Belgium parliament house

The reconstruction of the building of the Belgian Chambers, which was destroyed by fire in 1883, is nearly completed, and it will be ready for use at the opening of next session, which, according to the Constitution, must take place on the second Tuesday of November.

Belgian Parliament is a bicameral parliament. It consists of the Chamber of Representatives
The Chamber of Representatives holds its plenary meetings in the Palace of the Nation, Brussels. Eligibility requirements for the Chamber are a minimum age of 21, citizen, and residency in Belgium.

The number of seats in the Chamber is constitutionally set at 150 elected from 11 electoral districts. The districts are divided along linguistic lines: Flemish (79 seats), Waloon (49 seats), and the bilingual district of Brussels Halle Vilvoorde (22 seats). The districts are the provinces, except for the districts of Leuven and Brussels Halle Vilvoorde. The current composition was elected in 2007.