Bangladeshunicameral National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad; 300seats elected by popular vote from single territorial constituencies(the constitutional amendment reserving 30 seats for women over andabove the 300 regular parliament seats expired in May 2001); membersserve five-year termselections: last held 1 October 2001 (next to be held before October2006)election results: percent of vote by party - BNP and alliancepartners 46%, AL 42%; seats by party - BNP 191, AL 62, JI 18, JP(Ershad faction) 14, IOJ 2, JP (Naziur) 4, other 9; note - theelection of October 2001 brought a majority BNP government alignedwith three other smaller parties - Jamaat-i-Islami, Islami OikyaJote, and Jatiya Party (Naziur)
Barbadosbicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (21-member bodyappointed by the governor general) and the House of Assembly (30seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-yearterms)elections: House of Assembly - last held 21 May 2003 (next to beheld by May 2008)election results: House of Assembly - percent of vote by party -NA%; seats by party - BLP 23, DLP 7
Belarusbicameral Parliament or Natsionalnoye Sobranie consists ofthe Council of the Republic or Soviet Respubliki (64 seats; 56members elected by regional councils and 8 members appointed by thepresident, all for 4-year terms) and the Chamber of Representativesor Palata Pretsaviteley (110 seats; members elected by universaladult suffrage to serve 4-year terms)elections: last held October 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)election results: party affiliation data unavailable; under presentpolitical conditions party designations are meaningless
Belgiumbicameral Parliament consists of a Senate or Senaat inDutch, Senat in French (71 seats; 40 members are directly elected bypopular vote, 31 are indirectly elected; members serve four-yearterms) and a Chamber of Deputies or Kamer vanVolksvertegenwoordigers in Dutch, Chambre des Representants inFrench (150 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote onthe basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms)elections: Senate and Chamber of Deputies - last held 18 June 2003(next to be held in NA May 2007)election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - SP.A-Spirit15.5%, VLD 15.4%, CD & V 12.7%, PS 12.8%, MR 12.1%, VB 9.4%, CDH5.6%; seats by party - SP.A-Spirit 7, VLD 7, CD & V 6, PS 6, MR 5,VB 5, CDH 2, other 2 (note - there are also 31 indirectly electedsenators); Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - VLD15.4%, SP.A-Spirit 14.9%, CD & V 13.3%, PS 13.0%, VB 11.6%, MR11.4%, CDH 5.5%, Ecolo 3.1%; seats by party - VLD 25, SP.A-Spirit23, CD & V 21, PS 25, VB 18, MR 24, CDH 8 Ecolo 4, other 2note: as a result of the 1993 constitutional revision that furthereddevolution into a federal state, there are now three levels ofgovernment (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with acomplex division of responsibilities; this reality leaves sixgovernments each with its own legislative assembly; for otheracronyms of the listed parties see the Political parties and leadersentry
Belizebicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (12members appointed by the governor general - six on the advice of theprime minister, three on the advice of the leader of the opposition,and one each on the advice of the Belize Council of Churches andEvangelical Association of Churches, the Belize Chamber of Commerceand Industry and the Belize Better Business Bureau, and the NationalTrade Union Congress and the Civil Society Steering Committee;members are appointed for five-year terms) and the House ofRepresentatives (29 seats; members are elected by direct popularvote to serve five-year terms)elections: House of Representatives - last held 5 March 2003 (nextto be held NA March 2008)election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -PUP 21, UDP 8
Beninunicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (83 seats;members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)elections: last held 30 March 2003 (next to be held NA March 2007)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -Presidential Movement 52, opposition (PRB, PRD, E'toile, and 5 othersmall parties) 31
Bermudabicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (an 11-memberbody appointed by the governor, the premier, and the opposition) andthe House of Assembly (36 seats; members are elected by popular voteto serve five-year terms)elections: last general election held 24 July 2003 (next to be heldNA July 2008)election results: percent of vote by party - PLP 51.7%, UBP 48%;seats by party - PLP 22, UBP 14
Bhutanunicameral National Assembly or Tshogdu (150 seats; 105elected from village constituencies, 10 represent religious bodies,and 35 are designated by the monarch to represent government andother secular interests; members serve three-year terms)elections: local elections last held November 2002 (next to be heldNA 2005)election results: NA
Boliviabicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists ofChamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (27 seats; members aredirectly elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) andChamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (130 seats; members aredirectly elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms; note -some members are drawn from party lists, thus not directly elected)elections: Chamber of Senators and Chamber of Deputies - last held30 June 2002 (next to be held NA June 2007)election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party -NA%; seats by party - MNR 11, MAS 8, MIR 5, NFR 2, other 1; Chamberof Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - MNR36, MAS 27, MIR 26, NFR 25, others 16
Bosnia and Herzegovinabicameral Parliamentary Assembly or Skupstinaconsists of the National House of Representatives or PredstavnickiDom (42 seats - elected by proportional representation, 28 seatsallocated from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 14 seatsfrom the Republika Srpska; members elected by popular vote to servefour-year terms) and the House of Peoples or Dom Naroda (15 seats -5 Bosniak, 5 Croat, 5 Serb; members elected by the Bosniak/CroatFederation's House of Representatives and the Republika Srpska'sNational Assembly to serve four-year terms); note - Bosnia'selection law specifies four-year terms for the state and first-orderadministrative division entity legislatureselections: National House of Representatives - elections last held 5October 2002 (next to be held in NA 2006); House of Peoples - lastconstituted NA January 2003 (next to be constituted in 2007)election results: National House of Representatives - percent ofvote by party/coalition - SDA 21.9%, SDS 14.0%, SBiH 10.5%, SDP10.4%, SNSD 9.8%, HDZ 9.5%, PDP 4.6%, others 19.3%; seats byparty/coalition - SDA 10, SDS 5, SBiH 6, SDP 4, SNSD 3, HDZ 5, PDP2, others 7; House of Peoples - percent of vote by party/coalition -NA%; seats by party/coalition - NAnote: the Bosniak/Croat Federation has a bicameral legislature thatconsists of a House of Representatives (98 seats; members elected bypopular vote to serve four-year terms); elections last held 5October 2002 (next to be held NA October 2006); percent of vote byparty - NA%; seats by party/coalition - SDA 32, HDZ-BiH 16, SDP 15,SBiH 15, other 20; and a House of Peoples (60 seats - 30 Bosniak, 30Croat); last constituted December 2002; the Republika Srpska has aNational Assembly (83 seats; members elected by popular vote toserve four-year terms); elections last held 5 October 2002 (next tobe held in the fall of 2006); percent of vote by party - NA%; seatsby party/coalition - SDS 26, SNSD 19, PDP 9, SDA 6, SRS 4, SPRS 3,DNZ 3, SBiH 4, SDP 3, others 6; as a result of the 2002constitutional reform process, a 28-member Republika Srpska Councilof Peoples (COP) was established in the Republika Srpska NationalAssembly; each constituent nation and "others" will have eightdelegates
