57th Legislature of the National Congress
Appearance
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | National Congress | ||||
Meeting place | Brasília, Federal District | ||||
Term | 1 February 2023 – 31 January 2027 | ||||
Election | 2 October 2022 | ||||
Website | congressonacional | ||||
Federal Senate | |||||
Members | 81 senators | ||||
President of the Federal Senate | TBD | ||||
Party control | PL | ||||
Chamber of Deputies | |||||
Members | 513 deputies | ||||
President of the Chamber of Deputies | TBD | ||||
Party control | PL | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The 57th Legislature of National Congress is the next meeting of the legislative branch of the Federal Government of Brazil, composed by the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. It will convene in Brasília on 1 February 2023, a month after the inauguration of the winner of the 2022 presidential election.
In the 2022 elections, the Liberal Party became the largest party in the Chamber with 99 deputies and in the Senate with 13 senators.[1][a]
Major events
- 1 February 2023: Congress scheduled to convene. Election for the Directors' Board of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.
Party summary
Chamber of Deputies
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Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
Liberal Party | 18,201,246 | 16.62 | 99 | +66[b] | |||
Brazil of Hope | Workers' Party | 13,170,626 | 12.02 | 67 | +11 | ||
Communist Party of Brazil | 1,154,712 | 1.05 | 6 | –4[c] | |||
Green Party | 954,578 | 0.87 | 6 | +2 | |||
Brazil Union | 10,198,288 | 9.31 | 59 | –22[d] | |||
Progressistas | 8,692,918 | 7.94 | 47 | +10 | |||
Social Democratic Party | 8,293,956 | 7.57 | 42 | +8 | |||
Brazilian Democratic Movement | 7,870,810 | 7.18 | 42 | +8 | |||
Republicans | 7,610,894 | 6.95 | 41 | +11[e] | |||
Always Forward | Brazilian Social Democracy Party | 3,309,061 | 3.02 | 13 | –16 | ||
Cidadania | 1,614,106 | 1.47 | 5 | –3[f] | |||
PSOL REDE | Socialism and Liberty Party | 3,856,031 | 3.52 | 12 | +2 | ||
Sustainability Network | 783,601 | 0.72 | 2 | +1 | |||
Brazilian Socialist Party | 4,172,383 | 3.81 | 14 | –18 | |||
Democratic Labour Party | 3,828,289 | 3.49 | 17 | –11 | |||
Podemos | 3,610,634 | 3.30 | 12 | –5[g] | |||
Avante | 2,175,355 | 1.99 | 7 | 0 | |||
Social Christian Party | 1,944,678 | 1.78 | 6 | –2 | |||
Solidarity | 1,697,127 | 1.55 | 4 | –9 | |||
Patriota | 1,526,570 | 1.39 | 4 | –5[h] | |||
Brazilian Labour Party | 1,422,652 | 1.30 | 1 | –9 | |||
New Party | 1,354,754 | 1.24 | 3 | –5 | |||
Republican Party of the Social Order | 1,042,698 | 0.95 | 4 | –4 | |||
Brazilian Labour Renewal Party | 288,027 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | |||
Party of National Mobilization | 256,578 | 0.23 | 0 | –3 | |||
Act | 158,622 | 0.14 | 0 | –2[i] | |||
Christian Democracy | 97,741 | 0.09 | 0 | –1 | |||
Brazilian Communist Party | 85,511 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |||
Brazilian Woman's Party | 83,055 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |||
Popular Unity | 54,586 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |||
United Socialist Workers' Party | 27,995 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |||
Workers' Cause Party | 7,308 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 109,545,390 | 100.00 | 513 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 109,545,390 | 88.92 | |||||
Invalid votes | 6,149,056 | 4.99 | |||||
Blank votes | 7,501,125 | 6.09 | |||||
Total votes | 123,195,571 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 155,557,503 | 79.20 | |||||
Source: Superior Electoral Court |
Federal Senate
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Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||||||
Elected | Total | +/– | ||||||||
Liberal Party | 25,278,764 | 25.39 | 8 | 13 | +11[j] | |||||
Brazilian Socialist Party | 13,615,846 | 13.67 | 1 | 1 | –1 | |||||
Brazil of Hope | Workers' Party | 12,024,696 | 12.08 | 4 | 9 | +3 | ||||
