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Cygnian congressional apportionment is the process by which seats in the are distributed among the 21 states according to the most recent quinquennial census. Each state is apportioned a number of seats which approximately corresponds to its share of the aggregate population of the 21 states. However, every state is constitutionally guaranteed at least one seat. The is also represented in the House, but this is not required in the constitution.

The number of seats in the House of Representatives has since 1955 been 300, capped at that number by the Reapportionment Act of 1960 &mdash; except for temporary increases to 301 and then 302 upon the admissions into the Federation of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in 1975 and 1978, and again to 301 upon the admissions of the New Hebrides in 1980 and New Caledonia in 1999.

Past increases
The size of the House of Representatives has increased and decreased as follows: