From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)

Lower house of the Brazilian National Congress

Field	Value
background_color	#00A859
name	Chamber of Deputies
native_name	Câmara dos Deputados
native_name_lang	pt
legislature	57th Legislature of the National Congress
logo_pic	Marca Camara Preferencial Cores.png
logo_res	250px
logo_alt	Logo of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
house_type	Lower house
body	National Congress of Brazil
term_limits	None
foundation
new_session
leader1_type	President
leader1	Hugo Motta
party1	Republicans
election1	1 February 2025
leader2_type	Government Leader
leader2	José Guimarães
party2	PT
election2	6 January 2023
leader3_type	Majority Leader
leader3	Arlindo Chinaglia
party3	PT
election3	8 April 2025
leader4_type	Minority Leader
leader4	Chris Tonietto
party4	PL
election4	17 November 2025
leader5_type	Opposition Leader
leader5	Gilberto Silva
party5	PL
election5	16 December 2025
seats	513
structure1	Brazil Chamber of Deputies November 2025.svg
structure1_res	250px
political_groups1	Government (213)
* {{legend	#E20E28	Brazil of Hope (80)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#FFA500	PSD (47)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#30914D	MDB (42)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#FFCC00	PSB (16)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#69028C	PSOL-REDE (15)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#088F8F	Avante (8)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#FF9C2B	Solidariedade (5)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#015AAA	PL (87)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#0080FF	PSDB-Cidadania (18)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#2DA933	Podemos (16)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#F3701B	NOVO (5)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#33BDF2	Progressive Union (109)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#0070C5	Republicans (44)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#C21E56	PDT (16)	border	silver}}
* {{legend	#008000	PRD (5)	border	silver}}
term_length	4 years
salary	R$ 39,293 monthly (and benefits)
voting_system1	Open list proportional representation (D'Hondt method) with a 2% election threshold
last_election1	2 October 2022
next_election1	4 October 2026
session_room	976088-16092015- wdo6763.jpg
meeting_place	Ulysses Guimarães plenary chamber
National Congress Palace
Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
website

- PT (67)
- PCdoB (9)
- PV (4)
- PSOL (11)
- REDE (4)

Opposition (126)

- PSDB (14)
- Cidadania (4)

Independent (174)

UNIÃO (59)
PP (50)

National Congress Palace Brasília, Federal District, Brazil

The Chamber of Deputies () 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

Present composition

Party	Floor leader	Seats
Liberal Party (Brazil, 2006)}}" Liberal Party	Sóstenes Cavalcante	91
Workers' Party (Brazil)}}" Brazil of Hope Federation	Lindbergh Farias	80
Brazil Union}}" Brazil Union	Pedro Lucas Fernandes	60
Progressistas}}" Progressistas	Dr. Luizinho	49
Brazilian Democratic Movement}}" Brazilian Democratic Movement	Isnaldo Bulhões	44
Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011)}}" Social Democratic Party	Antonio Brito	44
Republicans (Brazil)}}" Republicans	Gilberto Abramo	44
Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)}}" Democratic Labour Party	Mário Heringer	17
Brazilian Social Democracy Party}}" PSDB Cidadania Federation	Adolfo Viana	17
Brazilian Socialist Party}}" Brazilian Socialist Party	Pedro Campos	15
Podemos (Brazil)}}" Podemos	Rodrigo Gambale	15
PSOL REDE Federation}}" PSOL REDE Federation	Talíria Petrone	14
Avante}}" Avante	Luis Tibé	8
Democratic Renewal Party (Brazil)}}" Democratic Renewal Party	Fred Costa	5
New Party (Brazil)}}" New Party	Marcel van Hattem	5
Solidariedade}}" Solidarity	Aureo Ribeiro	5

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. On the other hand, PSD, most harmed by this decision, filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court (STF) trying to reverse this decision.

The chair of the committee, was defined as follows:

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

Notes

References

(5 October 2018). "Conheça o valor do salário de um deputado e demais verbas parlamentares – Notícias".
"Gastos parlamentares - 2023".
Finch, Nathalia (6 March 2012), G1, "defines the distribution of the standing committees"
Santos, Deborah (27 February 2012), G1, "going to have the Supreme Command of committees in the House"
(9 March 2021). "Definidos os partidos dos presidentes das comissões; veja os nomes já indicados".

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1826-establishments-in-brazil legislative-branch-of-brazil national-lower-houses

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report