What is Pyithu Hluttaw?
The '''House of Representatives''' ({{lang-my|ပြည်သူ့ လွှတ်တော်}}, {{IPA-my|pjìðṵ l̥ʊʔtɔ̀|pron}} ''Pyithu Hluttaw'') is the [[lower house]] of the [[Pyidaungsu Hluttaw]], the [[bicameral]] [[legislature]] of [[Myanmar]] (Burma). It is made up of 440 members, of which 330 are directly elected through the [[first-past-the-post]] system in each [[Townships of Myanmar|townships]] and 110 are appointed by the [[Myanmar Armed Forces]]. As of 8 November 2015, 90% of the members are men (389 members) and 10% women (44 members).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipu.org/parline/reports/2388.htm|title=IPU PARLINE database: MYANMAR (Pyithu Hluttaw), Full text|last=Union|first=Inter-Parliamentary|website=ipu.org|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{multistub|politics|asia}} [[Category:Politics of Myanmar]] [[Category:National lower houses|Myanmar]]