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The Senate (French: Sénat) is the upper house of Haiti’s bicameral legislature the National Assembly. The lower house of the National Assembly is the Chamber of Deputies. The Senate consists of thirty seats with three members from each of the ten administrative departments. Prior to the creation of the Nippes Department in 2003 there were twenty-seven seats. Senators are elected by popular vote to six-year terms with one-third elected every two years.