An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house... 18 KB (2,048 words) - 03:16, 18 April 2024 |
effectively an Upper Chamber and a Lower Chamber, with the knights and burgesses sitting in the latter. This Upper Chamber became known as the House of Lords... 83 KB (5,596 words) - 07:43, 26 April 2024 |
 | The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster... 129 KB (15,705 words) - 03:40, 28 April 2024 |
 | Rajya Sabha (redirect from Indian Upper House) 20833 The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2023[update], it has a maximum... 42 KB (2,572 words) - 03:09, 28 April 2024 |
house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where second chamber is the upper house. Although formally styled as "below" the upper house,... 4 KB (455 words) - 03:58, 10 February 2024 |
This is a list of abolished upper houses of bicameral legislatures and parliaments at national and lower levels of government. The reasons for abolition... 8 KB (798 words) - 09:04, 9 April 2024 |
 | German Bundesrat (redirect from German Bundesrat (upper house)) consent of both houses. For its somewhat similar function, the Bundesrat is sometimes (controversially) described as an upper house of parliament along... 39 KB (4,036 words) - 08:35, 21 March 2024 |
 | more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons by convention becomes the prime... 5 KB (453 words) - 13:20, 22 February 2024 |
 | The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they... 114 KB (12,026 words) - 18:00, 26 April 2024 |
 | are also used, particularly for bicameral legislatures featuring an upper house. The name used to refer to a legislative body varies by country. Common... 20 KB (2,098 words) - 04:24, 9 March 2024 |
Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha: Representative of the Indian states to the upper house of the Parliament... 10 KB (275 words) - 12:17, 6 March 2024 |
 | Lok Sabha (redirect from House of Representatives of India) Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members... 57 KB (5,429 words) - 05:20, 29 April 2024 |
of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Twenty-six bishops of the Church of England sit in the House of Lords:... 251 KB (1,449 words) - 04:39, 25 April 2024 |
 | New Zealand Parliament (section Upper house abolished) and the New Zealand House of Representatives. The King is usually represented by his governor-general. Before 1951, there was an upper chamber, the New Zealand... 62 KB (4,874 words) - 02:13, 16 April 2024 |
 | The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster... 77 KB (9,319 words) - 16:34, 27 April 2024 |
 | 744944 The House of Representatives (衆議院, Shūgiin) is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors is the upper house. The composition... 113 KB (2,911 words) - 11:28, 28 April 2024 |
Indirect election (section Upper houses) elect the cabinet. Upper houses, especially in federal republics, are often indirectly elected, either by the corresponding lower house or cabinet. Similarly... 17 KB (1,846 words) - 17:42, 26 April 2024 |
 | Speaker (politics) (redirect from Speaker of the House) Federal Senate, the upper house. The president of the Chamber of Deputies is the presiding officer of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house. The Constitution... 23 KB (2,492 words) - 12:45, 22 February 2024 |
 | This is a list of speakers of the Regional Representative Council, the upper house of Indonesia. This list includes preceding body, the speaker of the Senate... 4 KB (95 words) - 18:50, 11 March 2024 |
President of India, Members of the Parliament in Rajya Sabha (Upper house) and Lok Sabha (Lower house), Members of State Legislative Councils, Members of State... 67 KB (3,738 words) - 11:11, 28 April 2024 |
 | State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. The upper house is the... 27 KB (608 words) - 02:41, 25 April 2024 |
 | Komeito (section House of Representatives) member of the House of Councillors (the upper house) in the National Diet, the Japanese national legislature (elected in the 2019 Japanese House of Councillors... 54 KB (3,997 words) - 12:23, 18 April 2024 |
 | Parliament of Jamaica (redirect from Jamaican House of Representatives) the appointed Senate and the directly elected House of Representatives. The Senate, the Upper House, is the direct successor of a pre-Independence body... 8 KB (554 words) - 01:30, 27 March 2024 |
is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often called a "Senate". In some countries, the House of Representatives... 12 KB (663 words) - 17:04, 24 March 2024 |
 | Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) (category State lower houses in India) are two houses, there is a State Legislative Council, and a State Legislative Assembly. In such a case, the Legislative Council is the upper house, while... 36 KB (1,282 words) - 01:00, 27 April 2024 |
Look up House of Lords in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. House of Lords... 2 KB (297 words) - 18:43, 3 February 2024 |
State legislative assemblies of India (category State lower houses in India) states, the legislative assembly is the lower house of their bicameral legislature with the upper house being the State Legislative Council. 5 union territories... 19 KB (726 words) - 15:55, 21 April 2024 |
 | parliament, the House of Commons, in practice holds far more power than the upper house, the Senate. Although the approval of both chambers is necessary for... 65 KB (6,863 words) - 23:23, 22 April 2024 |
 | The House of Councillors (参議院, Sangiin) is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of... 30 KB (2,147 words) - 06:16, 11 April 2024 |
as a province or state. It was commonly used to label unicameral or upper house legislative bodies in the British (former) colonies. However, it has... 23 KB (540 words) - 02:05, 10 April 2024 |