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House of Representatives

House of Representatives is the name of any of many legislative bodies

Legislature

Legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to create and change laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law....
in many countries and sub-national states. In some countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house

Lower house

A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its theoretical position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power....
of a bicameral

Bicameralism

In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. Thus, a bicameral parliament or bicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of two chambers or houses....
legislature, with the corresponding upper house

Upper house

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house....
often called a "senate

Senate

A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature or Parliament. There have been many such bodies in history, the first of which was the Roman Senate....
". In other countries, the House of Representatives is the sole chamber of a unicameral

Unicameralism

Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Many countries with unicameral legislatures are often small and homogeneous unitary states and consider an upper house or second chamber unnecessary....
legislature. The functioning of a house of representatives can vary greatly from country to country, and depends on whether a country has a parliamentary

Parliamentary system

Parliamentary systems are characterized by no clear-cut separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches, leading to a different set of checks and balances compared to those found in presidential systems....
or a presidential system

Presidential system

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House of Representatives is the name of any of many legislative bodies

Legislature

Lower house

Bicameralism

Upper house

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house....
often called a "senate

Senate

Unicameralism

Parliamentary system

Presidential system

A presidential system is a system of government where an executive branch exists and presides separately from the legislature, to which it is not wikt:accountable and which cannot, in normal circumstances, wikt:dismiss it....
. Members of a house of representatives are typically apportioned according to population rather than geography.

"The House of Representatives" is the name of the lower house of the legislature in the following countries:

Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda is an island nation located on the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean. As its name suggests, it consists of two major islands Antigua and Barbuda as well as a number of smaller islets....	House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda The House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda.The current House of Representatives, formed following Antigua and Barbuda legislative election, 2004 held on 23 March 2004, has a total of 19 members....
Australia Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....	Australian House of Representatives Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house, the upper house being the Australian Senate....
Belarus Belarus Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....	House of Representatives of Belarus House of Representatives of the Republic of Belarus Under the Constitution of Belarus, the House of Representatives is the lower house of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Belarus....
Belize Belize Belize , formerly British Honduras, is a country in Central America. Once part of the Maya civilization, and very briefly the Spanish Empire, it was most recently affiliated with the British Empire, prior to gaining its independence in 1981....	House of Representatives of Belize House of Representatives of Belize The House of Representatives of Belize is one of two chambers of the National Assembly of Belize, the other being the Senate of Belize. It was created under the Constitution of Belize....
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...	House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina The House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina , is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other being the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Colombia Colombia Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....	House of Representatives of Colombia
Fiji Fiji Fiji , officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands , is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu....	House of Representatives (Fiji) House of Representatives (Fiji) The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Fiji Parliament . It is the more powerful of the two chambers; it alone has the power to initiate legislation ....
Indonesia Indonesia The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....	Indonesian House of Representatives
Ireland Republic of Ireland Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....	House of Representatives of Ireland Dáil Éireann is the principal chamber of the Oireachtas . It is directly elected at least once in every five years under the system of proportional representation by means of the Single Transferable Vote ....
Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....	House of Representatives of Jamaica
Japan Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....	House of Representatives of Japan House of Representatives of Japan The is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for four-year terms....
Liberia Liberia Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, C?te d'Ivoire, and the Atlantic Ocean....	House of Representatives of Liberia House of Representatives of Liberia The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the bicameral Legislature of Liberia. Liberian elections, 2005 took place on 11 October 2005, and the elected members took office in January 2006....
Malaysia Malaysia Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....	House of Representatives of Malaysia
Malta Malta Malta , officially the Republic of Malta , is a densely populated developed country European microstates microstate in the European Union....	House of Representatives of Malta House of Representatives of Malta The Parliament of Malta, the House of Representatives , currently has 69 members, elected for a five year term in 13 5-seat constituency with a possibility of rewarding bonus members for the popular largest party which doesn't succeed in getting absolute majority in parliament....
Nepal Nepal Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia and is the world's youngest republic. It is bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by India....	House of Representatives of Nepal
Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federation constitutional republic comprising States of Nigeria and one Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria....	House of Representatives of Nigeria House of Representatives of Nigeria The House of Representatives of Nigeria is the lower house of the country's bicameral National Assembly of Nigeria. The Senate of Nigeria is the upper house....
Philippines Philippines The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....	House of Representatives of the Philippines House of Representatives of the Philippines The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower chamber of the Congress of the Philippines of the Philippines. The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber....
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....	House of Representatives of Puerto Rico House of Representatives of Puerto Rico The House of Representatives of Puerto Rico is the lower house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico. the state legislature of Puerto Rico....
Somaliland Somaliland Somaliland is an autonomous region, which is part of the Somalia located in the Horn of Africa. The Republic of Somaliland considers itself to be the successor state of the former British Somaliland protectorate....	House of Representatives of Somaliland House of Representatives of Somaliland The House of Representatives of Somaliland is the self-declared, breakaway republic's lower house.The current House of Representatives, formed following Somaliland parliamentary election, 2005 held on 29 September 2005, has a total of 82 members including the Speaker of the House, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi....
Thailand Thailand The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....	House of Representatives of Thailand House of Representatives of Thailand The House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Thailand is the lower house and one half of the National Assembly of Thailand, the legislative branch of the Government of Thailand....
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an island country in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American country of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles....	House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago The House of Representatives is the elected Lower House of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. The House of Representatives sits in the The Red House in Port of Spain....
United States United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...	United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
Yemen Yemen Yemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east....	House of Representatives of Yemen

