Gylian Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies Chambre des députés (French) | |
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13th Parliament | |
Type | |
Type | of the Gylian Parliament |
Leadership | |
Speaker | Veþi Duósu, Independent |
Structure | |
Seats | 400 |
Joint committees | 28 |
Elections | |
Single transferable vote | |
Last election | July 2024 |
Next election | 22 January 2028 |
Meeting place | |
Parliament Building, Mişeyáke, Mişeyáke | |
Website | |
http://www.parliament.gls/deputies/ |
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Gylias |
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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
First Republic
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1995–2000 |
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