Senado de la Nación Argentina
logo | Parliament building |
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Basic data | |
Seat: | Buenos Aires , Argentina |
Legislative period : | 6 years |
MPs: | 72 |
Current legislative period | |
Last choice: | October 25, 2015 |
Website | |
www.senado.gob.ar |
The Senado de la Nación Argentina is the upper house of the Argentine National Congress .
The number of senators is three for each province and three for the autonomous city of Buenos Aires . In contrast to the Chamber of Deputies, the Senado de la Nación Argentina is elected according to a special case of majority voting: the party with the most votes receives two senatorial seats and the party with the second most votes receives one seat. The senators are elected for a period of six years, with a third of the senators elected every two years.
Seat
The Senate building is located in the vicinity of the Congress Palace on the Plaza del Congreso in Buenos Aires .
Web links
Commons : Senate of Argentina - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- senado.gov.ar Official website of the Senate of Argentina
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c ARGENTINA (Senado), full text . In: IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved February 4, 2016.
Coordinates: 34 ° 36 ′ 37.8 ″ S , 58 ° 23 ′ 27.6 ″ W.