The Spanish Congress of Deputies (Spanish: Congreso de los Diputados) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. It has 350 members, elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation in constituencies matching the Spanish provinces using the D'Hondt method. Deputies serve four-year terms. The President of the Congress of Deputies is the analogue to a Speaker and presides over debates in Spain's lower chamber of parliament. The composition of the 9th term Congress, to serve no further than 2012, is:

Political party/group		Dep.
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	169
	People's Party	154
	Convergencia i Unió	10
	Basque Nationalist Party	6
	Republican Left of Catalonia-United Left-Initiative for Catalonia Greens	5
	Mixed Group, composed by: BNG, CC, UPyD, NaBai	6
Total		350

Elections

History

The building, Congreso de los Diputados, has a neoclassical style. It was designed by Narcisco Pascual y Colomer, and built between 1843 and 1850. It sits by the Carrera de San Jerónimo, in Madrid.

External links

• Congreso de los Diputados - official website (Spanish)