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) 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--last held 5 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2001);
• elections for two-thirds of the Council of Nations--last held 25 December 1997 (next to be held NA 2003)

election results:

• National People's Assembly--percent of vote by party--NA%;
• seats by party--RND 156, MSP 69, FLN 62, Nahda Movement 34, FFS 20, RCD 19, PT 4, Republican Progressive Party 3, Union for Democracy and Freedoms 1, Liberal Social Party 1, independents 11;
• Council of Nations--percent of vote by party--NA%;
• seats by party--RND 80, FLN 10, FFS 4, MSP 2 (remaining 48 seats appointed by the president, party breakdown NA)

unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (220 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--MPLA 129, UNITA 70, PRS 6, FNLA 5, PLD 3, others 7

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 28 March 1999)

election results:

percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--PRB 20, PRD 19, FARD-ALAFIA 10, PSD 7, NCC 3, RDL-VIVOTEN 3, PCB 2, AC 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 NA October 1999)

election results:

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

bicameral; consists of a National Assembly or Assemblee des Deputes Populaires (ADP) (111 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the purely consultative Chamber of Representations or Chambre des Representants (120 seats; members are appointed to serve three-year terms)

elections:

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

election results:

percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--CDP 101, PDP 6, RDA 2, ADF 2

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (81 seats; note--new Transitional Constitution calls for 121 seats; members are elected by popular vote on a proportional basis to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 29 June 1993 (next was scheduled to be held in 1998, but suspended by presidential decree in 1996)

election results:

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

unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (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 1;
• note--7 contested seats will be filled in an election at a time to be set by the Supreme Court

note: the constitution calls for an upper chamber for the legislature, to be called Senate, which the government proposed to establish in 1998

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (109 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms; note--there were 85 seats in the National Assembly before the 1998 election)

elections:

last held 22-23 November and NA December 1998 (next to be held NA 2003)

election results:

• percent of vote by party--MLPC 43%, RDC 18%, MDD 9%, 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 10, FPP 7, PSD 5, ADP 4, PUN 3, FODEM 2, PLD 2, UPR 1, FC 1, independents 7;
• note--results of election are being contested

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 elected by popular vote to 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 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:

Federal Assembly--last held 1 and 8 December 1996 (next to be held NA)

election results:

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

legislative activity has been suspended pending the establishment of KABILA's promised constitutional reforms and the elections to be held by April 1999 (now postponed indefinitely)

elections:

• the country's first multi-party presidential and legislative elections had been scheduled for May 1997 but were not held;
• instead KABILA overthrew the MOBUTU government and seized control of the country

unicameral National Transitional Council (75 seats, members elected by reconciliation forum of 1,420 delegates; note--the National Transitioanl Council replaced the bicameral Paarliament in mid-1997

elections:

• National Transitional Council--last held NA January 1998 (next to be held NA 2001);
• note--at that election the National Transitional Council is to be replaced by a bicameral assembly

election results:

National Transitional Council--percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--NA

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 NA November 2000)

election results:

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

note: a Senate will be created in 2000

unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes (65 seats; members elected by popular vote for five-year terms)

elections:

last held 19 December 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)

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 People's Representatives or Camara de Representantes del Pueblo (80 seats; members directly elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 21 November 1993 (next to be held NA 1999)

election results:

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

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

elections:

in May 1997, following the adoption of the new constitution, 75 members of the PFDJ Central Committee (the old Central Committee of the EPLF), 60 members of the 527-member Constituent Assembly which had been established in 1997 to discuss and ratify the new constitution, and 15 representatives of Eritreans living abroad were formed into a Transitional National Assembly to serve as the country's legislative body until country-wide elections to a National Assembly are held; only 75 members will be elected to the National Assembly--the other 75 will be members of the Central Committee of the PFDJ

• 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 monarch; members serve five-year terms) and the House of Assembly (65 seats--10 appointed by the monarch and 55 elected by popular vote; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

House of Assembly--last held NA September and NA October 1998 (next to be held NA 2003)

election results:

