Argentine Chamber of Deputies

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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