House of Representatives

The House of Representatives is an organ of the legislature. It usually refers to the lower house in a parliament that consists of two chambers. The upper house in this case is often called the Senate. However, there are also countries where the parliament consists of only one chamber and is called the House of Representatives.

There are both representative democracies and constitutional monarchies that have a House of Representatives.

The bicameral system serves as a mutual corrective to the decisions of Parliament.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, this function is performed in a comparable manner by the Bundestag and the Bundesrat. However, only the Bundestag constitutes the parliament, while the Bundesrat, representing the Länder, is not a chamber of the parliament.

A House of Representatives is found in the constitutions of the following states:

• Ethiopia - see House of People's Representatives
• Antigua and Barbuda - see House of Representatives (Antigua and Barbuda)
• Australia - see Australian House of Representatives
• Belize - see House of Representatives (Belize)
• Gambia in the constitution until 1994
• Grenada - see House of Representatives (Grenada)
• Indonesia - see House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia
• Ireland - see Dáil Éireann
• Jamaica - see House of Representatives (Jamaica)
• Japan - see Shūgiin
• Colombia - see House of Representatives (Colombia) (Cámara de Representantes)
• Liberia - see House of Representatives (Liberia)
• Malaysia - see Dewan Rakyat
• Malta - see House of Representatives (Malta)
• Myanmar - see House of Representatives (Burma)
• Nepal
• New Zealand - see House of Representatives (New Zealand)
• Nigeria - see House of Representatives (Nigeria)
• Philippines - see House of Representatives (Philippines)
• Sierra Leone - see Parliament (Sierra Leone)
• Somaliland
• Thailand - see House of Representatives (Thailand)
• Trinidad and Tobago - see House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago)
• United States - see United States House of Representatives

• The American states also have a legislature called the House of Representatives.

• Belarus - see House of Representatives (Belarus)
• Cyprus - see House of Representatives (Cyprus)

See also: