List of legislatures by country
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This is a list of legislatures by country. A "legislature" is the generic name for the national parliaments and congresses that act as a plenary general assembly of representatives and that have the power to legislate. All entities included in the list of sovereign states are included in this list.
Names of legislatures[]
The legislatures are listed with their names in English and the name in the (most-used) native language of the country (or the official name in the second-most used native language in cases where English is the majority "native" language)
List of legislatures[]
Supranational legislatures[]
Organisation | Name of house(s) | House level | Term (years) |
Voting system | Seats | Population per seat |
GDP per seat (USD millions) |
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European Parliament[1] | Lower | 5 | Open and closed list proportional representation Single transferable vote (in the Republic of Ireland and Malta) |
705 | 667,761 | 20,983 |
Council of the European Union[2][note 1] (informally known as the Council of Ministers) | Upper | N/A | Indirect (members of national governments) | 27 | ~ | ~ | |
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Pan-African Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | Indirect (appointed by 47 of 53 national legislatures) | 265 | 3,974,098 | 14,180 |
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Central American Parliament | Unicameral | Varies by country |
Direct, proportional | 120 | 426,274 | 2,651 |
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Mercosur Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | Direct, indirect (varies by country) proportional | 122 | 1,588,889 | 16,228 |
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Latin American Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | Direct | 276 | ~ | ~ |
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Arab Parliament | Unicameral | 68 | ~ | ~ |
Legislatures of sovereign states (Member and observer states of the United Nations)[]
UN member or observer state | Overall name of legislature | Name of house(s) | House level | Term (years) | Electoral system | Seats | Population per seat |
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National Assembly (ملی شورا Mili Shura / شورای ملی Shura-e Milli) | House of the People (ولسي جرګه Wolesi Jirga) | Lower | 5 | Single non-transferable vote[3] | 249 | 122,168 |
House of Elders (مشرانوجرګه Meshrano Jirga) | Upper | 3, 4 and 5 | Elected by district and provincial councils, and appointed by the president | 102 | 298,234 | ||
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Parliament (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by county with a 3% threshold | 140 | 20,226 | |
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Parliament (البرلمان, Parlement) | People's National Assembly (المجلس الشعبي الوطني al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani, Assemblée populaire nationale) | Lower | 5 | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province | 407 | 80,303 |
Council of the Nation (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma, Conseil de la nation) | Upper | 6 | Elected by popular wilaya assemblies and communal people's assemblies, and appointed by the President | 144 | 257,638 | ||
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General Council (Consell General) | Unicameral | 4 | Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method nationwide and block vote by parish | 28 | 2,789 | |
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National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide and by province | 220 | 84,081 | |
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Parliament[note 2] | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 17 | 4,305 |
Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the Governor-General, representing the monarch, on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition | 19 | 4,811 | ||
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National Congress of Argentina (Congreso de la Nación Argentina) | Chamber of Deputies of the Nation (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación) | Lower | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province with a 3% threshold | 257 | 156,097 |
Senate of the Nation (Senado de la Nación) | Upper | 6 | Partial block voting by province | 72 | 557,181 | ||
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National Assembly (Ազգային Ժողով Azgayin Zhoghov) | Unicameral | 5 | Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency with a 5% threshold | 105 | 24,902 | |
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Parliament of Australia[note 2] | House of Representatives | Lower | 3 | Instant-runoff voting | 151 | 162,914 |
Senate | Upper | 6 | Single transferable vote by state/territory | 76 | 323,684 | ||
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Austrian Parliament | National Council (Nationalrat) | Lower | 5 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 4% threshold | 183 | 43,895 |
Federal Council (Bundesrat) | Upper | 5 and 6 | Elected by state legislatures | 61 | 129,563 | ||
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National Assembly (Milli Məclis) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post | 125 | 73,320 | |
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Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 39 | 9,326 |
Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the Governor-General, representing the monarch, on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition | 16 | 22,103 | ||
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National Assembly (المجلس الوطني) | Council of Representatives (مجلس النواب Majlis an-nuwab) | Lower | 4 | Two-round system | 40 | 30,864 |
Consultative Council (مجلس الشورى Majlis al-shura) | Upper | 4 | Appointed by the king | 40 | 30,864 | ||
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National Parliament (জাতীয় সংসদ Jatiya Sangsad) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post | 350 | 466,909 | |
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Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 30 | 9,486 |
Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the Governor-General, representing the monarch, on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition | 21 | 13,551 | ||
