Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay , is one of the only two landlocked countries in South America . It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River and is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.... 's bicameral
Bicameralism
In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. Thus, a bicameral parliament or bicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of two chambers or houses.... Congress(Congreso) consists of a 45-member Senate
Senate of Paraguay
The Chamber of Senators of Paraguay , the upper house of the Congress of Paraguay, has 45 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation.... and an
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Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay , is one of the only two landlocked countries in South America . It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River and is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.... 's bicameral
Bicameralism
In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. Thus, a bicameral parliament or bicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of two chambers or houses.... Congress(Congreso) consists of a 45-member Senate
Senate of Paraguay
The Chamber of Senators of Paraguay , the upper house of the Congress of Paraguay, has 45 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation.... and an
80-member Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of Paraguay's bicameralism legislature, the Congress of Paraguay. It is made up of 80 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation.... . It serves as the legislative branch
Legislature
Legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to create and change laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law.... of the Paraguayan state.
Both chambers of Congress are elected concurrently with the president by means of a proportional representation system.
Deputies are elected by department
Departments of Paraguay
|||}Paraguay consists of 17 Department and one capital district . These are, with their capitals indicated in parentheses:# Alto Paraguay Department ... and Senators on a nationwide basis.