• House of Assembly--balloting is done on a nonparty basis;
• candidates for election are nominated by the local council of each constituency and for each constituency the three candidates with the most votes in the first round of voting are narrowed to a single winner by a second round

bicameral Parliament consists of the House of Federation or upper chamber (117 seats; members are chosen by state assemblies to serve five-year terms) and the House 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)

elections:

regional and national popular elections were held in May and June 1995 (next to be held NA 2000)

election results:

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

• bicameral legislature consists of the Senate (91 seats) and the 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 NA 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, ADERE 3, RDP 1, others 15

unicameral National Assembly; 49 seats (45 elected by popular vote, 4 appointed by the president; all for five-year terms)

elections:

last popular election held 2 January 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)

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 133, NPP 61, PCP 5, PNC 1

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 elected by popular vote to serve a maximum of four years)

elections:

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

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 (222 seats, 12 appointed by the president, 210 members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 29 December 1997 (next to be held between 1 December 2002 and 30 April 2003)

election results:

• percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--KANU 107, FORD-A 1, FORD-K 17, FORD-People 3, DP 39, NDP 21, SDP 15, SAFINA 5, smaller parties 2;
• seats appointed by the president--KANU 6, FORD-Kenya 1, DP 2, SDP 1, NDP 1, SAFINA 1

• bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (33 members--22 principal chiefs and 11 other members appointed by the ruling party) and the Assembly (80 seats; members elected by popular vote for five-year terms);
• note--number of seats in the Assembly rose from 65 to 80 in the May 1998 election

elections:

last held 23 May 1998 (next to be held in late 1999 or early 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party--LCD 61%; seats by party--LCD 79, BCP 1

note: results contested; LCD, with only 61% of the vote, won 79 out of 80 parliamentary seats based on a historical political consensus for a "winner take all" formula

bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (26 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and the House of Representatives (64 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

Senate--last held 19 July 1997 (next to be held in NA 2001); House of Representatives--last held 19 July 1997 (next to be held in NA 2001)

election results:

• Senate--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--NPP 21, UP 3, ALCOP 2;
• House of Representatives--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--NPP 49, UP 7, ALCOP 3, Alliance of Political Parties 2, UPP 2, LPP 1;
• note--the Alliance of Political Parties was a coalition of the LAP and the LUP

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

• unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (150 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms);
• note--the legislature is scheduled to become a bicameral Paliament with the establishment of a Senate;
• two-thirds of the seats of this Senate will be filled by regional assemblies whose members will be elected by popular vote;
• the remaining one-third of the seats will be appointed by the president;
• the total number of seats will be determined by the National Assembly;
• all members will serve four-year terms

elections:

National Assembly--last held 17 May 1998 (next to be held NA 2002)

election results:

• National Assembly--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--AREMA 62, LEADER/Fanilo 15, AVI 14, RPSD 11, AFFA 6, MFM 3, AKFM/Fanavaozana 3, GRAD/Iloafo 1, Fihaonana 1, independents 34

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 distribution of seats in the National Assembly had

changed at the end of the 1996 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 or Assemblee Nationale (147 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 20 July and 3 August 1997 (next to be held in two rounds in 2002); note--much of the opposition boycotted the election

election results:

percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--ADEMA 130, PARENA 8, CDS 4, UDD 3, PDP 2

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 17 April 1998 (next to be held NA 2000); 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--NA;
• 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 elected by popular vote, 4 appointed by the election commission from the losing political parties to give representation to various ethnic minorities; members serve five-year terms)

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/MMR 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 23 March 1997 (next to be held NA March 2000)

election results:

• percent of vote by party--NA;
• note--only nine of the 19 seats were subjected to voting in March 1997;
• after the election,

seats by party were as follows:

MPM 8, RPR 5, independents 5, PS 1

note: Mayotte elects one member of the French Senate; elections last held 24 September 1995 (next to be held 24 September 2001); results--percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--MPM 1; Mayotte also elects one member to the French National Assembly; elections last held 25 May and 1 June 1997 (next to be held as a special election on NA May 2002); results--percent of vote by party--UDF/FD 51.7%, RPR 48.3%; seats by party--UDF/FD 1

bicameral Parliament consists of an upper house or Chamber of Counselors (270 seats; members elected indirectly by local councils, professional organizations, and labor syndicates for nine-year terms; one-third of the members are renewed every three years) and a lower house or Chamber of Representatives (325 seats; members elected by popular vote for five-year terms)

elections:

• Chamber of Counselors--last held 5 December 1997 (next to be held NA December 2000);
• Chamber of Representatives--last held 14 November 1997 (next to be held NA November 2002)

election results:

• Chamber of Counselors--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--RNI 42, MDS 33, UC 28, MP 27, PND 21, IP 21, USFP 16, MNP 15, UT 13, FFD 12, CDT 11, UTM 8, PPS 7, PSD 4, PDI 4, UGTM 3, UNMT 2, other 3;
• Chamber of Representatives--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--USFP 57, UC 50, RNI 46, MP 40, MDS 32, IP 32, MNP 19, PND 10, MPCD 9, PPS 9, FFD 9, PSD 5, OADP 4, PA 2, PDI 1

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%, DU 5.15%, other 16.74%; seats by party--Frelimo 129, Renamo 112, DU 9

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-1 December 1998 (next to be held by December 2004);
• 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--NA;
• 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 (members elected by popular vote for five-year terms);
• selection process for second chamber not established

elections:

last held 23 November 1996 (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

bicameral National Assembly consists of Senate (109 seats, three from each state and one from the Federal Capital Territory; members elected by popular vote to serve seven-year terms) and House of Representatives (360 seats, members elected by popular vote to serve seven-year terms)

elections:

Senate--last held 20-24 February 1999 (next to be held NA 2006); House of Representatives--last held 20-24 February 1999 (next to be held NA 2006)

election results:

• Senate--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--PDP 61, APP 24, AD 20, other 4;
• House of Representives--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--PDP 206, APP 74, AD 68, others 12

note: the National Assembly was suspended by the military government following the military takeover on 17 November 1993; the new civilian government which was elected on 20 February 1999 is expected to be inaugurated on 29 May 1999

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 three representatives to the French Senate; elections last held 14 April 1996 (next to be held NA); results--percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--RPR 1, PCR 2; Reunion also elects five deputies to the French National Assembly; elections last held 25 May and 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA2002); results--percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--PCR 3, PS 1, and RPR-UDF 1

unicameral Transitional National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale de Transition (a power-sharing body with 70 seats established on 12 December 1994 following a multi-party protocol understanding; members were predetermined by the Arusha peace accord)

elections:

• the last national legislative elections were held 16 December 1988 for the National Development Council (the legislature prior to the advent of the Transitional National Assembly);
• no elections have been held for the Transitional National Assembly as the distribution of seats was predetermined by the Arusha peace accord

election results:

• percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--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 (15 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 9 July 1997 (next to be held NA July 2001)

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:

last held 8 November 1998 (next to be held NA 2003)

election results:

percent of vote by party--MLSTP-PSD 56%, PCD 14.5%%, ADI 29%; seats by party--MLSTP-PSD 31, ADI 16, PCD 8

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (140 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 24 May 1998 (next to be held NA May 2003)

election results:

• percent of vote by party--PS 50.19%, PDS 19%, UDS-R 13%, And/Jef-PADS 5%, LD/MPT 4%, CDP/Garab-Gi 2%, FSD 1%, PDS-R 1%, RND 1%, BCG 1%, PIT 1% ;
• seats by party--PS 93, PDS 23, UDS-R 11, And-Jef/PADS 4, LD-MPT 3, CDP/Garab-Gi 1, FSD 1, PDS-R 1, RND 1, BCG 1, PIT 1

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (35 seats--25 elected by popular vote, 10 allocated on a proportional basis to parties winning at least nine percent of the vote; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 20-22 March 1998 (next to be held by NA 2003)

election results:

• percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party (elected)--SPPF 24, DP 1;
• seats by party (awarded)--SPPF 6, DP 1, UO 3

note: the 10 awarded seats are apportioned according to the share of each party in the total vote

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

elections:

last held 26-27 February 1996 (next to be held 2001)

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: 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, 10 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 2 June 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)

elections:

last held 6-17 March 1996 (next to be held NA 2001)

election results:

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

Published as “Legislative branch”

• unicameral National Assembly or Bunge (274 seats--232 elected by popular vote, 37 allocated to women nominated by the president, five to members of the Zanzibar House of Representatives; members serve five-year terms);
• note --in addition to enacting laws that apply to the entire United Republic of Tanzania, the Assembly enacts laws that apply only to the mainland;
• Zanzibar has its own House of Representatives to make laws especially for Zanzibar (the Zanzibar House of Representatives has 50 seats, directly elected by universal suffrage to serve five-year terms)

elections:

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

election results:

National Assembly: percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--CCM 186, CUF 24, NCCR-Mageuzi 16, CHADEMA 3, UDP 3;

Published as “Zanzibar House of Representatives”

percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--CCM 26, CUF 24

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 February 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 defections from the CAR to the RPT and the merging of the UJD with the RPT, representation in the National Assembly in August 1997 was RPT 42, CAR 32, UTD 5, CFN 1, independent 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--214 directly elected by popular vote, 62 nominated by legally established special interest groups and approved by the president--women 39, army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 3; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 27 June 1996 (next to be held NA 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 NA October 2001)

election results:

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

unicameral parliament, called House of Assembly (150 seats--120 elected by popular vote for six-year terms, 12 nominated by the president, 10 occupied by traditional chiefs chosen by their peers, and 8 occupied 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 by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held on 17 February 1999 (next to be held by NA 2003)

election results:

• percent of vote by party--Siumut 35.2%, Inuit Ataqatigiit 22%, Atassut Party 25.2%, Candidates' League 12.3%;
• seats by party--Siumut 11, Atassut Party 8, Inuit Ataqatigiit 7, Candidates' League 4, independent 1

note: 2 representatives were elected to the Danish Parliament or Folketing on NA March 1998 (next to be held by NA 2002); percent of vote by party--Siumut 35.6%, Atassut 35.2%; seats by party--Siumut 1, Atassut 1; Greenlandic representatives are affiliated with Danish political parties

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 (Parliament) or Azgayin Zhoghov (190 seats; members serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 5 July 1995 (next to be held in the spring of 1999)

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;
• note--seats by party change frequently

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--NAP and allies 115, APF 4, PNIA 3, Musavat Party 1, vacant 2

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, 10 represent religious bodies, and 35 are designated by the monarch 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 (2,979 seats; members elected by municipal, regional, and provincial people's congresses to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held NA December-NA February 1998 (next to be held late 2002-NA March 2003)

election results:

percent of vote--NA; seats--NA

unicameral Supreme Council (commonly referred to as Parliament) or Umaghiesi Sabcho (235 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

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

election results:

• percent of vote by party--CUG 24%, NDP 8%, AGUR 7%, all other parties received less than 5% each;
• seats by party--CUG 107, NDP 34, AGUR 32, Progress Bloc 4, SPG 4, others 9, Abkazian deputies 12, independents 29, not filled 4

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 by the president; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

People's Assembly--last held 16 February through 7 March 1998 (next to be held NA March 2003)

election results:

• People's Assembly--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--BJP 178, Congress (I) Party 141, CPI/M 32, SP 20, ADMK 18, RJD 17, Telugu Desam 12, SAP 12, CPI 9, BJD 9, Akali Dal factions 8, Trinamool Congress 7, SHS 6, DMK 6, Janata Dal Party 6, BSP 5, RSP 5, independents and others 44, vacant 8, appointed by the president 2