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National Assembly (Нацыянальны сход Nacyjanaĺny schod / Национальное собрание) | House of Representatives (Палата прадстаўнікоў Palata pradstaŭnikoŭ / Палата представителей) | Lower | 4 | Two-round system | 110 | 85,997 |
Council of the Republic (Савет Рэспублікі Saviet Respubliki / Совет Республики) | Upper | 4 | Elected by regional councils, and appointed by the President | 64 | 147,773 | ||
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Federal Parliament (Federaal Parlement / Parlement fédéral / Föderales Parlament) | Chamber of Representatives (Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers / Chambre des Représentants / Abgeordnetenkammer) |
Lower | 5 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province with a 5% threshold | 150 | 74,000 |
Senate (Senaat / Sénat / Senat) | Upper | 5 | Elected by community and regional parliaments | 60 | 185,000 | ||
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National Assembly | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 31 | 10,748 |
Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the Governor-General, representing the monarch, on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition | 12 | 27,766 | ||
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National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies | 83 | 115,648 | |
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Parliament of Bhutan[note 3] | National Assembly (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་འདུ། Gyelyong Tshogdu) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 47 | 15,072 |
National Council (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེ། Gyelyong Tshogde) | Upper | 4 | First-past-the-post, and appointed by the king | 25 | 28,337 | ||
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Plurinational Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional) | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) | Lower | 5 | Closed list mixed-member proportional representation: Proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by department and first-past-the-post | 130 | 83,905 |
Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores) | Upper | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by department | 36 | 302,993 | ||
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Parliamentary Assembly (Parlamentarna skupština / Парламентарна скупштина) | House of Representatives (Predstavnički dom / Zastupnički dom / Представнички дом) | Lower | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies | 42 | 91,422 |
House of Peoples (Dom naroda / Дом народa) | Upper | 4 | Serbs elected by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, and Bosniaks and Croats elected by the House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15 | 255,982 | ||
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Parliament of Botswana (Palamente) | National Assembly (Khudutlhamaga ya Botswana) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post, and appointed by the President | 63 | 32,211 |
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National Congress (Congresso Nacional) | Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados) | Lower | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by state | 513 | 371,798 |
Federal Senate (Senado Federal) | Upper | 8 | Partial block voting by state | 81 | 2,354,724 | ||
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Legislative Council (Majlis Mesyuarat Negara) | Unicameral | no timeframe | Appointed by the Sultan | 36 | 11,355 | |
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National Assembly (Народно събрание Narodno sabranie) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by constituency with a 4% threshold | 240 | 30,685 | |
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National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 5 | Proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide and in constituencies | 127 | 126,281 | |
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Parliament (Parlement) | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 2% threshold | 121 | 74,570 |
Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 5 | Elected by the communal councils | 43 | 179,577 | ||
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Parliament
(សភាតំណាងរាស្ត្រ ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា) |
National Assembly (រដ្ឋសភាជាតិ; Rotsaphea) | Lower | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province | 123 | 108,852 |
Senate (ព្រឹទ្ធសភា; Protsaphea) | Upper | 6[4] | Appointed by the monarch, elected by the National Assembly and commune councils | 61 | 219,490 | ||
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Parliament (Parlement) | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post and Block vote: If no list obtains an absolute majority, the one with the highest number of votes is allocated half of the seats; the remainder is allocated to the other best-placed lists through proportional representation | 180 | 97,021 |
Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 5 | Elected by municipal councils, and appointed by the president | 100 | 174,638 | ||
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Parliament / Parlement | House of Commons / Chambre des communes) | Lower | 4 years, unless elections are called earlier | First-past-the-post voting | 338 | 104,571 |
Senate / Sénat | Upper | Until age 75, or resigns. | Appointed by the governor general, representing the monarch, on the advice of the Prime Minister | 105 | 318,825 | ||
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National Assembly (Asembleia Nacional) | Unicameral | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies | 72 | 4,990 | |
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National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 5 | Two-round system | 131 | 38,951 | |
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National Assembly (Assemblée nationale / الجمعية الوطنية) | Unicameral | 4 | Block voting: If no list obtains an absolute majority, the seats are allocated through proportional representation | 188 | 66,640 | |
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National Congress (Congreso Nacional) | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) | Lower | 4 | Binomial voting system (To become open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies by the next election) | 155 | 145,021 |
