lower average, such as Roraima (1 for 51,000 inhabitants).

Federal stateDeputies currently allotted%Population (2010 Census)%Population per deputyDeputies in proportional allotmentDifference (actual−proportional)
São Paulo 7013.6%39,924,09121.5%570,344110–40
Minas Gerais 5310.3%19,159,26010.3%361,495530
Rio de Janeiro 469%15,180,6368.2%330,01442+4
Bahia 397.6%13,633,9697.3%349,58938+1
Rio Grande do Sul 316%10,576,7585.7%341,18629+2
Paraná 305.8%10,226,7375.5%340,89128+2
Pernambuco 254.9%8,541,2504.6%341,65024+1
Ceará 224.3%8,450,5274.4%371,82223–1
Maranhão 183.5%6,424,3403.5%356,908180
Goiás 173.3%5,849,1053.1%344,06516+1
Pará 173.3%7,443,9044.0%437,87721–4
Santa Catarina 163.1%6,178,6033.3%386,16317–1
Paraíba 122.3%3,753,6332.0%312,80310+2
Espírito Santo 101.9%3,392,7751.8%339,2789+1
Piauí 101.9%3,086,4481.7%308,6459+1
Alagoas 91.7%3,093,9941.7%343,77790
Acre 81.6%707,1250.4%88,3912+6
Amazonas 81.6%3,350,7731.8%418,8479–1
Amapá 81.6%648,5530.3%81,0692+6
Distrito Federal 81.6%2,469,4891.3%308,6867+1
Mato Grosso do Sul 81.6%2,404,2561.3%300,5327+1
Mato Grosso 81.6%2,954,6251.6%369,32880
Rio Grande do Norte 81.6%3,121,4511.7%390,1819–1
Rondônia 81.6%1,535,6250.8%191,9534+4
Roraima 81.6%425,3980.2%53,1751+7
Sergipe 81.6%2,036,2271.1%254,5286+2
Tocantins 81.6%1,373,5510.7%171,6944+4
Total513100%185,712,713100%362,013514–2

Present composition

Parties and Federations in the 57th Chamber of Deputies
PartyFloor leaderSeats
    Liberal Party Sóstenes Cavalcante 91
    Brazil of Hope Federation Lindbergh Farias 80
    Brazil Union Pedro Lucas Fernandes 60
    Progressistas Dr. Luizinho 49
    Brazilian Democratic Movement Isnaldo Bulhões 44
    Social Democratic Party Antonio Brito 44
    Republicans Gilberto Abramo 44
    Democratic Labour Party Mário Heringer17
    PSDB Cidadania Federation Adolfo Viana 17
    Brazilian Socialist Party Pedro Campos 15
    Podemos Rodrigo Gambale 15
    PSOL REDE Federation Talíria Petrone 14
    Avante Luis Tibé 8
    Democratic Renewal Party Fred Costa 5
    New Party Marcel van Hattem 5
    Solidarity Aureo Ribeiro5
Total513

Partisan blocs composition

Partisan bloc leadership is organized into the following roles:

BlocLeader
Government José Guimarães (PT-CE)
Majority Arlindo Chinaglia (PT-SP)
Opposition Luciano Zucco (PL-RS)
Minority Caroline de Toni (PL-SC)

Bodies

The House of Deputies is composed of the Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil by College Leaders and the Commissions, which can be permanent, temporary, or special inquiry.

Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil

The current composition of the Board of the Chamber of Deputies is the following:

President: Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB)
1st vice president: Altineu Côrtes (PL-RJ)
2nd vice president: Elmar Nascimento (UNIÃO-BA)
1st secretary: Carlos Veras (PT-PE)
2nd secretary: Lula da Fonte (PP-PE)
3rd secretary: Delegada Katarina (PSD-SE)
4th secretary: Sérgio Souza (MDB-PR)
1st substitute: Antonio Carlos Rodrigues (PL-SP)
2nd substitute: Paulo Folletto (PSB-ES)
3rd substitute: Victor Linhalis (Podemos-ES)
4th substitute: Paulo Alexandre Barbosa (PSDB-SP)

Standing committees

On 6 March 2012, was defined division of committees between parties. The House President, Marco Maia, believes that the proportionality between the parties / blocs must take into account the data of the last election. Thus, PT and PMDB, with the highest benches, were three committees (the PT made the choice first). DEM and PSDB, the two largest opposition, were two commissions each. [3] On the other hand, PSD, most harmed by this decision, filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court (STF) trying to reverse this decision. [4]

The chair of the committee, was defined as follows: [5]

CommitteeChair
Administration and Public ServiceWaldemar Oliveira (Avante-PE)
Agriculture, Livestock, Supply and Rural Development Evair de Melo (PP-ES)
Amazon and Originary and Traditional PeopleDilvanda Faro (PT-PA)
CommunicationSilas Câmara (Republicans-AM)
Consumer Defence Fabio Schiochet (UNIÃO-SC)
Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Caroline de Toni (PL-SC)
Culture Aliel Machado (PV-PR)
Defense of Women Rights Ana Pimentel (PT-MG)
Defense of Elderly Rights Pedro Aihara (PRD-MG)
Defense of People with Disabilities Rights Weliton Prado (Solidariedade-MG)
Economic DevelopmentDanilo Forte (UNIÃO-CE)
Education Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG)
Environment and Sustainable Development Rafael Prudente (MDB-DF)
Ethics and Parliamentary Decorum Leur Lomanto Júnior (UNIÃO-BA)
Finances and TaxationMário Negromonte Jr. (PP-BA)
Financial Oversight and ControlJoseildo Ramos (PT-BA)
Foreign Affairs and National Defense Lucas Redecker (PSDB-RS)
Health Francisco Costa (PT-PI)
Human Rights, Minorities and Racial EqualityDaiana Santos (PCdoB-RS)
Industry, Trade and Services Josenildo Abrantes (PDT-AP)
Labour Lucas Ramos (PSB-PE)
Mines and EnergyJúnior Ferrari (PSD-PA)
National Integration and Regional DevelopmentJosé Rocha (UNIÃO-BA)
Participative Legislation Glauber Braga (PSOL-RJ)
Public Security and Fight Against Organized CrimeAlberto Fraga (PL-DF)
Roads and Transports Gilberto Abramo (Republicans-MG)
Science, Technology and InnovationNely Aquino (Podemos-MG)
Social Security, Social Assistance, Childhood, Adolescence and FamilyFrancisco Eurico (PL-PE)
SportsAntonio Carlos Rodrigues (PL-SP)
Tourism Paulo Litro (PSD-PR)
Urban Development Eunício Oliveira (MDB-CE)

See also

References

  1. "Conheça o valor do salário de um deputado e demais verbas parlamentares – Notícias". Chamber of Deputies of Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 October 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. "Gastos parlamentares - 2023". Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  3. Finch, Nathalia (6 March 2012), G1, "defines the distribution of the standing committees"
  4. Santos, Deborah (27 February 2012), G1, "going to have the Supreme Command of committees in the House"
  5. "Definidos os partidos dos presidentes das comissões; veja os nomes já indicados". Câmara dos Deputados (in Portuguese). 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.