Gylian Chamber of Deputies

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Chamber of Deputies

Chambre des députés (French)
13th Parliament
Type
Type
Structure
Seats400
Joint committees
28
Elections
Single transferable vote
Last election
27–28 July 2024
Next election
July or August 2028
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 400 part-time deputies, elected from multi-member cironscriptions through single transferable vote.

The responsible house of Parliament, it 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.

Historical composition

First Republic

  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
85 80 33 88 33 68 8
1985–1990
70 85 55 136 54 100 20
1990–1995
63 64 255 55 60 3
1995–2000
64 68 250 53 62 3
2000–2004
68 70 236 60 64 2
2004–2008
69 70 236 59 64 2

Second Republic

  AF
  CCU
  PA
  LU
  ENS
  MAD
  NB
  NI
2008–2012
61 68 140 163 68
2012–2016
19 27 38 34 200 30 34
2016–2020
20 21 38 33 203 23 42
2020–2024
28 27 40 42 45 25 177
2024–2028
9 11 15 12 131 10 180