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An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.[1] The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted power than the lower house. A legislature composed of only one house (and which therefore has neither an upper house nor a lower house) is described as unicameral.
An upperhouse is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house...
The House of Lords is the upperhouse of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster...
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...
This is a list of abolished upperhouses of bicameral legislatures and parliaments at national and lower levels of government. The reasons for abolition...
20833 The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upperhouse of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2023[update], it has a maximum...
consent of both houses. For its somewhat similar function, the Bundesrat is sometimes (controversially) described as an upperhouse of parliament along...
more legislative power than the nominally upperhouse of parliament. The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons by convention becomes the prime...
Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha: Representative of the Indian states to the upperhouse of the Parliament...
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they...
President of India, Members of the Parliament in Rajya Sabha (Upperhouse) and Lok Sabha (Lower house), Members of State Legislative Councils, Members of State...
Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upperhouse being the Rajya Sabha. Members...
of the House of Lords, the upperhouse of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Twenty-six bishops of the Church of England sit in the House of Lords:...
are also used, particularly for bicameral legislatures featuring an upperhouse. The name used to refer to a legislative body varies by country. Common...
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...
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upperhouse, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster...
elect the cabinet. Upperhouses, especially in federal republics, are often indirectly elected, either by the corresponding lower house or cabinet. Similarly...
This is a list of speakers of the Regional Representative Council, the upperhouse of Indonesia. This list includes preceding body, the speaker of the Senate...
State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. The upperhouse is the...
the appointed Senate and the directly elected House of Representatives. The Senate, the UpperHouse, is the direct successor of a pre-Independence body...
is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upperhouse often called a "Senate". In some countries, the House of Representatives...
parliament, the House of Commons, in practice holds far more power than the upperhouse, the Senate. Although the approval of both chambers is necessary for...
states, the legislative assembly is the lower house of their bicameral legislature with the upperhouse being the State Legislative Council. 5 union territories...
The House of Councillors (参議院, Sangiin) is the upperhouse of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of...
to as an upper and a lower house, where the latter is often regarded as more particularly the representatives of the people. The lower house is almost...
Council of Upper Canada was the upperhouse governing the province of Upper Canada. Although modelled after the British House of Lords, Upper Canada had...