The Chamber of Deputies of Portugal, alternatively translatable as the

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and formally styled the Chamber of the Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation (Portuguese: ''Câmara dos Deputados'' or ''Câmara dos Senhores Deputados da Nação Portuguesa'') was the

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of the

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, the legislature of the

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during most of the

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period. The Chamber of Deputies directly represented the Portuguese Nation, elected through direct suffrage of the electoral circuits corresponding to the

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. During the First Republic, the Chamber of Deputies was remodeled after the

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History

The Chamber was created in 1826 with the Constitutional Charter.

References

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