Legislative branch In 36 editions of 36.

bicameral Parliament consists of the National People's Assembly or Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani (380 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms; suspended since 1992) and the Council of Nations (144 seats; one-third of the members appointed by the president, two-thirds elected by indirect vote; members serve six-year terms; created as a result of the constitutional revision of November 1996)

elections :

• National People's Assembly - first-round held 26 December 1991;
• second round canceled by the military after President BENDJEDID resigned 11 January 1992, effectively suspending the assembly (next election scheduled for 5 June 1997)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - the fundamentalist FIS won 188 of the 231 seats contested in the first round of the 1991 elections

unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (223 seats; members elected by proportional vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 29-30 September 1992 (next to be held NA)

election results :

• percent of vote by party - MPLA 54%,
• UNITA 34%,
• others 12%;
• seats by party - NA

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (83 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 28 March 1995 (next to be held NA 1999)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RB 20, PRD 19, FARD-ALAFIA 10, PSD 7, NCC 3, RDL-VIVOTEN 3, Communist Party 2, Alliance Chameleon 1, RDP 1, other 17

bicameral Parliament consists of the House of Chiefs (a largely advisory 15-member body consisting of the chiefs of the eight principal tribes, four elected subchiefs, and three members selected by the other 12) and the National Assembly (44 seats, 40 members are directly elected by popular vote and 4 appointed by the majority party; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

National Assembly - elections last held 15 October 1994 (next to be held October 1999)

election results :

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - BDP 27, BNF 13

unicameral Assembly of People's Deputies or Assemblee des Deputes Populaires (111 seats; members are popularly elected to serve five-year terms)

elections :

last held 11 May 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - CDP 97, PDP 6, RDA 2, ADF 2;
• note - 4 contested seats are to be filled in special election on 19 June 1997 by order of the Supreme Court

note: the current law also provides for a second consultative chamber, which has not been formally constituted

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (81 seats; members are popularly elected on a proportional basis to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 29 June 1993 (next to be held NA 1998)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - FRODEBU 71%, UPRONA 21.4%;
• seats by party - (81 total) FRODEBU 65, UPRONA 16;
• other parties won too small shares of the vote to win seats in the assembly

unicameral People's National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional Popular (72 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 17 December 1995 (next to be held NA 2000)

election results :

percent of vote by party - MPD 59%, PAICV 28%, PCD 6%; seats by party - MPD 50, PAICV 21, PCD 1

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (180 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms; note - the president can either lengthen or shorten the term of the legislature)

elections:

last held 11 May 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)

election results :

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - CDPM 109, SDF 43, UNDP 13, UDC 5, UPC-K 1, MDR 1, MLJC I;
• note - 7 contested seats will be filled in an election at a time to be set by the Supreme Court

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (85 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 19 September 1993 (next to be held October 1998)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MLPC 34, RDC 13, PLD 7, FPP 7, ADP 6, PSD 3, CN 3, MDREC 1, PRC 1, FC 1, MESAN 1, independents supporting David DACKO 6, independents 2

note: the National Assembly is advised by the Economic and Regional Council or Conseil Economique et Regional; when they sit together they are called the Congress or Congres

unicameral National Assembly (125 seats; members serve four-year terms); replaces the Higher Transitional Council or the Conseil Superieur de Transition

elections:

• National Assembly - last held in two rounds on 5 January and 23 February 1997, (next to be held NA 2001);
• in the first round of voting on 5 January 1997 some candidates won clear victories by receiving 50% or more of the vote;
• where that did not happen, the two highest scoring candidates stood for a second round of voting

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MPS 65, URD 29, UNDR 15, RDP 3, others 13

bicameral legislature consists of the Senate (15 seats; members selected by regional councils for six-year terms) and a Federal Assembly or Assemblee Federale (43 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections :

last held 1 and 8 December 1996 (next to be held NA December 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RND 39, RND candidate running as independent 1, FNJ 3

unicameral parliament consisting of the combined High Council of the Republic and the Parliament of the Transition (739 seats)

elections:

the country's first multi-party presidential and legislative elections had been scheduled for May 1997 but were not held; instead the MOBUTO government was overthrown and control of the governing apparatus was seized by Gen. Laurent-DESIRE KABILA

bicameral Parliament consists of the National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (125 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Senate (60 seats; members are elected by local and regional councils to serve six-year terms)

elections:

National Assembly - last held 3 October 1993 (next to be held NA 1998); Senate - last held November 1996 (next to be held NA 2002)

election results:

• National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - UPADS 64, URD/PCT 58, others 3;
• Senate - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - UPADS 23, MCDDI 14, RDD 8, RDPS 5, PCT 2, others 8

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (175 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

elections last held 27 November 1995 (next to be held November 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDCI 150, RDR 13, FPI 12

unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes (65 seats; members are elected to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 18 December 1992 (next to be held NA 1997)

election results:

• percent of vote - NA;
• seats - RPP 65;
• note - RPP (the ruling party) dominated

bicameral system consists of the People's Assembly or Majlis al-Sha'b (454 seats; 444 elected by popular vote, 10 appointed by the president; members serve five-year terms) and the Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura - which functions only in a consultative role (264 seats; 176 elected by popular vote, 88 appointed by the president; members serve NA-year terms)

elections:

People's Assembly - last held 29 November 1995 (next to be held NA 2000); Advisory Council - last held 7 June 1995 (next to be held NA)

election results:

• People's Assembly - percent of vote by party - NDP 72%, independents 25%, opposition 3%;
• seats by party - NDP 317, independents 114, NWP 6, NPUG 5, Nasserist Arab Democratic Party 1, Liberals 1;
• Advisory Council - percent of vote by party - NDP 99%, independents 1%;
• seats by party - NA

unicameral House of Peoples Representatives or Camara de Representantes del Pueblo (80 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 21 November 1993 (next to be held November 1998)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDGE 68, CSD 6, UDS 5, CLD 1

unicameral National Assembly (150 seats; term limits not established pending new constitution)

elections:

75 members of the PFDJ Central Committee (the old Central Committee of the EPLF) and 75 directly elected members serve as the country's legislative body until country-wide elections are held in 1997

• bicameral Parliament or Libandla,
• an advisory body,
• consists of the Senate (20 seats, 10 appointed by the House of Assembly and 10 appointed by the king; members serve five-year terms) and the House of Assembly (65 seats, 10 appointed by the king and 55 elected by secret, popular vote; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

House of Assembly - last held 26 September and 11 October 1993 (next to be held NA 1998)

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

• bicameral Parliament consists of the Council of the Federation or upper chamber (117 seats; members are chosen by state assemblies to serve five-year terms) and the Council of People's Representatives or lower chamber (548 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote from single-member districts to serve five-year terms);
• note - the upper chamber represents the ethnic interests of the regional governments

elections:

regional and national popular elections were held in May and June 1995 (next to be held NA 2000) and the Federal Parliamentary Assembly assumed legislative power on 21 August 1995

election results:

• percent of vote - NA;
• seats - NA;
• note - EPRDF won nearly all seats

• bicameral legislature consists of a Senate (91 seats) and a National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (120 seats);
• members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms

elections :

National Assembly - last held in December 1996 (next to be held in December 2001); Senate - last held 12 January 1997 (next to be held in January 2002)

election results:

• National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - PDG 100, Morena-Bucherons/RNB 8, PUP 3, CLR 3, FAR 1, UPG 1, USG 2, PGP 2;
• Senate - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - PDG 51, RNB 17, PGP 4, ADERA 3, RDP 1, others 15

note: the provision of the constitution for the establishment of a senate was implemented in the 12 January 1997 elections

unicameral National Assembly; 49 seats (45 elected, 4 appointed by the president)

elections:

last popular election held 2 January 1997 (next to be held NA)

election results :

