Chamber of Deputies (Haiti)

Chamber of Deputies

Chambre des députés
Chanm Depite
Currently Dissolved
National emblem of Haiti
Type
Type
Term limits
No limits
Structure
Seats119
Political groups
  Vacant: 119 seats
Length of term
Four years[1]
Elections
Two-round system
Last election
2015–16
Next election
Unknown
Meeting place
Port-au-Prince
Website
http://www.chambredesdeputes.ht/

The Chamber of Deputies (French: Chambre des députés; Haitian Creole: Chanm Depite) is the lower house of Haiti's bicameral legislature, the Haitian Parliament. The upper house of the Haitian Parliament is the Senate of Haiti. The Chamber has 119 members (previously 99) who are elected by popular vote to four-year terms. There are no term limits for Deputies; they may be re-elected indefinitely.

In March 2015 a new electoral decree stated that the new Chamber of Deputies have 118 members, and the Senate will retain the 30 members.[2] On 13 March, President Michel Martelly issued a decree that split the Cerca La Source into two constituencies, and therefore increasing the number of deputies up to 119.[3]

  1. ^ "Histoire". 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Haiti – Elections : Electoral Decree adopted, 19 more Deputies... - HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7". www.haitilibre.com.
  3. ^ "IPU PARLINE database: HAITI (Chambre des Députés), Last elections". archive.ipu.org.