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| leader1            = [[Giovanna Gottschalk]]
| leader1            = [[Giovanni Guimarães]]
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| leader2            = Lauro Wolff
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| leader3_type      = President of the Chamber of Deputies
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| leader3            = Beatriz Lima
| leader3            = Beatriz Lima
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| seats              = '''662 members''':<br>84 Senators<br>578 Federal Deputies
| seats              = '''741 members''':<br>87 Senators<br>654 Federal Deputies
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| voting_system1    = [[wikipedia:Open list|Open list]] [[wikipedia:proportional representation|proportional representation]] ([[wikipedia:D'Hondt method|D'Hondt method]]) with a 5% [[wikipedia:Election thereshold|election thereshold]]
| voting_system1    = [[wikipedia:Plurality block voting|Plurality at-large voting]]
| voting_system2    = [[wikipedia:Open list|Open list]] [[wikipedia:proportional representation|proportional representation]] ([[wikipedia:D'Hondt method|D'Hondt method]]) with a 0.8% [[wikipedia:Election thereshold|election thereshold]]
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| last_election1    = 4 December 2022
| last_election1    = 1 October 2021
| last_election2    = 4 December 2022
| last_election2    = 1 October 2021
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| next_election1    = 28 June 2026
| next_election1    = On or before 1 October 2025
| next_election2    = 28 June 2026
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The '''Federal Parliament of Brazil''' ([[wikipedia:Portuguese|Portuguese]]: ''Parlamento Federal do Brasil'') is the legislative body of the [[Federal Republic of Brazil|Brazilian]] federal government. It has been bicameral since its establishment during the Empire of Brazil, in 1826. The current form of the Federal Parliament was introduced with the promulgation of the 1984 Constitution. It has 662 members: 84 Senators (three from each of the 28 Federative Units) and 578 Federal Deputies (proportional to the state's population, beginning from a minimum of 8 deputies). The 662 members are elected through open-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. The thereshold for the [[Federal Senate of Brazil (Pax Brasiliana)|Federal Senate]] is 5%, while the thereshold for the Chamber of Deputies is much lower, at 0.8%. The lower thereshold in the Lower House, allied to the fact that there are 578 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and a huge amount of [[List of political parties in the Federal Republic of Brazil|political parties]], resulted in a highly fractionalized democracy, where the only way to govern effectively is through a broad coalition of parties.
The '''Federal Parliament of Brazil''' ([[wikipedia:Portuguese|Portuguese]]: ''Parlamento Federal do Brasil'') is the legislative body of the [[Federal Republic of Brazil|Brazilian]] federal government. It has been bicameral since its establishment during the Empire of Brazil, in 1826. The current form of the Federal Parliament was introduced with the promulgation of the 1999 Republican Constitution. It has 741 members: 87 Senators (three from each of the 28 Federative Units, plus the Federal District) and 654 Federal Deputies (proportional to the state's population, beginning from a minimum of 8 deputies). The 87 members of the Federal Senate are elected through a plurality at-large voting system. The 654 deputies of the lower house are elected either through single-member constituencies through the first-past-the-post voting method, or through a nationwide list of candidates.


The Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies represents the 27 States and the Federal District. Each state and the Federal District is represented by three senators, while representation in the Chamber of Deputies is proportional to the population of the federative unit, with a minimum of 8 deputies for the least populated federative units. There is no term limit for either the Federal Senate or the Chamber of Deputies. Members of both house are elected using proportional representation.
The Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies represent the 28 States and the Federal District. Each state and the Federal District is represented by three senators, while representation in the Chamber of Deputies is proportional to the population of the federative unit, with a minimum of 8 deputies for the least populated federative units. There is no term limit for either the Federal Senate or the Chamber of Deputies, and members of both houses serve for a term of four years once elected.

Latest revision as of 19:28, 25 September 2023

Federal Parliament

Parlamento Federal (Portuguese)
65th Legislature
Type
Type
HousesFederal Senate
Chamber of Deputies
History
FoundedMay 6, 1826 (1826-05-06)
Leadership
Grand-Rector
President of the Federal Senate
Lauro Wolff, LIGA-RG
President of the Chamber of Deputies
Beatriz Lima, LIGA-MG
Structure
Seats741 members:
87 Senators
654 Federal Deputies
2022BrazilSenate.png
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Elections
Plurality at-large voting
Chamber of Deputies voting system
Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP)
with leveling seats
Federal Senate last election
1 October 2021
Chamber of Deputies last election
1 October 2021
Federal Senate next election
On or before 1 October 2025
Chamber of Deputies next election
On or before 1 October 2025

The Federal Parliament of Brazil (Portuguese: Parlamento Federal do Brasil) is the legislative body of the Brazilian federal government. It has been bicameral since its establishment during the Empire of Brazil, in 1826. The current form of the Federal Parliament was introduced with the promulgation of the 1999 Republican Constitution. It has 741 members: 87 Senators (three from each of the 28 Federative Units, plus the Federal District) and 654 Federal Deputies (proportional to the state's population, beginning from a minimum of 8 deputies). The 87 members of the Federal Senate are elected through a plurality at-large voting system. The 654 deputies of the lower house are elected either through single-member constituencies through the first-past-the-post voting method, or through a nationwide list of candidates.

The Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies represent the 28 States and the Federal District. Each state and the Federal District is represented by three senators, while representation in the Chamber of Deputies is proportional to the population of the federative unit, with a minimum of 8 deputies for the least populated federative units. There is no term limit for either the Federal Senate or the Chamber of Deputies, and members of both houses serve for a term of four years once elected.