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

Voters also cast their ballots for for 109 federal senators and 360 members of the house of representatives, with another vote for state governors in March.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 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

Stephanie Howse, of Cleveland, has represented the 11th district in Ohio’s house of representatives since 2014 and spoke against the state’s six-week ban in November 2018.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2019

Finally, in 1912 Alaska was made a fully organized territory, with a legislative assembly consisting of a senate of eight members and a house of representatives of sixteen members.

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