Senate of the Republic (Senado de la República) | Upper | 8 | Binomial voting system | 38 | 457,963 | ||
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National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会 Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì)[note 4] | Unicameral | 5 | Elected by municipal, regional and provincial congresses, and People's Liberation Army | 2,980 | 448,518 | |
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Congress (Congreso) | Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes) | Lower | 4 | Open or closed list proportional representation (depending on the political party) with the D'Hondt method by state | 166 | 279,556 |
Senate (Senado) | Upper | 4 | Open or closed list proportional representation (depending on the political party) with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 3% threshold | 102 | 454,964 | ||
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Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union) | Unicameral | 5 | Two-round system, and elected by the local assemblies | 33 | 24,181 | |
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Parliament (Parlement) | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | Parallel voting: Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies and first-past-the-post voting | 500 | 143,425 |
Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 5 | Elected by the provincial assemblies | 108 | 664,008 | ||
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Parliament (Parlement) | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | Two-round system | 151 | 28,537 |
Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 5 | Elected by district, local, and regional councils | 52 | 83,966 | ||
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Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province | 57 | 75,468 | |
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Croatian Assembly[note 3] (Hrvatski državni sabor) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 5% threshold | 151 | 28,414 | |
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National Assembly of People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular) | Unicameral | 5 | Popular vote and approval by special candidacy commissions | 612 | 18,308 | |
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House of Representatives (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων Vouli Antiprosópon / Temsilciler Meclisi) | Unicameral | 5 | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by constituency | 56 | 18,632 | |
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Parliament of the Czech Republic (Parlament České republiky) | Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna) | Lower | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by region with a 5% threshold | 200 | 52,811 |
Senate (Senát) | Upper | 6 | Two-round system (staggered elections) | 81 | 130,397 | ||
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People's Assembly[note 3] (Folketinget) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 2% threshold including the Faroe Islands and Greenland seats | 179 | 30,969 | |
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National Assembly (Assemblée nationale / الجمعية الوطنية) | Unicameral | 5 | Block vote and closed list proportional representation by constituencies: The list obtaining an absolute or relative majority of votes is allocated 80% of the seats; the remainder is allocated to the other best-placed lists which obtained at least 10% of the valid votes through proportional representation; if no other list obtains 10% of the valid votes, the remaining seats will be allocated to the party which won the majority or relative majority of the valid votes | 65 | 12,587 | |
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House of Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting, and appointed by the President | 32 | 3,394 | |
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National Congress (Congreso Nacional) | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) | Lower | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province and nationwide with a 1% threshold for the nationwide seats | 183 | 51,520 |
Senate (Senado) | Upper | 4 | First-past-the-post voting | 32 | 293,088 | ||
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National Parliament (Parlamentu Nasionál / Parlamento Nacional) | Unicameral | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 3% threshold | 65 | 16,408 | |
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National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) | Unicameral | 4 | Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency and first-past-the-post voting | 137 | 116,802 | |
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Parliament (برلمان) | Senate (مجلس الشيوخ Majlis Alshuyukh) | Upper | 5 | 300 | ||
House of Representatives (مجلس النواب Majilis Al-Nuwab) | Lower | 5 | Parallel voting: First-past-the-post voting, block vote, and appointed by the President | 596 | 150,983 | ||
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Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) | Unicameral | 3 | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by department and nationwide | 84 | 68,382 | |
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Parliament (Parlamento / Parlement / Parlamento) | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de los Diputados / Chambre des députés / Câmara dos Deputados) | Lower | 5 | Closed list proportional representation in constituencies with a 10% threshold | 100 | 16,220 |
Senate (Senado / Sénat / Senado) | Upper | Closed list proportional representation with a 10% threshold, and appointed by the President | 70 | 23,171 | |||
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National Assembly (Hagerawi Baito) | Unicameral | 5 | Popular vote | 104 | 50,878 | |
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State Assembly[note 3] (Riigikogu) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 5% threshold | 101 | 12,814 | |
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Parliament (Liblanda) | House of Assembly[note 5] | Lower | 5 | majority | 55 | 22,181 |
Senate (Indlu yeTimphunga) | Upper | appointed by the King | 30 | 40,666 | |||
