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House of Representatives (Nigeria)

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Seats
  
360

Voting system
  
First-past-the-post

House of Representatives (Nigeria)

Type
  
Lower house of the National Assembly of Nigeria

Speaker of the House of Representatives
  
Yakubu Dogara , APCSince 6 June 2015

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
  
Yusuf Sulaiman Lasun, APCSince 6 June 2015

Political groups
  
Governing Party  All Progressives Congress (225)Opposition Parties  People's Democratic Party (125)  Other parties (10)

The House of Representatives is the lower house of the country's bicameral National Assembly. The Senate of Nigeria is the upper house.

The current House of Representatives, formed following elections held in April 2015, has a total of 360 members who are elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority (or first-past-the-post) system. Members serve four-year terms. The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the house.

Members (since 1979)

  • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1979–1992
  • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1992–1998
  • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1998–1999
  • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1999–2003
  • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2003–2007
  • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2007–2011
  • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2011–2015
  • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2015–present

    • References

    House of Representatives (Nigeria) Wikipedia
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