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Government > Legislature (parliament) Stats: compare key data on France & India

Definitions

  • Lower house members: Members of the lower house of the legislature or of the only chamber in a unicameral system.
  • People per member: Number of people each member of the legislature represents on average. The number of members of the legislature is the sum of the members of all chambers of parliament, if applicable.
  • Strongly bicameral?: Political scientist Robert A. Dahl compares the constitutions of countries which have been “steadily democratic since 1950” on the characteristic of bicameralism, determing if there are two houses in the legislature, both with substantial powers. (Strongly bicameral or not strongly bicameral).
  • Term of office for lower house members: Members of the lower (or sole) house.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Term of office for upper house members: Members of the upper house*.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Total members of parliament: Number of members of the legislature (sum of members of all chambers of parliament where applicable).
  • Upper house members: Members of the upper house of the legislature. Does not include countries with a unicameral system.
STAT France India
Lower house members 577
Ranked 9th. 5% more than India
552
Ranked 11th.
People per member 72,465
Ranked 46th.
1.46 million
Ranked 1st. 20 times more than France
Strongly bicameral? No Yes
Term of office for lower house members 5
Ranked 92nd. The same as India
5
Ranked 52nd.
Term of office for upper house members 6
Ranked 6th. The same as India
6
Ranked 4th.
Total members of parliament 898
Ranked 4th. 12% more than India
802
Ranked 5th.
Upper house members 321
Ranked 2nd. 28% more than India
250
Ranked 7th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of legislatures by number of members; How Democratic is the American Constitution? Robert A. Dahl.2001. ISBN 0-300-09218-0. Table 1.; Wikipedia: Term of office (Terms of office by country)

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