Brussels (Chamber of Representatives constituency)
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The administrative arrondissement of Brussels-Capital, which corresponds to the Brussels-Capital Region, serves as a parliamentary constituency in Belgium for the election of the Chamber of Representatives since 2014.
Brussels | |
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Chamber of Representatives constituency | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2014 |
Seats | 15 |
The constituencies for the Chamber of Representatives are set by Article 87 of the Electoral Code of 1894. The constituency of Brussels-Capital was created by modification of 19 July 2012 as part of the sixth Belgian state reform, splitting the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde constituency.
As Brussels is an officially bilingual area, members elected in this constituency are the only ones who may choose which parliamentary language group they belong to – Dutch or French. In practice, no Flemish party receives enough votes to have any elected members, so all 15 members are French-speaking.