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - APRC 33, UDP 7, NRP 2, PDOIS 1, independents 2

unicameral Parliament (200 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections :

last held 7 December 1996 (next to be held NA December 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NDC 126, NPP 65, PCP 5, PNC 1, to be determined 3

unicameral People's National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale Populaire (114 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections :

last held 11 June 1995 (next to be held NA 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PUP 71, RPG 19, PRP 9, UNR 9, UPG 2, PDG 1, UNP 1, PDG/RDA 1, other 1

unicameral National People's Assembly or Assembleia Nacional Popular (100 seats; members are popularly elected to serve five-year terms)

elections :

last held 3 July and 7 August 1994 (next to be held NA 1999)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - PAIGC 46.0%, RGB-MB 19.2%, PRS 10.3%, UM 12.8%, FLING 2.5%, PCD 5.3%, PUSD 2.9%, FCG 0.2%, others 0.8%;
• seats by party - PAIGC 62, RGB 19, PRS 12, UM 6, FLING 1

unicameral National Assembly or Bunge (200 seats, 12 appointed by the president, 188 popularly elected members to serve 5-year terms)

elections:

last held 29 December 1992 (next to be held between 1 April 1997 and 31 January 1998)

election results :

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - KANU 100, FORD-Kenya 31, FORD-Asili 31, DP 23, smaller parties 3;
• president nominates 12 additional members;
• note - as of 9 April 1996

seat distribution (among non-appointed seats) was:

KANU 106, FORD-Kenya 32, FORD-Asili 22, DP 22, smaller parties and vacancies 6

note : first multiparty election since repeal of one-party state law in 1991

bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (33 members - 22 principal chiefs and 11 other members appointed by the ruling party) and the Assembly (65 seats; members elected for a five-year term by popular vote)

elections:

last held 27 March 1993 (next to be held by March 1998)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - BCP 65

unicameral Transitional Legislative Assembly, the members of which are appointed by the leaders of the major factions in the civil war

note : the former bicameral legislature no longer exists and is unlikely to be reconstituted soon

unicameral General People's Congress (NA seats; members elected indirectly through a hierarchy of peoples' committees)

bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate or Senat (two-thirds of upper house seats are to be filled from popularly elected regional assemblies; the remaining third is to be filled by presidential appointment; members serve four-year terms) and the National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (138 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

National Assembly - last held 16 June 1993 (next to be held 3 August 1997)

election results:

• National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - CFV coalition 76, PMDM/MFM 16, CSCD 11, Famima 10, RPSD 7, various pro-Ratsiraka groups 10, others 8

note: the Senate has never been established because the regional assemblies have not been formed and are not expected to be formed before late in 1997, following a national referendum on a new constitution

unicameral National Assembly (177 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 17 May 1994 (next to be held by May 1999)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - UDF 84, AFORD 33, MCP 55, others 5;
• note - because of defections and byelections, the seats in the National Assembly were held at the end

of the year as follows:

UDF 84, MCP 47, AFORD 34, independents 8, and vacant 4

note : the constitution of 18 May 1995, in addition to reducing the age at which universal suffrage is conferred from 21 to 18 years, provided for a bicameral legislature; by 1999, in addition to the existing National Assembly, a Senate of 80 seats is to be elected

unicameral National Assembly (116 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 8 March 1992 (next to be held in two rounds on 20 July and 3 August 1997)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ADEMA 76, CNID 9, US/RAD 8, Popular Movement for the Development of the Republic of West Africa 6, RDP 4, UDD 4, RDT 3, UFDP 3, PDP 2, UMDD 1

bicameral legislature consists of the Senate or Majlis al-Shuyukh (56 seats; 17 up for election every two years; members elected by municipal leaders to serve six-year terms) and the National Assembly or Majlis al-Watani (79 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

Senate - last held 12 April 1996 (next to be held NA 1998); National Assembly - last held 11 and 18 October 1996 (next to be held NA 2001)

election results:

• Senate - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - PRDS 16, UFD/NE 1;
• National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - PRDS 71, AC 1, independents and other 7

• unicameral National Assembly (66 seats - 62 popularly elected, 4 appointed; members serve five-year terms);
• note - the election commission appoints four members from the losing political parties to give representation to various ethnic minorities

elections:

last held on 20 December 1995 (next to be held by December 2000)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - MLP/MMM 65%, MSM/RMM 20%, other 15%;
• seats by party - MLP 35, MMM 25, allies of MLP and MMM on Rodrigues Island 2;
• appointed were Rodrigues Movement 2, PMSD 1, Hizbullah 1

unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms)

elections:

last held NA March 1994 (next to be held NA 1997)

election results :

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MPM 12, RPR 4, independents 3

note: Mayotte elects 1 member of the French Senate; elections last held 24 September 1995 (next to be held 24 September 2001); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MPM 1; Mayotte also elects 1 member to the French National Assembly; elections last held 21 and 28 March 1993 (next to be held as a special election on 25 May - 1 June 1997); results - percent of vote by party - UDF-CDS 54.3%, RPR 44.3%; seats by party - DF-CDS 1

• unicameral Chamber of Representatives or Majlis Nawab (333 seats; 222 elected by popular vote, 111 indirectly elected by an electoral college made up of government, professional, and labor representatives; members serve six-year terms);
• note - bicameral legislature to be introduced in September 1997;
• members of the upper house will be indirectly elected to serve nine-year terms, with one-third of the members renewed every three years;
• members of the lower house will be directly elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms

elections:

• popular elections last held 15 June 1993;
• indirect elections last held 17 September 1993 (next election will be for the new bicameral legislature with both indirect and popular elections scheduled to be held in September 1997)

election results:

• popular elections - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - USFP 48, IP 43, MP 33, RNI 28, UC 27, PND 14, MNP 14, PPS 6, PDI 3, SAP 2, PA 2, OADP 2;
• indirect elections - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - UC 27, MP 18, RNI 13, MNP 11, PND 10, IP 7, Party of Shura and Istiqlal 6, USFP 4, PPS 4, CDT 4, UTM 3, UGTM 2, SAP 2

unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (250 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote on a secret ballot to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 27-29 October 1994 (next to be held NA October 1999)

election results:

percent of vote by party - Frelimo 44.33%, RENAMO 33.78%, Democratic Union 5.15%, other 16.74%; seats by party - Frelimo 129, RENAMO 112, Democratic Union 9

note: the presidential and legislative elections took place as called for in the 1992 peace accords; RENAMO participated in the elections

bicameral legislature consists of the National Council (26 seats; two members are chosen from each regional council to serve six-year terms) and the National Assembly (72 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

• National Council - last held 30 November-3 December 1992 (next to be held by December 1998);
• National Assembly - last held 7-8 December 1994 (next to be held NA December 1999)

election results:

• National Council - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - SWAPO 19, DTA 6, UDF 1;
• National Assembly - percent of vote by party - SWAPO 73.89%, DTA 20.78%, UDF 2.72%, DCN 0.83%, MAG 0.82%;
• seats by party - SWAPO 53, DTA 15, UDF 2, MAG 1, DCN 1

note: the National Council is a purely advisory body

• two chamber National Assembly;
• one chamber with 83 seats directly elected by proportional representation for five-year terms;
• selection process for second chamber not established

elections:

last held 23 November1996 (next to be held NA 2001)

election results :

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UNIRD 59, ANDPS-Zaman Lahiya 8, UDPS-Amana 3, coalition of independents 3, MDP-Alkwali 1, UPDP-Shamuwa 4, DARAJA 3, PMT-Albarka 2

National Assembly

note: the National Assembly was suspended after the military takeover of 17 November 1993; in October 1995, the government announced a three-year program for transition to civilian rule; elections to the National Assembly are to take place in the second quarter of 1998

unicameral General Council (47 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve six-year terms) and unicameral Regional Council (45 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve six-year terms)

elections :

General Council - last held NA March 1994 (next to be held NA 2000); Regional Council - last held 25 June 1993 (next to be held NA 1999)

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 - UPF 17, Free-Dom Movement 13, PCR 9, PS 6

note : Reunion elects 3 representatives to the French Senate; elections last held 24 September 1992 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 1, FRA 1, independent 1; Reunion also elects 5 deputies to the French National Assembly; elections last held 21 and 28 March 1993 (next to be held as a special election on 25 May - 1 June 1997); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PS 1, PCR 1, UPF 1, RPR 1, UDF-CDS 1

unicameral Transitional National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale de Transition (70 seats; members were predetermined by the Arusha peace accord to serve NA-year terms)

elections:

• last held 26 December 1988 ( next to be held NA);
• note - the Transitional National Assembly is a power-sharing body established on 12 December 1994 following a multi-party protocol of understanding

election results:

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - RPF 19, MDR 13, PSD 13, PL 13, PDC 6, PSR 2, PDI 2, other 2;
• note - the distribution of seats was predetermined

unicameral Legislative Council (16 seats, including the governor, 2 ex-officio and 12 elected members; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held NA July 1993 (next to be held NA July 1997)

election results :

percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 15

unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (55 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

parliament dissolved by President TROVOADA in July 1994; early elections held 2 October 1994 (next to be held October 1998)

election results:

percent of vote by party - MLSTP 49%, PCD-GR 25.5%, ADI 25.5%; seats by party - MLSTP 27, PCD-GR 14, ADI 14

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (120 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 9 May 1993 (next to be held NA May 1998)

election results:

percent of vote by party - PS 70%, PDS 23%, other 7%; seats by party - PS 84, PDS 27, LD-MPT 3, AND/JEF-PADS 3, PIT 2, UDS-R 1

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (33 seats, 22 popularly elected by direct vote, 11 allocated on a proportional basis to parties winning at least 9 percent of the vote; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 20-23 July 1993 (next to be held NA 1998)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - SPPF 82%, DP 15%, UO 3%;
• seats by party (elected) - SPPF 21, DP 1;
• seats by party (awarded) - SPPF 6, DP 4, UO 1

note: the 11 awarded seats are apportioned according to the share of each party in the total vote

unicameral House of Representatives (80 seats, 68 elected, 12 filled by paramount chiefs elected in separate elections; members serve NA-year terms)

elections :

last held NA February 1996 (next to be held NA)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• 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

unicameral People's Assembly or Golaha Shacbiga

note: the Golaha Shacbiga is not functioning

bicameral parliament consisting of the National Assembly (400 seats; members are elected by popular vote under a system of proportional representation to serve five-year terms) and the National Council of Provinces (90 seats, ten members elected by each of the nine provincial legislatures for five-year terms; has special powers to protect regional interests, including the safeguarding of cultural and linguistic traditions among ethnic minorities); note - following the implementation of the new constitution on 3 February 1997 the former Senate was disbanded and replaced by the National Council of Provinces with essentially no change in membership and party affiliations, although the new institution's responsibilities have been changed somewhat by the new constitution

elections:

• National Assembly and Senate - last held 26-29 April 1994 (next to be held NA April 1999);
• note - the Senate was disbanded and replaced by the National Council of Provinces on 6 February 1997

election results:

• National Assembly - percent of vote by party - ANC 62.6%, NP 20.4%, IFP 10.5%, FF 2.2%, DP 1.7%, PAC 1.2%, ACDP 0.5%, other 0.9%;
• seats by party - ANC 252, NP 82, IFP 43, FF 9, DP 7, PAC 5, ACDP 2;
• Senate - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - ANC 61, NP 17, FF 4, IFP 5, DP 3

unicameral National Assembly (400 seats; 275 elected by popular vote, 125 elected by a supraassembly of interest groups known as the National Congress; members serve four-year terms)

elections :

last held 6-17 March 1996 (next to be held NA 2000)

election results:

• NA;
• the March 1996 elections were held on a nonparty basis;
• parties are banned in the new National Assembly

unicameral National Assembly or Bunge (274 seats, 232 directly elected; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 29 October-19 November 1995 (next to be held NA October 2000)

election results :

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - CCM 186, opposition parties 46;
• note - of the 42 seats which are not elected, some are filled by presidential appointment and others are designated by law for specific officials

unicameral National Assembly (81 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 6 and 20 February 1994 (next to be held NA 1999)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CAR 36, RPT 35, UTD 7, UJD 2, CFN 1

note: as a result of a byelection in August 1996, ordered by the Supreme Court for three seats of the Action Committee for Renewal and the Togolese Union for Democracy, representation in the National Assembly changed to RPT 38, CAR 34, UDT 6, UJD 2, and CFN 1

unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Majlis al-Nuwaab (163 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 20 March 1994 (next to be held NA 1999)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - RCD 97.7%, MDS 1.0%, others 1.3%;
• seats by party - RCD 144, MDS 10, others 9;
• note - the government changed the electoral code to guarantee that the opposition won seats

unicameral National Assembly (276 members serve five-year terms; 214 directly elected by universal suffrage, but 62 are nominated by legally established special interest groups and approved by the president - women 39, army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 3)

elections:

elections to the National Assembly (formerly the National Resistance Council) took place on 27 June 1996 (next election to be held in 2001);

election results:

NA; note - election campaigning by party was not permitted

unicameral National Assembly (150 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 18 November 1996 (next to be held October 2001)

election results :

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MMD 130, NP 5, ZDC 2, AZ 2, independents 11

unicameral parliament, called House of Assembly (150 seats, 120 of which are directly elected by popular vote for six-year terms; of the other 30 seats, 12 are nominated by the president, 10 are occupied by traditional chiefs chosen by their peers, and 8 by provincial governors)

elections:

last held 8-9 April 1995 (next to be held NA April 2001)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ZANU-PF 117, ZANU-Ndonga 2, independent 1

unicameral Parliament or Landsting (31 seats; members are elected on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held on 4 March 1995 (next to be held by 5 March 1999)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - Siumut 38.4%, Inuit Ataqatigiit 20.3%, Atassut Party 30.1%;
• seats by party - Siumut 12, Atassut Party 10, Inuit Ataqatigiit 6, conservative splinter grouping 2, independent 1

note: 2 representatives were elected to the Danish Parliament or Folketing on 21 September 1994 (next to be held by NA September 1998); percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Liberals 1, Social Democrats 1; Greenlandic representatives are affiliated with Danish political parties

unicameral Parliament or Althing (63 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections :

last held on 8 April 1995 (next to be held by April 1999)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - Independence Party 37.1%, Progressive Party 23.3%, Social Democratic Party 11.4%, Socialists 14.3%, People's Movement 7.2%, Women's Party 4.9%;
• seats by party - Independence 25, Progressive 15, Social Democratic 7, Socialists 9, People's Movement 4, Women's Party 3

non-functioning as of June 1993

unicameral National Assembly or Azgayin Zhoghov (190 seats; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 5 July 1995 (next to be held NA 2000)

election results :

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Republican Bloc 159 (ANM 63, DLP-Hanrapetutyun Bloc 6, Republic Party 4, CDU 3, Intellectual Armenia 3, Social Democratic Party 2, independents 78), SWM 8, ACP 7, NDU 5, NSDU 3, DLP 1, ARF 1, other 4, vacant 2

unicameral National Assembly or Milli Mejlis (125 seats; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 12 and 26 November 1995 (next to be held NA 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA

unicameral National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad (330 seats; 300 elected by popular vote from single territorial constituencies, 30 seats reserved for women; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 12 June 1996 (next to be held NA 2001)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - AL 33.87%, BNP 30.87%;
• seats by party - AL 178, BNP 113, JP 33, JI 3, other 2, election still to be held 1;
• note - the elections of 12 June 1996 brought to power an Awami League government for the first time in twenty-one years;
• held under a neutral, caretaker administration, the elections were characterized by a peaceful, orderly process and massive voter turnout, ending a bitter two-year impasse between the former BNP and opposition parties that had paralyzed National Parliament and led to widespread street violence

unicameral National Assembly or Tshogdu (150 seats; 105 elected from village constituencies, 12 represent religious bodies, and 33 are designated by the king to represent government and other secular interests; members serve three-year terms)

elections:

last held NA (next to be held NA)

election results:

NA

unicameral National People's Congress or Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui (2,977 seats; members indirectly elected at county or xian level to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held NA March 1993 (next to be held NA March 1998)

election results:

percent of vote - NA; seats - NA

unicameral Supreme Council or Umaghiesi Sabcho (235 seats; members are elected to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 5 November 1995 (next to be held NA November 2000)

election results :

percent of vote by party - CUG 24%, NDP 8%, All Georgia Revival Union 7%, all other parties received less than 5% each; seats by party - NA

bicameral Parliament or Sansad consists of the Council of States or Rajya Sabha (a body consisting of not more than 250 members, up to 12 of which are appointed by the president, the remainder are chosen by the elected members of the state and territorial assemblies; members serve six-year terms) and the People's Assembly or Lok Sabha (545 seats; 543 elected by popular vote, 2 appointed; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

People's Assembly - last held 27 April through May 1996 (next to be held NA 2001)

election results :

• People's Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - BJP and allies 194, Congress I Party 140, Janata Dal Party 44, CPI/M 32, Tamil Maanila Congress 20, Dravida Munnetra Kazagham 17, SP 17, Teluga Desam (Naidu) 16, CPI 11, RSP 5, Asom Gana Parishad 5, Congress (Tiwari) 4, AIFB 3, Muslim League 2, Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress 2, Karnataka Congress Party 1, independents and other regional parties 30

bicameral Diet or Kokkai consists of the House of Councillors or Sangi-in (252 seats; one-half of the members elected every three years - 76 seats of which are elected from the 47 multi-seat prefectural districts and 50 of which are elected from a single nationwide list with voters casting ballots by party; members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Shugi-in (500 seats - 200 of which are elected from 11 regional blocks on a proportional representation basis and 300 of which are elected from 300 single-seat districts; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

• House of Councillors - last held 23 July 1995 (next to be held NA July 1998);
• House of Representatives - last held 20 October 1996 (next to be held by October 2000)

election results :

• House of Councillors - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - LDP 110, NFP 56, SDP 38, JCP 14, Sakigake 3, others 19, independents 12;
• note - the distribution of seats as of March 1997 is as follows - LDP 112, NFP 61, SDP 23, JCP 14, Sakigake 3, others 39;
• House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - LDP 240, NFP 142, DPJ 52, JCP 26, SDP 15, Sun Party 10, others and independents 15;
• note - the distribution of seats as of March 1997 is as follows - LDP 241, NFP 141, DPJ 52, JCP 26, SDP 15, Sun Party 10, others and independents 15

• bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (47 seats; 7 senators are appointed by the president; other members are popularly elected, two each from each oblast and Almaty, to serve four-year terms) and the Majilis (67 seats; members are popularly elected to serve four-year terms);
• note - with the oblasts being reduced to 14, the Senate will eventually be reduced to 37

elections:

Senate - (indirect) last held 5 December 1995 (next to be held NA 1999); Majilis - last held 9 December and 23 December 1995 (next to be held NA 1999)

election results:

• Senate - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - party members 13, no party affiliation 34, of which "independent" state officials 25, nominated by the president 7, elected by popular vote 15;
• Majilis - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - party members 22, no party affiliation 45

unicameral Supreme People's Assembly or Ch'oego Inmin Hoeui (687 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections :

• last held 7-9 April 1990 (next to be held NA);
• note - the term of the Assembly expired in April 1995 without a new election and it has not been convened since the death of KIM Il-song in July 1994

election results:

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - the KWP approves a single list of candidates who are elected without opposition;
• minor parties hold a few seats

unicameral National Assembly or Kukhoe (299 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections :

last held 11 April 1996 (next to be held NA 2000)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - NKP 139, NCNP 79, ULD 50, DP 15, independents 16;
• note - the distribution of seats as of December 1996 was NKP 155, NCNP 78, ULD 47, DP 12, independents 7

bicameral Supreme Council or Zhogorku Kenesh consists of the Assembly of People's Representatives (70 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Legislative Assembly (35 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

• Assembly of People's Representatives - last held 5 February 1995 (next to be held NA 2000);
• Legislative Assembly - last held 5 February 1995 (next to be held NA 2000)

election results :

• Assembly of People's Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - NA;
• note - not all of the 70 seats were filled at the 5 February 1995 elections;
• as a result, run-off elections were held at later dates;
• the assembly meets twice yearly;
• Legislative Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - NA;
• note - not all of the 35 seats were filled at the 5 February 1995 elections;
• as a result, run-off elections were held

note: the legislature became bicameral for the 5 February 1995 elections

unicameral Citizens' Council or Majlis (48 seats; 40 elected by popular vote, 8 appointed by the president; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 2 December 1994 (next to be held NA December 1999)

election results :

percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 40

unicameral State Great Hural (76 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 30 June 1996 (next to be held NA June 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party - DUC 66%, MPRP 33%, MCP 1%; seats by party - DUC 50 (MNDP 34, MSDP 13, independents 3), MPRP 25, MCP 1

bicameral Parliament consists of the National Council (60 seats; 35 appointed by the House of Representatives, 10 by the king, and 15 elected by an electoral college; one-third of the members elected every two years to serve six-year terms) and the House of Representatives (205 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

House of Representatives - last held 15 November 1994 (next to be held by 15 November 1999)

election results :

• House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NCP 33%, CPN/UML 31%, NDP 18%, Sadbhavana (Goodwill) Party 3%, NWPP 1%;
• seats by party - CPN/UML 88, NCP 83, NDP 20, NWPP 4, Sadbhavana (Goodwill) Party 3, independents 7;
• note - subsequent to the election, there was a change in the distribution of seats;
• the new distribution is as follows - CPN/UML 90, NCP 87, NDP 19, NWPP 3, Sadbhavana Party 3, independents 3

bicameral Parliament or Majlis-e-Shoora consists of the Senate (87 seats; members indirectly elected by provincial assemblies to serve six-year terms; one-third of the members up for election every two years; has advisory powers only) and the National Assembly (217 seats; 207 represent Muslims and 10 represent non-Muslims; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

Senate - last held 12 March 1997 (next to be held NA March 1999); National Assembly - last held 3 February 1997 (next to be held NA February 2002)

