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Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)

Chamber of Representatives
54th legislature (2014–2019)
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Siegfried Bracke, N-VA
Since 14 October 2014
Majority leaders
Opposition leaders
Structure
Seats 150 representatives
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Political groups

Government (83)

  •      N-VA (31)
  •      MR (20)
  •      CD&V (18)
  •      VLD (14)

Opposition (67)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
Open list proportional representation within eleven constituencies, with 5% constituency electoral thresholds
Last election
25 May 2014
Next election
2019 or earlier
Meeting place
Chambre Belgique interieur.jpg
Palace of the Nation
Flag of Belgium.svg Brussels, Region of Brussels, Belgium
Website
www.dekamer.be
lachambre.be

Government (83)

Opposition (67)

The Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: About this sound Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers , French: Chambre des représentants, German: Abgeordnetenkammer) is one of the two chambers in the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Senate. It is considered to be the "lower house" of the Federal Parliament.

Article 62 of the Belgian Constitution fixes the number of seats in the Chamber of Representatives at 150. There are 11 electoral districts, which correspond with the ten Provinces (5 Dutch and 5 French-speaking) and the Brussels-Capital Region. (Prior to the sixth Belgian state reform, the province of Flemish Brabant was divided into two electoral districts: one for Leuven and the other, named Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde (BHV), which encompassed both the 19 bilingual municipalities from the Brussels-Capital Region and the 35 Dutch-speaking municipalities of Halle-Vilvoorde in Flemish Brabant, including 7 municipalities with linguistic facilities for French-speaking inhabitants).


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