National Congress of Chile

National Congress of Chile

Congreso Nacional de Chile
National Congress of Chile ; Congreso Nacional de Chile
56th National Congress
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate; Chamber of Deputies
Leadership
President of the Senate	Juan Antonio Coloma Correa
President of the Chamber	Ricardo Cifuentes
Structure
Seats	50 senators and 155 deputies
Political groups	Government (19) Apruebo Dignidad (6) PCCh (2); FREVS (2); RD (1); Independent (1); ; Democratic Socialism (13) PS (7); PPD (6); ; Opposition (27) Chile Vamos (23) RN (11); UDI (9); EVOPOLI (3); ; PLR (2); Democrats (2); Others (4) DC (3); Independent (1);
Political groups	Government (67) Apruebo Dignidad (37) PCCh (12); CS (10); RD (7); Commons (6); FREVS (2); ; Democratic Socialism (30) PS (13); PPD (9); PR (4); PL (4); ; Opposition (68) Chile Vamos (53) RN (25); UDI (23); EVÓPOLI (4); CV Independent (1); ; Christian Social Front (15) PLR (15); ; Others (20) DC (8); PDG (7); Independents (5);
Elections
Voting system	Open list proportional representation
Meeting place
	Edificio del Congreso Nacional; Valparaíso; Chile
Website
	Cámara de Diputados (in Spanish); Senado (in Spanish)

The National Congress of Chile (Spanish: Congreso Nacional de Chile) is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Chile.

The National Congress of Chile was founded on July 4, 1811. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Chamber of Deputies (lower house), of 155 Deputies (120 before 2017) and by the Senate (upper house), formed by 43 Senators (38 before 2017) which will increase its size to 50 senators after the next general election.

The organisation of Congress and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of the current constitution and by the Constitutional Organic Law No. 18,918.

Congress meets in the Chile Congress building, which was built during the last years of the Pinochet regime and stands in the port city of Valparaíso, some 140 km west of the capital, Santiago. This new building replaced the Former National Congress Building, located in downtown Santiago.

On 13 September 1973, the Government Junta of Chile dissolved Congress.

Statistical analysis suggest Chilean politicians in Congress "are not randomly drawn from the population, but over-represent high-income communities". As such, Chileans of Castilian-Basque, Palestinian and Jewish ancestry are overrepresented in it.

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