Example sentences of "elections to the house of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In elections to the House of Representatives the Republicans made a gain of 33 seats and managed to defeat four incumbent committee chairmen . |
| 2 | In Britain elections to the House of Commons , from which the government is formed , must be held at least every five years ( until Parliament says otherwise ) but may be held at any time during the five years , for example there were only eight months between elections in 1974 and the average length of a parliament is around four years . |
| 3 | The Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) , which since its formation in 1955 had ruled Japan , was returned to power on Feb. 18 in elections to the House of Representatives , the lower chamber of the bicameral Diet . |
| 4 | Following its defeats in municipal elections and in elections to the House of Councillors in July 1989 [ see pp. 36800-01 ] , the LDP had embarked upon a programme aimed at reasserting and regaining the political influence which had been damaged not only by the scandals but also by the imposition of an unpopular 3 per cent general consumption tax [ GCT — see p. 36618 , where it is wrongly referred to as a value added tax ] and by the liberalization of import controls in the agricultural sector [ see p. 36800 ] . |
| 5 | Elections to the House of Representatives of the People last took place in July 1988 , when all candidates were nominated by the President and were elected unopposed for a five-year term [ see p. 36200 ] . |
| 6 | Elections to the House of Representatives were held in October 1990 . |
| 7 | Elections to the House of Representatives and the National Council were held in May and June 1991 respectively [ see pp. 38193 ; 38339 ] . |
| 8 | The ruling Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) won 69 of the 127 seats contested in elections to the House of Councillors , the upper chamber of the Diet , on July 26 . |