Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay


The Chamber of Representatives is the lower house of the General Assembly of Uruguay. The Chamber has 99 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation with at least two members per department.
The composition and powers of the Chamber of Representatives are established by Article Ninety of the Uruguayan Constitution. It also requires that members must be aged at least 25 and have been a citizen of Uruguay for five years. It is the competence of the House of Representatives to accuse in the Senate members of both houses, the President and Vice President of the Republic, the Ministers of State, the members of the Supreme Court, the Administrative Litigation Court, the Court of Accounts and the Electoral Court, either for violating the Constitution or other serious crimes.

Latest elections

Representatives

President

The Presidency of the Chamber is renewed at the beginning of each session. Every year, a Representative is elected by the rest of the members as its President. The current officerholder of the Chamber of Representatives is Martín Lema, who took office on February 15, 2020.

Historical seat division

1989–1994

1994–1999

1999–2004

2004–2009

2009–2014

2014–2019

2019–