Botswanabicameral Parliament consists of the House of Chiefs (alargely advisory 15-member body consisting of the chiefs of theeight principal tribes, four elected subchiefs, and three membersselected by the other 12 members) and the National Assembly (44seats, 40 members are directly elected by popular vote and 4 areappointed by the majority party; members serve five-year terms)elections: National Assembly elections last held 16 October 1999(next to be held NA October 2004)election results: percent of vote by party - BDP 54.3%, BNF 24.7%,other 21%; seats by party - BDP 33, BNF 6, other 1
Brazilbicameral National Congress or Congresso Nacional consists ofthe Federal Senate or Senado Federal (81 seats; three members fromeach state or federal district elected according to the principle ofmajority to serve eight-year terms; one-third elected after afour-year period, two-thirds elected after the next four-yearperiod) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camara dos Deputados (513seats; members are elected by proportional representation to servefour-year terms)elections: Federal Senate - last held 6 October 2002 for two-thirdsof the Senate (next to be held NA October 2006 for one-third of theSenate); Chamber of Deputies - last held 6 October 2002 (next to beheld NA October 2006)election results: Federal Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%;seats by party PMBD 19, PFL 19, PT 14, PSDB 11, PDT 5, PSB 4, PL 3,PTB 3, PPS 1, PSD 1, PPB 1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote byparty - NA%; seats by party - PT 91, PFL 84, PMDB 74, PSDB 71, PPB49, PL 26, PTB 26, PSB 22, PDT 21, PPS 15, PCdoB 12, PRONA 6, PV 5,other 11
British Virgin Islandsunicameral Legislative Council (13 seats;members are elected by direct popular vote, one member from each of9 electoral districts, four at-large members; members servefour-year terms)elections: last held 16 May 2003 (next to be held NA 2007)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -NDP 8, VIP 5
Bruneiunicameral Legislative Council or Majlis Masyuarat Megeri (aprivy council that serves only in a consultative capacity; NA seats;members appointed by the monarch)elections: last held in March 1962note: in 1970 the Council was changed to an appointive body bydecree of the monarch; an elected Legislative Council is beingconsidered as part of constitutional reform, but elections areunlikely for several years
Bulgariaunicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sobranie (240seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)elections: last held 17 June 2001 (next to be held NA June 2005)election results: percent of vote by party - NMS2 42.74%, UtdDF18.18%, CfB 17.15%, MRF 7.45%; seats by party - NMS2 120, UtdDF 51,CfB 48, MRF 21; note - seating as of March 2003 - NMS2 110, UtdDF50, CfB 48, MRF 20, independents 12
Burkina Fasounicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale(111 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-yearterms)elections: National Assembly election last held 5 May 2002 (next tobe held NA May 2007)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -CDP 57, RDA-ADF 17, PDP/PS 10, CFD 5, PAI 5, others 17
Burmaunicameral People's Assembly or Pyithu Hluttaw (485 seats;members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)elections: last held 27 May 1990, but Assembly never convenedelection results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -NLD 392, SNLD 23, NUP 10, other 60
Burundibicameral, consists of a National Assembly or AssembleeNationale (expanded from 121 to approximately 140 seats under thetransitional government inaugurated 1 November 2001; members areelected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and a Senate (54seats; term length is undefined, the current senators will likelyserve out the three-year transition period)elections: last held 29 June 1993 (next was scheduled to be held in1998, but was suspended by presidential decree in 1996; electionsare planned to follow the completion of the three-year transitionalgovernment)election results: percent of vote by party - FRODEBU 71.04%, UPRONA21.4%, other 7.56%; seats by party - FRODEBU 65, UPRONA 16,civilians 27, other parties 13
Cambodiabicameral consists of the National Assembly (122 seats;members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and theSenate (61 seats; two members appointed by the monarch, two electedby the National Assembly, and 57 elected by "functionalconstituencies"; members serve five-year terms)elections: National Assembly - last held 27 July 2003 (next to beheld in July 2007); Senate - last held 2 March 1999 (next to be heldin 2004)election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CPP47%, SRP 22%, FUNCINPEC 21%, other 10%; seats by party - CPP 73,FUNCINPEC 26, SRP 24; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seatsby party - CPP 31, FUNCINPEC 21, SRP 7, other 2 (2003)
Cameroonunicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (180seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-yearterms; note - the president can either lengthen or shorten the termof the legislature)elections: last held 23 June 2002 (next to be held NA 2007)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -RDCP 133, SDF 21, UDC 5, other 21note: the constitution calls for an upper chamber for thelegislature, to be called a Senate, but it has yet to be established
Canadabicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of the Senate orSenat (members appointed by the governor general with the advice ofthe prime minister and serve until reaching 75 years of age; itsnormal limit is 105 senators) and the House of Commons or Chambredes Communes (301 seats; members elected by direct, popular vote toserve for up to five-year terms)elections: House of Commons - last held 27 November 2000 (next to beheld by 2005)election results: House of Commons - percent of vote by party -Liberal Party 41%, Canadian Alliance 26%, Bloc Quebecois 11%, NewDemocratic Party 9%, Progressive Conservative Party 12%; seats byparty - Liberal Party 172, Canadian Alliance 66, Bloc Quebecois 38,New Democratic Party 13, Progressive Conservative Party 12; note -percent of vote by party as of January 2002 - Liberal Party 51%,Canadian Alliance 10%, Bloc Quebecois 10%, New Democratic Party 9%,Progressive Conservative Party 18%; seats by party - Liberal Party172, Canadian Alliance 66, Bloc Quebecois 38, New Democratic Party13, Progressive Conservative Party 12