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Parliament[note 5] | House of Peoples' Representatives (የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 547 | 135,134 |
House of Federation (የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት Yefedereshn Mekir Bet) | Upper | 5 | Elected by State Councils | 112 | 659,986 | ||
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Congress | Unicameral | 4 | First-past-the-post voting | 14 | 7,642 | |
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Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 5% threshold | 50 | 16,745 | |
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Parliament (Eduskunta / Riksdagen) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies, and first-past-the-post for Åland's lone seat | 200 | 25,900 | |
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Parliament (Parlement) | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | Two-round system | 577 | 113,258 |
Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 6 | Elected indirectly by officials including regional councilors, department councilors, mayors, city councilors, and members of the National Assembly | 348 | 187,787 | ||
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Parliament (Parlement) | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting, and appointed by the President | 121 | 12,190 |
Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 6 | Indirectly elected by local and départemental councillors | 102 | 14,460 | ||
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National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting, and appointed by the President | 58 | 25,673 | |
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Parliament of Georgia (საქართველოს პარლამენტი Sak'art'velos Parlamenti) | Unicameral | 4 | Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency with a 5% threshold, and first-past-the-post | 150 | 29,794 | |
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Federal Diet[note 3] (Bundestag) | N/A (unofficially Lower house) | 4 | Closed list mixed-member proportional representation with the Sainte-Laguë method by state with a 5% threshold, and first-past-the-post | 709 | 128,500 | |
Federal Council[note 3] (Bundesrat) | N/A (unofficially Upper house) | dependent on individual state elections | Delegated from state governments | 69 | 1,185,501 | ||
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Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | First-past-the-post voting | 275 | 106,286 | |
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Hellenic Parliament[note 3] (Βουλή των Ελλήνων Vouli ton Ellinon) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list reinforced proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 3% threshold | 300 | 35,958 | |
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Parliament | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 15 | 7,333 |
Senate | Upper | 5 | appointed by the government and by the leader of opposition | 13 | 8,461 | ||
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Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 158 | 80,557 | |
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National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 5 | proportional closed list | 114 | 88,227 | |
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National People's Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 100 | 13,454 | |
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National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | popular vote and appointed by the President | 65 | 11,583 | |
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Haitian Parliament (Parlement Haïtien / Palman Ayisyen) | Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des députés / Chanm Depite) | Lower | 4 | proportional | 119 | 98,181 |
Senate (Sénat / Sena) | Upper | 6 | 30 | 323,997 | |||
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National Congress (Congreso Nacional) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional open list | 128 | 58,823 | |
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National Assembly (Országgyűlés) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional open list and Scorporo |
199 | 25,860 | |
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Assembly of All[note 3] (Alþingi) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional | 63 | 5,080 | |
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Parliament (संसद Sansad) | House of the People[note 3] (लोक सभा Lok Sabha) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 543 | 2,192,379 |
Council of States[note 3] (राज्य सभा Rajya Sabha) | Upper | 6 | Single transferable vote (233 members are elected by the legislative assemblies of the States/Union territories, 12 members are nominated by the President) | 245 | 4,847,900 | ||
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People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat) | People's Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat) | Lower | 5 | proportional open list | 575 | 467,101 |
Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah) | Upper | 5 | Single non-transferable vote | 136 | 1,974,875 | ||
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Islamic Consultative Assembly[note 3] (مجلس شورای اسلامی Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī) | Unicameral | 4 | popular vote | 290 | 259,136 | |
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Council of Representatives of Iraq[note 3] (مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis Al-Niwab Al-Iraqi / ئهنجومهنی نوێنهران Enjumen-e Nûnerên) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional open list | 329 | 95,782 | |
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Parliament[note 3] (Oireachtas) | President of Ireland | President-in-Parliament | 7 | Instant-runoff voting | N/A | N/A |
House of Representatives of Ireland (Dáil Éireann)[note 3] | Lower | 5 | Proportional Representation Single Transferable Vote | 158 | 27,640 | ||
Senate of Ireland[note 3] (Seanad Éireann) | Upper | 5 | appointed by the prime minister and elected by universities | 60 | 76,470 | ||
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Assembly[note 3] (כנסת Knesset) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 120 | 61,768 | |
