query: what determines the number of seats in the house of representatives

pos: United States House of Representatives Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative." Congress regularly increased the size of the House to account for population growth until it fixed the number of voting House members at 435 in 1911. In 1959, upon the admission of Alaska and Hawaii, the number was temporarily increased to 437 (seating one Representative from each of those states without changing existing apportionment), and returned to 435 four years later, after the reapportionment consequent to the 1960 census. The Constitution does not provide for the representation of the District of Columbia or of territories. The District of Columbia and

pos: 1949 Philippine House of Representatives elections 1949 Philippine House of Representatives elections The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 8, 1949. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Elpidio Quirino's Liberal Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives. This will be the first time in what would be a pattern in which the party of the incumbent president wins the elections for the members of the House of Representatives. The elected representatives served in the 2nd Congress from 1949 to 1953. The top bar represents seats won,

pos: 2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Northern Mindanao 2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Northern Mindanao Elections were held in the Northern Mindanao for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 13, 2013. The candidate with the most number of votes won that district's seat for the 16th Congress of the Philippines. Bukidnon was redistricted into four districts after the candidacies were submitted. As a result, the Commission on Elections (Philippines) will take into account the places where the nominees are registered to determine on what district they are running under. Jesus Emmanuel Paras is the incumbent. Incumbent Florencio Flores is running unopposed.

pos: 2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections the formula used, this meant that the party with the highest number of votes usually gets three seats, the other parties with 2% or more of the vote winning two seats, and parties with less than 2% of the vote getting one seat. 2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections The 2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections were held on May 14, 2007, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the Philippines to serve in the 14th Congress of the Philippines from June 30, 2007, until June 30, 2010. The Philippines uses parallel voting for seats in the House

pos: ERepublik number of persons from their party to run in each region against other parties' representatives, after which people living in that region vote. The percentage of people voting for a party determines the number of congressional seats the party gets, a total of 40 for a country if it has at least four regions. Larger countries such as the United States have more seats because each state will receive at least one congress member no matter how small its population. If there is a tie eRepublik automatically chooses by referring to experience tokens. To declare war on other countries, the

pos: 2010 Philippine House of Representatives election (party-list) of seats allocated for sectoral organizations (57), disregarding decimals, with no party getting more than two additional seats. However, usually only the party with the most number of votes gets the two additional seats, the other parties will get only one additional seat. If the number of seated representatives is less than the 20% quota of party-list representatives in Congress (57 for the 15th Congress), the unfilled seats will be filled up by the remaining parties in descending order of votes garnered until are seats are filled up. Note that with more than a hundred parties participating, and with the

pos: 1898 United States House of Representatives elections their platform. As a result, the Democrats won a number of Western seats as well many in the Mid-Atlantic. The previous election of 1896 saw the election of 24 Populists, 2 Silver Republicans, and a Silver Party member. In 1898, three states, with 8 seats among them, held elections early: 1898 United States House of Representatives elections Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1898 for members of the 56th Congress, and took place in the middle of President William McKinley's first term. As in many midterm elections, the President's Republican Party lost seats, but was

pos: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida The 2010 congressional elections in Florida were held on November 2, 2010 to determine who will represent the state of Florida in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 112th Congress from January 2011 until January 2013. Florida has twenty-five seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census, and it likely to remain at that number until there is a possible addition of two more congressional seats in 2012. A large majority of the incumbents sought

pos: 2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections defend their seats, and that the Liberal Party are to be the single largest party in the lower house. The Nacionalista Party has at least 15 winning representatives, "a substantial number" of the 40 incumbents Nationalist People's Coalition are to hold their seats, and the 34-member National Unity Party House leader Rodolfo Antonino expects Belmonte to be reelected as speaker. The United Nationalist Alliance won three seats in Metro Manila, and at least 2 more seats outside the metropolis. 15th Congress Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. easily won reelection for the speakership. The race for minority leader, usually given to the

pos: 2013 Philippine general election those senators elected in the 2010 elections shall comprise the 16th Congress of the Philippines. Twelve of the 24 seats in the Senate, or the seats up in odd-numbered years, are up for election, including the seat vacated in 2010 by the current president, Benigno Aquino III. Elections to the Senate are via plurality-at-large voting: the voter having 12 votes per candidate, and the candidates with the 12 highest number of votes being elected. All 292 seats in the House of Representatives are up. A voter had two votes in the House of Representatives elections: one for party-list representatives, which

pos: 1812 and 1813 United States House of Representatives elections 1818, then one more time in 1822 (with 5 seats). Its elections were held September 1, 1812. Virginia gained one seat after the 1810 Census, bringing its representation in the House of Representatives to 23 seats, the largest number Virginia would ever have. Virginia went from having the most representatives to having the second-most tied with Pennsylvania. New York, with its 27 seats, surpassed Virginia and remained the most populous state until the late 1960s. Its elections were held in April 1813, after the term began but before Congress's first meeting. Four territories had delegates in the 13th Congress: Illinois,

pos: 1949 Philippine House of Representatives elections while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received. 1949 Philippine House of Representatives elections The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on November 8, 1949. Held on the same day as the presidential election, the party of the incumbent president, Elpidio Quirino's Liberal Party, won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives. This will be the first time in what would be a pattern in which the party of the incumbent president wins the elections for the members of the House of Representatives. The elected representatives served in the 2nd Congress

