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The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the National Congress
Argentine National Congress

The Congress of the Argentine Nation is the legislature of the government of Argentina.Situated at the end of Avenida de Mayo, at the other end of which is located the Casa Rosada, Argentina's parliament is bicameralism and is made up of the 72-seat Argentine Senate and the 256-seat Argentine Chamber of Deputies....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
's parliament. This Chamber holds exclusive rights to create taxes, to draft troops, and to accuse the President
President of Argentina

The President of Argentina is the head of state of Argentina. Under Constitution of Argentina, the President is also the Head of government of the Politics of Argentina and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces....
, the ministers and the members of the Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Argentina

The supreme court of Argentina is the highest court of law of the Argentina. It was inaugurated on 15 January 1863. However, during much of the History of Argentina, the Court and, in general, the Argentine judicial system, has lacked autonomy from the executive power....
 before the Senate
Argentine Senate

The Argentine Senate is the upper house of Argentine National Congress in Argentina. It has 72 senators: three for each Provinces of Argentina and three for the Buenos Aires....
.

as 256 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
Provinces of Argentina

Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one federal district . The federal district and the provinces have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system....
 and the Federal Capital
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
) using proportional representation, D'Hondt formula
D'Hondt method

The D'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method is named after Belgium mathematician Victor D'Hondt....
 with a 3% of the district registered voters threshold, and the following distribution:



Controversy
The distribution of the Chamber of Deputies is regulated since 1983 by Law 22.847, also called Ley Bignone
Reynaldo Bignone

Reynaldo Benito Bignone is a retired general who served as President of Argentina of Argentina from July 1, 1982 to December 10, 1983....
 ("Bignone Law").






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The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the National Congress
Argentine National Congress

The Congress of the Argentine Nation is the legislature of the government of Argentina.Situated at the end of Avenida de Mayo, at the other end of which is located the Casa Rosada, Argentina's parliament is bicameralism and is made up of the 72-seat Argentine Senate and the 256-seat Argentine Chamber of Deputies....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
's parliament. This Chamber holds exclusive rights to create taxes, to draft troops, and to accuse the President
President of Argentina

The President of Argentina is the head of state of Argentina. Under Constitution of Argentina, the President is also the Head of government of the Politics of Argentina and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces....
, the ministers and the members of the Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Argentina

The supreme court of Argentina is the highest court of law of the Argentina. It was inaugurated on 15 January 1863. However, during much of the History of Argentina, the Court and, in general, the Argentine judicial system, has lacked autonomy from the executive power....
 before the Senate
Argentine Senate

The Argentine Senate is the upper house of Argentine National Congress in Argentina. It has 72 senators: three for each Provinces of Argentina and three for the Buenos Aires....
.

Composition

It has 256 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
Provinces of Argentina

Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one federal district . The federal district and the provinces have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system....
 and the Federal Capital
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
) using proportional representation, D'Hondt formula
D'Hondt method

The D'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method is named after Belgium mathematician Victor D'Hondt....
 with a 3% of the district registered voters threshold, and the following distribution:

  • Buenos Aires Province
    Buenos Aires Province

    Buenos Aires Province is the most populated Provinces of Argentina of Argentina. The city of Buenos Aires, located next to provincial territory, is an autonomous city and not part of the province....
    : 69 deputies
  • Capital Federal
    Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
    : 25 deputies
  • Catamarca Province
    Catamarca Province

    Catamarca is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, usually shortened to Catamarca....
    : 5 deputies
  • Chaco Province
    Chaco Province

    Chaco is an Argentina province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia, Chaco on the Paran? River opposite the city of Corrientes....
    : 7 deputies
  • Chubut Province
    Chubut Province

    Chubut a province in the southern part of Argentina situated between the 42nd Circle of latitude South and 46th Parallel South , the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean....
    : 5 deputies
  • Córdoba Province
    Córdoba Province (Argentina)

    C?rdoba is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Its capital, C?rdoba, Argentina, is the second largest city in the country....
    : 18 deputies
  • Corrientes Province
    Corrientes Province

    Corrientes is a Provinces of Argentina in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia, Argentina. Its name means "currents" or "rapids" in Spanish....
    : 7 deputies
  • Entre Ríos Province
    Entre Ríos Province

    Entre R?os is a northeastern provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia, Argentina region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires Province , Corrientes Province and Santa Fe Province , and Uruguay in the east....
    : 9 deputies
  • Formosa Province
    Formosa Province

    Formosa Provinces of Argentina is in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region. Its northeast end touches Asunci?n, Paraguay, and borders the provinces of Chaco Province and Salta Province to its south and west, respectively....
    : 5 deputies
  • Jujuy Province
    Jujuy Province

    Jujuy is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta Province to the east and south....
    : 6 deputies
  • La Pampa Province
    La Pampa Province

    La Pampa is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, Buenos Aires Province, R?o Negro Province, Neuqu?n Province and Mendoza Province....
    : 5 deputies
  • La Rioja Province
    La Rioja Province (Argentina)