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 12 July 1998 (next to be held NA July 2001);
• 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 102, DPJ 47, JCP 23, Komeito 22, SDP 13, Liberal Party 12, independents 26, others 7;
• note--the distribution of seats as of January 1999 is as follows--LDP 104, DPJ 56, Komeito 24, JCP 23, SDP 14, Liberal Party 12, independents 5, others 14;
• 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 15;
• note--the distribution of seats as of January 1999 is as follows--LDP 266, DPJ 94, Komeito/Reform Club 52, Liberal Party 39, JCP 26, SDP 14, independents 5, others 4

• bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (47 seats; 7 senators are appointed by the president; other members are popularly elected, two 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--PUP 24, December National Democratic Party 12, Kazakhstan Agrarian Union 5, Confederation of Kazakh Trade Unions 5, KPK 2, independents and others 19

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 26 July 1998 (next to be held NA)

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 February 1999 was GNP 137, NCNP 105, ULD 53, independents 4

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 at later dates

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 3 May 1999)

election results:

• House of Representatives--percent of vote by party--NCP 33%, CPN/UML 31%, NDP 18%, Nepal Sadbhavana (Goodwill) Party 3%, NWPP 1%;
• seats by party-- CPN/UML 88, NCP 83, NDP 20, NWPP 4, Nepal Sadbhavana (Goodwill) Party 3, independents 7

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) and the National Assembly (217 seats--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 Federal'noye Sobraniye 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 federal 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 elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 26 February and 12 March 1995 (next to be held NA 1999)

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 elected by popular vote and some of which 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--NA; Assembly--last held 11 December 1994 (next to be held NA December 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 elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

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

election results:

• percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--People's Democratic Party 207, Fatherland Progress Party 12, other 31;
• note--seating following the final runoff elections were

held 22 January 1995:

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 4 March 1999 (next to be held March 2004)

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 five-year terms)

elections:

House of Representatives--last held 9 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2004)

election results:

percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--ALP 12, UPP 4, independent 1

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

elections:

last held 12 December 1997 (next to be held by NA December 2001)

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 35, PLP 5

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 20 January 1999 (next to be held by January 2004)

election results:

House of Assembly--percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--BLP 26, DLP 2

bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (eight 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 1 August 1998 (next to be held NA August 2003)

election results:

percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--PUP 26, UDP 3

unicameral Legislative Council (13 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote, one member from each of 9 electoral districts, four 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, three 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 1 February 1998 (next to be held NA February 2002)

election results:

percent of vote by party--PUSC 41%, PLN 35%, minority parties 24%; seats by party--PUSC 27, PLN 23, minority parties 7

unicameral National Assembly of People's Power or Asemblea Nacional del Poder Popular (601 seats, elected directly from slates approved by special candidacy commissions; members serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 11 January 1998 (next to be held in 2003)

election results:

percent of vote--PCC 94.39%; seats--PCC 601

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 (next to be held by October 2000); byelections held 13 August 1996

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 16 May 1998 (next to be held NA May 2002); Chamber of Deputies--last held 16 May 1998 (next to be held NA May 2002)

election results:

• Senate--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--PRD 24, PLD 4, PRSC 2;
• Chamber of Deputies--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--PRD 83, PLD 49, PRSC 17

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 9, PDC 8, PRSC 3, CD 2, PLD 2, MU 1, PD 1, independent 3

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 18 January 1999 (next to be held by NA October 2004)

election results:

House of Representatives--percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--NNP 15

unicameral General Council or Conseil General (42 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 1998 (next to be held by NA 2002); Regional Council--last held 15 March 1998 (next to be held NA 2004)

election results:

• General Council--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--various left parties 11, PS 8, RPR 8, PPDG 6, various right parties 5, PCC 3, UDF 1;
• Regional Council--percent of vote by party--RPR 48.03%, PS/PPDG/DVG 24.49%, PCG 5.29%, DVD 5.73%;
• seats by party--RPR 25, PS/PPDG/DVG 12, PCG 2, DVD 2

note: Guadeloupe elects two representatives to the French Senate; elections last held NA September 1995 (next to be held NA September 2004); percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--RPR 1, FGPS 1; Guadeloupe elects four representatives to the French National Assembly; elections last held 25 May--1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--FGPS 2, RPR 1, PPDG 1