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

bicameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoe Sobranie consists of the Federation Council or Sovet Federatsii (178 seats, filled ex-officio by the top executive and legislative officials in each of the 89 federal administrative units - oblasts, krays, republics, autonomous okrugs and oblasts, and the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg; members serve four-year terms) and the State Duma or Gosudarstvennaya Duma (450 seats, half elected in single-member districts and half elected from national party lists; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections :

State Duma - last held 17 December 1995 (next to be held NA December 1999)

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 - Communist Party of the Russian Federation 22.3%, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 11.2%, Our Home Is Russia 10.1%, Yabloko Bloc 6.9%;
• seats by party - Communist Party of the Russian Federation 157, independents 78, Our Home Is Russia 55, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 51, Yabloko Bloc 45, Agrarian Party of Russia 20, Russia's Democratic Choice 9, Power To the People 9, Congress of Russian Communities 5, Forward, Russia! 3, Women of Russia 3, other parties 15

unicameral Parliament (225 seats; members elected by popular vote on the basis of a modified proportional representation system to serve six-year terms)

elections:

last held 16 August 1994 (next to be held by August 2000)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - PA 49.0%, UNP 44.0%, SLMC 1.8%, TULF 1.7%, SLPF 1.1%, EPDP 0.3%, UPF 0.3%, PLOTE 0.1%, other 1.7%;
• seats by party - PA 105, UNP 94, EPDP 9, SLMC 7, TULF 5, PLOTE 3, SLPF 1, UPF 1

unicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli (181 seats; members are popularly elected to serve five-year terms)

elections :

last held 26 February and 12 March 1995 (next to be held NA 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; estimated seats by party - Communist Party and affiliates 100, People's Party 10, Party of People's Unity 6, Party of Economic and Political Renewal 1, other 64

under the 1992 constitution, there are two parliamentary bodies, a unicameral People's Council or Halk Maslahaty (more than 100 seats, some of which are popularly elected and some are appointed; meets infrequently) and a unicameral Assembly or Majlis (50 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections :

People's Council - no elections; Assembly - last held 11 December 1994 (next to be held NA 1999)

election results:

• Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - Democratic Party 45, other 5;
• note - all 50 preapproved by President NIYAZOV

unicameral Supreme Assembly or Oliy Majlis (250 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 25 December 1994 (next to be held NA 1999)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - People's Democratic Party 207, Fatherland Progress Party 12, other 31;
• note - final runoffs were held 22 January 1995;
• seating was as

follows:

People's Democratic Party 69, Fatherland Progress Party 14, Social Democratic Party 47, local government 120

note: all parties in parliament support President KARIMOV

unicameral House of Assembly (11 seats total, 7 elected by direct popular vote; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 16 March 1994 (next to be held March 1999)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ANA 2, AUP 2, ADP 2, independent 1

bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (17-member body appointed by the governor general) and the House of Representatives (17 seats; members are elected by proportional representation to serve 5-year terms)

elections:

House of Representatives - last held 8 March 1994 (next to be held NA 1999)

election results :

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ALP 11, UPP 5, independent 1

unicameral Legislature or Staten (21 seats; members elected by direct popular vote and serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 29 July 1994 (next to be held by NA July 1998)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - AVP 10, MEP 9, OLA 2

bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (16-member body appointed by the governor general upon the advice of the prime minister and the opposition leader for a five-year term) and the House of Assembly (40 seats; members elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 14 March 1997 (next to be held by March 2002)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FNM 34, PLP 6

bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (21-member body appointed by the governor general) and the House of Assembly (28 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections :

House of Assembly - last held 6 September 1994 (next to be held by January 1999)

election results:

House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - BLP 19, DLP 8, NDP 1

bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (8 members; members are appointed for five-year terms, five on the advice of the prime minister, two on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and one after consultation with the Belize Advisory Council - this council serves as an independent body to advise the governor general with respect to difficult decisions such as granting pardons, commutations, stays of execution, the removal of justices of appeal who appear to be incompetent, etc.) and the National Assembly (29 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

National Assembly - last held 30 June 1993 (next to be held no later than September 1998)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PUP 13, UDP 15, NABR 1

unicameral Legislative Council (13 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote, 1 member from each of 9 electoral districts, 4 at large members; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 20 February 1995 (next to be held NA February 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - VIP 6, CCM 2, UP 2, independents 3

unicameral Legislative Assembly (18 seats, 3 official members and 15 elected by popular vote; members serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 20 November 1996 (next to be held NA November 2000)

election results:

percent of vote - NA; seats - National Team coalition 9, independents 6

unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (57 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 6 February 1994 (next to be held NA February 1998)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PLN 28, PUSC 25, minority parties 4

unicameral National Assembly of People's Power or Asemblea Nacional del Poder Popular (589 seats, elected directly from slates approved by special candidacy commissions; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 24 February 1993 (next to be held NA 1998)

election results:

percent of vote - NA; seats - NA

unicameral House of Assembly (30 seats, 9 appointed senators, 21 elected by popular vote representatives; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 12 June 1995; byelections held 13 August 1996 (next to be held by October 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UWP 12, DLP 5, DFP 4

bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Senate or Senado (30 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (120 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

Senate - last held 30 May 1994 (next to be held NA May 1998); Chamber of Deputies - last held 16 May 1994 (next to be held NA May 1998)

election results:

• Senate - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - PRSC 15, PLD 1, PRD 14;
• Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - PLD 13, PRSC 50, PRD 57

unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (84 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve three-year terms)

elections :

last held 16 March 1997 (next to be held NA March 2000)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - ARENA 35.4%, FMLN 34.3%, PCN 8.1%, PDC 7.9%, CD 3.8%, PRSC 3.4%, PLD 3.2%, MU 2.1%, PD 1.0%, other 0.8%;
• seats by party - ARENA 28, FMLN 27, PCN 11, PDC 9, PRSC 3, CD 2, PLD 2, MU 1, PD 1

bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 13-member body, 10 appointed by the government and three by the leader of the opposition) and the House of Representatives (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held on 20 June 1995 (next to be held by NA October 2000)

election results:

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NNP 8, NDC 5, GULP 2

unicameral General Council or Conseil General (43 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional(41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)

elections:

General Council - last held 22 March 1992 (next to be held by NA 1996); Regional Council - last held 31 January 1994 (next to be held 16 March 1998)

election results :

• General Council - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - FRUI.G 13, RPR/DUD 13, PPDG 8, FGPS 3, PCG 3, UPLG 1, PSG 1, independent 1;
• Regional Council - percent of vote by party - RPR/FGPS-dissidents 48.30%, FGPS 17.09%, FRUI.G 7.44%, PPDG 8.90%, UPLG 7.75% PCG 6.05%;
• seats by party - RPR/FGPS-dissidents 22, FGPS/FRUI.G 9, PPDG 5, PCG 3, UPLG 2

note : Guadeloupe elects two representatives to the French Senate; elections last held in September 1995 (next to be held NA September 2004); percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PPDG 1, FGPS 1; Guadeloupe elects four representatives to the French National Assembly; elections last held on 21 and 28 March 1993 (next to be held 25 May-1 June 1997 - special election); percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FGPS 2, RPR 1, PCG 1

unicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de la Republica (80 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held on 12 November 1995 to select 80 new congressmen (next to be held in November 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PAN 43, FRG 21, FDNG 6, DCG 4, UCN 3, UD 2, MLN 1

note: on 11 November 1993 the congress approved a procedure that reduced its number from 116 seats to 80; the procedure provided for a special election in mid-1994 to elect an interim congress of 80 members to serve until replaced in the November 1995 general election; the plan was approved in a general referendum in January 1994 and the special election was held on 14 August 1994

bicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale consists of the Senate (27 seats; members serve six-year terms; one-third elected every two years) and the Chamber of Deputies (83 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

• Senate - last held 25 June 1995 with reruns on 13 August and runoffs on 17 September (election held for nine seats 6 April 1997; runoffs to be held 25 May 1997 were postponed);
• Chamber of Deputies - last held 25 June 1995 with reruns on 13 August and runoffs on 17 September (next to be held NA 1999; byelections for two vacant seats were held 6 April 1997; runoffs to be held 25 May 1997 were postponed)

election results:

• Senate - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - Lavalas Platform 17, FNDC 6, National Alliance for Democracy and Progress 2, RDNP 1, independent 1;
• Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - Lavalas Platform 67, FNCD 2, CONACOM 1, PANPRA 1, MRN 2, MKN 1, PROP 1, UPD 2, independents 4, vacant 2

unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (128 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections :

last held on 27 November 1993 (next to be held November 1997)

election results:

percent of vote by party - PNH 53%, PLH 41%, PDCH 1.0%, PINU-SD 2.5%, other 2.5%; seats by party - PLH 71, PNH 55, PINU-SD 2

bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 21-member body appointed by the governor general on the recommendations of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; ruling party 13 seats, opposition 8 seats) and the House of Representatives (60 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 30 March 1993 (next to be held by March 1998)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - PNP 52, JLP 8;
• note - the establishment of a major third party, the National Democratic Movement (NDM) in 1995 led to a realignment of seats - PNP 51, JLP 7, NDM 2

unicameral General Council or Conseil General (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a unicameral Regional Assembly or Conseil Regional (41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)

elections:

General Council - last held NA March 1994 (next to be held NA 2000); Regional Assembly - last held on 22 March 1992 (next to be held by March 1998)

election results:

• General Council - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - NA;
• note - the PPM won a plurality;
• Regional Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - RPR-UDF 16, MIM 9, PPM 9, PCM 5, independents 2

note: Martinique elects 2 seats to the French Senate; elections last held 24 September 1995 (next to be held September 1998); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PS 2; Martinique also elects 4 seats to the French National Assembly; elections last held 21 March 1993 (next to be held 25 May-1 June 1997 - special election); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 3, PS 1

unicameral Legislative Council (11 seats, 7 popularly elected; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 11 November 1996 (next to be held by NA 2001)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PPA 2, MNR 2, NPP 1, independent 2

unicameral States or Staten (23 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 25 February 1994 (next to be held NA March 1998)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PAR 8, PNP 3, SPA 2, PDB 2, UPB 1, MAN 2, DP 1, WIPM 1, DP-St.E 1, DP-St.M 1, Nos Patria 1

note: the government of Prime Minister Miguel POURIER is a coalition of several parties

unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (93 seats; members are elected by proportional representation to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 20 October 1996 (next to be held NA 2001)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - Liberal Alliance (ruling party - includes PLC, PALI, PLIUN, and PUCA) 46.03%, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) 36.55%, Nicaraguan Christian Road Party (PCCN) 3.73%, Nicaraguan Conservative Party (PCN) 2.12%, Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) 1.33%;
• seats by party - Liberal Alliance 42, FSLN 36, PCCN 4, PCN 3, PRONAL 2, MRS 1, PRN 1, PNC 1, PLI 1, AU 1, UNO-96 Alliance 1

unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (72 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections :

last held 8 May 1994 (next to be held 9 May 1999)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PRD 32, PS 4, PALA 1, PA 14, MPE 6, MOLIRENA 4, PLA 3, PRC 3, PL 2, PDC 1, UDI 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

bicameral Legislative Assembly consists of the Senate (28 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and the House of Representatives (54 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections :

Senate - last held 5 November 1996 (next to be held 7 November 2000); House of Representatives - last held 5 November 1996 (next to be held 7 November 2000)

election results:

• Senate - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - PNP 19, PPD 8, PIP 1;
• House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - PNP 37, PPD 16, PIP 1

note: Puerto Rico elects one representative to the US House of Representatives; elections last held 5 November 1996 (next to be held 7 November 2000); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PNP 1 (Carlos Romero BARCELO)

unicameral House of Assembly (14 seats, 11 popularly elected from single member constituencies; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 3 July 1995 (next to be held by July 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party - SKLNP 58%, PAM 41%; seats by party - SKNLP 7, PAM 1, NRP 1, CCM 2

bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (an 11-member body, six appointed on the advice of the prime minister, three on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and two after consultation with religious, economic, and social groups) and the House of Assembly (17 seats; members are elected by popular vote from single member constituencies to serve five-year terms)

elections:

House of Assembly - last held 27 April 1992 (next to be held NA May 1997)

election results:

House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UWP 11, SLP 6

unicameral House of Assembly (21 seats, 15 elected representatives and 6 appointed senators; members are elected by popular vote from single member constituencies to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 21 February 1994 (next to be held by NA May 1999)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NDP 12, ULP 3

bicameral Parliament consists of a Senate (31 seats; members appointed by the president for a maximum term of five years) and a House of Representatives (36 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

House of Representatives - last held 6 November 1995 (next to be held by December 2000)

election results:

• House of Representatives - percent of vote - PNM 52%, UNC 42.2%, NAR 5.2%;
• seats by party - PNM 17, UNC 17, NAR 2;
• the UNC formed a coalition with the NAR

note: Tobago has a unicameral House of Assembly with 15 members serving four-year terms

unicameral Legislative Council (19 seats, of which 13 are popularly elected; members serve three-year terms)

elections:

last held 31 January 1995 (next to be held by NA December 1998)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDM 8, PNP 4, independent (Norman SAUNDERS) 1

unicameral Senate (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms)

elections:

last held 5 November 1996 (next to be held NA November 1998)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independents 6, Democrats 5, Republicans 2, Independent Citizens Movement 2

note: the Virgin Islands elects one representative to the US House of Representatives; elections last held 19 November 1996 (next to be held NA November 1998); results - Dr. Donna GREEN (ICM) 51.5%, Victor O. FRAZER (independent) 48.5%

unicameral People's Assembly or Kuvendi Popullor (140 seats; most members are elected by direct popular vote and some by proportional vote for four-year terms)

elections:

last held 26 May 1996 (next tentatively scheduled for 29 June 1997)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DP 122, PS 10, RP 3, UHP 3, Balli Kombetar 2

unicameral General Council of the Valleys or Consell General de las Valls (28 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote, 14 from a single national constituency and 14 to represent each of the 7 parishes; members serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 16 February 1997 (next to be held February 2001)

election results:

percent of vote by party - UL 57%, AND 21%, IDN 7%, ND 7%, other 8%; seats by party - UL 16, AND 6, ND 2, IDN 2, UPO 2

bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung consists of Federal Council or Bundesrat (63 members; members represent each of the provinces on the basis of population, but with each province having at least three representatives) and the National Council or Nationalrat (183 seats; members elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

National Council - last held 17 December 1995 (next to be held Fall 1999)

election results :

• National Council - percent of vote by party - SPOe 38.3%, OeVP 28.3%, FPOe 22.1%, Greens 4.6%, LF 5.3%, other 1.4%;
• seats by party - SPOe 71, OeVP 53, FPOe 40, Greens 9, LF 10

bicameral Parliament established by the 28 November Constitution consists of the Council of the Republic (64 seats; the president appoints 8 and each oblast plus the Minsk city government elect 8) and the Chamber of Representatives (110 seats; note - present members came from the defunct Supreme Soviet)

elections:

last held May and November-December 1995 (two rounds, each with a run-off; next to be held NA 2000)

election results :

