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
Doug Beck, of St Louis, was elected to the Missouri house of representatives in November 2016.
From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2019
Election by the House.—In case no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes, the choice devolves upon the house of representatives.
From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford
