Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)

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Chamber of Deputies Câmara dos Deputados
57th Legislature of the National Congress
Type
Type	Lower house of the National Congress of Brazil
Term limits	None
History
Founded	6 May 1826 (1826-05-06)
New session started	1 February 2025 (2025-02-01)
Leadership
President	Hugo Motta, Republicans since 1 February 2025
Government Leader	José Guimarães, PT since 6 January 2023
Majority Leader	Arlindo Chinaglia, PT since 8 April 2025
Minority Leader	Caroline de Toni, PL since 1 February 2025
Opposition Leader	Luciano Zucco, PL since 1 February 2025
Structure
Seats	513
Political groups	Government (123)   Brazil of Hope (80) PT (67) PCdoB (9) PV (4)   PSB (16)   PSOL-REDE (15) PSOL (14) REDE (1)   Avante (7)   Solidarity (5) Support (88)   PSD (45)   MDB (43) Opposition (124)   PL (86)   PSDB-Cidadania (17) PSDB (13) Cidadania (4)   Podemos (16)   NOVO (5) Independent (178)   UNIÃO (59) [a]   PP (51) [a]   Republicans (44)   PDT (16)   PRD (5)   Independent (1)   Vacant (2) [b]
Length of term	4 years
Salary	R$ 39,293 monthly (and benefits)[1]
Elections
Voting system	Open list proportional representation (D'Hondt method) with a 2% election threshold[2]
Last election	2 October 2022
Next election	4 October 2026
Meeting place
Ulysses Guimarães plenary chamber National Congress Palace Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Website
www.camara.leg.br

The Chamber of Deputies (Portuguese: Câmara dos Deputados) is a federal legislative body and the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. The chamber comprises 513 deputies, who are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms. The current president of the chamber is the Deputy Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), who was elected on 1 February 2025.

Structure

The number of deputies elected is proportional to the size of the population of the respective state (or of the Federal District) as of 1994. However, no delegation can be made up of less than eight or more than seventy seats. Thus the least populous state elects eight federal deputies and the most populous elects seventy. These restrictions favour the smaller states at the expense of the more populous states and so the size of the delegations is not exactly proportional to population.

Elections to the Chamber of Deputies are held every four years, with all seats up for election.

Federal representation

A census held every 10 years by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics is used as the basis for the distribution of the seats. Proportionality is followed as a principle, with the exception that there should be a minimum of eight (8) members and a maximum of seventy (70) members per state. Per the 2010 census, states with 3,258,117 inhabitants upwards have 9 to 70 deputies.

As a result, although most states hover around an average of 362,013 inhabitants by deputy (per the 2010 census), some states with smaller populations have a much lower average, such as Roraima (1 for 51,000 inhabitants).

Federal state	Deputies currently allotted	%	Population (2010 Census)	%	Population per deputy	Deputies in proportional allotment	Difference (actual−proportional)
São Paulo	70	13.6%	39,924,091	21.5%	570,344	110	–40
Minas Gerais	53	10.3%	19,159,260	10.3%	361,495	53	0
Rio de Janeiro	46	9%	15,180,636	8.2%	330,014	42	+4
Bahia	39	7.6%	13,633,969	7.3%	349,589	38	+1
Rio Grande do Sul	31	6%	10,576,758	5.7%	341,186	29	+2
Paraná	30	5.8%	10,226,737	5.5%	340,891	28	+2
Pernambuco	25	4.9%	8,541,250	4.6%	341,650	24	+1
Ceará	22	4.3%	8,450,527	4.4%	371,822	23	–1
Maranhão	18	3.5%	6,424,340	3.5%	356,908	18	0
Goiás	17	3.3%	5,849,105	3.1%	344,065	16	+1
Pará	17	3.3%	7,443,904	4.0%	437,877	21	–4
Santa Catarina	16	3.1%	6,178,603	3.3%	386,163	17	–1
Paraíba	12	2.3%	3,753,633	2.0%	312,803	10	+2
Espírito Santo	10	1.9%	3,392,775	1.8%	339,278	9	+1
Piauí	10	1.9%	3,086,448	1.7%	308,645	9	+1
Alagoas	9	1.7%	3,093,994	1.7%	343,777	9	0
Acre	8	1.6%	707,125	0.4%	88,391	2	+6
Amazonas	8	1.6%	3,350,773	1.8%	418,847	9	–1
Amapá	8	1.6%	648,553	0.3%	81,069	2	+6
Distrito Federal	8	1.6%	2,469,489	1.3%	308,686	7	+1
Mato Grosso do Sul	8	1.6%	2,404,256	1.3%	300,532	7	+1
Mato Grosso	8	1.6%	2,954,625	1.6%	369,328	8	0
Rio Grande do Norte	8	1.6%	3,121,451	1.7%	390,181	9	–1
Rondônia	8	1.6%	1,535,625	0.8%	191,953	4	+4
Roraima	8	1.6%	425,398	0.2%	53,175	1	+7
Sergipe	8	1.6%	2,036,227	1.1%	254,528	6	+2
Tocantins	8	1.6%	1,373,551	0.7%	171,694	4	+4
Total	513	100%	185,712,713	100%	362,013	514	–2

Present composition

Parties and Federations in the 57th Chamber of Deputies

Party	Floor leader	Seats
Liberal Party	Sóstenes Cavalcante	91
Brazil of Hope Federation	Lindbergh Farias	80
Brazil Union	Pedro Lucas Fernandes	60
Progressistas	Dr. Luizinho	49
Brazilian Democratic Movement	Isnaldo Bulhões	44
Social Democratic Party	Antonio Brito	44
Republicans	Gilberto Abramo	44
Democratic Labour Party	Mário Heringer	17
PSDB Cidadania Federation	Adolfo Viana	17
Brazilian Socialist Party	Pedro Campos	15
Podemos	Rodrigo Gambale	15
PSOL REDE Federation	Talíria Petrone	14
Avante	Luis Tibé	8
Democratic Renewal Party	Fred Costa	5
New Party	Marcel van Hattem	5
Solidarity	Aureo Ribeiro	5
Total		513

Partisan blocs composition

Partisan bloc leadership is organized into the following roles:

• Government Leader: elected by members of the party of the Cabinet in the Chamber to speak on behalf of the Cabinet
• Majority Leader: elected by the leaders of the majority bloc in the Chamber, usually in support of the Cabinet
• Opposition Leader: elected by the members of the largest party in opposition to the Cabinet
• Minority Leader: elected by the leaders of the minority bloc, usually in opposition to the Cabinet

Bloc	Leader
Government	José Guimarães (PT-CE)
Majority	Arlindo Chinaglia (PT-SP)
Opposition	Luciano Zucco (PL-RS)
Minority	Caroline de Toni (PL-SC)

Bodies

The House of Deputies is composed of the Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil by College Leaders and the Commissions, which can be permanent, temporary, or special inquiry.

Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil

Main article: Board of Directors of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)

The current composition of the Board of the Chamber of Deputies is the following:

President: Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB)
1st vice president: Altineu Côrtes (PL-RJ)
2nd vice president: Elmar Nascimento (UNIÃO-BA)
1st secretary: Carlos Veras (PT-PE)
2nd secretary: Lula da Fonte (PP-PE)
3rd secretary: Delegada Katarina (PSD-SE)
4th secretary: Sérgio Souza (MDB-PR)
1st substitute: Antonio Carlos Rodrigues (PL-SP)
2nd substitute: Paulo Folletto (PSB-ES)
3rd substitute: Victor Linhalis (Podemos-ES)
4th substitute: Paulo Alexandre Barbosa (PSDB-SP)

Standing committees

On 6 March 2012, was defined division of committees between parties. The House President, Marco Maia, believes that the proportionality between the parties / blocs must take into account the data of the last election. Thus, PT and PMDB, with the highest benches, were three committees (the PT made the choice first). DEM and PSDB, the two largest opposition, were two commissions each.^[3] On the other hand, PSD, most harmed by this decision, filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court (STF) trying to reverse this decision.^[4]

The chair of the committee, was defined as follows:^[5]

Committee	Chair
Administration and Public Service	Waldemar Oliveira (Avante-PE)
Agriculture, Livestock, Supply and Rural Development	Evair de Melo (PP-ES)
Amazon and Originary and Traditional People	Dilvanda Faro (PT-PA)
Communication	Silas Câmara (Republicans-AM)
Consumer Defence	Fabio Schiochet (UNIÃO-SC)
Constitution, Justice and Citizenship	Caroline de Toni (PL-SC)
Culture	Aliel Machado (PV-PR)
Defense of Women Rights	Ana Pimentel (PT-MG)
Defense of Elderly Rights	Pedro Aihara (PRD-MG)
Defense of People with Disabilities Rights	Weliton Prado (Solidariedade-MG)
Economic Development	Danilo Forte (UNIÃO-CE)
Education	Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG)
Environment and Sustainable Development	Rafael Prudente (MDB-DF)
Ethics and Parliamentary Decorum	Leur Lomanto Júnior (UNIÃO-BA)
Finances and Taxation	Mário Negromonte Jr. (PP-BA)
Financial Oversight and Control	Joseildo Ramos (PT-BA)
Foreign Affairs and National Defense	Lucas Redecker (PSDB-RS)
Health	Francisco Costa (PT-PI)
Human Rights, Minorities and Racial Equality	Daiana Santos (PCdoB-RS)
Industry, Trade and Services	Josenildo Abrantes (PDT-AP)
Labour	Lucas Ramos (PSB-PE)
Mines and Energy	Júnior Ferrari (PSD-PA)
National Integration and Regional Development	José Rocha (UNIÃO-BA)
Participative Legislation	Glauber Braga (PSOL-RJ)
Public Security and Fight Against Organized Crime	Alberto Fraga (PL-DF)
Roads and Transports	Gilberto Abramo (Republicans-MG)
Science, Technology and Innovation	Nely Aquino (Podemos-MG)
Social Security, Social Assistance, Childhood, Adolescence and Family	Francisco Eurico (PL-PE)
Sports	Antonio Carlos Rodrigues (PL-SP)
Tourism	Paulo Litro (PSD-PR)
Urban Development	Eunício Oliveira (MDB-CE)

See also

• Federal institutions of Brazil
• 57th Legislature of the National Congress
• National Congress of Brazil
• Federal Senate

Notes

1. Part of the Progressive Union
2. Seats vacant due to personal leave of deputies Carla Zambelli (PL-SP) and Glaukston Rios (PODE-GO).