note: the Commonwealth does not have a nonvoting delegate in the USCongress; instead, it has an elected official or "residentrepresentative" located in Washington, DC; seats by party -Republican Party 1 (Juan N. BABAUTA)
Norway:modified unicameral Parliament or Storting which, forcertain purposes, divides itself into two chambers (165 seats;members are elected by popular vote by proportional representationto serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 15 September 1997 (next to be held 10September 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - Labor Party 35%, Center Party 7.9%, Conservative Party 14.3%, Christian People's Party 13.7%, Socialist Left Party 6%, Progress Party 15.3%, Liberal Party 4.4%, other parties 1.6%; seats by party - Labor Party 65, Center Party 11, Conservative Party 23, Christian People's Party 25, Socialist Left Party 9, Progress Party 25, Liberal Party 6, other parties 1
note: for certain purposes, the Parliament divides itself into two chambers and elects one-fourth of its membership to an upper house or Lagting
Oman:bicameral Majlis Oman consists of an upper chamber or Majlisal-Dawla (48 seats; members appointed by the monarch; has advisorypowers only) and a lower chamber or Majlis al-Shura (83 seats;members elected by limited suffrage, however, the monarch makesfinal selections and can negate election results; body has somelimited power to propose legislation, but otherwise has onlyadvisory powers)
elections: last held NA September 2000 (next to be held NASeptember 2003)
election results: NA; note - two women were elected for the firsttime to Majlis al-Shura, about 100,000 people voted
Pakistan:note - Gen. Pervez MUSHARRAF dissolved Parliamentfollowing the military takeover of 12 October 1999; bicameralParliament or Majlis-e-Shoora consists of the Senate (87 seats;members indirectly elected by provincial assemblies to servesix-year terms; one-third of the members up for election every twoyears) and the National Assembly (217 seats - 10 representnon-Muslims; members elected by popular vote to serve five-yearterms)
elections: Senate - last held 12 March 1997 (next to be held NA); National Assembly - last held 3 February 1997 (next to be held NA); note - no timetable has yet been given for elections following the military takeover
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PML/N 30, PPP 17, ANP 7, MQM/A 6, JWP 5, BNP 4, JUI/F 2, PML/J 2, BNM/M 1, PKMAP 1, TJP 1, independents 6, vacant 5; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PML/N 137, PPP 18, MQM/A 12, ANP 10, BNP 3, JWP 2, JUI/F 2, PPP/SB 1, NPP 1, independents 21, minorities 10; note - Gen. Pervez MUSHARRAF dismissed Parliament 15 October 1999
Palau:bicameral Parliament or Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK) consists ofthe Senate (16 seats; members elected by popular vote on apopulation basis to serve four-year terms) and the House ofDelegates (16 seats; members elected by popular vote to servefour-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NANovember 2004); House of Delegates - last held 7 November 2000 (nextto be held NA November 2004)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats byparty - NA; House of Delegates - percent of vote by party - NA%;seats by party - NA
Panama:unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (71seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 2 May 1999 (next to be held NA May 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PRD 34, PA 18, PDC 5, PS 4, MOLIRENA 3, PLN 3, Democratic Change 2, PRC 1, MORENA 1
note: legislators from outlying rural districts are chosen on a plurality basis while districts located in more populous towns and cities elect multiple legislators by means of a proportion-based formula
Papua New Guinea:unicameral National Parliament - sometimesreferred to as the House of Assembly (109 seats, 89 elected fromopen electorates and 20 from provincial electorates; members electedby popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 14-28 June 1997 (next to be held NA June 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - PPP 15%, Pangu Pati 14%, NA 14%, PDM 8%, PNC 6%, PAP 5%, UP 3%, NP 1%, PUP 1%, independents 33%; seats by party - PPP 16, Pangu Pati 15, NA 15, PDM 9, PNC 7, PAP 5, UP 3, NP 1, PUP 1, independents 37; note - association with political parties is very fluid
Paraguay:bicameral Congress or Congreso consists of the Chamber ofSenators or Camara de Senadores (45 seats; members are elected bypopular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputiesor Camara de Diputados (80 seats; members are elected by popularvote to serve five-year terms)
elections: Chamber of Senators - last held 10 May 1998 (next to beheld NA May 2003); Chamber of Deputies - last held 10 May 1998 (nextto be held NA May 2003)
election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party -NA%; seats by party - Colorado Party 25, PLRA 13, PEN 7; Chamber ofDeputies - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - ColoradoParty 45, PLRA 26, PEN 9
Peru:unicameral Democratic Constituent Congress or CongressoConstituyente Democratico (120 seats; members are elected by popularvote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 9 April 2000 (next to be held 8 April 2001)
note: many congressmen defected to and then from former President FUJIMORI's coalition in 2000
election results: percent of vote by party - Peru 2000 42.16%, Peru Possible 23.34%, FIM 7.56%, Somos Peru 7.2%, APRA 5.5%, others 14.24%; seats by party - Peru 2000 52, Peru Possible 29, FIM 9, others 30
Philippines:bicameral Congress or Kongreso consists of the Senateor Senado (24 seats - one-half elected every three years; memberselected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the House ofRepresentatives or Kapulungan Ng Mga Kinatawan (204 seats; memberselected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; note - additionalmembers may be appointed by the president but the Constitutionprohibits the House of Representatives from having more than 250members)
