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Lower House

Lower House: One of the two chambers in a bicameral legislature, usually seen as comprising `the representatives of the people’.

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One of the two chambers in a bicameral legislature, usually seen as comprising `the representatives of the people’. It is the more powerful chamber when the powers of the two chambers are unequal.

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ACE Electoral Systems Glossary
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