9th Congress of Colombia

The Ninth Congress of the Republic of Colombia is the current convocation of the legislative branch of the Republic of Colombia, composed of the Senate of Colombia and the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. It meets in Bogotá from 20 July 2022 to 20 July 2026. In total, it is made up of 108 Senators and 187 Representatives.

Article 114 of the Colombian Constitution of 1991 proclaims Congress as the highest representative body of the legislative power. According to article 114, it is up to the Congress of the Republic of Colombia to reform the Constitution, make laws and exercise political control over the government and administration. Currently, the "Legislative Observatory" of the National University of Colombia and the "Visible Congress" program of the University of Los Andes monitor the Congress of the Republic.

2022 parliamentary election
Main article: 2022 Colombian parliamentary election

The 2022 Colombian parliamentary election were held on Sunday, 13 March 2022, where the 289 representatives of the House of Representatives and members of the Senate were elected.

Leadership

Presiding

Presiding (2022-2023)

Senate
Main article: List of current members of the Senate of Colombia

Seats by political party

The 108 Senators were distributed by party as follows:

Senate of Colombia
Party or movement Total votes % Seats
National constituency
Pacto Histórico 2 800 730 17,35 20
Partido Conservador Colombiano 2 223 061 14,18 15
Partido Liberal Colombiano 2 100 083 13,39 14
Coalición Centro Esperanza/ Alianza Verde 1 954 792 12,28 13
Centro Democrático 1 917 153 12,08 13
Partido Cambio Radical 1 610 651 10,22 11
Partido de la U 1 508 031 9,63 10
Comunes 24 862 0,19 5
Coalición MIRA / Colombia Justa Libres 578 195 3,64 4
Indigenous constituency
Movimiento Alternativo Indígena Social 85 795 25,09 1
Movimiento Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia 61 913 18,10 1
Opposition Statute
Second place presidential election 1
Total escaños 108
Source: Consejo Nacional Electoral

Senators are elected in a national constituency. The upper house is made up of 108 senators, of which 5 belong to the seats agreed upon in Havana, 2 seats to the special indigenous constituency and one seat for the presidential candidate of the formula that came second in the 2022 Colombian presidential election.

The senators are distributed by mutual agreement in 7 commissions; First Commission that is in charge of constitutional issues, Second Commission of international politics and public force, Third Commission of finance and public credit, Fourth of budget and fiscal control, Fifth of agrarian and environmental sector; Sixth of communications, public services and calamities and Seventh of labor issues.[3][4]

The order of the following list obeys, if it is an open list, the vote obtained by each senator within his party and in the case of the closed list, the order in which they were ordered by the coalition or party.[5]

Chamber of Representatives

The 187 members of the Chamber of Representatives were distributed by party as follows:

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