House of Representatives (Nigeria)

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House of Representatives
7th National Assembly

Type
Type	Lower house of the National Assembly of Nigeria
Leadership
Speaker of the House of Representatives	Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, PDP Since 6 June 2011
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives	Emeka Ihedioha, PDP Since 6 June 2011
Seats	360
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	9 April 2011
Meeting place

Abuja
Website
http://www.nass.gov.ng

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The House of Representatives is the lower house of the country's bicameral National Assembly. The Senate of Nigeria is the upper house.

The current House of Representatives, formed following elections held in April 2011, has a total of 360 members who are elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority (or first-past-the-post) system. Members serve four-year terms. The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the house. The current Speaker is Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. He was elected on 6 June 2011.

Nigerian state delegations [edit]

Map legend	State	Senators	Federal constituencies
1	Abia State	3	8
2	Adamawa State	3	8
3	Akwa-Ibom State	3	10
4	Anambra State	3	11
5	Bauchi State	3	12
6	Bayelsa State	3	5
7	Benue State	3	11
8	Borno State	3	10
9	Cross River State	3	8
10	Delta State	3	10
11	Ebonyi State	3	6
12	Edo State	3	9
13	Ekiti State	3	6
14	Enugu State	3	8
15	Gombe State	3	6
16	Imo State	3	10
17	Jigawa State	3	11
18	Kaduna State	3	16
19	Kano State	3	24
20	Katsina State	3	15
21	Kebbi State	3	8
22	Kogi State	3	9
23	Kwara State	3	6
24	Lagos State	3	24
25	Nasarawa State	3	5
26	Niger State	3	10
27	Ogun State	3	9
28	Ondo State	3	9
29	Osun State	3	9
30	Oyo State	3	14
31	Plateau State	3	8
32	Rivers State	3	13
33	Sokoto State	3	11
34	Taraba State	3	6
35	Yobe State	3	6
36	Zamfara State	3	7
37	Federal capital territory (Abuja)	1	2
All		109	360