The new Chamber of Deputies has the highest number of newcomers and women for three decades | Politics

Of the 513 deputies who take office, 244 are newcomers to the Chamber, or 47.6%. The percentage is slightly lower than that recorded during the Constituent Assembly election in 1986, according to calculations released by the agency's chamber. At that time, 48.3% of parliamentarians were in the first term.

After that, there was a percentage of 45.7% in 1990 and indices less than 40% until 2014.

The renovated house

The house will have the largest number of deputies since the new democratization

Source: Agência The survey already takes into account the deputies who will take office in place of Jean Wyllys (PSOL-RJ), who resigned, and Wagner Montes (PRB-RJ) , deceased in the year. last Saturday (26). They are: David Miranda (PSOL-RJ) and Jorge Braz de Oliveira (PRB-RJ).

Despite the renewal, all new parliamentarians in the House are not new to politics. More than half (52.7%) have already been elected to other positions: mayors, councilors, MPs, senators and governors, for example. This group has 128 members.

Among those who were already in the Chamber of Deputies, the three oldest people go to the 8th mandate.

From this Friday, the female seat of the House will also increase: there will be 77 deputies, which corresponds to 15% of the composition of the House.

This percentage is higher than that achieved in the 2014 elections, or 10% (51 MPs), a record until then, according to available data from the House.

Promotion of women

The number of women elected to the Chamber of Deputies is the highest since the process of democratization

Source: House of Representatives, TSE

Despite this increase, this number remains well less than the minimum number of applications. 30% and the proportion of women in the population, 51%.

Of the 26 states and the Federal District, only three states have elected no women to the House: Amazonas, Maranhão and Sergipe.

The number of political parties represented has also increased. At the end of the legislature, there were 25 acronyms. During the October polls, the deputies of 30 legends were elected, the largest since the re-democratization.

However, the number is expected to decrease to 27, after the merger of some legends that have not reached the minimum level of performance in elections and will be denied access the resources of the Party Fund and the time spent on radio and election campaigning. .

PT and PSL elected the largest number of representatives. The PT office will have 54 deputies and 52 PSL deputies, but these figures should also change with the articulations for the subtitle change.

With mixed ideologies, there are differences between parliamentarians, even within the party itself, depending on the subject. A survey conducted by G1 shows how the new composition of the House reflects on 18 topics that should be on the agenda.

The data show, for example, that nearly 60% of MPs are in favor of setting a minimum age for retirement, a proposal that should be included in the pension reform proposal that the Jair Bolsonaro government will send to the Legislative Assembly.

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At 84, Luiza Erundina (PSOL-SP) is the oldest member of this legislature. She was re-elected deputy federal of the State of São Paulo after five terms.

Luisa Canziani (PTB-PR), 22, is the youngest. In her first election, she was the 18th candidate of the most voted Paraná MP, with more than 90,000 votes. She is the daughter of Alex Canziani, who applied for the Senate, as well as for Paraná, but was not elected. See the other political heirs who have done well and badly in 2018.

The average age of deputies is 49 years. The age group with the largest number of parliamentarians is between 55 and 64, with 140 members.

Age group of deputies

The average age is 49 years old and the most common age group is between 55 and 64 years old

Source: House of Representatives , TSE

Members who will take office are declared in the Superior Court. Electoral (TSE) about 50 different professions. Most were already composed of federal deputies. The other professions most frequently mentioned are those of businessman and lawyer.

There are also administrators, engineers, doctors, government officials, teachers, journalists, military police and members of the armed forces.