note: irregularities and violence at a number of polling stations necessitated the rescheduling of voting in certain constituencies; voting postponed in Somali regional state because of severe drought
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): unicameral Legislative Council (10 seats - 2 ex officio, 8 elected by popular vote, members serve four-year terms) presided over by the governor
elections: last held 9 October 1997 (next to be held NA October 2001)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 8
Faroe Islands:unicameral Faroese Parliament or Logting (32 seats;members are elected by popular vote on a proportional basis from theseven constituencies to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 30 April 1998 (next to be held not later thanApril 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - Republican Party 23.8%, People's Party 21.3%, Social Democratic Party 21.9%, Union Party 18%, Home Rue Party 7.7%, Center Party 4.1%; seats by party - Republican Party 8, People's Party 8, Social Democratic Party 7, Union Party 6, Home Rule Party 2, Center Party 1
note: election of 2 seats to the Danish Parliament was last held on 11 March 1998 (next to be held not later than March 2002); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Social Democratic Party 1, People's Party 1
Fiji:bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (32 seats; 14appointed by the Great Council of Chiefs, nine appointed by theprime minister, eight appointed by the leader of the opposition, andone appointed by the council of Rotuma) and the House ofRepresentatives (71 seats; 23 reserved for ethnic Fijians, 19reserved for ethnic Indians, three reserved for other ethnic groups,one reserved for the council of Rotuma constituency encompassing thewhole of Fiji, and 25 open; members serve five-year terms)
elections: House of Representatives - last held 11 May 1999 (nextto be held NA May 2004)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote byparty - NA%; seats by party - Fiji Labor Party 37, others 34
Finland:unicameral Parliament or Eduskunta (200 seats; members areelected by popular vote on a proportional basis to serve four-yearterms)
elections: last held 21 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - SDP 22.9%, Kesk 22.5%, Kok 21.0%, Leftist Alliance (Communist) 10.9%, SFP 5.1%, Green Union 7.2%, SKL 4.2%; seats by party - SDP 51, Kesk 48, Kok 46, Leftist Alliance (Communist) 20, SFP 11, Green Union 11, SKL 10, other 3
France:bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of the Senate orSenat (321 seats - 296 for metropolitan France, 13 for overseasdepartments and territories, and 12 for French nationals abroad;members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to servenine-year terms; elected by thirds every three years) and theNational Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (577 seats; members areelected by popular vote under a single-member majoritarian system toserve five-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 27 September 1998 (next to be held September 2001); National Assembly - last held 25 May-1 June 1997 (next to be held NA May 2002)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats byparty - RPR 99, UDC 52, DL 47, PS 78, PCF 16, other 29; NationalAssembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PS 245,RPR 140, UDF 109, PCF 37, PRS 13, MEI 8, MDC 7, LDI-MPF 1, FN 1,various left 9, various right 7
French Guiana:unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)and a unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (31 seats;members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)
elections: General Council - last held NA March 2000 (next to be held NA 2006); Regional Council - last held 15 March 1998 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; Regional Council - percent of vote by party - PS 28.28%, various left parties 22.56%, RPR 15.91%, independents 8.6%, Walwari Committee 6%; seats by party - PS 11, various left parties 9, RPR 6, independents 3, Walwari Committee 2
note: one seat was elected to the French Senate on 27 September 1998 (next to be held NA September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; 2 seats were elected to the French National Assembly on 25 May - 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 1, PSG 1
French Polynesia:unicameral Territorial Assembly or AssembleeTerritoriale (41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to servefive-year terms)
elections: last held 12 May 1996 (next to be held NA 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - People's Rally for the Republic (Gaullist) 22, Independent Front for the Liberation of Polynesia 10, New Fatherland Party 5, other 4
note: one seat was elected to the French Senate on 24 September 1989 (next to be held NA September 1998); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UC 1; two seats were elected to the French National Assembly on 25 May - 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - People's Rally for the Republic (Gaullist) 2
Gabon:bicameral legislature consists of the Senate (91 seats) andthe National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (120 seats); membersare elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms
elections: National Assembly - last held 15 and 29 December 1996 (next to be held NA December 2001); Senate - last held 26 January and 9 February 1997 (next to be held in January 2002)
election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PDG 89, PGP 9, RNB 6, CLR 3, UPG 2, USG 2, independents 4, others 5; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PDG 53, RNB 20, PGP 4, ADERE 3, RDP 1, CLR 1, independents 9
Gambia, The:unicameral National Assembly (49 seats; 45 elected bypopular vote, 4 appointed by the president; members serve five-yearterms)
elections: last popular election held 2 January 1997 (next to beheld NA January 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -APRC 33, UDP 7, NRP 2, PDOIS 1, independents 2
Georgia:unicameral Supreme Council (commonly referred to asParliament) or Umaghiesi Sabcho (235 seats; members are elected bypopular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 31 October and 14 November 1999 (next to be held NA 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - CUG 41.85%, AGUR 25.65%, IWSG 7.8%, all other parties received less than 7% each; seats by party - CUG 130, AGUR 58, IWSG 15, Abkhaz deputies 12, independents 17, other 3
