Chamber of Senators Cámara de Senadores | |
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| 50th Legislature | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 4 October 1830[1] |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 30 |
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Political groups | Government (16)
Opposition (14)
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| Elections | |
| Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method | |
Last election | 27 October 2024 |
Next election | 27 October 2029 |
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| The Senate into thePalacio Legislativo | |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
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 Uruguay portal |
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TheChamber of Senators of Uruguay (Cámara de Senadores de Uruguay), orSenate, is theupper house of theGeneral Assembly of Uruguay (Asamblea General de Uruguay). It has 30 members, elected for a five-year term byproportional representation; thevice-president presides over the chamber's sessions.
The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article Ninety-eight of theUruguayan Constitution. It also requires that the senators must be at least 30 years old and have been Uruguayan citizens for seven years.[2] In addition to the functions that it performs jointly with the House of Representatives through the General Assembly, it alone holds public trials of those impeached by the House of Representatives or the Departamental Board. If convicted by 2/3 of the Senators, they may (only) remove them from office.[3]
| Party | Senate | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
| Broad Front | 1,071,826 | 43.86 | 16 | +3 | |
| National Party | 655,426 | 26.82 | 9 | –1 | |
| Colorado Party | 392,592 | 16.07 | 5 | +1 | |
| Sovereign Identity | 65,796 | 2.69 | 0 | New | |
| Open Cabildo | 60,549 | 2.48 | 0 | –3 | |
| Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente | 33,461 | 1.43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Constitutional Environmentalist Party | 11 865 | 0.49 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Party | 41,618 | 1.70 | 0 | 0 | |
| Popular Unity-Workers' Party | 10 102 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | |
| For Necessary Changes Party | 3,183 | 0.14 | 0 | New | |
| Republican Advance Party | 1,909 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 85,106 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 2,443,901 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
| Source:Corte Electoral | |||||
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