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The bicameral parliament consists of the lower house, the House of Representatives or Dewan Rakyat ( literally the " Chamber of the People ") and the upper house, the Senate or Dewan Negara ( literally the " Chamber of the Nation ").

All seventy Senate members sit for three-year terms ( to a maximum of two terms ); twenty-six are elected by the thirteen state assemblies, and forty-four are appointed by the king based on the advice of the Prime Minister.