Cape Verdeunicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (72seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)elections: last held 14 January 2001 (next to be held NA December2005)election results: percent of vote by party - PAICV 47.3%, MPD 39.8%,ADM 6%, other 6.9%; seats by party - PAICV 40, MPD 30, ADM 2
Cayman Islandsunicameral Legislative Assembly (18 seats, threeappointed members from the Executive Council and 15 elected bypopular vote; members serve four-year terms)elections: last held 8 November 2000 (next to be held NA November2004)election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - NA
Central African Republicunicameral National Assembly or AssembleeNationale (109 seats; members are elected by popular vote to servefive-year terms; note - there were 85 seats in the National Assemblybefore the 1998 election)elections: last held 22-23 November and 13 December 1998 (next to beheld NA 2003)election results: percent of vote by party - MLPC 43%, RDC 18%, MDD9%, FPP 6%, PSD 5%, ADP 4%, PUN 3%, FODEM 2%, PLD 2%, UPR 1%, FC 1%,independents 6%; seats by party - MLPC 47, RDC 20, MDD 8, FPP 7, PSD6, ADP 5, PUN 3, FODEM 2, PLD 2, UPR 1, FC 1, independents 7
Chadbicameral according to constitution, consists of a NationalAssembly (155 seats; members elected by popular vote to servefour-year terms) and a Senate (not yet created and size unspecified,members to serve six-year terms, one-third of membership renewableevery two years)elections: National Assembly - last held 21 April 2002 (next to beheld in NA April 2006)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -MPS 110, RDP 12, FAR 9, RNDP 5, URD 5, UNDR 3, others 11
Chilebicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists ofthe Senate or Senado (49 seats, 38 elected by popular vote, 9designated members, and 2 former presidents who serve six-year termsand are senators for life); elected members serve eight-year terms(one-half elected every four years) and the Chamber of Deputies orCamara de Diputados (120 seats; members are elected by popular voteto serve four-year terms)elections: Senate - last held 16 December 2001 (next to be held NADecember 2005); Chamber of Deputies - last held 16 December 2001(next to be held NA December 2005)election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats byparty - CPD 20 (PDC 12, PS 5, PPD 3), APC 16 (UDI 9, RN 7),independents 2; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party -NA%; seats by party - CPD 62 (PDC 24, PPD 21, PS 11, PRSD 6), UDI35, RN 22, independent 1
Chinaunicameral National People's Congress or Quanguo RenminDaibiao Dahui (2,985 seats; members elected by municipal, regional,and provincial people's congresses to serve five-year terms)elections: last held NA December 2002-NA February 2003 (next to beheld late 2007-NA February 2008)election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - NA
Christmas Islandunicameral Christmas Island Shire Council (9 seats;members elected by popular vote to serve one-year terms)elections: last held NA December 2002 (next to be held NA December2003)election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9
Cocos (Keeling) Islandsunicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands ShireCouncil (7 seats)
Colombiabicameral Congress or Congreso consists of the Senate orSenado (102 seats; members are elected by popular vote to servefour-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Camara deRepresentantes (166 seats; members are elected by popular vote toserve four-year terms)elections: Senate - last held 10 March 2002 (next to be held NAMarch 2006); House of Representatives - last held 10 March 2002(next to be held NA March 2006)election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats byparty - PL 28, PSC 13, independents and smaller parties (manyaligned with conservatives) 61; House of Representatives - percentof vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PL 54, PSC 21, independentsand other parties 91
Comorosunicameral Assembly of the Union (30 seats; half thedeputies are selected by the individual islands' local assembliesand the other half by universal suffrage; deputies serve for fiveyears) note - elections for the former legislature, the FederalAssembly, dissolved in 1999, where held on 1 and 8 December 1996;the next elections for the Assembly of the Union were scheduled tobe held in April 2003 but have yet to occur
Congo, Democratic Republic of thea 300-member TransitionalConstituent Assembly established in August 2000elections: NA; members of the Transitional Constituent Assembly wereappointed by former President Laurent Desire KABILA
Congo, Republic of thebicameral Parliament consists of the Senate(66 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-yearterms) and the National Assembly (137 seats; members are elected bypopular vote to serve five-year terms)elections: Senate - last held 11 July 2002 (next to be held NA July2007); National Assembly - last held 27 May and 26 June 2002 (nextto be held by NA May 2007)election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats byparty - FDP 56, other 10; National Assembly - percent of vote byparty - NA%; seats by party - FDP 83, UDR 6, UPADS 3, other 45
Cook Islandsunicameral Parliament (25 seats; members elected bypopular vote to serve five-year terms)elections: last held 16 June 1999 (next to be held by NA 2004)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -CIP 12, DAP 12, NAP 1note: the House of Ariki (chiefs) advises on traditional matters andmaintains considerable influence, but has no legislative powers
Costa Ricaunicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa(57 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to servefour-year terms)elections: last held 3 February 2002 (next to be held 3 February2006)election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -PUSC 19, PLN 17, PAC 14, PML 6, PRC 1
Cote d'Ivoireunicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale(225 seats; members are elected in single- and multi-districtelections by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)elections: elections last held 10 December 2000 with by-elections on14 January 2001 (next to be held NA 2005)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -FPI 96, PDCI-RDA 94, RDR 5, PIT 4, other 2, independents 22, vacant 2note: a Senate is scheduled to be created in the next full electionin 2005
Croatiaunicameral Assembly or Sabor (152 seats; note - one seat wasadded in the November Parliamentary elections; members elected bypopular vote to serve four-year terms); note - House of Counties wasabolished in March 2001elections: Assembly - last held 23 November 2003 (next to be held in2007)election results: Assembly (then referred to as the House ofRepresentatives) - percent of vote by party - HDZ 43.4%, SDP 23%,HNS 7.4%, HSS 6.57%, HSP 6%; seats by party - HDZ 66, SDP 34, HNS10, HSS 9, HSP 7; note - these are preliminary results
Cubaunicameral National Assembly of People's Power or AsembleaNacional del Poder Popular (609 seats, elected directly from slatesapproved by special candidacy commissions; members serve five-yearterms)elections: last held 19 January 2003 (next to be held in 2008)election results: percent of vote - PCC 97.6%; seats - PCC 609