Germany:bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the FederalAssembly or Bundestag (656 seats usually, but 669 for the 1998 term;elected by popular vote under a system combining direct andproportional representation; a party must win 5% of the nationalvote or three direct mandates to gain representation; members servefour-year terms) and the Federal Council or Bundesrat (69 votes;state governments are directly represented by votes; each has 3 to 6votes depending on population and are required to vote as a block)
elections: Federal Assembly - last held 27 September 1998 (next to be held by the fall of 2002); note - there are no elections for the Bundesrat; composition is determined by the composition of the state-level governments; the composition of the Bundesrat has the potential to change any time one of the 16 states holds an election
election results: Federal Assembly - percent of vote by party - SPD 40.9%, Alliance '90/Greens 6.7%, CDU/CSU 35.1%, FDP 6.2%, PDS 5.1%; seats by party - SPD 298, Alliance '90/Greens 47, CDU/CSU 245, FDP 43, PDS 36; Federal Council - current composition - votes by party - SPD-led states 26, CDU-led states 28, grand coalitions 15
Ghana:unicameral Parliament (200 seats; members are elected bydirect popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 7 December 2000 (next to be held NA December2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -NPP 100, NDC 92, PNC 3, CPP 1, independents 4
Gibraltar:unicameral House of Assembly (18 seats - 15 elected bypopular vote, one appointed for the Speaker, and two ex officiomembers; members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 10 February 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - GSD 58%, GSLP 41%; seats by party - GSD 8, GSLP 7
Greece:unicameral Parliament or Vouli ton Ellinon (300 seats;members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: elections last held 9 April 2000 (next to be held by NAApril 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - PASOK 43.8%, ND 42.7%,KKE 5.5%, Coalition of the Left and Progress 3.2%; seats by party -PASOK 158, ND 125, KKE 11, Coalition of the Left and Progress 6
Greenland:unicameral Parliament or Landstinget (31 seats; membersare elected by popular vote on the basis of proportionalrepresentation to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 16 February 1999 (next to be held by NAFebruary 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - Siumut 35.2%, Inuit Ataqatigiit 22.1%, Atassut Party 25.2%, Candidate's League 12.3%, independent 5.2%; seats by party - Siumut 11, Atassut 8, Inuit Ataqatigiit 7, Candidate List 4, independent 1
note: two representatives were elected to the Danish Parliament or Folketing on 11 March 1998 (next to be held by not later than March 2002); percent of vote by party - Siumut 35.6%, Atassut 35.2%; seats by party - Siumut 1, Atassut 1; Greenlandic representatives are affiliated with Danish political parties (Siamut with Social Democratic Party and Atassut with Liberal Party)
Grenada:bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 13-memberbody, 10 appointed by the government and three by the leader of theopposition) and the House of Representatives (15 seats; members areelected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 18 January 1999 (next to be held by NAOctober 2004)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote byparty - NA%; seats by party - NNP 14, GULP 1
Guadeloupe:unicameral General Council or Conseil General (42 seats;members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and theunicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (41 seats; membersare elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)
elections: General Council - last held 22 March 1998 (next to be held by NA 2004); Regional Council - last held 15 March 1998 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - diverse left parties 11, PS 8, RPR 8, PPDG 6, diverse right parties 5, PCG 3, UDF 1; Regional Council - percent of vote by party - RPR 48.03%, PS/PPDG/diverse left parties 24.49%, PCG 5.29%, diverse right parties 5.73%; seats by party - RPR 25, PS/PPDG/diverse left parties 12, PCG 2, diverse right parties 2
note: Guadeloupe elects two representatives to the French Senate; elections last held NA September 1995 (next to be held NA September 2004); percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 1, FGPS 1; Guadeloupe elects four representatives to the French National Assembly; elections last held 25 May - 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FGPS 2, RPR 1, PPDG 1
Guam:unicameral Legislature (15 seats; members are elected bypopular vote to serve two-year terms)
elections: last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -Republican Party 8, Democratic Party 7
note: Guam elects one delegate to the US House of Representatives;election last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November2002); results - Robert UNDERWOOD was reelected as delegate; percentof vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Democratic Party 1
Guatemala:unicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de laRepublica (113 seats; members are elected by popular vote to servefour-year terms)
elections: last held on 7 November 1999 (next to be held inNovember 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -FRG 63, PAN 37, ANN 9, DCG 2, UD/LOV 1, PLP 1
note: for the 7 November 1999 election, the number of congressionalseats was increased from 80 to 113
Guernsey:unicameral Assembly of the States; consists of theBailiff, 10 Douzaine (parish council) representatives, 45 People'sDeputies elected by popular franchise, 2 Alderney representatives,HM Procureur (Attorney General), HM Comptroller (Solicitor General)and HM Greffier (Court Recorder and Registrar General)
elections: last held 12 April 2000 (next to be held NA 2006)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents
Guinea:unicameral People's National Assembly or Assemblee NationalePopulaire (114 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote toserve five-year terms)