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

elections:

last held on 12 November 1995 (next to be held in November 1999)

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; results disputed and runoffs postponed indefinitely);
• Chamber of Deputies--last held 25 June 1995, with reruns on 13 August and runoffs on 17 September (next Senate and Chamber of Deputies elections due November 1998 but delayed indefinitely)

election results:

• Senate--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--OPL 7, FL-leaning 7, independents 3, vacant 10;
• Chamber of Deputies--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--OPL 32, antineoliberal bloc 24, minor parties and independents 22, vacant 5

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

elections:

last held on 30 November 1997 (next to be held November 2001)

election results:

percent of vote by party--PLH 50%, PNH 42%, PINU-SD 4%, PDCH 2%, other 2%; seats by party--PLH 70, PNH 55, PINU-SD 3

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 eight seats) and the House of Representatives (60 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:

last held 18 December 1997 (next to be held by March 2002)

election results:

percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--PNP 50, JLP 10

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 NA March 1998 (next to be held by March 2004)

election results:

• General Council--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--NA;
• note--the PPM won a plurality;
• Regional Assembly--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--NA

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 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); results--percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--RPR 2, PS 1, independent 1

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 (22 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 30 January 1998 (next to be held by NA 2002)

election results:

• percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--PAR 4, PNP 3, SPA 1, PDB 2, UPB 1, MAN 2, PLKP 3, WIPM 1, SEA 1, DP-St.M 2, FOL 2;
• no party won enough seats to form a government

note: the government of Prime Minister Miguel POURIER is 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%, FSLN 36.55%, PCCN 3.73%, PCN 2.12%, MRS 1.33%;
• seats by party--Liberal Alliance 42, FSLN 36, PCCN 4, PCN 3, PRONAL 2, MRS 1, PRN 1, 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 2 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, PLN 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 nonvoting 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 23 May 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)

election results:

House of Assembly--percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--SLP 16, UWP 1

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

elections:

last held 15 June 1998 (next to be held by NA May 2003)

election results:

percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--NDP 8, ULP 7

bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (31 seats; members appointed by the president for a maximum term of five years) and the 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 15, UNC 19, NAR 1, independent 1;
• note--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 four-year terms)

elections:

last held 31 January 1995 (next to be held by NA December 1999)

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 3 November 1998 (next to be held NA November 2000)

election results:

percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--Democratic Party 6, independents 5, Republican Party 2, Independent Citizens Movement 2

note: the Virgin Islands elect one representative to the US House of Representatives; election last held 3 November 1998 (next to be held NA November 2000); results--Dr. Donna GREEN (Democrat) 80%, Victor O. FRAZER (ICM) 20%

unicameral People's Assembly or Kuvendi Popullor (155 seats; most members are elected by direct popular vote and some by proportional vote for four-year terms)

elections:

last held 29 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2001)

election results:

• percent of vote by party--PS 53.36%, PD 25.33%, PSD 2.5%, PBDNJ 2.78%, PBK 2.36%, PAD 2.85%, PR 2.25%, PLL 3.09%, PDK 1.00%, PBSD 0.84%;
• seats by party--PS 101, PD 27, PSD 8, PBDNJ 4, PBK 3, PAD 2, PR 2, PLL 2, PDK 1, PBSD 1, PUK 1, independents 3

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 NA 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 (64 members; members represent each of the states on the basis of population, but with each state having at least three representatives; members serve a four- or six-year term) 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 in the fall of 1999)

election results:

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

bicameral Parliament or Natsionalnoye Sobranie consists of the Council of the Republic or Soviet Respubliki (64 seats; eight appointed by the president and 56 indirectly elected by deputies of local councils for four-year terms) and the Chamber of Representatives or Palata Pretsaviteley (110 seats; note--present members came from the former Supreme Soviet which LUKASHENKO disbanded in November 1996)

elections:

last held May and November-December 1995 (two rounds, each with a run-off; disbanded after the November 1996 referendum; next to be held NA)

election results:

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 61;
• 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 by popular vote, 31 are indirectly elected; 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 popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms)

elections:

