The upper house of the Canadian parliament is the Senate, whose members are appointed. The lower house is the House of Commons, whose members are elected.
The Lok Sabha is called the Upper House because it consists of directly elected members.
The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's Parliament, has a total of 245 members. 233 members are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories, while 12 members are nominated by the President of India.
The Governor appointed most of them but the colonist usually elected the lower houses
The Governor appointed most of them but the colonist usually elected the lower houses
Bicameral Legislature Body, the voters elected members of the lower houses and the lower houses elected the members of the upper houses. The two houses together would elect the President of the state.
It is the group of elected members of the people of Northern Ireland, and where they meet.It is the group of elected members of the people of Northern Ireland, and where they meet.It is the group of elected members of the people of Northern Ireland, and where they meet.It is the group of elected members of the people of Northern Ireland, and where they meet.It is the group of elected members of the people of Northern Ireland, and where they meet.It is the group of elected members of the people of Northern Ireland, and where they meet.It is the group of elected members of the people of Northern Ireland, and where they meet.It is the group of elected members of the people of Northern Ireland, and where they meet.It is the group of elected members of the people of Northern Ireland, and where they meet.It is the group of elected members of the people of Northern Ireland, and where they meet.It is the group of elected members of the people of Northern Ireland, and where they meet.
elected by the people
any ten members of the Electoral College.The Electoral College elects the president of India.The college is made up of the followingelected members of the Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Parliament of India); elected members of the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India); elected members of each state Legislative Assembly; and elected members of each union territory possessing an assembly (i.e. Delhi and Puducherry).
elected by the people
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are directly elected by the population.
You have two chambers of parliament as per British and Indian parliaments. The members of lower house are directly elected by the people. The members of upper house of parliaments are indirectly elected by the elected members from other systems of local governments. Some of them are selected by the King or Queen or President on the recommendation of the prime minister. They are the expert persons in various fields. This upper house is in fact should be called as a lower house and vise verse, as the members do not represent the people directly. In the democracy the people are the supreme authority.