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Under the 1996 Constitution , the House of Representatives (''Palata Predstavitelei'') is the Lower House of the Parliament Of Belarus . It consists of 110 deputies elected on the basis of universal, equal, free, and direct electoral suffrage by Secret Ballot (art. 91). It is a majoritarian system, with the outcome decided by overall majorities in single-memberconstituencies. Any citizen of 21 years is eligible for election (art. 92). The functions of the House are to consider draft laws and the other business of government; it must approve the nomination of a prime minister (art. 97); and it may deliver a Vote Of No Confidence on the government (art. 97). The Upper House is the Council Of The Republic . COMPOSITION |