pos: Congressional Apportionment Amendment of Representatives. It would initially have required one representative for every 30,000 constituents, with that number eventually climbing to one representative for every 50,000 constituents. As the amendment was never passed, Congress has set the size of the House of Representatives by statute. Throughout the 19th century, the House continually gained new members, but, with one brief exception, there have been 435 voting members in the House of Representatives since the passage of the Apportionment Act of 1911. The "ideal" number of seats in the House of Representatives has been a contentious issue since the country's founding. Initially, delegates to

pos: 2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections 2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections The 2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections were held on May 14, 2007, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the Philippines to serve in the 14th Congress of the Philippines from June 30, 2007, until June 30, 2010. The Philippines uses parallel voting for seats in the House of Representatives. In district elections, 219 single-member constituencies elect one member of the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins that district's seat. In the party-list election, the parties with at least 2% of the national vote were

pos: 2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections City received additional representatives in the upcoming Congress. The number of new legislative districts may also increase the seats allocated for party-list representatives: for every five new legislative districts, one seat for a party-list representative is also created. These are seats where the winning margin was 3% or less, politicians may choose to run under a different political party as compared to 2010. This excludes districts where the nearest losing candidate or that candidate's party is not contesting the election, or districts that were redistricted. These are the incumbents who are not running for a seat in the House of

pos: Tom Davis (Virginia politician) HR 2043 (the DC Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act), a bill Davis introduced to provide the District of Columbia with voting representation in Congress. This bill differs from other bills that would grant the district the right to elect Representatives. HR 2043 requires the addition of two representatives, one in Washington, D.C., and one in Utah, by raising the number of Representatives from 435 to 437. Originally, the number of House seats would return to 435 after the 2010 Census, with Washington, D.C. retaining a full vote in the House., but later versions of the bill make the

neg: United States congressional apportionment into force at that time are enacted prior to the census. The decennial apportionment also determines the size of each state's representation in the U.S. Electoral College. Under Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, the number of electors of any state equals the size of its total congressional delegation (House and Senate seats). Federal law requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives to notify each state government no later than January 25 of the year immediately following the census of the number of seats to which it is entitled. If the number of seats has

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Party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines the total number of guaranteed seats awarded is less than the total number of seats reserved for sectoral representatives ("S"), the unassigned seats will awarded in the second round of seat allocation. To get the number of additional seats, this formula will be followed.
 formula_8 If the total number of seats awarded after two rounds is still less than the total number of seats reserved for sectoral representatives ("S"), the remaining seats will be assigned to sectoral organizations next in rank (one seat each organization) whose formula_9 result is 0 until all available seats are completely distributed.
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neg: 1982 United States House of Representatives elections 1982 United States House of Representatives elections The 1982 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 2, 1982, in the middle of President Ronald Reagan's first term, whose popularity was sinking due to economic conditions under the 1982 recession. The President's Republican Party lost seats in the House, which could be viewed as a response to the President's approval at the time. Unlike most midterm election cycles, the number of seats lost—26 seats to the Democratic Party—was a comparatively large swap. It included most of the seats that

neg: 2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections release of results after questions of whether to include votes for the twelve disqualified parties, although not with finality, were to be included or not. Canvassing of results for the party-list election resumed on May 19 after the 12 senators-elect were already proclaimed, with the commission meeting to determine on what to do with the votes of the twelve disqualified parties. On May 22, the commission announced that they will proclaim the winning parties, but not the number of seats. Preliminary results states that President Aquino's allies winning an overwhelming majority of seats in the House of Representatives. This makes

neg: Party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines for the party and not for the party's nominees (closed list); the votes are then arranged in descending order, with the parties that won at least 2% of the national vote given one seat, with additional seats determined by a formula dependent on the number of votes garnered by the party. No party wins more than three seats. If the number of sectoral representatives does not reach 20% of the total number of representatives in the House, parties that haven't won seats but garnered enough votes to place them among the top sectoral parties are given a seat each until

neg: House of Representatives (Netherlands) member to hold a seat in the House of Representatives. Due to the nationwide party-list system and the low election threshold, a typical House of Representatives has ten or more factions represented. Such fragmentation makes it nearly impossible for one party to win the 76 seats needed for a majority in the House of Representatives. Indeed, since the current party-list proportional representation system was introduced in 1918, no party has even approached the number of seats necessary for an outright majority. The highest proportion of seats won by a single party since then has been 54 out of 150, obtained

neg: House of Representatives of Liberia House of Representatives of Liberia The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia, and together with the Senate comprises the Legislature of Liberia. The number of seats is fixed by law at 73, with each county being apportioned a number of seats based on its percentage of the national population. House members represent single-member districts within the counties drawn up by the National Elections Commission and serve six-year terms. The House meets at the Capitol Building in Monrovia. The primary purpose of the House is to pass bills in conjunction with the Senate

neg: 2001 Philippine House of Representatives elections be determined via dividing their votes to the number of votes of the party with the most votes, then the quotient will be multiplied by the number of seats the party with the most votes has. The product, disregarding decimals (it is not rounded), will be the number of seats a party will get. For example, for Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC) Disregarding decimals, APEC won one additional seat aside from one seat they automatically won after surpassing the 2% threshold. 2001 Philippine House of Representatives elections The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held

neg: 2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections Representatives, with the winner having the highest number of votes winning that district's seat. The representatives from the districts comprise at most 80% of the seats. In the party-list system, the parties contesting the election represent a sector, or several sectors, or an ethnic group. In determining the winners, the entire country is treated as one "district". Each party that surpasses the 2% election threshold automatically wins one seat, they can win an additional number of seats in proportion to the number of votes they received, but they can't have more than three seats. The representatives elected via the party-list