Green Party | 475,597 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Communist Party of Brazil | 299,013 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 11,312,512 | 11.36 | 2 | 10 | +3 | |||||
Progressistas | 7,592,391 | 7.62 | 3 | 7 | +2 | |||||
Brazil Union | 5,465,486 | 5.49 | 5 | 12 | +2[k] | |||||
Social Christian Party | 4,285,485 | 4.30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Republicans | 4,259,279 | 4.28 | 2 | 3 | +2[l] | |||||
Brazilian Democratic Movement | 3,882,458 | 3.90 | 1 | 10 | –2 | |||||
Brazilian Labour Party | 2,046,003 | 2.05 | 0 | 0 | –3 | |||||
Podemos | 1,776,283 | 1.78 | 0 | 6 | –1[m] | |||||
Democratic Labour Party | 1,586,922 | 1.59 | 0 | 2 | –2 | |||||
Always Forward | Brazilian Social Democracy Party | 1,384,871 | 1.39 | 0 | 4 | –5 | ||||
Cidadania | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | –1[n] | |||||
Avante | 1,359,455 | 1.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Brazilian Labour Renewal Party | 758,938 | 0.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
PSOL REDE | Socialism and Liberty Party | 675,244 | 0.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Sustainability Network | 8,133 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | –4 | |||||
New Party | 479,593 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Popular Unity | 291,294 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
Republican Party of the Social Order | 213,247 | 0.21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
United Socialist Workers' Party | 132,680 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Christian Democracy | 94,098 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Patriota | 76,729 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | –1[o] | |||||
Brazilian Communist Party | 64,569 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Brazilian Woman's Party | 61,350 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Party of National Mobilization | 27,812 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Act | 24,076 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | –1[p] | |||||
Solidarity | 17,339 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | –1 | |||||
Workers' Cause Party | 5,572 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Independent | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | –1 | |||||
Total | 99,575,735 | 100.00 | 27 | 81 | 0 | |||||
Valid votes | 99,575,735 | 80.83 | ||||||||
Invalid votes | 14,279,527 | 11.59 | ||||||||
Blank votes | 9,340,309 | 7.58 | ||||||||
Total votes | 123,195,571 | 100.00 | ||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 155,557,503 | 79.20 | ||||||||
Source: Superior Electoral Court |
Leadership
Federal Senate
- Government Leader: Jaques Wagner (PT-BA)
- Majority Leader: TBD
- Opposition Leader: TBD
- Minority Leader: TBD
- Female Caucus Leader: TBD
- PL Leader: TBD
- UNIÃO Leader: TBD
- PSD Leader: TBD
- MDB Leader: TBD
- FE Brasil Leader: TBD
- PP Leader: TBD
- PODE Leader: TBD
- Always Forward Leader: TBD
- Republicanos Leader: TBD
- PDT Leader: TBD
- PSB Leader: TBD
- PSC Leader: TBD
- PROS Leader: TBD
- PSOL REDE Leader: TBD
Chamber of Deputies
- Government Leader: José Guimarães (PT-CE)
- Majority Leader: TBD
- Opposition Leader: TBD
- Minority Leader: TBD
- Female Caucus Leader: TBD
- PL Leader: TBD
- FE Brasil Leader: TBD
- UNIÃO Leader: TBD
- PP Leader: TBD
- PSD Leader: TBD
- MDB Leader: TBD
- Republicanos Leader: TBD
- PDT Leader: TBD
- PSB Leader: TBD
- Always Forward Leader: TBD
- PSOL REDE Leader: TBD
- PODE Leader: TBD
- Avante Leader: TBD
- PSC Leader: TBD
- Solidariedade Leader: TBD
- Patriota Leader: TBD
- NOVO Leader: TBD
- PROS Leader: TBD
- PTB Representative: TBD
Members
Federal Senate
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Chamber of Deputies
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Committees
Federal Senate
Committee | Chair |
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Agriculture and Agrarian Reform | TBD |
Constitution, Justice and Citizenship | TBD |
Economic Affairs | TBD |
Education, Culture and Sports | TBD |
Environment | TBD |
Ethics and Parliamentary Decorum | TBD |
Foreign Affairs and National Defence | TBD |
Human Rights and Participative Legislation | TBD |
Infrastructure Services | TBD |
Regional Development and Tourism | TBD |
Science, Technology, Innovation, Communication and Computing | TBD |
Social Affairs | TBD |
Transparency, Governance, Inspection and Control and Consumer Defence | TBD |
Chamber of Deputies
Committee | Chair |
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Agriculture, Livestock, Supply and Rural Development | TBD |
Consumer Defence | TBD |
Constitution, Justice and Citizenship | TBD |
Culture | TBD |
Defense of Women Rights | TBD |
Defense of Elderly Rights | TBD |
Defense of People with Disabilities Rights | TBD |
Economic Development, Industry, Trade and Services | TBD |
Education | TBD |
Environment and Sustainable Development | TBD |
Finances and Taxation | TBD |
Financial Supervision and Control | TBD |
Foreign Affairs and National Defence | TBD |
Human Rights and Minorities | TBD |
Labour, Administration and Public Service | TBD |
Mines and Energy | TBD |
National Integration, Regional Development and Amazon | TBD |
Participative Legislation | TBD |
Public Security and Fight Against Organized Crime | TBD |
Roads and Transports | TBD |
Science and Technology, Communication and Computing | TBD |
Social Security and Family | TBD |
Sports | TBD |
Tourism | TBD |
Urban Development | TBD |
Notes
- ^ As in Brazil the government is formed by a coalition, it is hard for a party to reach the majority of 257 deputies and/or 41 senators. Therefore, the majority party is the one with more members in each house.
- ^ Compared to the deputies of the Party of the Republic elected in 2018. The party was renamed Liberal Party in 2019.
- ^ Compared to the combined deputies of the Communist Party of Brazil and of the Free Fatherland Party elected in 2018. The parties merged after that election.
- ^ Compared to the combined deputies of the Social Liberal Party and of Democrats elected in 2018. The parties merged to form Brazil Union in 2022.
- ^ Compared to the deputies of the Brazilian Republican Party elected in 2018. The party was renamed Republicans in 2019.
- ^ Compared to the deputies of the Popular Socialist Party elected in 2018. The party was renamed Cidadania in 2019.
- ^ Compared to the combined deputies of Podemos and of the Humanist Party of Solidarity elected in 2018. The parties merged after that election.
- ^ Compared to the combined deputies of Patriota and of the Progressive Republican Party elected in 2018. The parties merged after that election.
- ^ Compared to the deputies of the Christian Labour Party elected in 2018. The party was renamed Act in 2022.
- ^ Compared to the senators of the Party of the Republic elected in 2018 or not up for election in 2018. The party was renamed Liberal Party in 2019.
- ^ Compared to the combined senators of Democrats and of the Social Liberal Party elected in 2018 or not up for election in 2018. The parties merged to form Brazil Union in 2022.
- ^ Compared to the senators of the Brazilian Republican Party elected in 2018 or not up for election in 2018. The party was renamed Republicans in 2019.
- ^ Compared to the combined senators of Podemos and of the Humanist Party of Solidarity elected in 2018 or not up for election in 2018. The parties merged after that election.
- ^ Compared to the senators of the Popular Socialist Party elected in 2018 or not up for election in 2018. The party was renamed Cidadania in 2019.
- ^ Compared to the combined senators of Patriota and of the Progressive Republican Party elected in 2018 or not up for election in 2018. The parties merged after that election.
- ^ Compared to the senators of the Christian Labour Party elected in 2018 or not up for election in 2018. The party was renamed Act in 2022.
References
- ^ "PL de Bolsonaro conquista a maior bancada no Congresso Nacional". Diário do Poder (in Portuguese). 3 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.