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About House of Representatives

House of Representatives is the name of any of many legislative bodies in many countries. The House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often called a "senate". In other countries, the House of Representatives is the sole chamber of a unicameral legislature. The functioning of a house of representatives can vary greatly from country to country, and depends on whether a country has a parliamentary or a presidential system. Members of a house of representatives are typically apportioned according to population rather than geography.

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

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|Antigua and Barbuda || House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda
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|Australia || Australian House of Representatives
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|Belarus || House of Representatives of Belarus
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|Belize || House of Representatives of Belize
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|Bosnia and Herzegovina || House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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|Colombia || House of Representatives of Colombia
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|Fiji || House of Representatives (Fiji)
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|Indonesia || Indonesian House of Representatives
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|Ireland || House of Representatives of Ireland
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|Jamaica || House of Representatives of Jamaica
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|Japan || House of Representatives of Japan
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|Liberia || House of Representatives of Liberia
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|Malaysia || House of Representatives of Malaysia
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|Nepal || House of Representatives of Nepal
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|Nigeria || House of Representatives of Nigeria
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|Philippines || House of Representatives of the Philippines
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|Puerto Rico || House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
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|Somaliland || House of Representatives of Somaliland
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|Thailand || House of Representatives of Thailand
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|Trinidad and Tobago || House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
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|United States || United States House of Representatives
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|Yemen || House of Representatives of Yemen
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In the following countries it is the sole chamber in a unicameral system:

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|Cyprus || House of Representatives of Cyprus
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|Malta || House of Representatives of Malta
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|New Zealand || New Zealand House of Representatives
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In Indonesia, 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. House of Representatives is the title of most, but not all, of the lower houses of United States 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's mixed race 'Coloured' community, in the Tricameral Parliament of 1984 to 1994.

In the Austrian part Cisleithania of Austria-Hungary, the lower house the Abgeordnetenhaus is generally known in English as "House of Representatives".

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