    La Rioja is a one of the provinces of Argentina and is located in the west of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Catamarca Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, San Luis Province and San Juan Province, Argentina....
    : 5 deputies
  • Mendoza Province
    Mendoza Province

    Mendoza is one of the Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo, Argentina region. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Juan Province, Argentina, San Luis Province, La Pampa,and Neuqu?n Province....
    : 10 deputies
  • Misiones Province
    Misiones Province

    Misiones is one of the Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia, Argentina region....
    : 7 deputies
  • Neuquén Province
    Neuquén Province

    Neuqu?n is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the west of the country, at the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west....
    : 5 deputies
  • Río Negro Province
    Río Negro Province

    R?o Negro is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. Neighboring provinces are from the south clockwise Chubut Province, Neuqu?n Province, Mendoza Province, La Pampa and Buenos Aires Province....
    : 5 deputies
  • Salta Province
    Salta Province

    Salta is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa Province, Chaco Province, Santiago del Estero Province, Tucum?n Province and Catamarca Province....
    : 7 deputies
  • San Juan Province
    San Juan Province (Argentina)

    San Juan is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the western part of the country. Neighbouring provinces are, moving clockwise from the north, La Rioja Province , San Luis Province and Mendoza Province....
    : 6 deputies
  • San Luis Province
    San Luis Province

    San Luis is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country . Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, La Rioja Province , C?rdoba Province , La Pampa, Mendoza Province and San Juan Province ....
    : 5 deputies
  • Santa Cruz Province
    Santa Cruz Province (Argentina)

    Santa Cruz is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country, in Patagonia. It borders Chubut Province province to the north, and Chile to the west and south....
    : 5 deputies
  • Santa Fe Province
    Santa Fe Province

    Santa Fe is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes Province, Entre R?os, Buenos Aires Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, and Santiago del Estero Province....
    : 19 deputies
  • Santiago del Estero Province
    Santiago del Estero Province

    Santiago del Estero is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the north of the country. Neighbouring provinces are from the north clockwise Salta Province, Chaco Province, Santa Fe Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, Catamarca Province and Tucum?n Province....
    : 7 deputies
  • Tucumán Province
    Tucumán Province

    Tucum?n is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Miguel de Tucum?n, often shortened to Tucum?n....
    : 9 deputies
  • Tierra del Fuego Province
    Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)

    Tierra del Fuego is an Argentina province entirely separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan. It includes:* The eastern part of the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego ....
    : 5 deputies


Controversy


The distribution of the Chamber of Deputies is regulated since 1983 by Law 22.847, also called Ley Bignone
Reynaldo Bignone

Reynaldo Benito Bignone is a retired general who served as President of Argentina of Argentina from July 1, 1982 to December 10, 1983....
 ("Bignone Law"). This law establishes that initially each province shall have one deputy per 161,000 inhabitants, with standard rounding. After this is calculated, each province is granted three deputies more. If a province has fewer than five deputies, the number of deputies for that province is increased to reach that minimum.

The main problem today is that the distribution has not been changed since 1983, using the 1980 population census, though there have been two other censuses since then (1991 and 2001, the next being in 2011). So this distribution does not reflect Argentina's current population balance

Leading deputies


Leading positions include:

  • Chamber President - Dip. Eduardo Alfredo Fellner
    Eduardo Fellner

    Eduardo Alfredo Fellner is an Argentina Justicialist Party politician, currently President of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies and until 2007 governor of Jujuy Province....
     (Front for Victory
    Front for Victory

    The Front for Victory is a centre-left political party and electoral alliance in Argentina. Formally it is still a faction of the Justicialist Party ....
    )
  • First Vice-President - Dip. Patricia Vaca Narvaja (Front for Victory
    Front for Victory

    The Front for Victory is a centre-left political party and electoral alliance in Argentina. Formally it is still a faction of the Justicialist Party ....
    )
  • Second Vice-President - Dip. Liliana Amelia Bayonzo (UCR
    Radical Civic Union

    The Radical Civic Union is a political party in Argentina. The party's positions on issues range from liberalism to social democracy. The UCR is a member of the Socialist International....
    )
  • Third Vice-President - Dip. Marcela Virginia Rodriguez (Civic Coalition
    Civic Coalition

    The Civic Coalition is a political coalition in Argentina. It was founded by Elisa Carri?, as an association supported by the ARI party , as well as a number of other political groups and individual political leaders....
    )


  • Administrative Secretary - Ricardo José Vazquez
  • Parliamentary Secretary - Enrique Hidalgo


  • Leader of the Front for Victory block - Dip. Agustín Oscar Rossi
    Agustín Rossi

    Agust?n Oscar Rossi , also known by his nickname El Chivo Rossi, is an Argentina Justicialist Party politician from the provinces of Argentina of Santa Fe Province....
  • Leader of the UCR block - Dip. Oscar Raúl Aguad


2007 election

See List of current Argentine Deputies
List of current Argentine Deputies

This is a list of current Argentine Deputies - members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies - arranged by the province they represent and by party block....


2005 election


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