elections: Senate - last held 11 May 1998 (next to be held 14 May 2001); House of Representatives - elections last held 11 May 1998 (next to be held 14 May 2001)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - LAMP 12, Lakas 5, PRP 2, LP 1, other 3; note - the Senate now has only 22 members with one seat vacated when Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO became vice president and another seat vacated upon a senator's death; the two seats can only be filled by election and will remain open until the next regular election in May 2001; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - LAMP 135, Lakas 37, LP 13, Aksyon Demokratiko 1, other 35
Pitcairn Islands:unicameral Island Council (10 seats - 6 elected bypopular vote, 1 appointed by the 6 elected members, 2 appointed bythe governor, and 1 seat for the Island Secretary; members serveone-year terms)
elections: take place each December; last held NA December 2000 (next to be held NA December 2001)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents
Poland:bicameral National Assembly or Zgromadzenie Narodoweconsists of the Sejm (460 seats; members are elected under a complexsystem of proportional representation to serve four-year terms) andthe Senate or Senat (100 seats; members are elected by a majorityvote on a provincial basis to serve four-year terms)
elections: Sejm elections last held 21 September 1997 (next to be held by NA September 2001); Senate - last held 21 September 1997 (next to be held by NA September 2001)
election results: Sejm - percent of vote by party - AWS 33.8%, SLD 27.1%, UW 13.4%, PSL 7.3%, ROP 5.6%, MNSO 0.4%, other 12.4%; seats by party - AWS 201, SLD 164, UW 60, PSL 27, ROP 6, MNSO 2; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - AWS 51, SLD 28, UW 8, ROP 5, PSL 3, independents 5; note - seats by party in the Sejm as of February 2001: AWS 175, SLD 161, UW 49, PSL 26, PP 6, KdP 7, ROP-PC 4, independents 31, one seat vacant
note: two seats are assigned to ethnic minority parties
Portugal:unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia daRepublica (230 seats; members are elected by popular vote to servefour-year terms)
elections: last held 10 October 1999 (next to be held by NA October2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -PS 115, PSD 81, PCP 15, PP 15, PEV 2, The Left Bloc 2
Puerto Rico:bicameral Legislative Assembly consists of the Senate(28 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote to servefour-year terms) and the House of Representatives (54 seats; membersare directly elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November 2004); House of Representatives - last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November 2004)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PNP 19, PPD 7, PIP 1, other 1; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PNP 30, PPD 20, PIP 1, other 3
note: Puerto Rico elects one nonvoting representative to the USHouse of Representatives; elections last held 7 November 2000 (nextto be held NA November 2004); results - percent of vote by party -NA; seats by party - PPD 1 (Anibal ACEVEDO-VILA)
Qatar:unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (35 seats;members appointed)
note: the constitution calls for elections for part of this consultative body, but no elections have been held since 1970, when there were partial elections to the body; Council members have their terms extended every four years since
Reunion:unicameral General Council (47 seats; members are electedby direct popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a unicameralRegional Council (45 seats; members are elected by direct popularvote to serve six-year terms)
elections: General Council - last held NA March 1994 (next to be held NA 2000); 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 - PCR 12, PS 12, UDF 11, RPR 5, others 7; Regional Council - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PCR 7, UDF 8, PS 6, RPR 4, various right-wing candidates 15, various left-wing candidates 5
note: Reunion elects three representatives to the French Senate; elections last held 14 April 1996 (next to be held NA 2001); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR 1, PCR 2; Reunion also elects five deputies to the French National Assembly; elections last held 25 May and 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PCR 3, PS 1, and RPR-UDF 1
Romania:bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate orSenat (140 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote on aproportional representation basis to serve four-year terms) and theChamber of Deputies or Adunarea Deputatilor (345 seats; members areelected by direct popular vote on a proportional representationbasis to serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 26 November 2000 (next to be held in the fall of 2004); Chamber of Deputies - last held 26 November 2000 (next to be held in the fall of 2004)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - PDSR 37.1%, PRM 21.0%, PD 7.6%, PNL 7.5%, UDMR 6.9%; seats by party - PDSR 65, PRM 37, PD 13, PNL 13, UDMR 12; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PDSR 36.6%, PRM 19.5%, PD 7.0%, PNL, 6.9%, UDMR 6.8%; seats by party - PDSR 155, PRM 84, PD 31, PNL 30, UDMR 27, ethnic minorities 18
Russia:bicameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoye Sobraniye consistsof the Federation Council or Sovet Federatsii (178 seats; as of July2000, members appointed by the top executive and legislativeofficials in each of the 89 federal administrative units - oblasts,krays, republics, autonomous okrugs and oblasts, and the federalcities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg; members serve four-yearterms) and the State Duma or Gosudarstvennaya Duma (450 seats; halfelected by proportional representation from party lists winning atleast 5% of the vote, and half from single-member constituencies;members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: State Duma - last held 19 December 1999 (next to be heldNA December 2003)
election results: State Duma - percent of vote received by parties clearing the 5% threshold entitling them to a proportional share of the 225 party list seats - KPRF 24.29%, Unity 23.32%, OVR 13.33%, Union of Right Forces 8.52%, LDPR 5.98%, Yabloko 5.93%; seats by party - KPRF 113, Unity 72, OVR 67, Union of Rightist Forces 29, LDPR 17, Yabloko 21, other 16, independents 106, repeat election required 8, vacant 1