Cyprusunicameral - Greek Cypriot area: House of Representatives orVouli Antiprosopon (80 seats; 56 assigned to the Greek Cypriots, 24to Turkish Cypriots; note - only those assigned to Greek Cypriotsare filled; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-yearterms); Turkish Cypriot area: Assembly of the Republic or CumhuriyetMeclisi (50 seats; members are elected by popular vote to servefive-year terms)elections: Greek Cypriot area: last held 27 May 2001 (next to beheld NA May 2006); Turkish Cypriot area: last held 6 December 1998(next to be held NA December 2003)election results: Greek Cypriot area: House of Representatives -percent of vote by party - AKEL 34.71%, DISY 34%, DIKO 14.84%, KISOS6.51%, others 9.94%; seats by party - AKEL (Communist) 20, DISY 19,DIKO 9, KISOS 4, others 4; Turkish Cypriot area: Assembly of theRepublic - percent of vote by party - UBP 40.3%, DP 22.6%, TKP15.4%, CTP 13.4%, UDP 4.6%, YBH 2.5%, BP 1.2%; seats by party - UBP24, DP 13, TKP 7, CTP 6
Czech Republicbicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of theSenate or Senat (81 seats; members are elected by popular vote toserve six-year terms; one-third elected every two years) and theChamber of Deputies or Poslanecka Snemovna (200 seats; members areelected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)elections: Senate - last held in two rounds 25-26 October and 1-2November 2002 (next to be held NA November 2004); Chamber ofDeputies - last held 14-15 June 2002 (next to be held by NA June2006)election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats byparty - ODS 26, KDU-CSL 14, CSSD 11, US 9, KSCM 3, independents 18;Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - CSSD 30.2%, ODS24.5%, KSCM 18.5%, KDU-CSL & US-DEU coalition 14.3%, other minor12.5%; seats by party - CSSD 70, ODS 58, KSCM 41, KDU-CSL 21, US-DEU10
Denmarkunicameral Parliament or Folketing (179 seats, including 2from Greenland and 2 from the Faroe Islands; members are elected bypopular vote on the basis of proportional representation to servefour-year terms)elections: last held 20 November 2001 (next to be held by November2005)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -Liberal Party 56, Social Democrats 52, Danish People's Party 22,Conservative Party 16, Socialist People's Party 12, Social LiberalParty 9, Christian People's Party 4, Unity List 4; note - does notinclude the 2 seats from Greenland and the 2 seats from the FaroeIslands
Djiboutiunicameral Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes (65seats; members elected by popular vote for five-year terms)elections: last held 10 January 2003 (next to be held NA January2008)election results: percent of vote - RPP 62.2%, FRUD 36.9%; seats -RPP 65, FRUD 0; note - RPP (the ruling party) dominated the election
Dominicaunicameral House of Assembly (30 seats, 9 appointedsenators, 21 elected by popular vote; members serve five-year terms)elections: last held 31 January 2000 (next to be held by 17 July2005) note - tradition dictates that the election will be heldwithin five years of the last election, but technically it is fiveyears from the first seating of parliament (17 April 2000) plus a 90day grace periodelection results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party-DLP 10, UWP 9, DFP 2
Dominican Republicbicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacionalconsists of the Senate or Senado (30 seats; members are elected bypopular vote to serve four-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputiesor Camara de Diputados (149 seats; members are elected by popularvote to serve four-year terms)elections: Senate - last held 16 May 2002 (next to be held NA May2006); Chamber of Deputies - last held 16 May 2002 (next to be heldNA May 2006)election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats byparty - PRD 24, PLD 3, PRSC 3; Chamber of Deputies - percent of voteby party - NA%; seats by party - PRD 83, PLD 49, PRSC 17
East Timorunicameral National Parliament (number of seats can vary,minimum requirement of 52 and a maximum of 65 seats; members electedby popular vote to serve five-year terms); note - for its first termof office, the National Parliament is comprised of 88 members on anexceptional basiselections: last held 30 August 2001 (next to be held NA August 2006)election results: percent of vote by party - FRETILIN 57.37%, PD8.72%, PSD 8.18%, ASDT 7.84%, UDT 2.36%, PNT 2.21%, KOTA 2.13%, PPT2.01%, PDC 1.98%, PST 1.78%, independents/other 5.42%; seats byparty - FRETILIN 55, PD 7, PSD 6, ASDT 6, PDC 2, UDT 2, KOTA 2, PNT2, PPT 2, UDC/PDC 1, PST 1, PL 1, independent 1
Ecuadorunicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (100seats; members are popularly elected by province to serve four-yearterms)elections: last held 20 October 2002 (next to be held NA October2006)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -PSC 25, PRE 15, ID 16, PRIAN 10, PSP 9, Pachakutik Movement 6, MPD5, DP 4, PS 3, independents 7; note - defections by members ofNational Congress are commonplace, resulting in frequent changes inthe numbers of seats held by the various parties
Egyptbicameral system consists of the People's Assembly or Majlisal-Sha'b (454 seats; 444 elected by popular vote, 10 appointed bythe president; members serve five-year terms) and the AdvisoryCouncil or Majlis al-Shura - which functions only in a consultativerole (264 seats; 176 elected by popular vote, 88 appointed by thepresident; members serve NA-year terms)elections: People's Assembly - three-phase voting - last held 19October, 29 October, 8 November 2000 (next to be held NA November2005); Advisory Council - last held 7 June 1995 (next to be held NA)election results: People's Assembly - percent of vote by party - NDP88%, independents 8%, opposition 4%; seats by party - NDP 398, NWP7, Tagammu 6, Nasserists 2, LSP 1, independents 38, undecided 2;Advisory Council - percent of vote by party - NDP 99%, independents1%; seats by party - NA
El Salvadorunicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa(84 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to servethree-year terms)elections: last held 16 March 2003 (next to be held NA March 2006)election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -FMLN 31, ARENA 27, PCN 16, PDC 5, CD 5
Equatorial Guineaunicameral House of People's Representatives orCamara de Representantes del Pueblo (80 seats; members directlyelected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)elections: last held 7 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2004)election results: percent of vote by party - PDGE 80%, UP 6%, CPDS5%; seats by party - PDGE 75, UP 4 and CPDS 1note: opposition parties have refused to take up their seats in theHouse to protest widespread irregularities in the 1999 legislativeelections
Eritreaunicameral National Assembly (150 seats; term limits notestablished)elections: in May 1997, following the adoption of the newconstitution, 75 members of the PFDJ Central Committee (the oldCentral Committee of the EPLF), 60 members of the 527-memberConstituent Assembly, that had been established in 1997 to discussand ratify the new constitution, and 15 representatives of Eritreansliving abroad were formed into a Transitional National Assembly toserve as the country's legislative body until countrywide electionsto a National Assembly were held; although only 75 of 150 members ofthe Transitional National Assembly were elected, the constitutionstipulates that once past the transition stage, all members of theNational Assembly will be elected by secret ballot of all eligiblevoters; National Assembly elections scheduled for December 2001 werepostponed indefinitely
Estoniaunicameral Parliament or Riigikogu (101 seats; members areelected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)elections: last held 2 March 2003 (next to be held NA March 2007)election results: percent of vote by party - Center Party 25.4%, ResPublica 24.6%, Reform Party 17.7%, Estonian People's Union 13%, ProPatria Union (Fatherland League) 7.3% People's Party Moodukad 7%;seats by party - Center Party 28, Res Publica 28, Reform Party 19,Estonian People's Union 13, Pro Patria Union 7, People's PartyMoodukad 6
Ethiopiabicameral Parliament consists of the House of Federation orupper chamber (108 seats; members are chosen by state assemblies toserve five-year terms) and the House of People's Representatives orlower chamber (548 seats; members are directly elected by popularvote from single-member districts to serve five-year terms)elections: last held 14 May 2000 (next to be held NA May 2005)election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats by party - OPDO 177,ANDM 134, TPLF 38, WGGPDO 27, EPRDF 19, SPDO 18, GNDM 15, KSPDO 10,ANDP 8, GPRDF 7, SOPDM 7, BGPDUF 6, BMPDO 5, KAT 4, other regionalpolitical groupings 22, independents 8; note - 43 seats unconfirmednote: irregularities and violence at a number of polling stationsnecessitated the rescheduling of voting in certain constituencies;voting postponed in Somali regional state because of severe drought
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)unicameral Legislative Council (10seats - 2 ex officio, 8 elected by popular vote, members servefour-year terms); presided over by the governorelections: last held 22 November 2001 (next to be held NA November2005)election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 8;note - 71% voter turnout
Faroe Islandsunicameral 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 2002 (next to be held no later thanApril 2006)election results: percent of vote by party - Union Party 26%,Republican Party 23.7%, Social Democrats 20.9%, People's Party 20.8%Home Rule Party 4.4%, Center Party 4.2%; seats by party - UnionParty 8, Republican Party 8, Social Democrats 7, People's Party 7,Home Rule Party 1, Center Party 1note: election of 2 seats to the Danish Parliament was last held on20 November 2001 (next to be held no later than November 2005);results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RepublicanParty 1, Union Party 1
Fijibicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (34 seats; 24appointed by the Great Council of Chiefs, nine appointed by thepresident, and one appointed by the council of Rotuma) and the Houseof Representatives (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 seats; members serve five-year terms)elections: House of Representatives - last held 25 August through 1September, 19 September 2001 (next to be held not later thanSeptember 2006)election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote byparty - FLP 34.8%, SDL 26%, NFP 10.1%, MV 9.9%, independents 2.7%,other 16.5%; seats by party - NA
Finlandunicameral Parliament or Eduskunta (200 seats; members areelected by popular vote on a proportional basis to serve four-yearterms)elections: last held 16 March 2003 (next to be held NA March 2007)election results: percent of vote by party - Kesk 24.7%, SDP 24.5%,Kok 18.5%, VAS 9.9%, VIHR 8%, KD 5.3%, SFP 4.6%; seats by party -Kesk 55, SDP 53, Kok 40, VAS 19, VIHR 14, KD 7, SFP 8, others 4
Francebicameral 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 23 September 2001 (next to be held NASeptember 2004); National Assembly - last held 8-16 June 2002 (nextto be held NA June 2007)election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats byparty - RPR 83, PS 68, UDF 37, DL 35, RDES 16, PCF 16, other 66;National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -UMP 355, PS 140, UDF 29, PCF 21, Radical Party 7, Greens 3, other 22
French Guianaunicameral 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 beheld NA 2006); Regional Council - last held 15 March 1998 (next tobe held NA 2004)election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA%;seats by party - PSG 5, various left-wing parties 5, independents 7,other 2; Regional Council - percent of vote by party - PS 28.28%,various left parties 22.56%, RPR 15.91%, independents 8.6%, WalwariCommittee 6%; seats by party - PS 11, various left parties 9, RPR 6,independents 3, Walwari Committee 2note: one seat was elected to the French Senate on 27 September 1998(next to be held NA September 2007); results - percent of vote byparty - NA%; seats by party - NA; 2 seats were elected to the FrenchNational Assembly on 9 June-16 June 2002 (next to be held NA 2007);results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - UMP/RPR1, Walwari Committee 1
French Polynesiaunicameral Territorial Assembly or AssembleeTerritoriale (49 seats - changed from 41 seats for May 2001election; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-yearterms)elections: last held 6 May 2001 (next to be held NA May 2006)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -People's Rally for the Republic (Gaullist) 28, Independent Front forthe Liberation of Polynesia 13, New Fatherland Party 7, other 1note: one seat was elected to the French Senate on NA September 1998(next to be held NA September 2007); results - percent of vote byparty - NA%; seats by party - NA; two seats were elected to theFrench National Assembly on 9 June-16 June 2002 (next to be held NA2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -UMP/RPR 1, UMP 1
Gabonbicameral legislature consists of the Senate (91 seats;members elected by members of municipal councils and departmentalassemblies) and the National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (120seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to servefive-year terms)elections: National Assembly - last held 9 and 23 December 2001(next to be held NA December 2006); Senate - last held 26 Januaryand 9 February 1997 (next to be held in January 2004)election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party -NA%; seats by party - PDG 86, RNB-RPG 8, PGP 3, ADERE 3, CLR 2, PUP1, PSD 1, independents 13, others 3; Senate - percent of vote byparty - NA%; seats by party - PDG 53, RNB 20, PGP 4, ADERE 3, RDP 1,CLR 1, independents 9
Gambia, Theunicameral National Assembly (53 seats; 48 elected bypopular vote, five appointed by the president; members servefive-year terms)elections: last held 17 January 2002 (next to be held NA January2007)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -APRC 45, PDOIS 2, NRP 1,
Georgiaunicameral Supreme Council (commonly referred to asParliament) or Umaghiesi Sabcho (235 seats; members are elected bypopular vote to serve four-year terms)elections: last held 2 November 2003 but results were invalidated(next to be held spring 2004)election results: percent of vote by party (from earlier 1999elections) - CUG 41.7%, AGUR 25.2%, IWSG 7.1%, all other partiesreceived less than 7% each; seats by party - CUG 130, AGUR 64, IWSG15, Labor 2, Abkhaz (government-in-exile) deputies 12, independents12
Germanybicameral Parliament or parlament consists of the FederalAssembly or Bundestag (603 seats; elected by popular vote under asystem combining direct and proportional representation; a partymust win 5% of the national vote or three direct mandates to gainrepresentation; members serve four-year terms) and the FederalCouncil or Bundesrat (69 votes; state governments are directlyrepresented by votes; each has 3 to 6 votes depending on populationand are required to vote as a block)elections: Federal Assembly - last held 22 September 2002 (next tobe held NA September 2006); note - there are no elections for theBundesrat; composition is determined by the composition of thestate-level governments; the composition of the Bundesrat has thepotential to change any time one of the 16 states holds an electionelection results: Federal Assembly - percent of vote by party - SPD38.5%, CDU/CSU 38.5%, Alliance '90/Greens 8.6%, FDP 7.4%, PDS 4%;seats by party - SPD 251, CDU/CSU 248, Alliance '90/Greens 55, FDP47, PDS 2; Federal Council - current composition - NA
Ghanaunicameral 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
Gibraltarunicameral 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 27 November 2003 (next to be held not laterthan NA 2007)election results: percent of vote by party - GSD 58%, GSLP 41%;seats by party - GSD 8, GSLP 7
Greeceunicameral 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 NAMay 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;note - seats by party as of January 2002 - PASOK 156, ND 122, KKE11, Coalition of the Left and Progress 6, independents 5
Greenlandunicameral Parliament or Landstinget (31 seats; membersare elected by popular vote on the basis of proportionalrepresentation to serve four-year terms)elections: last held on 3 December 2002 (next to be held by NADecember 2006)election results: percent of vote by party - Siumut 28.7%, InuitAtaqatigiit 25.5%, Atassut Party 20.4%, Demokratiit 15.6%,Katusseqatigiit 5.3%; seats by party - Siumut 10, Inuit Ataqatigiit8, Atassut 7, Demokratiit 5, Katusseqatigiit 1note: two representatives were elected to the Danish Parliament orFolketing on 20 November 2001 (next to be held no later thanNovember 2005); percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -Siumut 1, Inuit Ataqatigiit 1
Grenadabicameral 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 27 November 2003 (next to be held by NANovember 2008)election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote byparty - NA%; seats by party - NNP 8, NDC 7
Guadeloupeunicameral 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 beheld by NA 2004); Regional Council - last held 15 March 1998 (nextto be held NA 2004)election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA%;seats by party - left-wing candidates 11, PS 8, RPR 8, PPDG 6,right-wing candidates 5, PCG 3, UDF 1; Regional Council - percent ofvote by party - RPR 48.03%, PS/PPDG/diverse left parties 24.49%, PCG5.29%, diverse right parties 5.73%; seats by party - RPR 25,PS/PPDG/diverse left parties 12, PCG 2, diverse right parties 2note: Guadeloupe elects two representatives to the French Senate;elections last held NA September 1995 (next to be held NA September2004); percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR 1, FGPS1; Guadeloupe elects four representatives to the French NationalAssembly; elections last held 9 June-16 June 2002 (next to be heldNA 2007); percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR 2, PS1, different right parties 1
Guamunicameral Legislature (15 seats; members are elected bypopular vote to serve two-year terms)elections: last held 5 November 2002 (next to be held 2 November2004)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -Democratic Party 9, Republican Party 6note: Guam elects one nonvoting delegate to the US House ofRepresentatives; election last held 5 November 2002 (next to be heldNA November 2004); results - Madeleine BORDALLO (Democratic Party)was elected as delegate; percent of vote by party - Democratic Party64.6%, Republican Party 35.4%; seats by party - Democratic Party 1
Guatemalaunicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de laRepublica (140 seats; members are elected by popular vote to servefour-year terms)elections: last held 9 November 2003 (next to be held NA November2007)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -GANA 49, FRG 42, UNE 33, PAN 16note: for the 9 November 2003 election, the number of congressionalseats increased to 140 from 113
Guernseyunicameral Assembly of the States; consists of the bailiff,10 Douzaine (parish council) representatives, 45 people's deputieselected by popular vote, 2 representatives from Alderney, HerMajesty's Procureur (Attorney General), Her Majesty's Comptroller(Solicitor General) and Her Majesty's Greffier (Court Recorder andRegistrar General); note - Alderney and Sark have their ownparliamentselections: last held 12 April 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents
Guineaunicameral People's National Assembly or Assemblee NationalePopulaire (114 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote toserve five-year terms)elections: last held 30 June 2002 (next to be held NA 2007)election results: percent of vote by party - PUP 61.6%, UPR 26.6%,other 11.8%; seats by party - PUP 85, UPR 20, other 9
Guinea-Bissauunicameral National People's Assembly or AssembleiaNacional Popular (100 seats; members are elected by popular vote toserve a maximum of four years); note - President YALA dissolved theNational People's Assembly in November 2002, elections for a newlegislature were scheduled to fall in February 2003 but were thenpostponed to April, then July, and were last scheduled to occur inSeptember 2003elections: last held 28 November 1999 (next to be held NA September2003)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -PRS 37, RGB 27, PAIGC 25, 11 remaining seats went to 5 of theremaining 10 parties that fielded candidates
Guyanaunicameral National Assembly (68 seats, 65 elected by popularvote, 1 elected Speaker of the National Assembly, and 2 nonvotingmembers appointed by the president; 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
Haitibicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale consists ofthe Senate (27 seats; members elected by popular vote to servesix-year terms; one-third elected every two years) and the Chamberof Deputies (83 seats; members are elected by popular vote to servefour-year terms)elections: Senate - last held for two-thirds of seats 21 May 2000,with runoffs on 9 July boycotted by the opposition; seven seatsstill disputed; election for remaining one-third held on 26 November2000 (next to be held NA 2002); Chamber of Deputies - last held 21May 2000, with runoffs on 30 July boycotted by the opposition; onevacant seat rerun 26 November 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats byparty - FL 26, independent 1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of voteby party - NA%; seats by party - FL 73, MOCHRENA 3, PLB 2, OPL 1,vacant 1, other minor parties and independents 3