elections: last held 11 June 1995 (next scheduled for 26 November2000 postponed indefinitely due to border fighting with rebels fromSierra Leone and Liberia)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -PUP 71, RPG 19, PRP 9, UNR 9, UPG 2, PDG-AST 1, UNP 1, PDG-RDA 1,other 1
Guinea-Bissau:unicameral National People's Assembly or AssembleiaNacional Popular (100 seats; members are elected by popular vote toserve a maximum of four years)
elections: last held 28 November 1999 (next to be held by NA 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PRS 37, RGB 27, PAIGC 25, 11 remaining seats went to 5 of the remaining 10 parties that fielded candidates
Guyana:unicameral National Assembly (65 seats, 53 elected bypopular vote, 10 elected by the ten Regional Democratic Councils,and 2 elected by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs;members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 19 March 2001 (next to be held NA March 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -PPP/C 34, PNC 27, GAP and WPA 2, ROAR 1, TUF 1
Haiti:bicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale consistsof the Senate (27 seats; members serve six-year terms; one-thirdelected every two years) and the Chamber of Deputies (83 seats;members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held for two-thirds of seats 21 May 2000, with runoffs on 9 July boycotted by the opposition; about eight seats still disputed; election for remaining one-third held on 26 November 2000 (next to be held NA 2002); Chamber of Deputies - last held 21 May 2000, with runoffs on 30 July boycotted by the opposition; one vacant seat rerun 26 November 2000 (next election NA 2004)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - FL 26, independent 1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - FL 73, OPL 1, other minor parties and independents 9
Holy See (Vatican City):unicameral Pontifical Commission
Honduras:unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128seats; members are elected proportionally to the number of votestheir party's presidential candidate receives to serve four-yearterms)
elections: last held on 30 November 1997 (next to be held 25November 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - PL 46%, PN 38%,PINU-SD 4%, PDC 2%, PUD 2%; seats by party - PL 67, PN 55, PINU-SD3, PDC 2, PUD 1
Hong Kong:unicameral Legislative Council or LEGCO (60 seats; 30indirectly elected by functional constituencies, 24 elected bypopular vote, and 6 elected by an 800-member election committee;members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 10 September 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Democratic Party 12, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong 10, Liberal Party 7, Frontier Party 5, Hong Kong Progressive Alliance 4, New Century Forum 2, Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 1, independents 19
Hungary:unicameral National Assembly or Orszaggyules (386 seats;members are elected by popular vote under a system of proportionaland direct representation to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 10 and 24 May 1998 (next to be heldMay/June 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party (5% or more of the vote required for parliamentary representation in the first round) - MSZP 32.0%, FIDESZ 28.2%, FKGP 13.8%, SZDSZ 7.9%, MIEP 5.5%, MMP 4.1%, MDF 2.8%, KDNP 2.3%, MDNP 1.5%; seats by party - MSZP 134, FIDESZ 148, FKGP 48, SZDSZ 24, MDF 17, MIEP 14, independent 1; note - seating as of 2000 by party - MSZP 136, FIDESZ 141, FKGP 48, SZDSZ 24, MDF 16, MIEP 12, independents 9
Iceland:unicameral Parliament or Althing (63 seats; members areelected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 8 May 1999 (next to be held by April 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - Independence Party 40.7%, The Alliance (PA, People's Party, Women's List) 26.8%, Progressive Party 18.4%, Left-Green Alliance 9.1%, Liberal Party 4.2%; seats by party - Independence Party 26, The Alliance 17, Progressive Party 12, Left-Green Alliance 6, Liberal Party 2
India:bicameral Parliament or Sansad consists of the Council ofStates or Rajya Sabha (a body consisting of not more than 250members, up to 12 of which are appointed by the president, theremainder are chosen by the elected members of the state andterritorial assemblies; members serve six-year terms) and thePeople's Assembly or Lok Sabha (545 seats; 543 elected by popularvote, 2 appointed by the president; members serve five-year terms)
elections: People's Assembly - last held 5 September through 3October 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: People's Assembly - percent of vote by party -BJP alliance 40.8%, Congress alliance 33.8%, other 25.4%; seats byparty - BJP alliance 304, Congress alliance 134, other 107
Indonesia:unicameral House of Representatives or Dewan PerwakilanRakyat (DPR) (500 seats; 462 elected by popular vote, 38 areappointed military representatives; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 7 June 1999 (next to be held NA June 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - PDI-P 37.4%, Golkar 20.9%, PKB 17.4%, PPP 10.7%, PAN 7.3%, PBB 1.8%, other 4.5%; seats by party - PDI-P 154, Golkar 120, PPP 58, PKB 51, PAN 35, PBB 14, other 30
Iran:unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly orMajles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami (290 seats, note - changed from 270 seatswith the 18 February 2000 election; members elected by popular voteto serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 18 February-NA April 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats by party - reformers 170, conservatives 45, and independents 10; 65 seats were up for runoff election on 5 May 2000 (reformers 52, conservatives 10, independents 3)
Iraq:unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Watani (250 seats;30 appointed by the president to represent the three northernprovinces of Dahuk, Arbil, and As Sulaymaniyah; 220 elected bypopular vote; members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 27 March 2000 (next to be held NA March 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -NA