Rwanda:unicameral Transitional National Assembly or AssembleeNationale de Transition (a power-sharing body with 70 seatsestablished on 12 December 1994 following a multiparty protocol ofunderstanding; members were named by their parties, number of seatsper party predetermined by the Arusha peace accord)
note: four additional seats, two for women and two for youth, added in 2001
elections: the last national legislative elections were held 16 December 1988 for the National Development Council (the legislature prior to the advent of the Transitional National Assembly); no elections have been held for the Transitional National Assembly as the distribution of seats was predetermined by the Arusha peace accord
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -FPR 13, MDR 13, PSD 13, PL 13, PDC 6, RPA 6, PSR 2, PDI 2, UDPR 2;note - the distribution of seats was predetermined, four additionalseats (two for women and two for youth) added in 2001
Saint Helena:unicameral Legislative Council (15 seats, includingthe speaker, 3 ex officio and 12 elected members; members areelected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 9 July 1997 (next to be held NA August 2001)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 15
Saint Kitts and Nevis: unicameral National Assembly (14 seats, 3 appointed and 11 popularly elected from single-member constituencies; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 6 March 2000 (next to be held by July 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -SKNLP 8, CCM 2, NRP 1
Saint Lucia:bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (11 seats;six members appointed on the advice of the prime minister, three onthe advice of the leader of the opposition, and two afterconsultation with religious, economic, and social groups) and theHouse of Assembly (17 seats; members are elected by popular votefrom single-member constituencies to serve five-year terms)
elections: House of Assembly - last held 23 May 1997 (next to beheld NA 2002)
election results: House of Assembly - percent of vote by party -NA%; seats by party - SLP 16, UWP 1
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats - 15 from Saint Pierre and 4 from Miquelon; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)
elections: elections last held NA April 2000 (next to be held NAApril 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -NA
note: Saint Pierre and Miquelon elect 1 seat to the French Senate; elections last held NA September 1995 (next to be held NA September 2004); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 1; Saint Pierre and Miquelon also elects 1 seat 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 - UDF 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: unicameral House of Assembly (21 seats, 15 elected representatives and 6 appointed senators; representatives are elected by popular vote from single-member constituencies to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 28 March 2001 (next to be held by NA March 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -ULP 12, NDP 3
Samoa:unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fono (49 seats - 47elected by Samoans, 2 elected by non-Samoans; only chiefs (matai)may stand for election to the Fono; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 4 March 2001 (next to be held by March 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -HRPP 23, SNDP 13, independents 13
San Marino:unicameral Grand and General Council or Consiglio Grandee Generale (60 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote toserve five-year terms)
elections: last held 31 May 1998 (next likely to be held by NA June 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - PDCS 40.8%, PSS 23.3%,PPDS 18.6%, APDS 9.8%, RC 3.3%, SR 4.2%; seats by party - PDCS 25,PSS 14, PPDS 11, APDS 6, RC 2, SR 2
Sao Tome and Principe:unicameral National Assembly or AssembleiaNacional (55 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote toserve five-year terms)
elections: last held 8 November 1998 (next to be held NA November2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - MLSTP-PSD 56%, PCD14.5%, ADI 29%; seats by party - MLSTP-PSD 31, ADI 16, PCD 8
Saudi Arabia:a consultative council (90 members and a chairmanappointed by the monarch for four-year terms)
Senegal:unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (120seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-yearterms)
note: the former National Assembly, dissolved in the spring of 2001, had 140 seats
elections: last held 29 April 2001 (next to be held NA 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -SOPI Coalition 89, AFP 11, PS 10, other 10
Seychelles:unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (34seats - 25 elected by popular vote, 9 allocated on a proportionalbasis to parties winning at least ten percent of the vote; membersserve five-year terms)
elections: last held 20-22 March 1998 (next to be held by NA 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - SPPF 61.7%, UO 26.1%,DP 12.1%; seats by party - SPPF 30, UO 3, DP 1
note: the 9 awarded seats are apportioned according to the share ofeach party in the total vote
Sierra Leone:unicameral House of Representatives (80 seats - 68elected by popular vote, 12 filled by paramount chiefs elected inseparate elections; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 26-27 February 1996 (next to be held NA 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - SLPP 36.1%, UNPP 21.6%, PDP 15.3%, APC 5.7%, NUP 5.3%, DCP 4.8%, other 11.2%; seats by party - SLPP 27, UNPP 17, PDP 12, APC 5, NUP 4, DCP 3; note - first elections since the former House of Representatives was shut down by the military coup of 29 April 1992
Singapore:unicameral Parliament (83 seats; members elected bypopular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 2 January 1997 (next to be held by 26 August 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - PAP 65% (in contested constituencies), other 35%; seats by party - PAP 81, WP 1, SPP 1; note - subsequent to the election, there was a change in the distribution of seats, the new distribution is as follows: PAP 80, WP 1, SPP 1, vacant 1
Slovakia:unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic orNarodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky (150 seats; members are elected onthe basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 25-26 September 1998 (next to be held NASeptember 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - HZDS 27%, SDK 26.3%,SDL 14.7%, SMK 9.1%, SNS 9.1%, SOP 8%; seats by party - governingcoalition 93 (SDK 42, SDL 23, SMK 15, SOP 13), opposition 57 (HZDS43, SNS 14)
Slovenia:unicameral National Assembly or Drzavni Zbor (90 seats, 40are directly elected and 50 are selected on a proportional basis;note - the numbers of directly elected and proportionally electedseats varies with each election; members are elected by popular voteto serve four-year terms)
elections: National Assembly - last held 15 October 2000 (next to be held NA October 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - LDS 36%, SDS 16%, ZLSD 12%, SLS/SKD 10%, NSI 9%, SMS 4%, SNS 4%, DeSUS 5%, other 4%; seats by party - LDS 34, SDS 14, ZLDS 11, SLS/SKD 9, NSI 8, SMS 4, SNS 4, DeSUS 4, other 2
note: the National Council or Drzavni Svet is an advisory body with limited legislative powers; it may propose laws and ask to review any National Assembly decisions; in the election of NA November 1997, 40 members were elected to represent local, professional, and socioeconomic interests (next election to be held in the fall of 2002)
Solomon Islands:unicameral National Parliament (50 seats; memberselected from single member constituencies by popular vote to servefour-year terms)
elections: last held 6 August 1997 (next to be held by August 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -GNUR 21, PAP 7, NAPSI 5, SILP 4, UP 4, independents 6, other 3
Somalia:unicameral People's Assembly or Golaha Shacbiga
note: fledgling parliament; a transitional 245-member NationalAssembly began to meet on 13 August 2000 in the town of Arta,Djibouti and is now based in Mogadishu
South Africa:bicameral parliament consisting of the NationalAssembly (400 seats; members are elected by popular vote under asystem of proportional representation to serve five-year terms) andthe National Council of Provinces (90 seats, 10 members elected byeach of the nine provincial legislatures for five-year terms; hasspecial powers to protect regional interests, including thesafeguarding of cultural and linguistic traditions among ethnicminorities); note - following the implementation of the newconstitution on 3 February 1997 the former Senate was disbanded andreplaced by the National Council of Provinces with essentially nochange in membership and party affiliations, although the newinstitution's responsibilities have been changed somewhat by the newconstitution
elections: National Assembly and National Council of Provinces - last held 2 June 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - ANC 66.4%, DP 9.6%, IFP 8.6%, NP 6.9%, UDM 3.4%, ACDP 1.4%, FF 0.8%, other 2.9%; seats by party - ANC 266, DP 38, IFP 34, NP 28, UDM 14, ACDP 6, FF 3, other 11; National Council of Provinces - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - ANC 61, NP 17, FF 4, IFP 5, DP 3
Spain:bicameral; General Courts or National Assembly or Las CortesGenerales consists of the Senate or Senado (259 seats - 208 membersdirectly elected by popular vote and the other 51 appointed by theregional legislatures to serve four-year terms) and the Congress ofDeputies or Congreso de los Diputados (350 seats; members areelected by popular vote on block lists by proportionalrepresentation to serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 12 March 2000 (next to be held NA March 2004); Congress of Deputies - last held 12 March 2000 (next to be held NA March 2004)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PP 127, PSOE 61, CiU 8, PNV 6, CC 5, PIL 1; Congress of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PP 44.5%, PSOE 34%, CiU 4.2%, IU 5.4%, PNV 1.5%, CC 1%, BNG 1.3%; seats by party - PP 183, PSOE 125, CiU 15, IU 8, PNV 7, CC 4, BNG 3, other 5
Sri Lanka:unicameral Parliament (225 seats; members elected bypopular vote on the basis of a modified proportional representationsystem by district to serve six-year terms)
elections: last held 10 October 2000 (next to be held NA October 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - PA 45.11%, UNP 40.22%,JVP 6%, NUA 2.29%, SU 1.48%, TULF 1.23%, other 3.67%; seats by party- PA 107, UNP 89, JVP 10, TULF 5, EPDP 4, NUA 4, TELO 3, ACTC 1, SU1, independent 1
Sudan:unicameral National Assembly (400 seats; 275 elected bypopular vote, 125 elected by a supra assembly of interest groupsknown as the National Congress)
elections: last held 13-23 December 2000 (next to be held NA)
election results: NA; few parties participated in the 2000 elections
note: on 12 December 1999, BASHIR dismissed the National Assemblyduring an internal power struggle between the president and speakerof the National Assembly Hasan al-TURABI
Suriname:unicameral National Assembly or Nationale Assemblee (51seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 5 May 2000 (next to be held NA May 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -NF 33, MC 10, DNP 2000 3, DA '91 2, PVF 2, PALU 1
note: widespread demonstrations during the summer of 1999 led tothe calling of elections a year early
Swaziland:bicameral Parliament or Libandla, an advisory body,consists of the Senate (30 seats - 10 appointed by the House ofAssembly and 20 appointed by the monarch; members serve five-yearterms) and the House of Assembly (65 seats - 10 appointed by themonarch and 55 elected by popular vote; members serve five-yearterms)
elections: House of Assembly - last held 16 and 24 October 1998 (next to be held NA 2003)
election results: House of Assembly - balloting is done on a nonparty basis; candidates for election are nominated by the local council of each constituency and for each constituency the three candidates with the most votes in the first round of voting are narrowed to a single winner by a second round
Sweden:unicameral Parliament or Riksdag (349 seats; members areelected by popular vote on a proportional representation basis toserve four-year terms)
elections: last held 20 September 1998 (next to be held NASeptember 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - Social Democrats36.5%, Moderates 22.7%, Left Party 12%, Christian Democrats 11.8%,Center Party 5.1%, Liberal Party 4.7%, Greens 4.5%; seats by party -Social Democrats 131, Moderates 82, Left Party 43, ChristianDemocrats 42, Center Party 18, Liberal Party 17, Greens 16
Switzerland:bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung (inGerman), Assemblee Federale (in French), Assemblea Federale (inItalian) consists of the Council of States or Standerat (in German),Conseil des Etats (in French), Consiglio degli Stati (in Italian)(46 seats - members serve four-year terms) and the National Councilor Nationalrat (in German), Conseil National (in French), ConsiglioNazionale (in Italian) (200 seats - members are elected by popularvote on a basis of proportional representation to serve four-yearterms)
elections: Council of States - last held in 1999 (each canton determines when the next election will be held); National Council - last held 24 October 1999 (next to be held NA October 2003)
election results: Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - FDP 18, CVP 15, SVP 7, SPS 6; National Council - percent of vote by party - SPS 22.5%, SVP 22.6%, FDP 19.9%, CVP 15.8%, other small parties all under 5%; seats by party - SPS 51, SVP 44, FDP 43, CVP 35, Greens 9, other small parties 18
Syria:unicameral People's Council or Majlis al-shaab (250 seats;members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 30 November-1 December 1998 (next to be heldNA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NPF 67%, non-NPF 33%; seats by party - NPF 167, independents 83; note - the constitution guarantees that the Ba'th Party (part of the NPF alliance) receive one-half of the seats
Tajikistan:bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli consists ofthe Assembly of Representatives (lower chamber) or MajlisiNamoyandagon (63 seats; members are elected by popular vote to servefive-year terms) and National Assembly (upper chamber) or MajlisiMilliy (33 seats; members are indirectly elected, 25 selected bylocal deputies, 8 appointed by the president; all to serve five-yearterms)
elections: last held 27 February and 12 March 2000 for the Assembly of Representatives (next to be held NA 2005) and 23 March 2000 for the National Assembly (next to be held NA 2005)
election results: Assembly of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDPT 65%, Communist Party 20%, Islamic Rebirth Party 7.5%, other 7.5%; seats by party - NA; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA
Tanzania:unicameral National Assembly or Bunge (274 seats - 232elected by popular vote, 37 allocated to women nominated by thepresident, five to members of the Zanzibar House of Representatives;members serve five-year terms); note - in addition to enacting lawsthat apply to the entire United Republic of Tanzania, the Assemblyenacts laws that apply only to the mainland; Zanzibar has its ownHouse of Representatives to make laws especially for Zanzibar (theZanzibar House of Representatives has 50 seats, directly elected byuniversal suffrage to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 29 October 2000 (next to be held NA October 2005)
election results: National Assembly: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - CCM 244, CUF 16, CHADEMA 4, TLP 3, UDP 2, Zanzibar representatives 5; Zanzibar House of Representatives: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - CCM 34, CUF 16
Thailand:bicameral National Assembly or Rathasapha consists of theSenate or Wuthisapha (200 seats; members elected by popular vote toserve four-year terms) and the House of Representatives or SaphaPhuthaen Ratsadon (500 seats; members elected by popular vote toserve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 4 March, 29 April, 4 June, 9 July,and 22 July 2000 (next to be held NA March 2004); House ofRepresentatives - last held 6 January 2001 (next to be held NAJanuary 2005)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats byparty - NA; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party -NA%; seats by party - TRT 248, DP 128, TNP 41, NAP 36, NDP 29, other18
Togo:unicameral National Assembly (81 seats; members are elected bypopular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 21 March 1999 (next due to be held NA October2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -RPT 79, independents 2
note: Togo's main opposition parties boycotted the election because of EYADEMA's alleged manipulation of 1998 presidential polling; in March of 1999, opposition parties entered into negotiations with the president over the establishment of an independent electoral commission and a new round of legislative elections, now scheduled for October 2001
Tokelau:unicameral General Fono (45 seats - 15 from each of thethree atolls; members chosen by each atoll's Council of Elders orTaupulega to serve three-year terms); note - the Tokelau AmendmentAct of 1996 confers legislative power on the General Fono
Tonga:unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fale Alea (30 seats - 12reserved for cabinet ministers sitting ex officio, nine for noblesselected by the country's 33 nobles, and nine elected by popularvote; members serve three-year terms)
elections: last held NA March 1999 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote - pro-democratic 40%; seats - pro-democratic 5, traditionalist 4
Trinidad and Tobago:bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (31seats; members appointed by the president for a maximum term of fiveyears) and the House of Representatives (36 seats; members areelected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: House of Representatives - last held 11 December 2000(next to be held by December 2005)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote - UNC58.1%, PNM 40.8%, NAR 1.1%; seats by party - UNC 19, PNM 16, NAR 1
note: Tobago has a unicameral House of Assembly, with 15 membersserving four-year terms
Tunisia:unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Majlis al-Nuwaab (182seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 24 October 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - RCD 92%; seats by party - RCD 148, MDS 13, UDU 7, PUP 7, Al-Tajdid 5, PSL 2; note - reforms enabled opposition parties to win up to 20% of seats; the opposition increased number of seats from 19 to 34
Turkey:unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey or TurkiyeBuyuk Millet Meclisi (550 seats; members are elected by popular voteto serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 18 April 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - DSP 136, MHP 130, FP 110, DYP 86, ANAP 88; note - as of 7 March 2000 seating was DSP 136, MHP 127, FP 103, DYP 85, ANAP 88 independents 6, vacancies 5
Turkmenistan:under the 1992 constitution, there are twoparliamentary bodies, a unicameral People's Council or HalkMaslahaty (more than 100 seats, some of which are elected by popularvote and some of which are appointed; meets infrequently) and aunicameral Assembly or Majlis (50 seats; members are elected bypopular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: People's Council - NA; Assembly - last held 12 December 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; note - all 50 elected officials preapproved by President NIYAZOV; most are from the DPT
Turks and Caicos Islands: unicameral Legislative Council (19 seats, of which 13 are popularly elected; members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 4 March 1999 (next to be held by NA 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - PDM 52.2%, PNP 40.9%, independent 6.9%; seats by party - PDM 9, PNP 4
Tuvalu:unicameral Parliament or Fale I Fono, also called House ofAssembly (12 seats; members elected by popular vote to servefour-year terms)
elections: last held 26-27 March 1998 (next to be held by NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 12
Uganda:unicameral National Assembly (276 members - 214 directlyelected by popular vote, 62 nominated by legally established specialinterest groups and approved by the president - women 39, army 10,disabled 5, youth 5, labor 3; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 27 June 1996 (next to be held May or June2001);
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -NA; note - election campaigning by party was not permitted
Ukraine:unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats;under Ukraine's new election law, half of the Supreme Council'sseats are allocated on a proportional basis to those parties thatgain 4% or more of the national electoral vote; the other 225members are elected by popular vote in single-mandateconstituencies; all serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 29 March 1998 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party (for parties clearing 4% hurdle on 29 March 1998) - Communist Party 24.7%, Rukh (combined) 9.4%, SPU/SelPU 8.6%, PZU 5.3%, People's Democratic Party 5.0%, Hromada Party 4.7%, Progressive Socialist Party 4.0%, United Social Democratic Party 4.0%; seats by party (as of 25 February 2000) - Communist Party 115, PRVU 36, Fatherland Party 35, United Social Democratic Party 34, People's Democratic Party 27, Trudova Ukrayina Party 27, Rukh K 27, left-center 23, PZU 18, Rukh U 17, SelPU 15, Hromada Party 14, Reforms-Congress 12, independents 14, unaffiliated 31, vacant 5
United Arab Emirates:unicameral Federal National Council or Majlisal-Ittihad al-Watani (40 seats; members appointed by the rulers ofthe constituent states to serve two-year terms)
elections: none
note: reviews legislation, but cannot change or veto
United Kingdom:bicameral Parliament comprised of House of Lords(consists of approximately 500 life peers, 92 hereditary peers and26 clergy) and House of Commons (659 seats; members are elected bypopular vote to serve five-year terms unless the House is dissolvedearlier)
elections: House of Lords - no elections (some proposals forfurther reform include elections); House of Commons - last held 7June 2001 (next to be held by NA May 2006)
election results: House of Commons - percent of vote by party -NA%; seats by party - Labor 412, Conservative and Unionist 166,Liberal Democrat 52, other 29
note: in 1998 elections were held for a Northern Ireland Parliament (because of unresolved disputes among existing parties, the transfer of power from London to Northern Ireland came only at the end of 1999 and was rescinded in February 2000); in 1999 there were elections for a new Scottish Parliament and a new Welsh Assembly
United States:bicameral Congress consists of Senate (100 seats,one-third are renewed every two years; two members are elected fromeach state by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and House ofRepresentatives (435 seats; members are directly elected by popularvote to serve two-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held 4 November 2002); House of Representatives - last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held 4 November 2002)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Republican Party 50, Democratic Party 50; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Republican Party 221, Democratic Party 211, independent 2, vacant 1
Uruguay:bicameral General Assembly or Asamblea General consists ofChamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (30 seats; members areelected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and Chamber ofRepresentatives or Camara de Representantes (99 seats; members areelected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: Chamber of Senators - last held 31 October 1999 (next to be held NA 2004); Chamber of Representatives - last held 31 October 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Encuentro Progresista 12, Colorado Party 10, Blanco 7, New Sector/Space Coalition 1; Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Encuentro Progresista 40, Colorado Party 33, Blanco 22, New Sector/Space Coalition 4
Uzbekistan:unicameral Supreme Assembly or Oliy Majlis (250 seats;members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 5 December and 19 December 1999 (next to be held NA December 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NDP 48, Self-Sacrificers Party 34, Fatherland Progress Party 20, Adolat Social Democratic Party 11, MTP 10, citizens' groups 16, local government 110, vacant 1
note: not all seats in the last Supreme Assembly election werecontested; all parties in the Supreme Assembly support PresidentKARIMOV
Vanuatu:unicameral Parliament (52 seats; members elected by popularvote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 6 March 1998 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - VP 18, UMP 12, NUP 11, other and independent 11; note - political party associations are fluid; there have been four changes of government since the November 1995 elections