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - KPB 42, Agrarian 33, CAB 9, Party of People's Concord 8, UPNAZ 2, SDPB 2, BPR 1, Green Party 1, Republican Party of Labor and Justice 1, BSP 1, NFB 1, Social and Sports Party 1, Ecological Party 1, independents 95, vacant 62;
• note - after the November 1996 referendum, seats for the Chamber of Representatives were filled by former Supreme Soviet

members as follows:

• PKB 24, Agrarian 14, Party of Peoples Concord 5, LDPB 1, UPNAZ 1, Green World Party 1, Belarusian Social Sports Party 1, Ecological Party 1, Republican Party of Labor and Justice 1, independents 60;
• 58 of the 64 seats in the Council of the Republic have been appointed/elected

bicameral Parliament consists of a Senate or Senaat in Flemish, Senat in French (71 seats; 40 members are directly elected, 31 will be indirectly elected at a later date; members serve four-year terms) and a Chamber of Deputies or Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers in Flemish, Chambre des Representants in French (150 seats; members are directly elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms)

elections:

Senate and Chamber of Deputies - last held 21 May 1995 (next to be held by the end of 1999)

election results:

• Senate - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - CVP 7, SP 6, VLD 6, VU 2, AGALEV 1, VB 3, PS 5, PRL 5, PSC 3, ECOLO 2;
• note - before the 1995 elections, there were 184 seats;
• Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - CVP 17.2%, PS 11.9%, SP 12.6%, VLD 13.1%, PRL 10.3%, PSC 7.7%, VB 7.8%, VU 4.7%, ECOLO 4.0%, AGALEV 4.4%, FN 2.3%;
• seats by party - CVP 29, PS 21, SP 20, VLD 21, PRL 18, PSC 12, VB 11, VU 5, ECOLO 6, AGALEV 5, FN 2;
• note - before the 1995 elections, there were 212 seats

note: as a result of the 1993 constitutional revision that furthered devolution into a federal state, there are now three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities; this reality leaves six governments each with its own legislative assembly; for other acronyms of the listed parties see Political parties and leaders

Published as “Legislative branch”

bicameral Parliamentary Assembly or Skupstina consists of the National House of Representatives or Vijece Opcina (42 seats - 14 Serb, 14 Croat, and 14 Muslim; members serve NA-year terms) and the House of Peoples or Vijece Gradanstvo (15 seats - 5 Muslim, 5 Croat, 5 Serb; members serve NA-year terms)

elections:

• National House of Representatives - elections last held 14 September 1996 (next to be held NA);
• note - the House of Peoples are elected by the Muslim-Croat Federation's 140-seat House of Representatives (two-thirds) and the Bosnian Serb Republic's 83-seat National Assembly (one-third)

election results:

National House of Representatives: two-thirds chosen

from the Muslim-Croat Federation:

• percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - SDA 16, HDZ-BiH 7, Joint List of Social Democrats 3, Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 2;
• one-third chosen from the Bosnian Serb

Published as “Republika Srpska has a National Assembly with 83 seats”

seats by party - SDS 50, Democratic Patriotic Front/Union for Peace and Progress 10, Serb Radical Party 7, SDA 6, other 10

unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sobranie (240 seats; members are popularly elected to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 19 April 1997 (next to be held NA 2001)

election results :

percent of vote by party - UDF 52%, BSP 22%, ANS 7%, Euro-left 5.5%, BBB 4.95%; seats by party - UDF 137, BSP 58, ANS 19, Euro-left 14, BBB 12

bicameral Assembly or Sabor consists of the House of Districts or Zupanijski Dom (68 seats - 63 directly elected by popular vote, 5 presidentially appointed; members serve four-year terms) and House of Representatives or the Zastupnicki Dom (127 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

House of Districts - last held 13 April 1997 (next to be held NA 2001); House of Representatives - last held 29 October 1995 (next to be held NA 1999)

election results:

• House of Districts - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - HDZ 42, HDZ/HSS 11, HSS 2, IDS 2, SDP/PGS/HNS 2, SDP/HNS 2, HSLS/HSS/HNS 1, HSLS 1;
• note - in some districts certain parties ran as coalitions, while in others they ran alone;
• House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - HDZ 45.23%, HSS/IDS/HNS/HKDU/SBHS 18.26%, HSLS 11.55%, SDP 8.93%, HSP 5.01%;
• seats by party - HDZ 75, HSLS 12, HSS 10, SDP 10, IDS 4, HSP 4, HNS 2, SNS 2, HND 1, ASH 1, HKDU 1, SBHS 1, independents 4

bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate (81 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve staggered two-, four-, and six-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or Snemovna Poslancu (200 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections :

• Senate - last held 15-16 and 22-23 November 1996 (next to be held NA November 1998 - to replace/re-elect 20 senators serving two-year terms);
• Chamber of Deputies - last held 31 May-1 June 1996 (next to be held NA May 2000)

election results :

• Senate - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - governing coalition (ODS 32, KDU-CSL 13, ODA 7), opposition (CSSD 25, KCSM 2, DEU 1, independent 1);
• Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - governing coalition (ODS 68, KDU-CSL 18, ODA 13), opposition (CSSD 61, KCSM 22, SPR-RSC 18)

unicameral Parliament or Folketing (179 seats; members are elected on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 21 September 1994 (next to be held not later than September 1998)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - Social Democrats 34.6%, Liberals 23.3%, Conservatives 15.0%, Socialist People's Party 7.3%, Progress Party 6.4%, Social Liberals 4.6%, Unity List 3.1%, Center Democrats 2.8%, Christian People's Party 1.8%;
• seats by party - Social Democrats 63, Liberals 44, Conservatives 28, Socialist People's Party 13, Progress Party 11, Social Liberals 8, Unity List 6, Center Democrats 5, independent 1;
• note - Progress Party split up in spring

of 1995:

Progress Party retained 7 seats, Danish People's Party 4 seats

unicameral Parliament or Riigikogu (101 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections :

last held 5 March 1995 (next to be held NA 1999)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - KMU 32.22%, RE 16.18%, K 14.17%, Pro Patria and ERSP 7.85%, M 5.98%, Our Home is Estonia and Right-Wingers 5.0%;
• seats by party - KMU 41, RE 19, K 16, Pro Patria 8, Our Home is Estonia 6, M 6, Right-Wingers 5

unicameral Faroese Parliament or Logting (32 seats; members are elected on a proportional basis from the seven constituencies to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 7 July 1994 (next to be held by NA July 1998)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - Unionist Party 23.4%, People's Party 16.0%, Social Democrats 15.4%, Republicans 13.7%, Workers' Party 9.5%, Christian People 6.3%, Center Party 5.8%, Home Rule Party 5.6%;
• seats by party - Unionist Party 8, People's Party 6, Social Democrats 5, Republicans 4, Workers' Party 3, Christian People 2, Center Party 2, Home Rule Party 2

note: election of 2 seats to the Danish Parliament was last held on 21 September 1994 (next to be held by September 1998); results - percent of vote by party - Unionist Party 22.5%, People's Party 21.7%; seats by party - Unionist Party 1, People's Party 1

unicameral Parliament or Eduskunta (200 seats; members are elected by popular vote on a proportional basis to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 19 March 1995 (next to be held NA March 1999)

election results :

