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Revision as of 17:51, 31 August 2020
Chamber of Deputies Chambre des députés | |
|---|---|
| 8th term | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 1 July 1947 |
| Leadership | |
Speaker | Christopher Baumé since 28 February 2015 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 14 |
 | |
Political groups | Government (8)
Official Opposition (5)
Other Opposition (1)
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| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 17 February 2019 |
Next election | On or before 19 February 2023 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Place Rose, Port-Anne | |
| Website | |
| www.chambredeputes.sb | |
History
Speaker
Last election
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Action Party | 6,648 | 41.82 | 8 | –2 | |
| Democratic Centre Union | 6,517 | 41.00 | 5 | +2 | |
| Baptistois Labour Party | 1,770 | 11.14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Fanmi | 679 | 4.27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 281 | 1.77 | 0 | New | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 106 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 15,895 | 100 | 14 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 23,910 | 66.48 | – | – | |
Composition since 1947
Bold indicates a party in government. Italics indicates a party involved in a confindence and supply agreement.
| Political party | Deputies | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | ||
| PAN | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | |||
| UCD | 6 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| POB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| MRD | 8 | |||||||||
| Independent | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||