note: the National Council of Chiefs advises on matters of custom and land
Venezuela:unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional; 165seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms;three seats reserved for the indigenous peoples of Venezuela
elections: last held 30 July 2000 (next to be held NA 2005)
election results: Pro-government: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - MVR 92, MAS 6, indigenous 3, other parties 7; Opposition: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - AD 33, COPEI 6, Justice First 5, other parties 13
Vietnam:unicameral National Assembly or Quoc-Hoi (450 seats;members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 20 July 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - CPV 92%, other 8% (the8% are not CPV members but are approved by the CPV to stand forelection); seats by party - CPV or CPV-approved 450
Virgin Islands:unicameral Senate (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 -Democratic Party 6, ICM 2, independents 7
note: the Virgin Islands elects one non-voting representative tothe US House of Representatives; election last held 7 November 2000(next to be held NA November 2002); results - Donna M.CHRISTIAN-CHRISTENSON (Democrat) elected
Wallis and Futuna:unicameral Territorial Assembly or AssembleeTerritoriale (20 seats; members are elected by popular vote to servefive-year terms)
elections: last held 16 March 1997 (next to be held NA March 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR 14, other 6
note: Wallis and Futuna elects one senator to the French Senate and one deputy to the French National Assembly; French Senate - elections last held 27 September 1998 (next to be held by NA September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats - RPR 1; French National Assembly - elections last held 25 May-1 June 1997 (next to be held by NA March 2002); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats - RPR 1
Yemen:a new constitutional amendment ratified on 20 February 2001created a bicameral legislature consisting of a Shura Council (111seats; members appointed by the president) and a House ofRepresentatives (301 seats; members elected by popular vote to servesix-year terms)
elections: last held 27 April 1997 (next to be held 27 April 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - GPC 189, Islah 52, Nasserite Unionist Party 3, National Arab Socialist Baath Party 2, independents 54, election pending 1; latest seats by party: GPC 223, Islah 64, Nasserite Unionist Party 3, National Arab Socialist Baath Party 2, YSP 2, independents 7
Yugoslavia:bicameral Federal Assembly or Savezna Skupstina consistsof the Chamber of Republics or Vece Republika (40 seats - 20Serbian, 20 Montenegrin; members distributed on the basis of partyrepresentation in the republican assemblies to serve four-yearterms; note - the Assembly passed a new constitutional amendmentcalling for direct elections for the deputies to the upper chamber)and the Chamber of Citizens or Vece Gradjana (138 seats - 108Serbian with half elected by constituency majorities and half byproportional representation, 30 Montenegrin with six elected byconstituency and 24 proportionally; members serve four-year terms)
elections: Chamber of Republics - last held 24 September 2000 (next to be held NA 2004); Chamber of Citizens - last held 24 September 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: Chamber of Republics - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - SNP 19, DOS 10, SPS/JUL 7, SRS 2, SPO 1, SNS 1; note - seats are filled on a proportional basis to reflect the composition of the legislatures of the republics of Montenegro and Serbia; since 1998 Serbia has effectively barred Montenegro from its constitutional right to delegate deputies to the Chamber of Republics; Chamber of Citizens - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - DOS 55, SPS/JUL 46, SNP 28, SRS 4, SNS 2, other 3
Zambia:unicameral National Assembly (150 seats; members are electedby popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 18 November 1996 (next to be held NA December2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -MMD 131, NP 5, Zadeco 2, AZ 2, independents 10
Zimbabwe:unicameral parliament, called House of Assembly (150 seats- 120 elected by popular vote for six-year terms, 12 nominated bythe president, 10 occupied by traditional chiefs chosen by theirpeers, and 8 occupied by provincial governors)
elections: last held 24-25 June 2000 (next to be held NA 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - ZANU-PF 47.2%, MDC 45.6%, ZANU-Ndonga 0.7%, United Parties 0.7%; seats by party - ZANU-PF 63, MDC 56, ZANU-Ndonga 1
Taiwan:unicameral Legislative Yuan (225 seats - 168 elected bypopular vote, 41 elected on the basis of the proportion ofnationwide votes received by participating political parties, eightelected from overseas Chinese constituencies on the basis of theproportion of nationwide votes received by participating politicalparties, eight elected by popular vote among the aboriginalpopulations; members serve three-year terms) and unicameral NationalAssembly (300 seats, note - total number of seats has been reducedfrom 334 to 300 since the last election; members are elected byproportional representation based on the election of the LegislativeYuan and serve four-year terms)
elections: Legislative Yuan - last held 5 December 1998 (next to be held NA December 2001); National Assembly - last held 23 March 1996 (next to be held NA June 2002)
election results: Legislative Yuan - percent of vote by party - KMT 46%, DPP 29%, CNP 7%, independents 10%, other parties 8%; seats by party - KMT 123, DPP 70, CNP 11, independents 15, other parties 6; subsequent to the election there have been some changes in the distribution of seats in the Legislative Yuan due to new party formation and party defections, the new distribution is as follows - KMT 114, DPP 66, PFP 17, NP 9, other/independent 19; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - KMT 55%, DPP 30%, CNP 14%, other 1%; seats by party - KMT 183, DPP 99, CNP 46, other 6
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@Life expectancy at birth
Afghanistan: total population: 46.24 years
male: 46.97 years
female: 45.47 years (2001 est.)
