house of representatives

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Roughly 52 million of Thailand's 65 million population are eligible to cast votes for members of a new 500-seat house of representatives for the next four years.

From Reuters • May 12, 2023

Elections are also being held for 109 federal senators and 360 members of the house of representatives, with that for governors holding in March.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

Hiromichi Watanabe, a member of Japan's more powerful lower house of representatives for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was in Myanmar from Aug 7 to Aug 12, his office confirmed on Friday.

From Reuters • Aug. 12, 2022

Her goals shifted over time – she published eight romance novels rather than spy novels, and she was elected to the Georgia house of representatives in 2007.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2019

Owing to the small size of the senate, much greater freedom of discussion is possible than in the house of representatives, where there are more than four times as many members.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford