| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Congreso / Congress |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Cámara de Representantes / House of Representatives |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Senado de la República / Senate
|
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
1 January 1900
Last amendment: 1990 |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 166
other 6 |
| Constituencies |
33 multi-member constituencies corresponding to the country's departments and the nation's capital; each department has at least 2 Representatives.
There is an additional Representative for every 250,000 inhabitants or for each fraction of more than 125,000 inhabitants that the department has above the first 250,000. |
| Voting system |
Proportional:
Party-list proportional representation system, with remaining seats allocated on the basis of greatest remainders.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled by the "next-in-line" candidates of the same party that held the seat in question.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Colombian citizenship
- full possession of civil and political rights
- disqualifications: members of the armed forces on active duty, police officers |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- qualified electors
- age: 25 years
- Colombian citizenship
- citizens of "good standing"
- ineligibility: imprisonment (except for political or similar crimes) |
| Incompatibilities |
- public officials and their relatives
- certain public employees (in preceding 12 months)
- government contractors |
| Candidacy requirements |
(data unavailable) |
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