Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)

Chamber of Representatives Dutch: Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers French: Chambre des représentants German: Abgeordnetenkammer
54th legislature (2014–2019)
Type
Type	Lower house of the Belgian Federal Parliament
Leadership
President	Siegfried Bracke, N-VA Since 14 October 2014
Majority leaders	Peter De Roover, N-VA Denis Ducarme, MR Servais Verherstraeten, CD&V Patrick Dewael, Open Vld
Opposition leaders	Laurette Onkelinx, PS Meryame Kitir, sp.a Jean-Marc Nollet, Ecolo-Groen Catherine Fonck, cdH
Structure
Seats	150 representatives
Political groups	Government (83)      N-VA (31)      MR (20)      CD&V (18)      VLD (14) Opposition (67)      PS (23)      sp.a (13)      Ecolo/Groen (12)      cdH (9)      VB (3)      PVDA-PTB (2)      DéFI (2)      Vuye-Wouters (2)      PP (1)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Open list proportional representation within eleven constituencies, with 5% constituency electoral thresholds
Last election	25 May 2014
Next election	2019 or earlier
Meeting place
Palace of the Nation Brussels, Region of Brussels, Belgium
Website
www.dekamer.be lachambre.be

Government (83)

Opposition (67)

The Chamber of Representatives (Dutch:  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).