Hainaut | |
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Henegouwen Hennegau | |
Constituency for the Chamber of Representatives | |
Province | Hainaut |
Region | Wallonia |
Population | 1,356,895 (2023)[1] |
Electorate | 942,789 (2019) |
Area | 3,813 km2 (2023)[2] |
Current Constituency | |
Created | 2003 |
Seats | List
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Members[3] | List
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Hainaut (Dutch: Henegouwen; German: Hennegau) is one of the 11 multi-member constituencies of the Chamber of Representatives, the lower house of the Belgian Federal Parliament, the national legislature of Belgium. The constituency was established in 2003 following the re-organisation of constituencies across Belgium along provincial lines. It is conterminous with the province of Hainaut. The constituency currently elects 18 of the 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 federal election the constituency had 942,789 registered electors.