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Parliament (Parlamento) | Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) | Lower | 5 | parallel voting: proportional representation (398 seats) and first past the post (232 seats) | 630 | 94,556 |
Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica) | Upper | 5 | parallel voting (199 seats by proportional representation and 116 seats by first past the post) and 5 members appointed by the President | 315 | 189,112 | ||
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Parliament (Parlement) | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | majority | 255 | 294,529 |
Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 5 | Elected by district and provincial councils, and appointed by the President | 120 | 197,837 | ||
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Parliament | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 63 | 45,860 |
Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the Governor General, representing the monarch. | 21 | 137,580 | ||
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Diet (国会 Kokkai) | House of Representatives (衆議院 Shūgiin) | Lower | 4 | proportional and First-past-the-post voting | 465 | 270,817 |
House of Councillors (参議院 Sangiin) | Upper | 6 | proportional and Single non-transferable vote | 245 | 514,000 | ||
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Parliament (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma) | Assembly of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis al-Nuwaab) | Lower | 4 | Single non-transferable vote | 130 | 46,760 |
Senate (مجلس الأعيان Majlis al-Aayan) | Upper | 6 | appointed by the monarch | 75 | 93,520 | ||
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Parliament (Парламенті Parlamenti) | Assembly[note 3] (Мәжіліс Májilis) | Lower | 5 | 107 | 207,854 | |
Senate (Сенаты Senaty) | Upper | 6 | appointed by the President and elected by local assemblies | 49 | 340,527 | ||
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Parliament (Bunge) | National Assembly (Bunge la Taifa) | Lower | 5 | parallel | 349 | 126,182 |
Senate (Seneti) | Upper | 5 | popular vote and appointed by the President | 67 | 657,278 | ||
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House of Assembly (Maneaba ni Maungatabu) | Unicameral | 4 | popular vote and appointed by Rabi Council of Leaders | 46 | 2,239 | |
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Supreme People's Assembly (최고인민회의 / 最高人民會議 Ch'oe-go In-min Hoe-ŭi) | Unicameral | 5 | popular vote | 687 | 36,390 | |
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National Assembly (국회 / 國會 Gukhoe) | Unicameral | 4 | majority and proportional | 300 | 166,691 | |
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National Assembly (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma) | Unicameral | 4 | popular vote and appointed by the prime minister | 50 | 71,328 | |
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Supreme Council (Жогорку Кеңеш Joğorku Keñeş) | Unicameral | 5 | popular vote | 120 | 44,690 | |
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National Assembly (ສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດ Sapha Heng Xat) | Unicameral | 5 | one-party state closed list | 115 | 48,148 | |
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Parliament[note 3] (Saeima) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 100 | 20,703 | |
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Parliament (Parlement) |
Chamber of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab)[note 6] | Unicameral | 4 | proportional/party list | 128 | 33,000 |
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Parliament (Palamente) | National Assembly | Lower | 5 | popular vote and proportional | 120 | 16,927 |
Senate | Upper | 5 | appointed by principal chiefs and by the ruling party | 33 | 61,556 | ||
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Legislature | House of Representatives | Lower | 6 | majority | 73 | 47,624 |
Senate | Upper | 9 | majority | 30 | 115,896 | ||
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House of Representatives ( مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab) | Unicameral | Parallel voting: First-past-the-post, single non-transferable vote, and proportional representation | 200 | 28,353 | ||
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Diet[note 3] (Landtag) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 25 | 1,451 | |
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Parliament[note 3] (Seimas) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional | 141 | 21,658 | |
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Chamber of Deputies (D'Chamber / Chambre des députés / Abgeordnetenkammer) | Unicameral | 5 | Open list proportional representation, allocated by the D'Hondt method in four constituencies | 60 | 8,484 | |
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Parliament (Palemanta / Parlement) | National Assembly (Antenimieram-Pirenena / Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | 160 | 137,078 | |
Senate (Antenimierandoholona / Sénat) | Upper | 5 | 33 | 664,430 | |||
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National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 193 | 76,809 | |
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Parliament (Parlimen) | House of Representatives[note 7] (Dewan Rakyat) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 222 | 127,631 |
Senate[note 8] (Dewan Negara) | Upper | 3 | 26 appointed by the State Legislative Assemblies, 2 for each state and 44 appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, of which 4 are for the Federal Territories. | 70 | 404,773 | ||
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People's Assembly[note 3] (ރައްޔިތުންގެ މަޖިލިސް Rayyithunge Majilis) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 85 | 4,266 | |
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National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 4 | 147 elected in single or multi-member constituencies, using a runoff system. 13 elected by overseas Malians. | 160 | 90,732 | |
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Parliament (Il-Parlament) | President of Malta | President-in-Parliament | 5 | Appointed by the House of Representatives | N/A | N/A |
House of Representatives (Kamra tad-Deputati) | Unicameral | 5 | Single transferable vote | 69 | 5,950 | ||