Holy See (Vatican City)unicameral Pontifical Commission
Hondurasunicameral 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 25 November 2001 (next to be held NA November2005)election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PN61, PL 55, PUD 5, PDC 4, PINU-SD 3
Hong Kongunicameral 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 in September2004)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -Democratic Party 12, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of HongKong 10, Liberal Party 7, Frontier Party 5, Hong Kong ProgressiveAlliance 4, New Century Forum 2, Hong Kong Association for Democracyand People's Livelihood 1, independents 19
Hungaryunicameral 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 7 and 21 April 2002 (next to be held NA April2006)election results: percent of vote by party (5% or more of the voterequired for parliamentary representation in the first round) -Fidesz/MDF 48.70%, MSzP 46.11%, SzDSz 4.92%, other 0.27%; seats byparty - Fidesz 164, MSzP 178, MDF 24, SzDSz 20
Icelandunicameral Parliament or Althing (63 seats; members areelected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)elections: last held 10 May 2003 (next to be held by May 2007)election results: percent of vote by party - Independence Party33.7%, Social Democratic Alliance 31.0%, Progressive Party 17.7%,Left-Green Alliance 8.8%, Liberal Party 7.4%; seats by party -Independence Party 22, Social Democratic Alliance 20, ProgressiveParty 12, Left-Green Alliance 5, Liberal Party 4
Indiabicameral 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 - BJPalliance 40.8%, Congress (I) alliance 33.8%, other 25.4%; seats byparty - BJP alliance 304, Congress (I) alliance 134, other 107
Indonesiaunicameral House of Representatives or Dewan PerwakilanRakyat (DPR) (500 seats; 462 elected by popular vote, 38 areappointed military representatives until 2004 election when militaryseats expire; members serve five-year terms)elections: last held 7 June 1999 (next to be held April 2004)election results: percent of vote by party - PDI-P 37.4%, Golkar20.9%, PKB 17.4%, PPP 10.7%, PAN 7.3%, PBB 1.8%, other 4.5%; seatsby party - PDI-P 154, Golkar 120, PPP 58, PKB 51, PAN 35, PBB 14,other 30; note - subsequent to the election, there has been a changein the distribution of seats; the new distribution is: PDI-P 153,Golkar 120, PPP 58, PKB 51, PAN 35, PBB 13, other 32
Iranunicameral 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 2000 with a runoff held 5 May 2000(next to be held February 2004)election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats by party - reformers189, conservatives 54, independents 42, seats reserved for religiousminorities 5
Iraqin transition following April 2003 defeat of SADDAM Husaynregime by US-led coalition
Irelandbicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of the Senate orSeanad Eireann (60 seats - 49 elected by the universities and fromcandidates put forward by five vocational panels, 11 are nominatedby the prime minister; members serve five-year terms) and the Houseof Representatives or Dail Eireann (166 seats; members are electedby popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to servefive-year terms)elections: Senate - last held 16 and 17 July 2002 (next to be heldby July 2007); House of Representatives - last held 17 May 2002(next to be held by May 2007)election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats byparty - Fianna Fail 30, Fine Gael 15, Labor Party 5, ProgressiveDemocrats 4, independents and others 6; House of Representatives -percent of vote by party - Fianna Fail 41.5%, Fine Gael 22.5%, LaborParty 10.8%, Sinn Fein 6.5%, Progressive Democrats 4.0%, Green Party3.8%, others 10.9%; seats by party - Fianna Fail 81, Fine Gael 31,Labor Party 21, Progressive Democrats 8, Green Party 6, Sinn Fein 5,others 14
Israelunicameral Knesset or parliament (120 seats; members electedby popular vote to serve four-year terms)elections: last held 28 January 2003 (next to be held fall of 2007)election results: percent of vote by party - Likud Party 29.4%,Labor 14.5%, Shinui 12.3%, Shas 8.2%, National Union 5.5%, Meretz5.2%, United Torah Judaism 4.3%, National Religious Party 4.2%,Democratic Front for Peace and Equality 3.0%, One Nation 2.8%,National Democratic Alliance 2.3%, YBA 2.2%, United Arab List 2.1%,Green Leaf Party 1.2%, Herut 1.2%, other 1.6%; seats by party -Likud 38, Labor 19, Shinui 15, Shas 11, National Union 7, Meretz 6,National Religious Party 6, United Torah Judaism 5, Democratic Frontfor Peace and Equality 3, One Nation 3, National Democratic Alliance3, YBA 2, United Arab List 2
Italybicameral 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; 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 byparty - House of Liberties 177 (Forza Italia 82, National Alliance46, 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 witheither coalition 10, senators for life 9; Chamber of Deputies -percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - House of Liberties367 (Forza Italia 189, National Alliance 96, CCD-CDU 40, NorthernLeague 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
Jamaicabicameral 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 16 October 2002 (next to be held NA October2007)election results: percent of vote by party - PNP 52%, JLP 47.3%;seats by party - PNP 34, JLP 26
Japanbicameral Diet or Kokkai consists of the House of Councillorsor Sangi-in (247 seats - members elected for six-year terms; halfreelected every three years; 149 members in multi-seatconstituencies and 98 by proportional representation); House ofRepresentatives or Shugi-in (480 seats - members elected forfour-year terms; 300 in single-seat constituencies; 180 members byproportional representation in 11 regional blocs)elections: House of Councillors - last held 29 July 2001 (next to beheld in July 2004); House of Representatives - last held 9 November2003 (next election has not been scheduled)election results: House of Councillors - percent of vote by party -NA%; seats by party - LDP 110, DPJ 59, Komeito 23, JCP 20, SDP 8,Liberal Party 8, Conservative Party 5, independents 14; distributionof seats as of July 2001 was: LDP 115, DPJ 60, Komeito 24, JCP 20,SDP 8, Liberal Party 8 (merged with DPJ in 2003), independents 6,others 6; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - LDP49.38%, DPJ 36.88%, Komeito 7.09%, JCP 1.88%, SDP 1.25%, NCP .84%;seats by party - LDP 237, DPJ 177, Komeito 34, JCP 9, SDP 6, NCP 4,others 13; distribution of seats as of 13 November 2003 was: LDP244, DPJ 177, Komeito 34, JCP 9, SDP 6, others 10
Jerseyunicameral Assembly of the States (55 voting members - 12senators (elected for 6-year terms), 12 constables or heads ofparishes (elected for 3-year terms), 29 deputies (elected for 3-yearterms); the bailiff and the deputy bailiff; and 3 non-voting members- the Dean of Jersey, the Attorney General, and the SolicitorGeneral all appointed by the monarch)elections: last held NA (next to be held NA)election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 52
Jordanbicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-'Umma consists ofthe Senate, also called the House of Notables (Majlis al-Ayan) (40seats; members appointed by the monarch from designated categoriesof public figures; members serve four-year terms) and the House ofRepresentatives, also called the House of Deputies (Majlisal-Nuwaab) (110 seats; members elected by popular vote on the basisof proportional representation to serve four-year terms; note - sixseats are reserved for women and are allocated by a specialelectoral panel if no women are elected)elections: House of Representatives - last held 17 June 2003, nextto be held NA 2007election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote byparty - independents and others 89.6%, Islamic Action Front 10.4%;seats by party - independents and others 92, Islamic Action Front 18(note - one of the six quota seats was given to a female IAFcandidate)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; political partieswere not legalized until 1992; King Abdallah delayed the 2001elections until 2003
Kazakhstanbicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (39 seats -previously 47 seats; 7 senators are appointed by the president;other members are popularly elected, two from each of the 14oblasts, the capital of Astana, and the city of Almaty, to servesix-year terms) and the Majilis (77 seats; 10 out of the 77 Majilismembers are elected from the winning party's lists; members arepopularly elected to serve five-year terms)elections: Senate - (indirect) last held 17 September 1999 (next tobe held NA December 2005); Majilis - last held 10 and 24 October and26 December 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)election results: note - the election results are for the old Senatestructure; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -NA; 16 seats up for election in 1999, candidates nominated by localcouncils; 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 - mostindependent candidates are affiliated with parastatal enterprisesand other pro-government institutions
Kenyaunicameral National Assembly or Bunge (224 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, 2ex-officio members)elections: last held 27 December 2002 (next to be held by early 2007)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -NARC 125, KANU 64, FORD-P 14, other 7; ex-officio 2; seats appointedby the president - NARC 7, KANU 4, FORD-P 1
Kiribatiunicameral House of Parliament or Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (42seats; 39 elected by popular vote, one ex officio member - theattorney general, one appointed to represent Banaba, and one other;members serve four-year terms)elections: first round elections last held 29 November 2002; secondround elections held 6 December 2002 (next to be held by November2006)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -BTK 17, MTM 16, independents 7, other 2 (includes attorney general)note: new legislative elections were held in two rounds - the firstround on 9 May 2003 and the second round on 14 May 2003
Korea, Northunicameral Supreme People's Assembly or Ch'oego InminHoeui (687 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-yearterms)elections: last held 3 August 2003 (next to be held in August 2008)election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -NA; the KWP approves a list of candidates who are elected withoutopposition; some seats are held by minor parties
Korea, Southunicameral National Assembly or Kukhoe (273 seats total- 227 elected by direct, popular vote; members serve four-yearterms); note - beginning in 2004, all members will be directlyelected; possible redistricting before 2004 may affect the number ofseats in the National Assemblyelections: 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; note - the distribution of seatsas of April 2003 was: GNP 153, MDP 101, ULD 11, DPP 1, PPR 1,independents 5; one seat vacant
Kuwaitunicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Umma (50 seats;members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)elections: last held 6 July 2003 (next to be held NA 2007)election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - Islamists 21,government supporters 14, liberals 3, and independents 12; note -all cabinet ministers are also ex officio members of the NationalAssembly
Kyrgyzstanbicameral 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 20February and 12 March 2000 (next to be held NA February 2005);Legislative Assembly - last held 20 February and 12 March 2000 (nextto be held NA February 2005)election results: Assembly of People's Representatives - percent ofvote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; and Legislative Assembly -percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; note - totalseats by party in the Supreme Council were as follows: Union ofDemocratic Forces 12, Communists 6, My Country Party of Action 4,independents 73, other 10note: the legislature became bicameral for the 5 February 1995elections; the 2000 election results include both the Assembly ofPeople's Representatives and the Legislative Assembly
Laosunicameral National Assembly (109 seats; members elected bypopular vote to serve five-year terms; note - total number of seatsincreased from 99 to 109 for the 2002 election)elections: last held 24 February 2002 (next to be held NA 2007)election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -LPRP or LPRP-approved (independent, non-party members) 109
Latviaunicameral Parliament or Saeima (100 seats; members areelected by direct, popular vote to serve four-year terms)elections: last held 5 October 2002 (next to be held NA October 2006)election results: percent of vote by party - New Era 23.9%, PCTVL18.9%, People's Party 16.7%, ZZS 9.5%, First Party 7.6%, LNNK 5.4%;seats by party - New Era 26, PCTVL 24, People's Party 21, ZZS 12,First Party 10, LNNK 7
Lebanonunicameral 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 heldNA 2004)election results: percent of vote by party - Muslim 57% (of whichSunni 25%, Sh'ite 25%, Druze 6%, Alawite less than 1%), Christian43% (of which Maronite 23%); seats by party - Muslim 64 (of whichSunni 27, Sh'ite 27, Druze 8, Alawite 2), Christian 64 (of whichMaronite 34)
Lesothobicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (33 members - 22principal chiefs and 11 other members appointed by the ruling party)and the Assembly (120 seats, 80 by direct popular vote and 40 byproportional vote; members elected by popular vote for five-yearterms); note - number of seats in the Assembly rose from 80 to 120in the May 2002 electionelections: last held 25 May 2002 (next to be held NA May 2007)election results: percent of vote by party - LCD 54%, BNP 21%, LPC7%, other 18%; seats by party - LCD 76, BNP 21, LPC 5, other 18
Liberiabicameral 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 NA2006); House of Representatives - last held 19 July 1997 (next to beheld 14 October 2003)election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats byparty - NPP 21, UP 3, ALCOP 2; House of Representatives - percent ofvote by party - NA%; seats by party - NPP 49, UP 7, ALCOP 3,Alliance of Political Parties 2, UPP 2, LPP 1