Gylian Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies Chambre des députés (French)
12th Parliament
Type
Type	Lower house of the Gylian Parliament
Leadership
Speaker of the House of Representatives	Veþi Duósu, Independent since 1 February 2016
Structure
Seats	500
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Political groups	Government   Progressive Alliance   Liberal Union   Green Party   Independent Regional Alliance for Minorities Opposition   National Bloc   Centre Group   Union for Freedom and Prosperity   Non-inscrits and independents
Joint committees	28
Elections
Voting system	Single transferable vote
Last election	22 January 2016
Next election	22 January 2020
Meeting place
Parliament Building, Mişeyáke, Mişeyáke
Website
http://www.parliament.gls/deputies/

The Chamber of Deputies (French: Chambre des députés) is the lower house of the bicameral federal Gylian Parliament. It has 500 part-time deputies, who are elected from multi-member cironscriptions through single transferable vote.

It is the responsible house of the federal legislature, and performs a largely deliberative and delegative role within Gylian politics.

Location

The Chamber of Deputies meets in the Parliament Building in Mişeyáke. Its sessions take place in a separate chamber than the Senate's.

Seating arrangements

The Chamber of Deputies has a hemicycle configuration. Parties are arranged from left to right from the Speaker's chair based on their position on the political spectrum.

Non-inscrits and independent deputies are grouped together in the middle of the chamber.

Speaker

The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies is chosen in the first session after a federal election, and presides over the Chamber's sessions.

A Speaker renounces party affiliation on assuming the office.

The current Speaker is Veþi Duósu.

Historical composition of the Chamber of Deputies

RR   PA   LU   CG   NB   UFP   CC   FROS   NI
1962–1969	5 90 64 66 55 4 1
1969–1976	2 89 57 76 59 1 1
1976–1980	84 84 35 99 32 60 1
1980–1985	86 80 33 87 33 68 8
1985–1990	80 85 56 116 55 100 28
1990–1995	68 70 235 60 64 3
1995–2000	69 71 231 62 65 2
2000–2004	71 72 220 64 70 3
2004–2008	72 73 216 68 69 2
2008–2012	70 80 215 64 68 3
2012–2016	90 75 175 72 85 3
2016–2020	88 76 176 70 86 4