Albania: total population: 71.83 years
male: 69.01 years
female: 74.87 years (2001 est.)
Algeria: total population: 69.95 years
male: 68.6 years
female: 71.34 years (2001 est.)
American Samoa: total population: 75.32 years
male: 70.89 years
female: 80.02 years (2001 est.)
Andorra: total population: 83.47 years
male: 80.57 years
female: 86.57 years (2001 est.)
Angola: total population: 38.59 years
male: 37.36 years
female: 39.87 years (2001 est.)
Anguilla: total population: 76.31 years
male: 73.41 years
female: 79.29 years (2001 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda: total population: 70.74 years
male: 68.45 years
female: 73.14 years (2001 est.)
Argentina: total population: 75.26 years
male: 71.88 years
female: 78.82 years (2001 est.)
Armenia: total population: 66.49 years
male: 62.12 years
female: 71.08 years (2001 est.)
Aruba: total population: 78.52 years
male: 75.16 years
female: 82.04 years (2001 est.)
Australia: total population: 79.87 years
male: 77.02 years
female: 82.87 years (2001 est.)
Austria: total population: 77.84 years
male: 74.68 years
female: 81.15 years (2001 est.)
Azerbaijan: total population: 62.96 years
male: 58.65 years
female: 67.49 years (2001 est.)
Bahamas, The: total population: 70.46 years
male: 67.27 years
female: 73.71 years (2001 est.)
Bahrain: total population: 73.2 years
male: 70.81 years
female: 75.67 years (2001 est.)
Bangladesh: total population: 60.54 years
male: 60.74 years
female: 60.33 years (2001 est.)
Barbados: total population: 73.25 years
male: 70.66 years
female: 75.86 years (2001 est.)
Belarus: total population: 68.14 years
male: 62.06 years
female: 74.52 years (2001 est.)
Belgium: total population: 77.96 years
male: 74.63 years
female: 81.46 years (2001 est.)
Belize: total population: 71.19 years
male: 68.91 years
female: 73.57 years (2001 est.)
Benin: total population: 49.94 years
male: 49.02 years
female: 50.88 years (2001 est.)
Bermuda: total population: 77.12 years
male: 75.04 years
female: 79.06 years (2001 est.)
Bhutan: total population: 52.79 years
male: 53.16 years
female: 52.41 years (2001 est.)
Bolivia: total population: 64.06 years
male: 61.53 years
female: 66.72 years (2001 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: total population: 71.75 years
male: 69.04 years
female: 74.65 years (2001 est.)
Botswana: total population: 37.13 years
male: 36.77 years
female: 37.51 years (2001 est.)
Brazil: total population: 63.24 years
male: 58.96 years
female: 67.73 years (2001 est.)
British Virgin Islands: total population: 75.64 years
male: 74.74 years
female: 76.59 years (2001 est.)
Brunei: total population: 73.82 years
male: 71.45 years
female: 76.31 years (2001 est.)
Bulgaria: total population: 71.2 years
male: 67.72 years
female: 74.89 years (2001 est.)
Burkina Faso: total population: 46.41 years
male: 45.86 years
female: 46.98 years (2001 est.)
Burma: total population: 55.16 years
male: 53.73 years
female: 56.68 years (2001 est.)
Burundi: total population: 46.06 years
male: 45.15 years
female: 46.99 years (2001 est.)
Cambodia: total population: 56.82 years
male: 54.62 years
female: 59.12 years (2001 est.)
Cameroon: total population: 54.59 years
male: 53.76 years
female: 55.44 years (2001 est.)
Canada: total population: 79.56 years
male: 76.16 years
female: 83.13 years (2001 est.)
Cape Verde: total population: 69.21 years
male: 65.93 years
female: 72.6 years (2001 est.)
Cayman Islands: total population: 79.03 years
male: 76.24 years
female: 81.43 years (2001 est.)
Central African Republic: total population: 43.8 years
male: 42.17 years
female: 45.48 years (2001 est.)
Chad: total population: 50.88 years
male: 48.86 years
female: 52.98 years (2001 est.)
Chile: total population: 75.94 years
male: 72.63 years
female: 79.42 years (2001 est.)
China: total population: 71.62 years
male: 69.81 years
female: 73.59 years (2001 est.)