The Chamber of Deputies of Buenos Aires Province ( es, Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) is the

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of the

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Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...

, the largest and most populous of

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. It is made up of 92 deputies elected in eight multi-member constituencies known as Electoral Sections. The number of deputies that correspond to each of the electoral sections is proportional to their population, as observed in the results of every nationwide census conducted in Argentina every 10 years. Seats may only be added to adjust the proportionality of each section, but never reduced. As in the National Chamber of Deputies and most other provincial legislatures, elections to the Chamber are held every two years, so that half of its members are up in each election, making it a rare example of

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used in a lower house. The Chamber was established with the promulgation of the Constitution of the

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, a short-lived secessionist state, in 1854. Its precursor, the Board of Representatives (''Junta de Representantes'') was established in 1820 as the province's first functioning legislative lower house. Originally located in the

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, the provincial legislature was moved to

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following that city's establishment in 1882. The body meets in the Legislative Palace, designed by

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architects Gustav Heine and Georg Hagemann in 1883 and completed in 1888.

Presidents of the Chamber

The President of the Chamber of Deputies is elected by the absolute majority of its members. The officeholders for this post since 1983 have been:

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Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...