O STF (Federal Supreme Court) It should complete the trial on Wednesday to maintain the number of federal deputies, currently from 513, in the 2026 elections. Luiz Fuxto expand the number of parliamentarians from 2030.
Rapporteur, Fux complied with a precautionary measure of the president of the National Congress, Gave it alarthrumb (Union-AP), to maintain the current number in the next elections.
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The trial takes place in a virtual plenary, which began this Tuesday (30) and continues until this Wednesday. For the trial to be concluded, there are still the votes of ministers André Mendonça and Edson Fachin.
According to the request of the Senate, with the consent of the presidency of the House, the veto of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) to the bill that increases the number of deputies still remains pending appreciation by parliamentarians. The situation would prevent the application of the new rules as early as 2026.
In the injunction, Fux noted that the legislative process on the subject did not end in the National Congress and that, just over a year from the general elections, it is necessary to have “clarity regarding the number of seats for each state”, with the aim of avoiding legal insecurity.
The rapporteur defines that “until the due legislative process is completed, the result of which may be applied safely and clearly, from the 2030 legislative elections.”
Approved changes
According to the last IBGE census, held in 2022, seven states lost population and others won. Because of this, there would be the redistribution of chairs in the House.
However, to prevent states from losing representatives, the proposal approved by the two houses created 18 new chairs in the House of Representatives, leaving the current 513 to 531.
The new vacancies would be allocated between nine states, keeping unchanged the current representation of all federative entities.
The STF’s decision represents a relief to the congressmen, since the Court had signed the understanding that if the Legislature did not decide on the subject, the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) would remain the assignment to redistribute the vacancies.