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Legislature (Nitijeļā) | Unicameral | 4 | Single and multi-member constituencies | 33 | 2,060 | |
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Parliament (البرلمان Barlamene) | National Assembly (الجمعية الوطنية Al Jamiya al-Wataniyah) | Unicameral | 5 | Runoff election | 146 | 37,888 |
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National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 5 | 65 | 17,614 | ||
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Congress of the Union (Congreso de la Unión) | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) | Lower | 3 | Parallel voting: Largest remainder method (Hare quota) (200 seats) / FPTP (300 seats) | 500 | 227,821 |
Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores) | Upper | 6 | Parallel voting: Largest remainder method (Hare quota) | 128 | 889,926 | ||
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Parliament (Parlamentul) | Unicameral | 4 | 101 | 33,498 | ||
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National Council (Conseil National) | Unicameral | 5 | Panachage under party-list proportional representation (16), party-list proportional representation (8) | 24 | 1,473 | |
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State Great Assembly[note 9] (Улсын Их Хурал Ulsyn Ikh Khural) | Unicameral | 4 | Plurality-at-large voting | 76 | 36,245 | |
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Assembly (Skupština / Скупштина) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in a single nationwide constituency with a 3% electoral threshold with lower thresholds for minority groups under certain circumstances | 81 | 7,719 | |
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Parliament (البرلمان المغربي / ⴰⴱⵕⵍⴰⵎⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱⵉ / Parlement) | House of Representatives (مجلس النواب Majlis al-Nuwab / ⴰⴳⵔⴰⵡ ⵉⵎⴰⵔⴰⵢⴻⵏ, Chambre des représentants) | Lower | 5 | Mixed member majoritarian: Single non-transferable vote for 305 seats, 60 seats reserved for women and 30 seats reserved for young people under 40 by proportional representation | 395 | 100,444 |
House of Councillors (مجلس المستشارين Majlis al-Mustasharin, Chambre des conseillers) | Upper | 6 | Indirect election: 72 members are elected at the Kingdom's regional level, 20 in each region by a single electoral college made up of all those in the relevant region that have been elected to specific professional associations, 8 in each region by an electoral college made up of those elected from the most representative employers' professional organizations, 20 by a nationwide electoral college made up of employees | 270 | 120,905 | ||
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Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) | Unicameral | 5 | proportional party list | 250 | 85,588 | |
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Assembly of the Union (ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော် Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) | House of Representatives (ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော် Pyithu Hluttaw) | Lower | 5 | popular vote and appointed by the military | 440 | 137,000 |
House of Nationalities (အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော် Amyotha Hluttaw) | Upper | 5 | popular vote and appointed by the military | 224 | 269,107 | ||
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Parliament | National Assembly | Lower | 5 | Closed list proportional representation and appointments by the President | 104 | 26,923 |
National Council | Upper | 6 | Indirect election by Regional Councils | 26 | 80,769 | ||
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Parliament | Unicameral | 3 | Dowdall system | 19 | 521 | |
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Federal Parliament (संघीय संसद Sanghiya Sansad) | House of Representatives (प्रतिनिधि सभा; Pratinidi Sabha) | Lower | 5 | Mixed member majoritarian (165 members elected through First-past-the-post voting and 110 elected through proportional representation voting method) | 275 | 105,392 |
National Assembly (राष्ट्रिय सभा; Rastriya Sabha) | Upper | 6 | Indirect single transferable vote | 59 | 491,233 | ||
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States General (Staten-Generaal) | House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer, Second Chamber) | Lower | 4 | Party-list proportional representation | 150 | 111,533 |
Senate (Eerste Kamer, First Chamber) | Upper | 4 | Indirect party-list proportional (by members of the states-provincial and the Caribbean Electoral colleges for the Senate) | 75 | 223,066 | ||
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Parliament (Pāremata) | House of Representatives (Whare o ngā Māngai) | Unicameral | 3 | mixed-member proportional representation | 120 | 33,566 |
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National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) | Unicameral | 5 | 92 | 64,034 | ||
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National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 5 | 171 | 139,210 | ||
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National Assembly | House of Representatives | Lower | 4 | 360 | 388,898 | |
Senate | Upper | 4 | 109 | 1,284,436 | |||
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Assembly (Собрание Sobranie) | Unicameral | 4 | 120 | 16,736 | ||
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Great Assembly[note 3] (Stortinget / Stuorradiggi) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional mixed | 169 | 29,785 | |
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Council of Oman (مجلس عُـمان) | Consultative Assembly (مجلس الشورى Majlis al-Shura) | Lower | 4 | 84 | 33,017 | |
Council of State (مجلس الدولة Majlis al-Dawla)[5] | Upper | 4 | 85 | 32,628 | |||
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Parliament of Pakistan (پارلیمنٹ) | National Assembly (ایوان زیریں پاکستان) | Lower | 5 | 342 | 537,023 | |
Senate (ایوانِ بالا / ایوانِ بالا) | Upper | 6 | 104 | 1,735,000 | |||
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National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau) | House of Delegates[note 5] | Lower | 4 | majority | 16 | 1,309 |
Senate[note 5] | Upper | 4 | majority | 13 | 2,328 | ||
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Legislative Council (المجلس التشريعي Al-Majlis al-Tashrī'iyy) | Unicameral | 132 | 32,277 | |||
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National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) | Unicameral | 5 | 71 | 47,969 | ||
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National Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | 109 | 56,766 | ||
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Congress (Congreso) | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) | Lower | 5 | 80 | 80,681 | |
Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores) | Upper | 5 | 45 | 143,434 | |||
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Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República / Rimana Wasin) | Unicameral | 5 | 130 | 217,082 | ||
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Congress (Kongreso) | House of Representatives (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan / Mababang Kapulungan / Cámara de Representantes) | Lower | 3 | Parallel voting: Largest remainder method via closed lists with a three-seat cap (20% of seats), and first-past-the-post voting (80% of seats) | 304 | 341,364 |
Senate (Senado / Mataas na Kapulungan) | Upper | 6 | bloc voting. Voter is allocated 12 votes. 1/2 of the seats are contested every 3 years with the 12 elected senators having the largest portion of the National Popular Vote | 24 | 4,323,958 | ||
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Parliament of Poland National Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe[note 10]) |
Sejm[note 3] (Sejm) | Lower | 4 | proportional open list | 460 | 83,697 |
Senate (Senat) | Upper | 4 | majority | 100 | 385,010 | ||
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Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional party list | 230 | 45,920 | |
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Consultative Assembly[note 11] (مجلس الشورى Majlis ash-Shura) | Unicameral | 35 | 52,958 | |||
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Parliament (Parlamentul) | Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaților) | Lower | 4 | 329 | 58,416 | |
Senate (Senat) | Upper | 4 | 137 | 139,005 | |||
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Federal Assembly (Федеральное Собрание Federalnoye Sobraniye) | State Duma[note 3] (Государственная Дума Gosudarstvennaya Duma) | Lower | 5 | parallel (First-past-the-post voting for 225 members and proportional party list for 225 members) | 450 | 318,000 |
Federation Council (Совет Федерации Sovet Federatsii) | Upper | dependent on individual elections in the federal subjects (4 or 5) | senators are delegated from the executive and legislative bodies of the federal subjects | 170 | 862,048 | ||
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Parliament (Inteko Ishinga Amategeko / Parlement) | Chamber of Deputies (Umutwe w'Abadepite / Chambre des députés) | Lower | 5 | 80 | 146,121 | |
Senate (Umutwe wa Sena / Sénat) | Upper | 8 | 26 | 449,603 | |||
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National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 15 | 3,686 | ||
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Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | 17 | 10,221 | |
Senate | Upper | 11 | 15,796 | ||||
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House of Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 21 | 5,714 | ||
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Parliament (Palemene)[note 2] | Legislative Assembly[note 3] (Fono Aoao Faitulafono) | Unicameral | 5 | 51 | 3,916 | |
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Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale) | Unicameral | 5 | 60 | 536 | ||
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National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) | Unicameral | 4 | 55 | 3,330 | ||
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Consultative Assembly (مجلس الشورى Majlis Ash-Shura)[note 12] | non-parliamentary | 4 | Appointed by the King | 150 | 220,000 | |
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Parliament | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 5 | 150 | 85,701 | |
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National Assembly (Народна скупштина / Narodna skupština) | Unicameral | 4 | 250 | 28,482 | ||
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National Assembly (Assemblée nationale / Lasanble Nasyonal) | Unicameral | 5 | 31 | 2,709 | ||
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Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | 124 | 40,136 | ||
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Parliament (Parlimen / 国家议会 Guójiā yìhuì / நாடாளுமன்றம் Nāṭāḷumaṉṟam) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting (MP) (in single member constituencies), Party block voting (in group representation constituencies), and appointed by the President (NMP) | 99 | 52,360 | |
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National Council (Národná rada) | Unicameral | 4 | 150 | 35,980 | ||
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Parliament (Državni zbor Republike Slovenije) | National Assembly (Državni zbor) | Lower | 4 | Open list proportional representation with a 4% election threshold | 90 | 22,779 |
National Council (Državni svet)[6] | Upper | 5 | First-past-the-post indirect elections held within 'functional' interest organisations and 'local' interest communities by electoral bodies (electors). | 40 | 51,254 | ||
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National Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | 50 | 10,460 | ||
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Federal Parliament (Baarlamaanka Federaalka / لبرلمان الاتحادي) | House of the People[note 5] | Lower | 4 | Appointed by president | 275 | 36,675 |
Senate[note 5] | Upper | 4 | majority | 54 | 180,100 | ||
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Parliament | National Assembly | Lower | 5 | 400 | 126,466 | |
National Council of Provinces | Upper | 90 | 562,075 | ||||
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National Legislature | National Legislature Assembly | Lower | 170 | 48,591 | ||
Council of States | Upper | Appointed by President | 50 | 165,210 | |||
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General Courts[note 3] (Cortes Generales) | Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados) | Lower | 4, unless elections are called earlier. | proportional closed list | 350 | 131,894 |
