lower house

[loh-er]

noun

1. one of two branches of a legislature, generally more representative and with more members than the upper branch.

lower house

noun

1. Also called: lower chamber. one of the two houses of a bicameral legislature: usually the larger and more representative house Compare upper house

Word History and Origins

Origin of lower house¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

If the two chambers fail to agree, the lower house’s prevails.

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Combined, the LDP and the JIP hold 231 seats in the 465-member lower house, just two seats short of a majority.

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"Eleven petitions have been filed stating that the formation of the new interim government and the dissolution of the lower house is unconstitutional," Nirajan Pandey, the court's information officer told AFP.

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They said they wouldn’t back no-confidence motions put forward this week by far-left and far-right parties in the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament.

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France has been ensnared in political turmoil since Macron called snap elections in 2024 that failed to produce a clear majority in the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament.

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