State or region
District Deputy
- Portuguese: Deputado Distrital
Legislative Chamber of the Federal District · Distrito Federal
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Elected every four years, at the same time as state deputies, by open-list proportional representation in a single district-wide constituency; size set by Constitution of Brazil art. 32 para. 3 applying art. 27 (three times the Federal District's 8 federal deputies). Next election 6 October 2030.
- Seats
- 24
Next vote
Sources
- planalto.gov.br · checked Constitution of Brazil (as amended), art. 32 para. 3, read 2026-10-12: art. 27 applies to the district deputies and the Legislative Chamber. For: District Deputy
- planalto.gov.br · checked Constitution of Brazil arts. 14, 27, 28: governor election method and term; seat counts of the state legislatures (3x federal deputies up to 12, plus one per deputy above 12; federal bench sizes per Lei Complementar 78/1993 as updated). For: District Deputy
- planalto.gov.br · checked Constitution of Brazil, office titles Governador / Deputado Estadual / Deputado Distrital (arts. 27, 28, 32). For: District Deputy in Portuguese
- agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br · checked Agência Brasil, Quando será o segundo turno das eleições, Oct 2026, read 2026-10-12; BBC Brasil via O Povo 2026-10-11 (which states go to run-off on 2026-10-25); 2030 dates from Constitution art. 28. For: General election, October 6, 2030
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