7th House of Representatives of Belarus
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Belarus| House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the 7th convocation | |||||
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| Legislative body | House of Representatives of the National Assembly | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Belarus | ||||
| Meeting place | Government House, Sovietskaya 11, Minsk | ||||
| Term | 17 November 2019 – 2024 | ||||
| Website | house.gov.by | ||||
| Members | 110 | ||||
| Chairman | Vladimir Andreichenko | ||||
| Deputy Chairman | Valery Mitskevich | ||||
The House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the 7th convocation (Belarusian: Палата прадстаўнікоў Нацыянальнага сходу 7-га склікання) is the lower house of the National Assembly, the Parliament of the Republic of Belarus, whose members were elected on 17 November 2019.
Term of office:
- Start date — 17 November 2019.
- First plenary session — 6 December 2019.
- End date — no later than 5 November 2023.[1]
The first meeting of the House of Representatives of the VII convocation, in accordance with the decisions of the Central Commission for Elections and Republican Referendums, was held on 6 December 2019.[2] In accordance with the Regulations, the first meeting of the Chamber was opened and, before the election of the Chairman of the House of Representatives, was chaired by the Chairman of the CEC of the Republic of Belarus Lidia Yermoshina.[3] By secret ballot with the use of ballots at the first meeting, the chairman of the House of Representatives was elected, who for the fourth time became Vladimir Andreichenko and the deputy chairman of the Chamber, who became Valery Mitskevich.
According to the Central Commission for Elections and Referendums, 5,319,568 voters took part in the voting, or 77.4% of the total number included in the voter lists, which is 2.7% more than in the 2016 elections. Elections were held in all districts, that is, all 110 deputies of the House of Representatives were elected.[4]
According to the final results of the elections, 20 candidates from political parties (19.1%) were elected to the House of Representatives of the 7th convocation, of which 11 candidates from the Communist Party (10% of the total). Also, 44 women (40.0%), as well as 2 candidates under the age of 30 became deputies of the seventh convocation, in addition, 30 current deputies (27.3%) were re-elected.[5]
