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Chamber of Deputies Chambre des députés Chanm Depite | |
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Currently Dissolved | |
Type | |
Type | of the Haitian Parliament |
Term limits | No limits |
Structure | |
Seats | 119 |
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/ |
Haiti portal |
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]