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The Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile 's Bicameral National Congress , as established in the current Constitution Of Chile . The Senate is composed of thirty-eight Directly Elected senators, chosen by universal popular suffrage vote in 19 senatorial circumscriptions. These serve eight-year terms, with half of them being replaced every fourth year. In party distribution, 20 seats are held by the (UDI) and eight National Renewal (RN); and one independent leaning right. The Senate sessions at the new National Congress located in the port city of Valparaíso , which replaced the Old National Congress located in downtown of capital Santiago . ABOLITION OF THE UNELECTED Amendments to the Constitution, approved by a joint session of Congress on August 16 2005 , eliminated non-directly elected senators from March 11 2006 , the day 20 newly-elected senators were sworn in, leaving the total number of senators at 38, all directly elected. CURRENT SENATORS Senate composition from March 11 2006 . The current President of the Senate will serve from 2006 until 2008 . EXTERNAL LINKS |