neg: 1842 United States House of Representatives elections of the minor adjustment after the 1960 census) in which the total number of seats in the House was decreased, being reduced from 242 to 223. 15 States lost between 1 and 6 Representatives each, 3 States had no change in representation, and 8 States gained between 1 and 4 seats. The apportionment bill of 1840 mandated that all Representatives be elected from single-Representative contiguous districts, abolishing plural districts and at-large districts in states with 2 or more Representatives. Four states with multi-member at-large districts delayed districting. 1842 United States House of Representatives elections Elections to the United States House

neg: Prussian House of Representatives periods. Its size was first fixed at 350 seats, which changed to 352 with the incorporation of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen in 1849. Following annexations after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, the number of seats changed to 432 after the election of 1867. In 1876, another seat for the Duchy of Lauenburg was added. In 1906, ten seats were added, bringing the number to 443 for the elections of 1908. The members of the House received monetary compensation for their work, unlike (until 1906) the members of the Reichstag. Therefore, many Reichstag members also sat in the House of Representatives. In

neg: 2018 United States elections the total number of votes won by Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives nearly equaled the number of votes Trump won in the 2016 presidential election. The 2018 elections were the third midterm elections since 2005 in which the president's party lost control of the House of Representatives. Democrats defeated 29 Republican incumbents and picked up 14 open seats. Republicans did not defeat a single Democratic incumbent, though the party did pick up two open seats in Minnesota and one in Pennsylvania. Republicans defended the vast majority of their rural seats, but several urban and suburban seats flipped to

neg: 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina North Carolina House of Representatives, which was held on the same day. 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina The United States House of Representative elections of 2002 in North Carolina were held on 5 November 2002 as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives. All thirteen seats in North Carolina, and 435 nationwide, were elected. The election saw the number of represented elected from North Carolina increase by one after the 2000 Census. The Republicans won seven seats, as in 2000, while the Democrats gained one to put them on six.

neg: 2001 Thai general election 2001 Thai general election General elections were held in Thailand on January 6, 2001. 500 seats in the House of Representatives ("Sapha Poothaen Rassadorn") were at stake. In accordance with the recently enacted 1997 constitution of Thailand, the House of Representatives was composed of 400 members elected from single-member constituencies and 100 members elected from national party lists on a proportional basis. The Thai Rak Thai party co-founded and led by Thaksin Shinawatra won the largest number of votes on a populist platform of economic growth and anti-corruption. It increased its number of seats in the House of Representatives from

neg: New Hampshire House of Representatives New Hampshire House of Representatives The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 legislative districts across the state, created from divisions of the state's counties. On average, each legislator represents about 3,300 residents. Districts vary in number of seats based on their populations, with the least-populous districts electing only one member and the most populous electing 11. In multi-member districts, voters are allowed to cast as many votes as there are seats

neg: 1962 United States House of Representatives elections 1962 United States House of Representatives elections The 1962 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1962, which occurred in the middle of President John F. Kennedy's term. As in most midterm elections, Kennedy's Democratic Party lost seats to the opposition Republican Party, but retained a majority. House Democrats were expected to lose their majority, but the resolution over the Cuban Missile Crisis just a few weeks prior, led to a rebound in approval for the Democrats under President Kennedy. The number of seats up for election went back to

neg: United States congressional apportionment United States congressional apportionment United States congressional apportionment is the process by which seats in the United States House of Representatives are distributed among the 50 states according to the most recent decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution. Each state is apportioned a number of seats which approximately corresponds to its share of the aggregate population of the 50 states. However, every state is constitutionally guaranteed at least one seat. The number of voting seats in the House of Representatives has since 1913 been 435, capped at that number by the Reapportionment Act of 1929—except for a temporary

neg: House of Representatives of Liberia sub-committees, with the only caveat being that the Committee on Ways, Means, Finance and Budget is required to consist of one representative from each county. The Speaker appoints all chairpersons and members of the House's committees. In the 52nd Legislature, the thirty-three standing committees were: House of Representatives of Liberia The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia, and together with the Senate comprises the Legislature of Liberia. The number of seats is fixed by law at 73, with each county being apportioned a number of seats based on its percentage of the

neg: 2010 Tanzanian general election 232) were elected by plurality voting in single-member constituencies, 102 were reserved for women, five elected by the House of Representatives of Zanzibar and up to seven appointed by the president. The Attorney General is also a member of the Assembly. The Zanzibar House of Representatives had 50 elected members, ten appointed by the President, and 15 seats for women. The women's seats were assigned to parties which won seats in the House, and distributed in proportion to the number of seats held by each party. The House also had six "ex officio" members, the Attorney General and five Regional

neg: Tasmania 12 senators, on an equal basis with all other states. In the House of Representatives, Tasmania is entitled to five seats, which is the minimum allocation for a state guaranteed by the Constitution—the number of House of Representatives seats for each state is otherwise decided on the basis of their relative populations, and Tasmania has never qualified for five seats on that basis alone. Tasmania's House of Assembly use a system of multi-seat proportional representation known as Hare-Clark. At the 2002 state election, the Labor Party won 14 of the 25 House seats. The people decreased their vote for the

neg: Next Thai general election House of Representatives, Thailand's lower house. Previously, voters cast two different ballots: one for constituency seats and the other for party list seats. For the next election, the number of ballots has been reduced to one; with the vote being cast for both constituency and party list seats. Under the new constitution, all 250 members of the Senate, Thailand's upper house, will be appointed by the NCPO. Commentators say that the NCPO-appointed Senate opens up the strong possibility that Prayut will become Thailand's next prime minister despite pro-Prayut parties being predicted to win less seats in the House of Representatives.

