| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Congreso de la República / Congress of the Republic |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Cámara de Diputados / Chamber of Deputies |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Senado / Senate
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| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
1 January 1900
Last amendment: 21/12/1997 |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 183 |
| Constituencies |
31 provinces and the National District. Allocation of seats according to population. Each Deputy represents 50,000 inhabitants or fraction over 25,000. |
| Voting system |
Proportional:
Closed party-list system, with proportional distribution of seats according to the d'Hondt method.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled by substitutes chosen at the same time as titular members.
Voting is compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years or married
- Dominican Republic citizenship
- disqualifications: members of the armed forces and police, irrevocable conviction for treason, espionage or conspiracy against the Republic, conviction for taking up arms or lending aid or participating in any attack against the country; right suspended in cases of irrevocable sentence to criminal punishment (until rehabilitation), legally declared judicial interdiction (while in effect) and acceptance, while in the country, of an office or employment from a foreign government without prior authorization from the executive branch |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- qualified electors
- age: 25 years
- Dominican Republic citizenship
- full enjoyment of civil and political rights
- native of the territorial district where elected or residence therein for at least five consecutive years |
| Incompatibilities |
- any other public office or position |
| Candidacy requirements |
- nomination by a political party recognized by the Central Electoral Board; candidates are chosen by a convention of their party, which then submits these names to the competent electoral board
- support by a political group which has an organization and a programme similar to that of a political party for independent candidates |
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