Ireland:bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of the Senateor Seanad Eireann (60 seats - 49 elected by the universities andfrom candidates put forward by five vocational panels, 11 arenominated by the prime minister; members serve five-year terms) andthe House of Representatives or Dail Eireann (166 seats; members areelected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representationto serve five-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held NA August 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); House of Representatives - last held 6 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Fianna Fail 29, Fine Gael 16, Labor Party 4, Progressive Democrats 4, others 7; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Fianna Fail 76, Fine Gael 53, Labor Party 19, Progressive Democrats 4, Democratic Left 4, Green Alliance 2, Sinn Fein 1, independents 7; note - seats by party in the House of Representatives as of 1 January 2001 were as follows: Fianna Fail 76, Fine Gael 54, Labor Party 21, Progressive Democrats 4, Green Alliance 2, Socialist Party 1, Sinn Fein 1, independents 7
Israel:unicameral Knesset or parliament (120 seats; members electedby popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 17 May 1999 (next to be held NA November 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - One Israel 20.2%, Likud Party 14.1%, Shas 13%, MERETZ 7.6%, Yisra'el Ba'Aliya 5.1%, Shinui 5%, Center Party 5%, National Religious Party 4.2%, United Torah Judaism 3.7%, United Arab List 3.4%, National Union 3%, Hadash 2.6%, Yisra'el Beiteinu 2.6%, Balad 1.9%, One Nation 1.9%, Democratic Movement NA (party formed after election, members elected under Yisra'el Ba'Aliya list); seats by party - One Israel 26, Likud Party 19, Shas 17, MERETZ 10, Yisra'el Ba'Aliya 4, Shinui 6, Center Party 6, National Religious Party 5, United Torah Judaism 5, United Arab List 5, National Union 4, Hadash 3, Yisra'el Beiteinu 4, Democratic Movement 2 (party formed after election, members elected under Yisra'el Ba'Aliya list), Balad 2, One Nation 2
Italy:bicameral Parliament or Parlamento consists of the Senate orSenato della Repubblica (315 seats elected by popular vote of which232 are directly elected and 83 are elected by regional proportionalrepresentation plus, in addition, there are a small number ofsenators-for-life including former presidents of the republic;members serve five-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or Cameradei Deputati (630 seats; 475 are directly elected, 155 by regionalproportional representation; members serve five-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 13 May 2001 (next to be held NA 2006); Chamber of Deputies - last held 13 May 2001 (next to be held NA 2006)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - House of Liberties 177 (Forza Italia 82, National Alliance 46, CCD-CDU 29, Northern League 17, others 3), Olive Tree 128 (Democrats of the Left 62, Daisy Alliance 42, Sunflower Alliance 16, Italian Communist Party 3, independents 5), non-affiliated with either coalition 10, senators for life 9; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - House of Liberties 367 (Forza Italia 189, National Alliance 96, CCD-CDU 40, Northern League 30, others 12), Olive Tree 248 (Democrats of the Left 138, Daisy Alliance 76, Sunflower Alliance 18, Italian Communist Party 9, independents 7), non-affiliated with either coalition 15
Jamaica:bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 21-memberbody appointed by the governor general on the recommendations of theprime minister and the leader of the opposition; ruling party isallocated 13 seats, and the opposition is allocated eight seats) andthe House of Representatives (60 seats; members are elected bypopular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 18 December 1997 (next to be held by March2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -PNP 50, JLP 10
Japan:bicameral Diet or Kokkai consists of the House of Councillorsor Sangi-in (252 seats; one-half of the members elected every threeyears - 76 seats of which are elected from the 47 multi-seatprefectural districts and 50 of which are elected from a singlenationwide list; members elected by popular vote to serve six-yearterms) and the House of Representatives or Shugi-in (480 seats - 180of which are elected from 11 regional blocks on a proportionalrepresentation basis and 300 of which are elected from 300single-seat districts; members elected by popular vote to servefour-year terms)
elections: House of Councillors - last held 12 July 1998 (next to be held NA July 2001); House of Representatives - last held 25 June 2000 (next to be held by June 2004)
election results: House of Councillors - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - LDP 102, DPJ 47, JCP 23, Komeito 22, SDP 13, Liberal Party 12, independents 26, others 7; note - the distribution of seats as of February 2001 is as follows - LDP 112, DPJ 58, Komeito 24, JCP 23, SDP 13, Liberal Party 5, independents 7, others 10; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - LDP 233, DPJ 127, Komeito 31, Liberal Party 22, JCP 20, SDP 19, other 28; note - the distribution of seats as of February 2001 is as follows - LDP 239, DPJ 129, Komeito 31, Liberal Party 22, JCP 20, SDP 19, other 20
Jersey:unicameral Assembly of the States (55 voting members - 12senators, 12 constables or heads of parishes, 29 deputies; allelected for six-year terms, half elected every third year; thebailiff and the deputy bailiff; and 3 non-voting members - the Deanof Jersey, the Attorney General and the Solicitor General allappointed by the monarch
elections: last held NA (next to be held NA)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 52
Jordan:bicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-'Umma consists ofthe Senate (a 40-member body appointed by the monarch fromdesignated categories of public figures; members serve four-yearterms) and the House of Representatives (80 seats; members electedby popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to servefour-year terms)
elections: House of Representatives - last held 4 November 1997 (next to be held NA November 2001)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - National Constitutional Party 2, Arab Land Party 1, independents 75, other 2
note: the House of Representatives has been convened and dissolvedby the monarch several times since 1974; in November 1989 the firstparliamentary elections in 22 years were held
Kazakhstan:bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (47 seats; 7senators are appointed by the president; other members are popularlyelected, two from each of the former oblasts and the former capitalof Almaty, to serve six-year terms) and the Majilis (67 seats; theaddition of 10 "Party List" seats brings the total to 77; membersare popularly elected to serve five-year terms); note - with theoblasts being reduced to 14, the Senate will eventually be reducedto 37; a number of Senate seats come up for reelection every twoyears
elections: Senate - (indirect) last held 17 September 1999 (next to be held NA 2001); Majilis - last held 10 and 24 October and 26 December 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; 16 seats up for election in 1999, candidates nominated by local councils; Majilis - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Otan 23, Civic Party 13, Communist Party 3, Agrarian Party 3, People's Cooperative Party 1, independents 34; note - most independent candidates are affiliated with parastatal enterprises and other pro-government institutions
Kenya:unicameral National Assembly or Bunge (222 seats; 210 memberselected by popular vote to serve five-year terms, 12 so-called"nominated" members who are appointed by the president, but selectedby the parties in proportion to their parliamentary vote totals)
elections: last held 29 December 1997 (next to be held by early 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -KANU 107, FORD-A 1, FORD-K 17, FORD-People 3, DP 39, NDP 21, SDP 15,SAFINA 5, smaller parties 2; seats appointed by the president - KANU6, FORD-K 1, DP 2, SDP 1, NDP 1, SAFINA 1
Kiribati:unicameral House of Assembly or Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (41seats; 39 elected by popular vote, one ex officio member, and onenominated to represent Banaba; members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 23 September 1998 (next to be held by NASeptember 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -Maneaban Te Mauri Party 14, National Progressive Party 11,independents 14
Korea, North:unicameral Supreme People's Assembly or Ch'oego InminHoeui (687 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-yearterms)
elections: last held 26 July 1998 (next to be held NA 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - the KWP approves a single list of candidates who are elected without opposition; minor parties hold a few seats
Korea, South:unicameral National Assembly or Kukhoe (273 seatstotal - 227 elected by direct, popular vote; members serve four-yearterms)
elections: last held 13 April 2000 (next to be held NA April 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -GNP 133, MDP 115, ULD 17, other 8
Kuwait:unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Umma (50 seats;members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 3 July 1999 (next to be held NA 2003)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 50; note - all cabinet ministers are also ex officio members of the National Assembly
Kyrgyzstan:bicameral Supreme Council or Zhogorku Kenesh consists ofthe Assembly of People's Representatives (70 seats; members areelected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and theLegislative Assembly (35 seats; members are elected by popular voteto serve five-year terms)
elections: Assembly of People's Representatives - last held 20 February and 12 March 2000 (next to be held NA February 2005); Legislative Assembly - last held 20 February and 12 March 2000 (next to be held NA February 2005)
election results: Assembly of People's Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; percent of vote by party - NA; and Legislative Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; note - total seats by party in the Supreme Council were as follows: Union of Democratic Forces 12, Communists 6, My Country Party of Action 4, independents 73, other 10
note: the legislature became bicameral for the 5 February 1995 elections; the 2000 election results include both the Assembly of People's Representatives and the Legislative Assembly
Laos:unicameral National Assembly (99 seats; members elected bypopular vote to serve five-year terms; note - by presidentialdecree, on 27 October 1997, the number of seats increased from 85 to99)
elections: last held 21 December 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -LPRP or LPRP-approved (independent, non-party members) 99
Latvia:unicameral Parliament or Saeima (100 seats; members areelected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 3 October 1998 (next to be held NA October 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - People's Party 21%, LC 18%, TSP 14%, TB/LNNK 14%, Social Democrats 13%, New Party 7%; seats by party - People's Party 24, LC 21, TB/LNNK 17, TSP 16, Social Democrats 14, New Party 8
Lebanon:unicameral National Assembly or Majlis Alnuwab (Arabic) orAssemblee Nationale (French) (128 seats; members elected by popularvote on the basis of sectarian proportional representation to servefour-year terms)
elections: last held 27 August and 3 September 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - Muslim 57% (of which Sunni 25%, Sh'ite 25%, Druze 6%, Alawite less than 1%), Christian 43% (of which Maronite 23%); seats by party - Muslim 64 (of which Sunni 27, Sh'ite 27, Druze 8, Alawite 2), Christian 64 (of which Maronite 34)
Lesotho:bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (33 members -22 principal chiefs and 11 other members appointed by the rulingparty) and the Assembly (80 seats; members elected by popular votefor five-year terms); note - number of seats in the Assembly rosefrom 65 to 80 in the May 1998 election; on 28 February 2001, theSenate approved expansion of the Assembly by a further 50 seats inthe next election, which may be held as early as January 2002
elections: last held 23 May 1998 (next to be held NA March 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - LCD 60.7%, BNP 24.5%, other 14.8%; seats by party - LCD 79, BNP 1
note: results contested; opposition parties claimed the election was fraudulent and staged a coup; Southern African Development Community (SADC) forces intervened in September 1998 and restored order; the Interim Political Authority (IPA) was set up in December 1998 to create a new electoral system and conduct new elections.
Liberia:bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (26seats; members elected by popular vote to serve nine-year terms) andthe House of Representatives (64 seats; members elected by popularvote to serve six-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 19 July 1997 (next to be held in NA 2006); House of Representatives - last held 19 July 1997 (next to be held in NA 2003)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NPP 21, UP 3, ALCOP 2; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NPP 49, UP 7, ALCOP 3, Alliance of Political Parties 2, UPP 2, LPP 1; note - the Alliance of Political Parties was a coalition of the LAP and the Liberia Unification Party or LUP
Libya:unicameral General People's Congress (NA seats; memberselected indirectly through a hierarchy of people's committees)
Liechtenstein:unicameral Diet or Landtag (25 seats; members areelected by direct popular vote under proportional representation toserve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 9-11 February 2001 (next to be held by NA2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - FBP 49.90%, VU 41.35%,FL 8.71%; seats by party - FBP 13, VU 11, FL 1
Lithuania:unicameral Parliament or Seimas (141 seats, 71 membersare directly elected by popular vote, 70 are elected by proportionalrepresentation; members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 8 October 2000 (next to be held NA October 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - Social Democratic Coalition 31.1%, New Union/Social Liberals 19.6%, Liberal Union 17.2%, TS 8.6%, remaining parties all less than 5%; seats by party - Social Democratic Coalition 52, Liberal Union 34, New Union/Social Liberals 29, TS 9, Farmer's Party 4, Center Union 2, Poles' Electoral Action 2, Modern Christian Democratic Union 1, independents 3, others 5
Luxembourg:unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes(60 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to servefive-year terms)
elections: last held 13 June 1999 (next to be held by NA June 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - CSV 29.79%, DP 21.58%, LSAP 23.75%, ADR 10.36%, Green Party 9.09%, the Left 3.77%; seats by party - CSV 19, DP 15, LSAP 13, ADR 6, Green Party 5, the Left 2
note: the Council of State or Conseil d'Etat, which has 21 members who are appointed and dismissed by the Grand Duke based on proposals from the government, the Chamber of Deputies, or the Council of State, is an advisory body whose views are considered by the Chamber of Deputies
Macau:unicameral Legislative Council or LEGCO (23 seats; 8 electedby popular vote, 8 by indirect vote, and 7 appointed by the chiefexecutive; members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 22 September 1996 (next to be held by 15October 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -APPEM 2, UNIPRO 2, CODEM 1, UDM 1, UPD 1, ANMD 1
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:unicameral Assembly orSobranje (120 seats - 85 members are elected by popular vote, 35members come from lists of candidates submitted by parties based onthe percentage that parties gain from the overall vote; all servefour-year terms)
elections: last held 18 October and 1 November 1998 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -VMRO-DPMNE 43, SDSM 27, PDP 14, DA 13, DPA 11, VMRO-VMRO 6, LDP 4,SP 1, Roma Party 1
Madagascar:unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (150seats; members are directly elected by popular vote to servefour-year terms); note - the legislature is scheduled to become abicameral Parliament with the establishment of a Senate; two-thirdsof the seats of this Senate will be filled by regional assemblieswhose members will be elected by popular vote; the remainingone-third of the seats will be appointed by the president; the totalnumber of seats will be determined by the National Assembly; allmembers will serve four-year terms
elections: National Assembly - last held 17 May 1998 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - AREMA 63, LEADER/Fanilo 16, AVI 14, RPSD 11, AFFA 6, MFM 3, AKFM/Fanavaozana 3, GRAD/Iloafo 1, Fihaonana 1, independents 32
Malawi:unicameral National Assembly (193 seats; members elected bypopular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 15 June 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - UDF 48%, MCP 34%, AFORD 15%, others 3%; seats by party - UDF 94, MCP 66, AFORD 29, others 4
Malaysia:bicameral Parliament or Parlimen consists of nonelectedSenate or Dewan Negara (69 seats; 43 appointed by the paramountruler, 26 appointed by the state legislatures) and the House ofRepresentatives or Dewan Rakyat (193 seats; members elected bypopular vote weighted toward the rural Malay population to servefive-year terms)
elections: House of Representatives - last held 29 November 1999 (next must be held by 20 December 2004)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NF 56%, other 44%; seats by party - NF 148, PAS 27, DAP 10, NJP 5, PBS 3
Maldives:unicameral People's Council or Majlis (50 seats; 42elected by popular vote, 8 appointed by the president; members servefive-year terms)
elections: last held 20 November 1999 (next to be held NA November 2004)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 42
Mali:unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (147seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 20 July and 3 August 1997 (next to be held intwo rounds in 2002); note - much of the opposition boycotted theelection
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -ADEMA 130, PARENA 8, CDS 4, UDD 3, PDP 2
Malta:unicameral House of Representatives (usually 65 seats; note -additional seats are given to the party with the largest popularvote to ensure a legislative majority; members are elected bypopular vote on the basis of proportional representation to servefive-year terms)
elections: last held 5 September 1998 (next to be held by September2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - PN 51.8%, MLP 46.9%,AD 1.2%; seats by party - PN 35, MLP 30
Man, Isle of:bicameral Tynwald consists of the Legislative Council(a 11-member body composed of the President of Tynwald, the LordBishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and 8 othersnamed by the House of Keys) and the House of Keys (24 seats; membersare elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: House of Keys - last held 21 November 1996 (next to beheld NA November 2001)
election results: House of Keys - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - independents 24
Marshall Islands: unicameral Parliament or Nitijela (33 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 15 November 1999 (next to be held NA November 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -NA
note: the Council of Chiefs is a 12-member body that advises onmatters affecting customary law and practice
Martinique:unicameral General Council or Conseil General (45 seats;members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and aunicameral Regional Assembly or Conseil Regional (41 seats; membersare elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)
elections: General Council - last held NA March 2000 (next to be held NA 2006); Regional Assembly - last held on 15 March 1998 (next to be held by March 2004)
election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; note - the PPM won a plurality; Regional Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR-UDF 14, MIM 13, PPM 7, left parties 4, PMS 3
note: Martinique elects 2 seats to the French Senate; elections last held NA September 1998 (next to be held September 2001); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PPM 2; Martinique also elects 4 seats to the French National Assembly; elections last held 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR 2, PS 1, independent 1
Mauritania:bicameral legislature consists of the Senate or Majlisal-Shuyukh (56 seats; 17 up for election every two years; memberselected by municipal leaders to serve six-year terms) and theNational Assembly or Majlis al-Watani (79 seats; members elected bypopular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 17 April 1998 (next to be held NA2001); National Assembly - last held 11 and 18 October 1996 (next tobe held NA 2001)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats byparty - NA; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%;seats by party - PRDS 71, AC 1, independents and other 7
Mauritius:unicameral National Assembly (66 seats - 62 elected bypopular vote, 4 appointed by the election commission from the losingpolitical parties to give representation to various ethnicminorities; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 11 September 2000 (next to be held bySeptember 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - MSM/MMM 52.3%,MLP/PMSD 36.9%, OPR 10.8%; seats by party - MSM/MMM 54, MLP/PMSD 6,OPR 2
Mayotte:unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats;members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms)
elections: last held 7 October 2000 (next to be held NA 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA
note: Mayotte elects one member of the French Senate; elections last held 24 September 1995 (next to be held 24 September 2001); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - MPM 1; Mayotte also elects one member to the French National Assembly; elections last held 25 May and 1 June 1997 (next to be held as a special election on NA May 2002); results - percent of vote by party - UDF/FD 51.7%, RPR 48.3%; seats by party - UDF/FD 1
Mexico:bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Union consistsof the Senate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats; 96 are elected bypopular vote to serve six-year terms, and 32 are allocated on thebasis of each party's popular vote) and the Federal Chamber ofDeputies or Camara Federal de Diputados (500 seats; 300 members aredirectly elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms;remaining 200 members are allocated on the basis of each party'spopular vote, also for three-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 2 July 2000 for all of the seats (next to be held NA 2006); Chamber of Deputies - last held 2 July 2000 (next to be held NA 2003)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PRI 59, PAN 45, PRD 17, PVEM 5, PT 1, PCD 1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PRI 211, PAN 208, PRD 50, PVEM 16, PT 7, PCD 3, PSN 3, PAS 2
Micronesia, Federated States of: unicameral Congress (14 seats; members elected by popular vote; four - one elected from each of state - to serve four-year terms and 10 - elected from single-member districts delineated by population - to serve two-year terms)
elections: elections for four-year term seats last held 2 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2003); elections for two-year term seats last held 6 March 2001 (next to be held NA March 2003)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 14
Moldova:unicameral Parliament or Parlamentul (101 seats; partiesand electoral blocs, as well as independent candidates, elected bypopular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 25 February 2001 (next to be held NA 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - PCM 50.1%, BraghisAlliance 13.4%, PPCD 8.2%, other parties 28.3%; seats by party - PCM71, Braghis Alliance 19, PPCD 11
Monaco:unicameral National Council or Conseil National (18 seats;members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 1 and 8 February 1998 (next to be held NAJanuary 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -UND 18
Mongolia:unicameral State Great Hural (76 seats; members elected bypopular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 2 July 2000 (next to be held NA July 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -MPRP 72, other 4
Montserrat:unicameral Legislative Council (11 seats, 7 popularlyelected; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 11 November 1996 (next to be held by NANovember 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -PPA 2, MNR 2, NPP 1, independent 2
Morocco:bicameral Parliament consists of an upper house or Chamberof Counselors (270 seats; members elected indirectly by localcouncils, professional organizations, and labor syndicates fornine-year terms; one-third of the members are renewed every threeyears) and a lower house or Chamber of Representatives (325 seats;members elected by popular vote for five-year terms)
elections: Chamber of Counselors - last held 15 September 2000 (next to be held NA 2002); Chamber of Representatives - last held 14 November 1997 (next to be held NA November 2002)
election results: Chamber of Counselors - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - USFP 57, UC 50, RNI 46, MP 40, MDS 32, IP 32, MNP 19, PND 10, MPCD 9, PPS 9, FFD 9, PSD 5, OADP 4, PA 2, PDI 1
note: CDT, UTM, UGTM, UNMT are all labor unions listed under Political pressure groups and leaders; see explanation in the description of Parliament
Mozambique:unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia daRepublica (250 seats; members are directly elected by popular voteon a secret ballot to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 3-5 December 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - Frelimo 48.54%, Renamo-UE 38.81%; seats by party - Frelimo 133, Renamo-UE 117
note: Renamo-UE ran as a multiparty coalition; none of the other opposition parties received the 5% required to win parliamentary seats