Senate and Chamber of Deputies--last held 21 May 1995 (next to be held in June 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

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 elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms) and the House of Peoples or Vijece Gradanstvo (15 seats--5 Muslim, 5 Croat, 5 Serb; members elected by the Muslim/Croat Federation's House of Representatives and the Republika Srpska's National Assembly to serve two-year terms)

elections:

• National House of Representatives--elections last held 12-13 September 1998 (next to be held in the fall 2000);
• House of Peoples--last held NA (next to be held NA)

election results:

• National House of Representatives--percent of vote by party/coalition--NA;
• seats by party/coalition--KCD 17, HDZ-BiH 6, SDP 4, Sloga 4, SDS 4, SDBIH 2, SRS-RS 2, DNZ 1, NHI 1, RSRS 1;
• House of Peoples--percent of vote by party/coalition--NA;
• seats by party/coalition--NA

note: the Muslim/Croat Federation has a House of Representatives (140 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve NA year terms); elections last held NA (next to be held NA); percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party/coalition--KCD 68, HDZ-BiH 28, SDP 19, SDBIH 6, NHI 4, DNZ 3, DSP 2, BPS 2, HSP 2, SPRS 2, BSP 1, KC 1, BOSS 1, HSS 1; the Republika Srpska has a National Assembly (83 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve NA year terms); elections last held NA (next to be held NA); percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party/coalition--SDS 19, KCD 15, SNS 12, SRS-RS 11, SPRS 10, SNSD 6, RSRS 3, SKRS 2, SDP 2, KKO 1, HDZ-BiH 1, NHI 1

unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sobranie (240 seats; members elected by popular vote 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 Counties or Zupanijski Dom (68 seats--63 directly elected by popular vote, 5 appointed by the president; 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 Counties--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 Counties--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 or Senat (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 13-14 and 20-21 November 1998 (next to be held NA November 2000--to replace/reelect 20 senators serving two-year terms);
• Chamber of Deputies--last held 19-20 June 1998 (early elections to be held NA June 2000)

election results:

• Senate--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--governing coalition (CSSD 23), opposition (ODS 26, KDU-CSL 16, KCSM 4, ODA 7, US 4, DEU 1);
• Chamber of Deputies--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--governing coalition (CSSD 74), opposition (ODS 63, KDU-CSL 20, US 19, KCSM 24)

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

elections:

last held 11 March 1998 (next to be held NA 2002)

election results:

percent of vote by party--NA; seats by

party--progovernment parties:

• Social Democrats 65, Socialist People's Party 13, Radical Liberal Party 7, Unity Party 5;
• opposition: Liberal Party 43, Conservative Party 17, Danish People's Party 13, Center Democrats 8, Christian People's Party 4, Progress Party 4

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 7 March 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 by popular vote on a proportional basis from the seven constituencies to serve four-year terms)

elections:

last held 30 April 1998 (next to be held by NA July 2002)

election results:

• percent of vote by party--Republicans 23.8%, People's Party 21.3%, Social Democrats 21.9%, Coalition Party (Union Party, Labor Front, Home Rule Party) 15%;
• seats by party--Republicans 8, People's Party 8, Social Democrats 7, Coalition Party 6, other parties 3

note: election of 2 seats to the Danish Parliament was last held on 11 March 1998 (next to be held by NA 2002); results--percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--Social Democrats 1, Conservatives 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 21 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2003)

election results:

• percent of vote by party--Social Democratic Party 22.9%, Center Party 22.5%, National Coalition (Conservative) Party 21.0%, Leftist Alliance (Communist) 10.9%, Swedish People's Party 5.1%, Green Union 7.2%, Finnish Christian League 4.2%;
• seats by party--Social Democratic Party 51, Center Party 48, National Coalition (Conservative) Party 46, Leftist Alliance (Communist) 20, Swedish People's Party 11, Green Union 11, Finnish Christian League 10, other 3

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 by popular vote under a single-member majoritarian system to serve five-year terms)

elections:

Senate--last held 27 September 1998 (next to be held September 2001); National Assembly--last held 25 May-1 June 1997 (next to be held NA May 2002)

election results:

• Senate--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--RPR 99, Centrist Union 52, Republicans and independents 47, PS 78, PCF 16, other 29;
• 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

Published as “Soviet Union, two German states were formed in 1949”

the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The newly democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EU and NATO, while the Communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the Soviet Union and end of the Cold War cleared the path for the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and German re-unification in 1990.

