On the other hand, in the upper house each state was guaranteed two senators, no matter their size.
It holds 294 seats in the lower house and 83 seats in the upper house.
He was also once elected to the upper house, serving there for 19 months.
A third method is that, by precedent in the lower house (and rule in the upper house), committee-sponsored bills are placed on the calendar without being again referred to committee.
The region-based system in the upper house is not guaranteed to produce a clear majority, and may pave the way for governmental crises.
In 2004, he again got elected in an upper house election.
Within a few days, he returned to the upper house with a substitute bill to replace articles two and three of the senate's committee proposal.
In 1897 the king appointed him a member of the upper house.
