Constitución en Inglés

118 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 Chapter V House of Representatives T he House of Representatives shall be elected in territorial and special constituencies. Each department and the Capital District of Bogotá will form part of a territorial constituency. There will be two representatives for each territorial constituency and an additional one for each 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over the first 365,000. The territorial constituency formedby thedepartment of San Andres, Providencia, and Santa Catalina will elect an additional (1) representative for the Raizal community of the said department, in accordance with the law. For the election of representatives to the House, each department and the Capital District of Bogotá shall constitute a territorial constituency. The special constituencies will guarantee the participation of ethnic groups and Colombians that reside abroad in the House of Representatives. Through these constituencies, four (4) representativeswill beelected,according to the following distribution: two (2) for the constituency of Afro-descendant communities, one (1) for the constituency of indigenous communities, and one (1) for the international constituency. In this last constituency, only those votes deposited outside the national territory by citizens who reside abroad will be counted. ARTICLE 176