Namibia:bicameral legislature consists of the National Council (26seats; two members are chosen from each regional council to servesix-year terms) and the National Assembly (72 seats; members areelected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: National Council - elections for regional councils, to determine members of the National Council, held 30 November-1 December 1998 (next to be held by December 2004); National Assembly - last held 30 November-1 December 1999 (next to be held by December 2004)
election results: National Council - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - SWAPO 21, DTA 4, UDF 1; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - SWAPO 76%, COD 10%, DTA 9%, UDF 3%, MAG 1%, other 1%; seats by party - SWAPO 55, COD 7, DTA 7, UDF 2, MAG 1,
note: the National Council is primarily an advisory body
Nauru:unicameral Parliament (18 seats; members elected by popularvote to serve three-year terms)
elections: last held 9 April 2000 (next to be held NA April 2003)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 18
Nepal:bicameral Parliament consists of the National Council (60seats; 35 appointed by the House of Representatives, 10 by the king,and 15 elected by an electoral college; one-third of the memberselected every two years to serve six-year terms) and the House ofRepresentatives (205 seats; members elected by popular vote to servefive-year terms)
elections: House of Representatives - last held 3 and 17 May 1999 (next to be held NA May 2004)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NC 37.3%, CPN/UML 31.6%, NDP 10.4%, NSP 3.2%, Rastriya Jana Morcha 1.4%, Samyukta Janmorcha Nepal 0.8%, NWPP 0.5%, others 14.8%; seats by party - NC 113, CPN/UML 69, NDP 11, NSP 5, Rastriya Jana Morcha 5, Samyukta Janmorcha Nepal 1, NWPP 1
Netherlands:bicameral States General or Staten Generaal consists ofthe First Chamber or Eerste Kamer (75 seats; members indirectlyelected by the country's 12 provincial councils for four-year terms)and the Second Chamber or Tweede Kamer (150 seats; members directlyelected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: First Chamber - last held 25 May 1999 (next to be heldNA May 2003); Second Chamber - last held 6 May 1998 (next to be heldMay 2002)
election results: First Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - CDA 20, VVD 19, PvdA 15, D'66 4, other 17; Second Chamber - percent of vote by party - PvdA 30.0%, VVD 25.3%, CDA 19.3%, D'66 9.3%, other 16.1%; seats by party - PvdA 45, VVD 38, CDA 29, D'66 14, other 24
Netherlands Antilles: unicameral States or Staten (22 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 30 January 1998 (next to be held by NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -PAR 4, PNP 3, SPA 1, PDB 2, UPB 1, MAN 2, PLKP 3, WIPM 1, SEA 1,DP-St. M 2, FOL 2; no party won enough seats to form a government
note: the government of Prime Minister Miguel POURIER is acoalition of several parties; current seats by party - PAR 4, PNP 3,FOL 2, MAN 2, UPB 2, DP-St. M 2, PDB 1, SEA 1, WIPM 1, other 4
New Caledonia:unicameral Territorial Congress or CongresTerritorial (54 seats; members are members of the three ProvincialAssemblies or Assemblees Provinciales elected by popular vote toserve five-year terms)
elections: last held 9 May 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPCR 24, FLNKS 12, UNI 6, FCCI 4, FN 4, Alliance pour la Caledonie 3, LKS 1
note: New Caledonia elects 1 seat to the French Senate; elections last held 27 September 1992 (next to be held NA September 2001); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 1; New Caledonia also elects 2 seats to the French National Assembly; elections last held 25 May-1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 2
New Zealand:unicameral House of Representatives - commonly calledParliament (120 seats; members elected by popular vote insingle-member constituencies to serve three-year terms)
elections: last held 27 November 1999 (next must be called byNovember 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NZLP 49, NP 39, Alliance 10, ACT New Zealand 9, Green Party 7, NZFP 5, UNZ 1
note: NZLP and Alliance formed the government coalition; theNational Party became the opposition party
Nicaragua:unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (93seats; members are elected by proportional representation to servefive-year terms)
elections: last held 20 October 1996 (next to be held 4 November 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - Liberal Alliance (ruling party - includes PLC, PALI, PLIUN, and PUCA) 46.03%, FSLN 36.55%, PCCN 3.73%, PCN 2.12%, MRS 1.33%; seats by party - Liberal Alliance 42, FSLN 36, PCCN 4, PCN 3, PRONAL 2, MRS 1, PRN 1, PC 1, PLI 1, AU 1, UNO-96 Alliance 1
Niger:unicameral National Assembly (83 seats, members elected bypopular vote for five-year terms)
elections: last held 24 November 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -MNSD-Nassara 38, CDS-Rahama 17, PNDS-Tarayya 16, RDP-Jama'a 8,ANDPS-Zaman Lahiya 4
Nigeria:bicameral National Assembly consists of Senate (109 seats,three from each state and one from the Federal Capital Territory;members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and Houseof Representatives (360 seats, members elected by popular vote toserve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 20-24 February 1999 (next to be held NA 2003); House of Representatives - last held 20-24 February 1999 (next to be held NA 2003)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - PDP 58%, APP23%, AD 19%; seats by party - PDP 67, APP 23, AD 19; House ofRepresentatives - percent of vote by party - PDP 58%, APP 30%, AD12%; seats by party - PDP 221, APP 70, AD 69
Niue:unicameral Legislative Assembly (20 seats; members elected bypopular vote to serve three-year terms; six elected from a commonroll and 14 are village representatives)
elections: last held 19 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -NPP 9, independents 11
Norfolk Island:unicameral Legislative Assembly (9 seats; memberselected by electors who have nine equal votes each but only fourvotes can be given to any one candidate; members serve three-yearterms)
elections: last held 23 February 2000 (next to be held by March 2003)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9
Northern Mariana Islands: bicameral Legislature consists of the Senate (9 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year staggered terms) and the House of Representatives (18 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 9 November 1999 (next to be held NA November 2001); House of Representatives - last held 9 November 1999 (next to be held NA November 2001)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Republican Party 6, Democratic Party 2, Reform Party 1; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Republican Party 10, Democratic Party 8