Germany has expended considerable funds--roughly $100 billion a year--in subsequent years working to bring eastern productivity and wages up to western standards, with mixed results. Unemployment--which in the east is nearly double that in the west--has grown over the last several years, primarily as a result of structural problems like an inflexible labor market. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other members of the EU formed a common European currency, the euro, and the German government is now looking toward reform of the EU budget and enlargement of the Union into Central Europe.

Published as “Legislative branch”

bicameral chamber (no official name for the two chambers as a whole) consists of the Federal Assembly or Bundestag (656 seats usually, but 669 for the 1998 term; elected by 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 (69 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 27 September 1998 (next to be held by the fall of 2002);
• note--there are no elections for the Bundesrat;
• composition is determined by the composition of the state-level governments;
• the composition of the Bundesrat has the potential to change any time one of the 16 states holds an election

election results:

• Federal Assembly--percent of vote by party--SPD 40.9%, Alliance 90/Greens 6.7%, CDU/CSU 35.1%, FDP 6.2%, PDS 5.1%;
• seats by party--SPD 298, Alliance 90/Greens 47, CDU/CSU 245, FDP 43, PDS 36;
• Federal Council--current composition--votes by party--SPD-led states 45, CDU-led states 24

unicameral House of Assembly (18 seats--15 elected, on for the Speaker, and two ex officio; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections:

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

election results:

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

unicameral Parliament 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;
• note--seating has subsequently changed as a result of disciplinary actions by PASOK, ND, and DIKKI;
• 1998 seating is PASOK 162, ND 105, KKE 11, Coalition of the Left and Progress 10, DIKKI 8, independents 4

unicameral Assembly of the States (60 seats--33 elected by popular vote; 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 10 and 24 May 1998 (next to be held May/June 2002)

election results:

• percent of vote by party (5% or more of the vote required for parliamentary representation in the first round)--MSZP 32.0%, FIDESZ 28.2%, FKGP 13.8%, SZDSZ 7.9%, MIEP 5.5%, MMP 4.1%, MDF 2.8%, KDNP 2.3%, MDNP 1.5%;
• seats by party--MSZP 134, FIDESZ 148, FKGP 48, SZDSZ 24, MDF 17, MIEP 14, independent 1;
• note--the MDF won 17 single-member district seats

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 popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve five-year terms)

elections:

Senate--last held NA August 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); House of Representatives--last held 6 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)

election results:

• Senate--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--NA;
• House of Representatives--percent of vote by party--NA;
• seats by party--Fianna Fail 76, Fine Gael 53, Labor Party 19, Progressive Democrats 4, Democratic Left 4, Greens 2, Sinn Fein 1, independents 7

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 21 November 1996 (next to be held NA 2001)

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 elected by popular vote of which 232 are directly elected and 83 are elected by regional proportional representation, 11 are 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 four-year terms--amended from three-year term on 4 December 1997)

elections:

last held 3 October 1998 (next to be held NA October 2002)

election results:

• percent of vote by party--People's Party 21%, LC 18%, TSP 14%, TVB/LNNK 14%, Social Democrats 13%, New Party 8%;
• seats by party--People's Party 24, LC 21, TSP 16, TVB/LNNK 17, Social Democrats 14, New Party 8

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%, FBPL 41.3%, FL 8.5%; seats by party - VU 13, FBPL 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--TS 69, LKDP 15, LCS 15, LDDP 12, LSDP 10, DP 2, independents 12, others 6

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 13 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 Council of State or Conseil d'Etat, which has 21 members who are appointed for life, is an advisory body whose views are considered by the Chamber of Deputies