The Chamber of Deputies (Romanian: Camera Deputaților) is the lower house in Romania's bicameral parliament.
It has 329 seats to which deputies are elected by direct popular vote using party-list proportional representation to serve four-year terms. Additionally, the organisation of each national minority is entitled to a seat in the Chamber (under the limitation that a national minority is to be represented by one organisation only).
Chamber of Deputies Camera Deputaților | |
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7th Legislature | |
Type | |
Type | of the Parliament of Romania |
History | |
Founded | 1862 |
Leadership | |
Alfred Simonis, PSD since 15 June 2023 | |
Structure | |
Seats | 329 |
Political groups | Government (208)
Opposition (102)
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Elections | |
1992–2008, since 2016: Closed list, D'Hondt method 2008–2016: nominal vote, Mixed member proportional representation | |
Last election | 6 December 2020 |
Next election | 21 March 2025 |
Meeting place | |
Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest | |
Website | |
cdep.ro |
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