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The Chamber of Deputies ''(Cámara de Diputados)'' is the lower house of the
Dominican Republic 's Bicameral National Congress . The upper house is the Senate .

It currently comprises 150 Deputies who are elected for four-year terms. Congressional elections are held in even numbered years not divisible by four, when the entire Chamber and Senate are replaced.

Deputies are elected ''en bloc'' by Provinces , with one deputy per 50,000 inhabitants or fraction in excess of 25,000, and a guaranteed minimum of two per province.


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The following table shows the composition of the Chamber of Deputies at the start of the most recent legislative periods.




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