Chamber of Deputies (Romania)

lower house of the Parliament of Romania

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[1] 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
7th Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1862
Leadership
Alfred Simonis, PSD
since 15 June 2023
Structure
Seats329
Political groups
Government (208)
  •   PSD (109)
  •   PNL (79)
  •   UDMR (20)

Confidence and supply (18)

Opposition (102)

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

References

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  1. Filimon, Paul (20 July 2015). "Legea ALEGERILOR PARLAMENTARE pe LISTE, promulgată de Iohannis". România Liberă (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2020.