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The Congress of the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: Congreso de la República de Colombia) is the name given to Colombia's bicameral national legislature congress.

The Congress of Colombia consists of the 102-seat Senate (Senado), and the 166-seat Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes). Members of both houses are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms. The Congress meets twice a year in two ordinary sessions: The first from July 20 to December 16, and the second from March 16 to June 20. The Executive branch can call for extraordinary sessions at any time, but never after June 20th in an election year.

Both houses of Congress meet at the neoclassical Capitolio Nacional ("National Capitol") building in central Bogotá, the construction of which began in 1847 and was not concluded until 1926. Every house has its own election procedure and individual powers that make them different from each other, which are further discussed in the article for each individual chamber.

Senate

Main article: Senate of Colombia


The Senate has 102 elected members for four-year terms.

How the Senate is elected

According to the Colombian Constitution, 100 senators (senador(es)) are elected from a single national candidate list. The remaining two are elected from a special list set aside for Indigenous peoples communities. Senators can be elected by Colombian citizens abroad.

Requirements

To be a senator, a person must be a natural-born Colombian citizen who has attained the age of 30 years at the moment of election.

Exclusive powers of the Senate

  1. Approve or reject the resignations of both the President and the Vice-President.
  2. Approve or reject all military rank promotion at all grades.
  3. Grant leaves of absence for the President in cases other than sickness, and determine whether the reasons for the leave are worthy.
  4. Allow for the transit of foreign troops through Colombian territory.
  5. Authorize the Government to declare war on a foreign nation.
  6. Elect the Constitutional Court justices.
  7. Elect the Attorney General of Colombia.

The Chamber

Main article: Chamber of Representatives of Colombia


The Chamber has 166 elected members for four-year terms.

How the Chamber is elected

According to the Colombian Constitution, every department is an electoral circumscription. There are also four special circumscriptions: One for Indian communities, one for Afro-Colombian communities (negritudes), one for other minorities and one for Colombian citizens abroad, which have become lately a coveted political group. There will be two representatives for each territorial circumscription, and every territorial circumscription will elect an additional member for every 250,000 residents or fraction greater than 125,000 residents in excess of the first 250,000 residents. The Afro-Colombian circunscription elects two representatives, and the Indian, other minority and expatriate circumscriptions elect one each.

Requirements

To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (regardless of place of birth) who has attained the age of 25 years at the moment of election.

Exclusive powers of the Chamber

  1. Elect the People's Defender of Colombia.
  2. Examine the budget and treasury audit by the Auditor General.
  3. Indict for the impeachment of the following officeholders: President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Judicature Superior Council magistrates, State Council magistrates and the Attorney General.
  4. Listen to the complaints stated by the Attorney General or private citizens against the aforementioned officers, and recommend impeachment if they're worthwhile.
  5. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations.

Images




IX Conferencia Panamericana en el Salón Elíptico del Capitolio Nacional

Laureano Gomez & Eduardo Santos en el Salón Elíptico del Capitolio Nacional

Laureano Gomez toma posesion

Toma de Posecion de Lleras

Toma de Posecion del Presidente Misael Pastrana

General Rojas Pinilla, ante el Congreso en el Salón Elíptico del Capitolio Nacional

Turbay toma Posecion en el Salón Elíptico del Capitolio Nacional

Mural by Santiago Martinez Delgado in the Colombian Congress.

Downtown Bogota, Capitolio National Capitol Building.


Latest election

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'''Summary of the 12 March 2006 Chamber of Representatives of Colombia Colombian legislative election, 2006>election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano)2,646,40419.035
Social National Unity Party/Party of the U (Partido Social de Unidad Nacional, also known as Partido de la U)1,453,35316.729
Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano)1,363,65615.829
Radical Change (Cambio Radical)932,20710.721
Wings - Team Colombia Movement (Movimiento Alas Equipo Colombia)370,7894.38
Citizens' Convergence (Convergencia Ciudadana)397,9034.68
Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrtico Alternativo)708,6648.27
Liberal Opening (Apertura Liberal)199,8102.35
Regional Integration Movement (Movimiento Integracin Regional)91,5471.14
Democratic Colombia Party (Partido Colombia Demcrata)215,7532.52
National Movement (Movimiento Nacional)175,0122.02
United People's Movement (Movimiento Popular Unido)129,9771.52
For the Country of our Dreams (Por el Pas que soamos)99,5651.12
Huila New and Liberalism (Huila Nuevo y Liberalismo)80,6880.92
Mira Movement (Movimiento Mira)233,9202.71
Social Action Party (Partido de Accin Social)52,3400.61
Renovation Movement Labour Action (Movimiento Renovación Acción Laboral)33,3080.41
National Salvation Movement (Movimiento de Salvación Nacional)28,9750.31
People's Participation Movement (Movimiento de Participacin Popular)18,4490.21
Progressive National Movement (Movimiento Nacional Progresista)8,1460.11
Total votes for parties (turnout 40.54%)8,678,535100.0162
Sources: Adam Carr and Registradura Nacional del Estado Civil
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'''Summary of the 12 March 2006 Senate of Colombia Colombian legislative election, 2006>election results
Parties % Seats
Social National Unity Party/Party of the U (Partido Social de Unidad Nacional, also known as Partido de la U)17.4920
Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano)16.1318
Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano)15.5218
Radical Change (Cambio Radical)13.3615
Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrtico Alternativo)9.7410
Citizens' Convergence (Convergencia Ciudadana)6.257
Wings - Team Colombia Movement (Movimiento Alas Equipo Colombia)4.685
Democratic Colombia Party (Partido Colombia Demcratica)2.853
Mira Movement (Movimiento Mira)2.352
Living Colombia Movement (Movimiento Colombia Viva)2.462
Let the Moreno play movement (Movimiento Dejen Jugar al Moreno)1.500
C40.880
Visionaries with Antanas Mockus (Visionarios con Antanas Mockus)0.770
Comunitarian Participation Movement (Movimiento de Participacin Comunitaria)0.560
Communal and Comunitarian Movement of Colombia (Movimiento Comunal y Comunitario de Colombia)0.420
Colombia Unite Movement (Movimiento nete Colombia)0.170
Independent Conservatism (Conservatismo Independiente)0.140
National Democratic Reconstruction (Reconstruccin Democrtica Nacional)0.080
Progressive National Movement (Movimiento Nacional Progresista)0.090
Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena)2
Total valid votes (turnout 40.54%) 102
Sources: Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil, Caracol Radio
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'''2006 elections to the 2 seats reserved for Indigenous in the Senate of Colombia
Parties Votes % Seats
Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena)ASI44,55728.271
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Autoridades Indigenas de Colombia)AICO21,30413.521
Total (turnout %)   
Source: Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil. Note: As the blank vote percentage was 58.21% (more than 50%), this special election must be repeated, with the same parties but different candidates [1]

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