chamber of deputies
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Besides choosing a new president, voters will also elect members to the Chamber of Deputies and half of the Senate.
From Barron's
The good news is that if the Milei coalition takes more than one-third of the seats in either the Chamber of Deputies or the Senate, it will be able to stop the Peronist opposition from overriding presidential vetoes.
Milei’s party needs to come out of Sunday’s election with close to a third of the 257 seats in the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, and ideally also a third of the 72 Senate seats.
Argentines will vote to renew half the 257-member Chamber of Deputies and a third of 72 senators.
From Barron's
His party, Freedom Advances, controls just 10% of the seats in the Senate and 15% in the Chamber of Deputies.
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