In the following countries it is the sole chamber in a unicameral system:

Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....	House of Representatives of Cyprus House of Representatives of Cyprus The House of Representatives of Cyprus is the parliament of Cyprus. It has 59 members elected for a five year term, 56 members by proportional representation and 3 observer members representing the Maronite, Roman Catholic Church and Armenians in Cyprus minorities....
Malta Malta Malta , officially the Republic of Malta , is a densely populated developed country European microstates microstate in the European Union....	House of Representatives of Malta House of Representatives of Malta The Parliament of Malta, the House of Representatives , currently has 69 members, elected for a five year term in 13 5-seat constituency with a possibility of rewarding bonus members for the popular largest party which doesn't succeed in getting absolute majority in parliament....
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....	New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand House of Representatives The New Zealand House of Representatives is the legislature of New Zealand. The House and the Monarchy in New Zealand form the New Zealand Parliament....

In Indonesia

Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
, the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR) is generally known in English as the "House of Representatives", as is the Dewan Rakyat of the Parliament of Malaysia

Parliament of Malaysia

The Parliament of Malaysia is the national legislature of Malaysia, based on the Westminster system.The bicameral parliament consists of the Dewan Rakyat and the Dewan Negara ....
. House of Representatives is the title of most, but not all, of the lower house

Lower house

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
state legislatures, with the exceptions usually called "State Assembly" or more rarely, "House of Delegates." Under apartheid, the House of Representatives was the house for South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
's mixed race 'Coloured

Coloured

In the South African, Namibian, Zambian, Botswana and Zimbabwean context, the term Coloured refers or referred to an ethnic group of people who possess sub-Saharan African ancestry, but not enough to be considered Black people under the law of South Africa....
' community, in the Tricameral Parliament

Tricameral Parliament

The Tricameral Parliament was the name given to the South African parliament and its structure from 1984 to 1994. While still entrenching the political power of the White section of the South African population , it did give a limited political voice to the country's Coloured and Asians in South Africa population groups....
of 1984 to 1994.

In the Austrian part Cisleithania

Cisleithania

Cisleithania was the name of the Austria part of Austria-Hungary, the Dual monarchy created in 1867 and dissolved in 1918. The Cisleithanian lands continued to constitute the Austrian Empire....
of Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Kaiserlich und k?niglich Monarchy was a state in Central Europe ruled by the House of Habsburg, constitutionally a personal union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary....
, the lower house the Abgeordnetenhaus is generally known in English as "House of Representatives".

House of Representatives

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