neg: 2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections seats. In the party-list system, the parties contesting the election represent a sector, or several sectors, or an ethnic group. In determining the winners, the entire country is treated as one "district". Each party that surpasses the 2% election threshold automatically wins one seat, they can win an additional number of seats in proportion to the number of votes they received, but they can't have more than three seats. The representatives elected via the party-list system, also known as "sectoral representatives" should comprise at least 20% of the seats. However, since the winners from the parties that surpass the 2%

neg: 1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election 1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election The 1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 1980, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 72nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 9, 1980. The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1981. The last election resulted in the DFL and Independent-Republicans winning an equal number of seats. Under an agreement reached between the two parties, the Republicans

neg: 2016 Cypriot legislative election that usually adapts to parliamentary shifts after legislative elections. The 80 seats in the House of Representatives are elected from six multi-member constituencies, with the number of seats allocated according to the population of each area. Of the 80 seats, 56 are elected by Greek Cypriots and 24 by Turkish Cypriots. However, due to the partition of the island in 1974, the 24 Turkish Cypriot seats are unfilled and the House of Representatives has de facto had 56 seats since its enlargement in the 1980s. The elections are held using open list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the Hare

neg: Democratic Party of Japan House of Representatives, defeating the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and gaining the largest number of seats in both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors. The DPJ was ousted from government by the LDP in the 2012 general election. It retained 57 seats in the lower house, and still had 88 seats in the upper house. During its time in office, the DPJ was beset by internal conflicts and struggled to implement many of its proposed policies, an outcome described by political scientists Phillip Lipscy and Ethan Scheiner as the "paradox of political change without policy change".

neg: 2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Zamboanga Peninsula 2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Zamboanga Peninsula Elections will be held in Zamboanga Peninsula for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9, 2016. Each of Zamboanga City's two legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat. Celso Lobregat is the incumbent. Lilia Macrohon-Nuño is the incumbent. Each of Zamboanga del Norte's three legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat. Seth Frederick Jalosjos is the

neg: 2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Caraga 2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Caraga Election will be held in CARAGA for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9, 2016. Each of Agusan del Norte's two legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat. Lawrence Lemuel H. Fortun is the incumbent Erlpe John M. Amante is the incumbent. Each of Agusan del Sur's two legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat. Ma. Valentina

neg: 2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Caraga C. Cejoco. Responsible Voting (PPCRV) 2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Caraga Election will be held in CARAGA for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9, 2016. Each of Agusan del Norte's two legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat. Lawrence Lemuel H. Fortun is the incumbent Erlpe John M. Amante is the incumbent. Each of Agusan del Sur's two legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes

neg: Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives In Australia, electoral districts for the Australian House of Representatives are called divisions or more commonly referred to as electorates or seats. There are currently 150 single-member electorates for the Australian House of Representatives. Section 24 of the Constitution of Australia requires that the total number of members of the Australian House of Representatives shall be "as nearly as practicable" twice as many as the number of members of the Australian Senate. The section also requires that electorates be apportioned among the states in proportion to their respective populations; provided that each original

neg: 21st Arizona State Legislature 21st Arizona State Legislature The 21st Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1953 to December 31, 1954, during the last two years of John Howard Pyle's term as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators remained constant at 19, while the members of the house of representatives increased from 68 to 80. The Republicans picked up four Senate seats, leaving the Democrats in control of the upper house with a 15–4 margin. In the House, the Republicans picked up nineteen seats, while the number

neg: Australian House of Representatives are elected from single member electorates (geographic districts, commonly referred to as "seats" but officially known as "Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives"). One vote one value legislation requires all electorates to have approximately the same number of voters with a maximum 10% variation. However, the baseline quota for the number of voters in an electorate is determined by the number of voters in the state in which that electorate is found. Consequently, the electorates of the smallest states and territories have more variation in the number of voters in their electorates, with larger seats like Fenner containing more

neg: Elections in Cyprus by proportional representation and 3 observer members representing the Maronite, Roman-Catholic and Armenian minorities. 24 seats are allocated to the Turkish community. Cyprus has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful. According to article 62(1) of the Constitution the number of representatives is 50. Out of this number 35 are elected by the Greek Cypriot Community and 15 by the Turkish Cypriot Community. The Turkish Cypriot seats remain vacant since 1964 when the Turkish Cypriot representatives withdrew from the House. However, for the smooth running of the House of Representatives

neg: Democratic Republic of Afghanistan to be indirectly elected to a 7-year term. A parliamentary election was held in 1988. The PDPA won 46 seats in the House of Representatives and controlled the government with support from the National Front, which won 45 seats, and from various newly recognized left-wing parties, which had won a total of 24 seats. Although the election was boycotted by the Mujahideen, the government left 50 of the 234 seats in the House of Representatives, as well as a small number of seats in the Senate, vacant in the hope that the guerillas would end their armed struggle and participate

neg: 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina The United States House of Representative elections of 2002 in North Carolina were held on 5 November 2002 as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives. All thirteen seats in North Carolina, and 435 nationwide, were elected. The election saw the number of represented elected from North Carolina increase by one after the 2000 Census. The Republicans won seven seats, as in 2000, while the Democrats gained one to put them on six. This election should not to be confused with the election to the

neg: 2002 United States House of Representatives elections 2002 United States House of Representatives elections The elections for the United States House of Representatives were held on 5 November 2002, in the middle of President George W. Bush's first term. Although it was a midterm election, the Republican Party gained a net eight seats, solidifying their majority. Some speculate that this may have been due to increased support for the President's party in the wake of the September 11 attacks. This was one of two mid-term elections in which the party of the incumbent President increased their number of seats in both the House and the Senate (the

neg: 2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections in the district wins that district's seat. Even prior to the election when Lakas Kampi CMD members switched parties to either the Liberals or the Nacionalistas, they still suffered the biggest seat losses, although they still retained the plurality of seats in the House. The Liberals and Nacionalistas all gained seats but will not surpass the number of Lakas Kampi's seats. Lakas Kampi also tallied the most votes, but had a disproportionate number of seats won (38% of the vote as compared to 45% of the district seats). A total of seven independents won in the House. Shading refers to

neg: Apportionment paradox the United States House of Representatives), adding a new state would in theory "reduce" the number of representatives for existing states, as under the United States Constitution each state is entitled to at least one representative regardless of its population. Also, even if the number of members in the House of Representatives is increased by the number of Representatives in the new state, a pre-existing state could lose a seat because of how the particular apportionment rules deal with rounding methods. In 1907, when Oklahoma became a state, it was given a fair share of seats and the total number

neg: House of Representatives (Cyprus) be later than fifteen days after the general elections. According to article 62(1) of the Constitution the number of representatives is 50. Out of this number 35 are elected by the Greek Cypriot Community and 15 by the Turkish Cypriot Community. However, since 1964, Turkish Cypriot members have not attended the House, and no elections have been held among the Turkish Cypriot community in accordance with the Republic's constitution. Despite this anomaly, the House has kept vacant the seats allocated to the Turkish Cypriot community. These seats remain at the disposal of Turkish Cypriot Deputies should they be elected according

neg: 2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections President Benigno Aquino III's Liberal Party emerged with the party having the plurality of seats in the House of Representatives, winning more than a hundred seats. Meanwhile, in the presidential election, Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) emerged with an insurmountable lead over the Liberals' Mar Roxas. Meanwhile, the Nationalist People's Coalition finished second in number of seats won, followed by the Nacionalista Party, National Unity Party, United Nationalist Alliance, Lakas-CMD, PDP-Laban, Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino and Aksyon Demokratiko. Several local parties also won seats, along with a handful of independents. While PDP-Laban just

neg: 1979 Nigerian parliamentary election each of which elected a Senator. Each State was also allocated a number of seats in the House of Representatives based on its proportion of the population. Source: The Nigerian 1979 Elections Source: The Nigerian 1979 Elections 1979 Nigerian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 7 July 1979 for the first time since 1964 to elect a Senate and House of Representatives on 14 July. The result was a victory for the National Party of Nigeria, which won 36 of the 95 Senate seats and 168 of the 449 House seats. It formed a coalition with the

neg: New Zealand House of Representatives the other is for a party. Currently there are 71 electorate seats (which includes seven Māori electorates), and the remaining 49 seats are assigned so that representation in parliament reflects the party vote, although a party has to win one electorate or 5 percent of the total party vote before it is eligible for these seats. At the , the total number of electorate seats was increased from 70 in the to account for the needs of a growing population. No single party has won an outright majority since the introduction of proportional representation. Table notes The House of Representatives

neg: 1903 Australian federal election 1903 election – Selina Anderson (Dalley) in the House of Representatives and Vida Goldstein (Victoria), Nellie Martel (New South Wales), and Mary Moore-Bentley (New South Wales) in the Senate. All four stood as independents and all of whom were unsuccessful. Candidates were contesting all 75 House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 Senate seats, a number unchanged from the 1901 election. The House of Representative seats were determined by the population of each state, giving 26 seats to New South Wales, 23 to Victoria, nine to Queensland, seven to South Australia and five to both Western Australia and Tasmania.

neg: Candidates of the 1996 Australian federal election Evans (Labor) was also not up for re-election but was vacant due to his resignation to contest the House of Representatives; this vacancy was filled in April by Stephen Conroy. Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Greens WA were defending one seat. Senators Ian Campbell (Liberal), Peter Cook (Labor), Chris Ellison (Liberal), Chris Evans (Labor), Susan Knowles (Liberal) and Dee Margetts (Greens) were not up for re-election. Beside each party is the number of seats contested by that party in the House of Representatives for

neg: 2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Northern Mindanao The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat. Peter M. Unabia is the incumbent. Juliette T. Uy is the incumbent. Responsible Voting (PPCRV) 2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Northern Mindanao Election will be held in Northern Mindanao for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9, 2016. Each of Bukidnon's four legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat. Ma. Lourdes O. Acosta-Alba is the incumbent. Florencio T. Flores Jr is the incumbent and running unopposed. Jose

neg: 2016 Philippine House of Representatives election (party-list) 2016 Philippine House of Representatives election (party-list) Elections were held for seats reserved for the party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9, 2016. At most 20% of the seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines are reserved for party-list representatives. The election was via the party-list system, with a 2% "soft" election threshold via the Hare quota, except that no party can win more than 3 seats, and if the seats won do not reach the 20% of the seats of the entire House of Representatives, the parties that have yet to

neg: 2013 Philippine House of Representatives election (party-list) 2013 Philippine House of Representatives election (party-list) Elections will be held for seats reserved for the party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 13, 2013. At most 10% of the seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines are reserved for party-list representatives. The election will be via the party-list system, with a 2% "soft" election threshold via the Hare quota, except that no party can win more than 3 seats, and if the seats won do not reach the 20% of the seats of the entire House of Representatives, the parties that have

neg: Electoral system of New Zealand New Zealand voters have two votes. The first vote is the "electorate vote". It determines the local representative for that electorate (geographic electoral district). The electorate vote works on a plurality system whereby whichever candidate gets the greatest number of votes in each electorate wins the seat. The second vote is the "party vote". This determines the number of seats each party is entitled to overall – in other words, the proportionality of the House. Thresholds: There are two thresholds in the New Zealand MMP system. The first is that any Party which receives 5% or more of the Party

neg: 1932 United States House of Representatives elections in California would have had 14 seats as a result of the 1920 Census. Democrats won six of those seats while Republicans won three. Of California's existing seats, Democrats won four Republican-held seats. Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: 1932 United States House of Representatives elections in California The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1932 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 8, 1932. This election began the transition of California from a solidly

neg: House of Representatives (Colombia) and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. For elections to the House, political parties or other movements and groups run single lists, with a number of candidates not exceeding the total number of seats to be filled, although in constituencies with only two

neg: House of Representatives of Liberia of two seats. Article 80(d) of the Constitution states, "Each constituency shall have an approximately equal population of 20,000, or such number of citizens as the legislature shall prescribe in keeping with population growth." Furthermore, the Constitution limits the number of House seats that the Legislature may create to 100. Currently, the number of seats is set at 73, averaging approximately 55,000 citizens per seat. The National Elections Commission is responsible for reapportioning the seats among the counties following the conclusion of the national census every ten years. Under Article 80(e) of the Constitution, the National Elections Commission is also

neg: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the four U.S. Representatives from the state of Arkansas, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the Governor of Arkansas and a United States Senator. The table below shows the total number and percentage of votes, as well as the number of seats gained and lost by each political party in the election for the United States

neg: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the nine U.S. Representatives from the state of Arizona, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts, with Democratic and Republican primaries taking place on August 26. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including Governor of Arizona. The table below shows the total number and percentage of votes, as well as the number of seats gained and lost by each political party in the election

neg: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the nine U.S. Representatives from the state, one from each of the state's nine Congressional districts, including the newly created 9th district following the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with other federal and state elections, including a quadrennial presidential election, and a U.S. Senate election. Primary elections were held on August 28, 2012. The table shows the number and percentage of votes, as well as the number of seats gained

neg: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections three Republican-held seats turned Democratic. The Republicans achieved their largest majority in the House since 1928 due to a sizeable Republican wave. Combined with the Republican gains made in 2010, the total number of Democratic-held House seats lost under Barack Obama's presidency in midterm elections rose to 77 with these elections. This marked the highest number of House seats lost under a two-term president of the same party since Harry S. Truman. With 36.4% of eligible voters voting, the voter turnout was the lowest since 1942. Notable freshmen included future U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and future U.S.

neg: 2012 Oklahoma state elections 2012 Oklahoma state elections The Oklahoma state elections was held on Election Day, November 6, 2012 for a number of offices. The Presidential Preferential Primary Election will be held on March 6, 2012 and the Primary Election will be held on June 26, 2012. All five Oklahoma seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for election in 2012. One seat on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is up for election in 2012. 24 of the 48 seats in the Oklahoma Senate are up for election in 2012. All 101 seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives are up

neg: Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives take into effect at the next Australian federal election. The new divisions are In addition, the Division of Port Adelaide was abolished. These Australian Divisions no longer exist: Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives In Australia, electoral districts for the Australian House of Representatives are called divisions or more commonly referred to as electorates or seats. There are currently 150 single-member electorates for the Australian House of Representatives. Section 24 of the Constitution of Australia requires that the total number of members of the Australian House of Representatives shall be "as nearly as practicable" twice as many as the

neg: 2014 United States elections election (82 percent of the total number of state legislative seats in the United States). Republicans won control of 10 legislative chambers: both chambers of the Nevada Legislature, the Minnesota House of Representatives, New Hampshire House of Representatives, the New Mexico House of Representatives, the West Virginia House of Delegates, the Colorado Senate, the Maine Senate, the New York Senate, and the Washington Senate. This increased the total number of Republican-controlled state houses from 57 to 67. The day after the election, Republicans, who achieved a 17-17 tie in the West Virginia Senate, gained control of that chamber as well

neg: Prussian House of Representatives 1903, 110 members of the Reichstag were likewise members of the Prussian House, that is, almost half of the House of Representatives' 236 seats. After 1906, the number of dual office-holders sank significantly, to only 45 in 1913. From 1862, there was a clear liberal majority in the House. In the Prussian constitutional crisis of 1859–66, however, the Liberals were defeated by chancellor Otto von Bismarck. After the war of 1866, the National Liberals split from the Liberals, and the latter never regained their former strength. The distribution of seats from 1867, at the beginning of the respective legislative period:

neg: 27th Arizona State Legislature 27th Arizona State Legislature The 27th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1965 to December 31, 1966, during Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr.'s only term as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators remained constant at two per county, totaling 28, and the members of the house of representatives also held steady at 80. The Democrats picked up two seats in the Senate, giving them a 26–2 edge in the upper house, while the Republicans gained three seats in the House, trimming the Democrats majority

neg: 25th Arizona State Legislature 25th Arizona State Legislature The 25th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1961 to December 31, 1962, during the second of three terms of Paul Fannin's time as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators remained constant at two per county, totaling 28, and the members of the house of representatives also held steady at 80. The Republicans picked up three seats in the upper house, but the Democrats still had a 24–4 edge. In the House the Republicans picked up two seats, leaving

neg: Australian House of Representatives report, which led to the creation of that body's parallel chamber Westminster Hall. The outcome of the 2016 double dissolution election in the 150-seat House of Representatives saw the one-term incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government re-elected with a reduced 76 seats, a bare one-seat majority government − the closest federal majority result since the 1961 election. Resulting from the national two-party swing against the Turnbull government, the Shorten Labor opposition picked up a significant number of previously government-held seats − totalling 69 seats. On the crossbench the Australian Greens, Centre Alliance, Katter's Australian Party, and independents Andrew Wilkie and Cathy McGowan

neg: Australian House of Representatives sworn in as Prime Minister on 10 January 1968 (following an interim ministry led by John McEwen). On 1 February, Gorton resigned from the Senate to stand for the 24 February by-election in Holt's former House of Representatives electorate of Higgins due to the convention that the Prime Minister be a member of the lower house. For 22 days (2 to 23 February inclusive) he was Prime Minister while a member of neither house of parliament. On a number of occasions when Ministers have retired from their seats prior to an election, or stood but lost their own seats in

neg: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections Senate seats, signified a dramatic rollback of recent Democratic gains. In the election, Republicans won their greatest number of House seats since 1946. This has been attributed to the continued economic recession, as well as President Obama's controversial stimulus and health care reform bills. Republicans also took control of 29 of the 50 state governorships and gained 690 seats in state legislatures, to hold their greatest number since the 1928 elections. Republicans also made historic gains in state legislatures, adding more than 675 state legislative seats, by far surpassing their state-legislative gains in 1994. Republicans gained control of dozens of

neg: Duverger's law or three (directly elected) constituency representatives for a party to gain additional representation through proportional representation. The number of votes received for a party determines the number of seats won, and new parties can thus develop an immediate electoral niche. Duverger identified that the use of PR would make a two-party system less likely. However, other systems do not guarantee new parties access to the system: Malta provides an example of a stable two-party system using the single transferable vote, although it is worth noting that its presidential elections are won by a plurality, which may put a greater two-party

neg: House of Representatives of the Gambia (who were not permitted to vote). Prior to the 1966 election, the number of Bathurst seats was reduced from 5 to 3, with the extra 2 seats being granted to the Provinces. The number of directly elected seats was increased to 35 in 1977 and to 36 in 1987, with all members being elected by the first past the post system. In 1982, the number of indirectly-elected chiefs was increased by one to 5, while in 1992 there were 8 nominated members, representing special interest groups such as women, business and trade unions. Initially, the House met 3 or 4

neg: Huntington–Hill method quota) and "n"+1 is the number of seats the state or party "would" have if it is assigned to the party list (the upper quota). Although no legislature uses this method of apportionment to assign seats to parties after an election, it was considered for House of Lords elections under the ill-fated House of Lords Reform Bill, and the United States House of Representatives uses it to assign the number of representative seats to each state for which it was devised. The method is credited to Edward Vermilye Huntington and Joseph Adna Hill. In a legislative election under the Huntington–Hill

neg: Politics of the Philippines For representatives elected the party-list system, a party that won at least 2% of the national vote wins one seat, with additional seats, but not exceeding three seats, depends on the number of votes it received. If the number of sectoral representatives does not reach 20% of the membership of the House of Representatives, parties with less than 2% of the vote are given a seat each until the 20% membership is filled. The constitution mandates that local governments must have local autonomy. The smallest local government unit, the barangay or village, is descended from the balangay of the Maragtas

neg: Party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines and the person next in line on the list assumes the seat. In 2000, the Veterans Federation Party (VFP), the Akbayan! Citizens' Action Party and several other parties sued the COMELEC which led a case in the Supreme Court; the court ruling changed the way how the seats are allocated for the winning parties. In 1998, only 14 representatives were elected out of 13 winning parties, well short of the then 52 representatives needed to fill up 20% of the House. The so-called "Panganiban formula," named after Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban, calculates that the number of seats a party will

neg: Tanzania political parties. The Revolutionary Council consists of the president, both vice-presidents, all ministers, the attorney general of Zanzibar, and other house members deemed fit by the president. The House of Representatives is composed of elected members, ten members appointed by the president, all the regional commissioners of Zanzibar, the attorney general, and appointed female members whose number must be equal to 30 percent of the elected members. The House determines the number of its elected members with the Zanzibar Electoral Commission determining the boundaries of each election constituency. In 2013, the House had 81 members: fifty elected members, five regional

neg: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections 1984 United States House of Representatives elections The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1984 which coincided with the re-election of President Ronald Reagan in a landslide. This victory also yielded gains for Reagan's Republican Party in the House, where they picked up a net of sixteen seats from the Democratic Party. The Democrats nonetheless retained a commanding majority in the House and gained seats in the Senate. This would be the last time for eight years that the Democrats lost seats in the House. Twenty-two representatives retired.

neg: House of Representatives (Colombia) seats, party lists may include a third name. The current threshold for parties to win seats in a territorial constituency is 50% of the electoral quotient (total votes divided by total seats) in constituencies returning more than two members, and 30% of the electoral quotient in constituencies returning two members. Seats are then distributed using the distributing number, or "cifra repartidora". This number is obtained by successively dividing the number of votes received by each list by one, two, three and so forth, and placing the results in descending order until the total number of results equal to the number

neg: 2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Zamboanga Peninsula wins the seat. Belma A. Cabilao is the incumbent. ≥u Dulce Ann K. Hofer is the incumbent. ≥u 2016 Philippine House of Representatives election in Zamboanga Peninsula Elections will be held in Zamboanga Peninsula for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9, 2016. Each of Zamboanga City's two legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat. Celso Lobregat is the incumbent. Lilia Macrohon-Nuño is the incumbent. Each of Zamboanga del Norte's three legislative districts will elect each representative to the House

neg: New Hampshire House of Representatives portraits of John P. Hale, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin Pierce, and Daniel Webster. New Hampshire House of Representatives The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 legislative districts across the state, created from divisions of the state's counties. On average, each legislator represents about 3,300 residents. Districts vary in number of seats based on their populations, with the least-populous districts electing only one member and the most populous electing 11. In

neg: Mohammad Najibullah Representatives and controlled the government with support from the National Front, which won 45 seats, and from various newly recognized left-wing parties, which had won a total of 24 seats. Although the election was boycotted by the Mujahideen, the government left 50 of the 234 seats in the House of Representatives, as well as a small number of seats in the Senate, vacant in the hope that the guerrillas would end their armed struggle and participate in the government. The only armed opposition party to make peace with the government was Hizbollah, a small Shi'a party not to be confused

neg: House of Representatives of Puerto Rico more than two-thirds of the seats in the House of Representatives, the losing candidates with the most percentage of votes will be given seats in the Legislature until the total of minority members reaches seventeen (17). In order to qualify to a Section 9 seat, the candidates must belong to a party that received a minimum number of votes in the General Elections of that year. The House is served by several officers with and without voting powers, and elected from within and outside its ranks. Of these, only the Speaker was established by the Constitution; all other officers were

neg: 20th Arizona State Legislature continued in office as members of this Legislature. 20th Arizona State Legislature The 20th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1952, during the first two years of John Howard Pyle's term as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators remained constant at 19, while the members of the house of representatives increased from 58 to 68. The Democrats controlled one hundred percent of the senate, while in the house the Democrats increased six seats and the Republicans gained four seats,

neg: 1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election 1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election The 1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 7, 1978, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 71st Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 12, 1978. The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) and Independent-Republicans of Minnesota won an equal number of seats. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 1979. As a result of the House being equally divided, under an agreement reached between the two parties, the Independent-Republicans would be given the speakership, the chairs of the divisions of

neg: 20th Arizona State Legislature 20th Arizona State Legislature The 20th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1952, during the first two years of John Howard Pyle's term as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators remained constant at 19, while the members of the house of representatives increased from 58 to 68. The Democrats controlled one hundred percent of the senate, while in the house the Democrats increased six seats and the Republicans gained four seats, giving the Democrats a 57–11 edge. The Legislature

neg: 13th Arizona State Legislature office as members of this Legislature. The size of the House remained constant from the prior legislature: 51 seats. 13th Arizona State Legislature The 13th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1937 to December 31, 1938, during Rawghlie Clement Stanford's first and only term as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators and representatives remained constant, with 19 and 51 members respectively. While the Democrats regained one hundred percent of the senate seats, the Republicans broke the Democrats complete domination in the house, managing

neg: Party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines one party via closed list; votes are then tallied nationwide as one at-large district, with the number of sectoral representatives not to surpass 20% of the total number of representatives. The law provided that each party that has 2% of the national vote be entitled one seat each, and an additional seat for every 2% of the vote thereafter until a party has three seats. This means that a party can win the maximum three seats if it surpasses 6% of the national vote. While the law was first used for the 1998 election, and several parties did meet the

neg: 1912 United States House of Representatives elections bickering and corruption that had become associated with the Republican internal feud. Many of the new seats that were added after the prior census ended up in Democratic hands. In addition, William Kent, who had been elected to the House as a Republican in 1908, was elected to California's 1st congressional district as an Independent. The number of representatives was increased for this election to 435, where it currently stands (aside from 1959 when Alaska and Hawaii were admitted as states). In reapportionment following the 1910 census, 41 new seats were added, bringing the House to its modern size. This

neg: Party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines qualified party, regardless of the number of votes it actually obtained, is entitled to a maximum of three seats; that is, one “qualifying” and two additional seats. Fourth, proportional representation – the additional seats which a qualified party is entitled to shall be computed “in proportion to their total number of votes.” The court came up with the following procedure on how to determine how many seats a party wins. First, the party with the highest number of votes gets at least one seat. It can win additional seats for every 2% of the national vote until it reaches the

neg: Tanzania Zanzibar and the House of Representatives. The president is Zanzibar's head of government and the chairman of the Revolutionary Council, in which the executive authority of Zanzibar is invested. Zanzibar has two vice-presidents, with the first being from the main opposition party in the house. The second is from the party in power and is the leader of government business in the House. The president and the members of the House of Representatives have five-year terms. The president selects ministers from members of the House of Representatives, with the ministers allocated according to the number of House seats won by

neg: Politics of Tanzania May 2002, the government increased the number of special seats allocated to women from 10 to 15, which will increase the number of House of Representatives members to 81. Ostensibly, Zanzibar's House of Representatives can make laws for Zanzibar without the approval of the union government as long as it does not involve union-designated matters. The terms of office for Zanzibar's president and House of Representatives also are 5 years. The semiautonomous relationship between Zanzibar and the union is a relatively unique system of government. See also the Tanzanian general election, 2010. Tanzania has a five-level judiciary, which comprises the

neg: United States congressional apportionment states is given its one guaranteed seat in the House of Representatives, leaving 385 seats to assign. The remaining seats are allocated one at a time, to the state with the highest priority number. Thus, the 51st seat would go to the most populous state (currently California). The priority number is determined by a formula that is mathematically computed to be the ratio of the state population to the geometric mean of the number of seats it currently holds in the assignment process, "n" (initially 1), and the number of seats it "would" hold "if" the seat were assigned to