East Flanders | |
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Oost-Vlaanderen Flandre-Orientale Ostflandern | |
Constituency for the Chamber of Representatives | |
Province | East Flanders |
Region | Flanders |
Population | 1,561,316 (2023)[1] |
Electorate | 1,155,734 (2019) |
Area | 3,007 km2 (2023)[2] |
Current Constituency | |
Created | 2003 |
Seats | 20 (2003–present) |
Members[3] | List
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East Flanders (Dutch: Oost-Vlaanderen; French: Flandre-Orientale; German: Ostflandern) 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 East Flanders. The constituency currently elects 20 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 1,155,734 registered electors.