The Chamber of Senators of Uruguay (Cámara de Senadores de Uruguay), or Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly of Uruguay (Asamblea General de Uruguay). It has 30 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation; the vice-president presides over the chamber's sessions.
Chamber of Senators Cámara de Senadores | |
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| 49th Legislature of the Chamber of Senators | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 4 October 1830[1] |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 30 |
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Political groups | Government coalition (17)
Opposition
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| Elections | |
| Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method | |
Last election | 27 October 2024 |
Next election | 27 October 2029 |
| Meeting place | |
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| The Senate into the Palacio Legislativo | |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article Ninety-eight of the Uruguayan Constitution. It also requires that the senators must be at least 30 years old and have been Uruguayan citizens for seven years.[2] In addition to the functions that it performs jointly with the House of Representatives through the General Assembly, it stands out as a competence that falls solely on the House of Senators to open a public trial to those accused by the House of Representatives or the Junta Departamental, in their case, and pronounce sentence for the sole purpose of separating them from their positions, by two-thirds of the total number of its components.[3]
Latest elections
editAs of the 2024 general election, 13 Senators represent the Frente Amplio, 10 represent the National Party, 4 represent the Colorado Party, and 3 represent the Open Cabildo Party.
| Party | Senate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
| Broad Front | 949,376 | 40.49 | 13 | –2 | |
| National Party | 696,452 | 29.70 | 10 | 0 | |
| Colorado Party | 300,177 | 12.80 | 4 | 0 | |
| Open Cabildo | 268,736 | 11.46 | 3 | New | |
| Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente | 33,461 | 1.43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Party of the Folk | 26,313 | 1.12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Party | 23,580 | 1.01 | 0 | –1 | |
| Popular Unity | 19,728 | 0.84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green Animalist Party | 19,392 | 0.83 | 0 | New | |
| Digital Party | 6,363 | 0.27 | 0 | New | |
| Workers' Party | 1,387 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 88,399 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 2,433,364 | 100 | 30 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,699,978 | 90.13 | – | – | |
| Source: Corte Electoral; El País | |||||
Senators
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ PRESIDENCIA DE LA ASAMBLEA GENERAL Y DEL SENADO PRESIDENCIA DE LA CAMARA DE REPRESENTANTES (October 29, 2013). "Parlamentarios Uruguayos 1830-2005" (PDF). www.parlamento.gub.uy. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013.
- ^ "Cámara de Senadores | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Poder Legislativo". 2006-02-21. Archived from the original on 2006-02-21. Retrieved 2020-03-28.