(4) Teams of volunteers check the voting cards and count the votes, (5) The result is announced through television stations low, the House of Commons is constitutionally the dominant House. The representative is also known as a Member of Parliament, or MP. A House of Commons is chosen as a whole at a general election. The general election normally takes place every five years. But it will be held before the fixed date (1)if the Government is defeated in the Commons on the issue. In this case, the prime Minister e ither resigns or asks the Monarch to dissolve the parliament. (2)if the Prime Minister wants to. The Prime Minister can decide on a general election before the legal time limit at the time favorable to the victory of his or her party. By this way the Prime Minister may continue to stay in power. The Party that won the majority of seats in the house of commons will form the government Members of the House of Commons are elected from geographical constituencies The voting age for British subjects was lowered to 18 in 1969. Those not eligible for election to the Commons include members of the House of Lords, selected clergy, government contractors, sheriffs(郡治安官), and certain designated election official basis of representation depends on the total number of seats agreed on by process unique to the House of Commons and on the total population of the nation. In Great Britain, each constituency appro of 60.000. In northe Ireland, with 17 representatives, the population base is somewhat larger. Total In the general el each voter can vote for only cand id ate. The votes are counted in the presence of the cand idates. And the cand idate who receives the largest number of votes is elected even if they are less than half of the total a person may be a candidate in any constituency, even if he has no connection ith the place. So if a member of the he defeated at a general election, he can later try to be elected for another place The general election is held on the same day all over the country, but voting is not compulsory. As soon as the results of the general election are published everybody knows which party will govern Britain for the next few years. If the Government wins a majority of the seats in Parliament, there is no need to make changes. If it fails to win a majority, the Prime minister concedes his partys defeat and resigns at once. The Queen then automatically appoints the leader of the new majority party Prime Minister and empowers him to organize a new govemment for the next five years. The former Government has to assume the role of the Opposition Party, which can only form its"shadow cabinet3 (4) Teams of volunteers check the voting cards and count the votes; (5) The result is announced through television stations. Now, the House of Commons is constitutionally the dominant House. The representative is also known as a Member of Parliament, or MP. A House of Commons is chosen as a whole at a general election. The general election normally takes place every five years. But it will be held before the fixed date (1) if the Government is defeated in the Commons on the issue. In this case, the Prime Minister either resigns or asks the Monarch to dissolve the parliament. (2) if the Prime Minister wants to. The Prime Minister can decide on a general election before the legal time limit at the time favorable to the victory of his or her party. By this way the Prime Minister may continue to stay in power. The Party that won the majority of seats in the House of Commons will form the Government. Members of the House of Commons are elected from geographical constituencie s. The voting age for British subjects was lowered to 18 in 1969. Those not eligible for election to the Commons include members of the House of Lords, selected clergy, government contractors, sheriffs (郡治安官), and certain designated election officials. The basis of representation depends on the total number of seats agreed on by a process unique to the House of Commons and on the total population of the nation. In Great Britain, each constituency approximates a population of 60,000. In Northern Ireland, with 17 representatives, the population base is somewhat larger. Total membership of the Commons now numbers 659. In the general election, each voter can vote for only one candidate. The votes are counted in the presence of the candidates. And the candidate who receives the largest number of votes is elected even if they are less than half of the total. A person may be a candidate in any constituency, even if he has no connection with the place. So if a member of the House of Commons loses his seat by being defeated at a general election, he can later try to be elected for another place. The general election is held on the same day all over the country, but voting is not compulsory. As soon as the results of the general election are published, everybody knows which party will govern Britain for the next few years. If the Government wins a majority of the seats in Parliament, there is no need to make changes. If it fails to win a majority, the Prime Minister concedes his party’s defeat and resigns at once. The Queen then automatically appoints the leader of the new majority party Prime Minister and empowers him to organize a new government for the next five years. The former Government has to assume the role of the Opposition Party, which can only form its “shadow cabinet