Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies

The Chamber of Deputies of the Province of Buenos Aires (Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) is one of the two houses that form the Legislature of the Province of Buenos Aires. It has 92 seats, which must conform the results of each census conducted every 10 years, without being able to reduce the number of seats per district.[1]

Chamber of Deputies of the Province of Buenos Aires Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
Type
Type	Lower House
Leadership
President of the Chamber	Jorge Sarghini, United for a New Alternative since 10 Dec 2015
Vice President of the Chamber	Manuel Mosca, Cambiemos
Majority Leader	José Ottavis, Front for Victory
Minority Leader	Maximiliano Abad, Cambiemos
Structure
Seats	92
Political groups	Frente de Todos (45)      Juntos por el Cambio (39)      Federal Change (4)      17 de Noviembre (2)      Fe Party (1)      Workers' Left Front (1)
Elections
Last election	27 October 2019
Meeting place
Legislative Palace of the Province of Buenos Aires La Plata, Argentina
Website
http://www.hcdiputados-ba.gov.ar/

One-half of the members are elected every two years to server for a period of four years by the people of each electoral section using the D'Hondt method.

The current President of the Chamber is Deputy Jorge Sarghini, elected to the post following the 2015 elections.[2]

The Chamber was established with the promulgation of the Constitution of the State of Buenos Aires, a short-lived secessionist state, in 1854. Its precursor, the Board of Representatives (Junta de Representantes) was established in 1820 as the province's first functioning legislative lower house. Originally located in the City of Buenos Aires, the provincial legislature was moved to La Plata following that city's establishment in 1882. The body meets in the Legislative Palace, designed by Hannover architects Gustav Heine and Georg Hagemann in 1883 and completed in 1888.[3]

Presidents of the Chamber

The President of the Chamber of Deputies is elected by the absolute majority of its members. The officeholders for this post since 1983 have been:[4]

Term	Officeholder	Party
1983–1987	Pascual Capalleri	Radical Civic Union
1987–1989	Luis Rodolfo Almar	Justicialist Party
1989–1997	Osvaldo Mércuri	Justicialist Party
1997–1998	Francisco José Ferro	Radical Civic Union
1998–1999	Alejandro Mosquera	Radical Civic Union
1999–2000	Francisco José Ferro	Radical Civic Union
2000–2001	Aldo San Pedro	Justicialist Party
2001–2005	Osvaldo Mércuri	Justicialist Party
2005–2007	Ismael Pasaglia	Front for Victory
2007–2015	Horacio Ramiro González	Front for Victory
2005 to date	Jorge Sarghini [2]	United for a New Alternative

Composition by party blocs[5]

Party	Seats
Front for Victory	36
cambiemos	28
United for a New Alternative	20
Broad Progressive Front	4
Justicialismo Bonarense	2
Workers' Left Front	1
Unión Popular	1

References

1. "Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies Official Site". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
2. "Authorities of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
3. "Historias". Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
4. "Presidentes". Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
5. "Bloques". Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-10-04.

External links

• Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies