Members' terms are longer than in the lower house, and may be for life.

By then the government must have its 1989 budget through the lower house.

That would not seem to be much of a change in a lower house with 630 members.

He goes from lower house to president without a popular election.

Few people think the Republicans can win a majority in the lower house.

The lower house has 580 members, and 28 more would give him the 10 percent required to bring the measure to the floor.

In the lower house, each state had a representative for every 30,000 people.

Thus the total strength of the lower house reached to 237 members.

The election results for the lower house are shown in the table below.

The bill had already been approved by the lower house and takes effect next month.