• percent of vote by party - Social Democratic Party 28.3%, Center Party 19.9%, National Coalition (Conservative) Party 17.9%, Leftist Alliance (Communist) 11.2%, Swedish People's Party 5.1%, Green League 6.5%, Ecology Party 0.3%, Rural 1.3%, Finnish Christian League 3.0%, Liberal People's Party 0.6%, Young Finns 2.8%;
• seats by party - Social Democratic Party 63, Center Party 44, National Coalition (Conservative) Party 39, Leftist Alliance (Communist) 22, Swedish People's Party 11, Green League 9, Ecology Party 1, Rural 1, Finnish Christian League 7, Young Finns 2, Aaland Islands 1

bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of the Senate or Senat (321 seats - 296 for metropolitan France, 13 for overseas departments and territories, and 12 for French nationals abroad; members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve nine-year terms; elected by thirds every three years) and the National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (577 seats; members are elected under a single-member majoritarian system to serve five-year terms)

elections:

Senate - last held 24 September 1995 (next to be held September 1998); National Assembly - last held 25 May-1 June 1997 (next to be held NA May 2002)

election results:

• Senate - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - RPR 94, UDF 127, PS 75, PCF 15, other 10;
• National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - PS 245, RPR 140, UDF 109, PCF 37, PRS 13, Ecologists 8, MDC 7, LDI-MPF 1, FN 1, various left 9, various right 7

bicameral chamber (no official name for the two chambers as a whole) consists of the Federal Assembly or Bundestag (656 seats usually, but 672 for the 1994 term; elected by direct popular vote under a system combining direct and proportional representation; a party must win 5% of the national vote or three direct mandates to gain representation; members serve four-year terms) and the Federal Council or Bundesrat (68 votes; state governments are directly represented by votes; each has 3 to 6 votes depending on population and are required to vote as a block)

elections:

Federal Assembly - last held 16 October 1994 (next to be held by NA 1998); Federal Council - last held NA ( next to be held NA)

election results:

• Federal Assembly - percent of vote by party - CDU 34.2%, SPD 36.4%, Alliance 90/Greens 7.3%, CSU 7.3%, FDP 6.9%, PDS 4.4%, Republicans 1.9%;
• seats by party - CDU 244, SPD 252, Alliance 90/Greens 49, CSU 50, FDP 47, PDS 30;
• Federal Council - current composition - votes by party - SPD-led states 41, CDU-led states 27

unicameral House of Assembly (18 seats, 15 elected; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 16 May 1996 (next to be held NA 2000)

election results :

percent of vote by party - SD 53%, SL 42%, NP 3%; seats by party - SD 8, SL 7

unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Vouli ton Ellinon (300 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

elections last held 22 September 1996 (next to be held by NA September 2000)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - PASOK 41.5%, ND 38.1%, KKE 5.6%, Coalition of the Left and Progress 5.1%, DIKKI 4.4%, Political Spring 2.9%;
• seats by party - PASOK 162, ND 108, KKE 11, Coalition of the Left and Progress 10, DIKKI 9

unicameral Assembly of the States (60 seats, 33 popularly elected; members serve six-year terms)

elections:

last held 20 April 1994 (next to be held NA 2000)

election results:

percent of vote - NA; seats - all independents

unicameral Pontifical Commission

unicameral National Assembly or Orszaggyules (386 seats; members are elected by popular vote under a system of proportional and direct representation to serve four-year terms)

elections :

last held on 8 and 29 May 1994 (next to be held May 1998)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MSzP 209, SzDSz 70, MDF 37, FKgP 26, KDNP 22, FiDeSz 20, other 2

bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of the Senate or Seanad Eireann (60 seats, 49 elected by the universities and from candidates put forward by five vocational panels, 11 are nominated by the prime minister; members serve five-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Dail Eireann (166 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote and proportional representation to serve five-year terms)

elections:

• Senate - last held NA February 1992 (next to be held NA February 1997);
• House of Representatives - last held 25 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1997)

election results:

• Senate - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - Fianna Fail 26, Fine Gael 16, Labor 9, Progressive Democrats 2, Democratic Left 1, independents 6;
• House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - Fianna Fail 39.1%, Fine Gael 24.5%, Labor Party 19.3%, Progressive Democrats 4.7%, Democratic Left 2.8%, Sinn Fein 1.6%, Workers' Party 0.7%, independents 5.9%;
• seats by party - Fianna Fail 68, Fine Gael 45, Labor Party 33, Progressive Democrats 10, Democratic Left 4, Greens 1, independents 5

bicameral Tynwald consists of the Legislative Council (a 10-member body composed of the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and 8 others named by the House of Keys) and the House of Keys (24 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

House of Keys - last held NA November 1991 (next to be held NA 1996)

election results:

House of Keys - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independents 24

bicameral Parliament or Parlamento consists of the Senate or Senato della Repubblica (326 seats, 315 popularly elected of which 232 are directly elected and 83 by regional proportional representation, 11 appointed senators-for-life; members serve five-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camera dei Deputati (630 seats; 475 are directly elected, 155 by regional proportional representation; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

Senate - last held 21 April 1996 (next to be held by NA April 2001); Chamber of Deputies - last held 21 April 1996 (next to be held by NA April 2001)

election results:

• Senate - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - Olive Tree 157, Freedom Alliance 116, Northern League 27, Refounded Communists 10, regional lists 3, Social Movement-Tricolor Flames 1, Panella Reformers 1;
• Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA;
• seats by party - Olive Tree 284, Freedom Alliance 246, Northern League 59, Refounded Communists 35, Southern Tyrol List 3, Autonomous List 2, other 1

unicameral Assembly of the States (57 seats, 53 elected including 12 senators popularly elected for six-year terms, half retiring every third year, 12 constables popularly elected triennially, and 29 deputies popularly elected triennially)

elections:

last held NA (next to be held NA)

election results:

percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 52

unicameral Parliament or Saeima (100 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve three-year terms)

elections :

last held 30 September-1 October 1995 (next to be held NA October 1998)

election results:

• percent of vote by party - Saimnieks 18%, LC 17%, For Latvia 16%, TB 14%, LNNK 8%, Unity 8%, LSZ/LKDS 7%, Harmony 6%, Socialist 6%;
• seats by party - Saimnieks 18, LC 17, For Latvia 16, TB 14, LNNK 8, Unity 8, LSZ/LKDS 7, Harmony 6, Socialist 6

unicameral Diet or Landtag (25 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote under proportional representation to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held on 2 February 1997 (next to be held by NA 2001)

election results:

percent of vote by party - VU 50.1%, FBP 41.3%, FL 8.5%; seats by party - VU 13, FBP 10, FL 2

unicameral Parliament or Seimas (141 seats, 71 members are directly elected by popular vote, 70 are elected by proportional representation; members serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 20 October and 10 November 1996 (next to be held NA October 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Conservative Party 70, LKDP 16, Center Union 13, LDDP 12, LSDP 12, DP 2, independents 4, others 8, vacant 4

unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes (60 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 12 June 1994 (next to be held by June 1999)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CSV 21, LSAP 17, DP 12, Action Committee for Democracy and Pension Rights 5, Greens 5

note: the Conseil d'Etat or Council of State is an advisory body whose views are considered by the Chamber of Deputies

unicameral House of Representatives (usually 65 seats; note - additional seats are given to the party with the largest popular vote to ensure a legislative majority; current total: 69 seats; members are elected by proportional representation to serve five-year terms)

elections :

last held 26 October 1996 (next to be held by October 2001)

election results:

percent of vote by party - MLP 50.7%, NP 46.5%; seats by party - NP 34, MLP 31 (MLP 35, NP 34 after adjustment)