Senate (Senado) | Upper | 4, unless elections are called earlier. | 208 are appointed through general election and 57 when regional legislatures are renewed, which not always happens at the same date | 265 | 173,545 | ||
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Parliament (ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව / இலங்கை பாராளுமன்றம்) |
Unicameral | 5 | 225 | 90,122 | ||
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National Legislature | National Assembly (Majlis Watani) | Lower | 6 | 426 | 68,653 | |
Council of States (Majlis Welayat) | Upper | 6 | 50 | 617,880 | |||
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National Assembly (Nationale Assemblée) | Unicameral | 5 | 51 | 10,470 | ||
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Parliament (Riksdagen) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional | 349 | 27,286 | |
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People's Assembly (مجلس الشعب Majlis al-Sha'ab) | Unicameral | 4 | 250 | 86,964 | ||
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Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung, Assemblée fédérale, Assemblea federale, Assamblea federala) | National Council (Nationalrat, Conseil national, Consiglio nazionale, Cussegl naziunal) | Lower | 4 | 200 | 40,000 | |
Council of States (Ständerat, Conseil des États, Consiglio degli Stati, Cussegl dals chantuns) | Upper | 4 | 46 | 173,913 | |||
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Supreme Assembly (Маҷлиси Олии Majlisi Oli) | Assembly of Representatives (Маҷлиси намояндагон Majlisi namoyandagon) | Lower | 5 | 63 | 123,809 | |
National Assembly (Маҷлиси миллии Majlisi Millii) | Upper | 5 | 33 | 236,363 | |||
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National Assembly (Bunge) | Unicameral | 5 | 384 | 120,974 | ||
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National Assembly (รัฐสภา Ratthasapha) | House of Representatives (สภาผู้แทนราษฎร Sapha Phuthaen Ratsadon) | Lower | 4 | mixed-member proportional representation, 350 are first-past-the-post and 150 is party-list | 500 | 140,997 |
Senate (วุ��ิสภา Wutthisapha) | Upper | 5 | elected by coup d'état government | 250 | - | ||
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National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 5 | 91 | 76,434 | ||
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Legislative Assembly (Fale Alea) | Unicameral | 25 | 3,962 | |||
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Parliament | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | 41 | 32,139 | |
Senate | Upper | 31 | 42,506 | ||||
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Assembly of the Representatives of the People (مجلس نواب الشعب Majless Noweb al Shaab) | Unicameral | 5 | 217 | 49,188 | ||
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Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi) |
Unicameral | 5 | 600 | 135,862 | ||
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National Council (Milli Geňeş) | Assembly (Mejlis) | Lower | 5 | majority voting in single member constituencies. | 125 | 41,360 |
People's Council (Halk Maslahaty) | Upper | 5 | indirect election of 48 seats by members of provincial and capital city People's Councils, presidential appointment of 8 seats. | 56 | 92,321 | ||
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Parliament (Palamene) | Unicameral | 4 | 15 | 666 | ||
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Parliament (Bunge) | Unicameral | 5 | 529 | 87,839 | ||
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Supreme Council (Верховна Рада Verkhovna Rada) | Unicameral | 5 | 450 | 101,248 | ||
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Federal National Assembly (المجلس الوطني الإتحادي Majlis Watani Ittihad) | Unicameral | 4 | 40 | 206,601 | ||
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Parliament | House of Commons | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting in single member constituencies. | 650 | 95,787 |
House of Lords | Upper | Life | Life peers appointed by the Sovereign on advice of Prime Minister[note 13]. 92 elected by and from hereditary peers using preferential voting. 26 Lords Spiritual are bishops of the Church of England. | 773 | 81,388 | ||
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Congress | House of Representatives | Lower | 2 | Depends on the state, mainly First-past-the-post voting, in single-member constituencies. | 435 | 722,636 |
Senate | Upper | 6 | Depends on the state, mainly First-past-the-post voting. 1/3 of Senate goes up for election every two years. Each state has two Senators. | 100 | 3,143,467 | ||
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General Assembly (Asamblea General) | Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes) | Lower | 5 | 99 | 33,195 | |
Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores) | Upper | 5 | 30 | 109,543 | |||
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Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis / Олий Мажлис) | Legislative Chamber (Qonunchilik palatasi / Қонунчилик палатаси) | Lower | 5 | 150 | 194,156 | |
Senate (Senati / Сенати) | Upper | 5 | 100 | 291,234 | |||
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Parliament (Parlement) | Unicameral | 4 | 52 | 4319 | ||
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Pontifical Commission (Pontificia Commissione / Pontificia Commissio) | Unicameral | 5 | 7 | 114 | ||
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National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) | Unicameral | 5 | 167 | 175,430 | ||
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National Assembly (Quốc hội) | Unicameral | 5 | 498 | 176,385 | ||
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Parliament | House of Representatives (مجلس النواب Majlis al-Nuwaab) | Lower | 6 | 301 | 81,485 | |
Shura Council (Majlis al-Shura)[7] | Upper | Life | 111 | 220,963 | |||
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National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 166 | 87,284 | ||
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Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | 210 | 61,971 | |
Senate | Upper | 5 | 40 | 325,350 |
Legislatures of autonomous regions, dependencies and other territories[]
Region or territory | Overall name of legislature | Name of house | House level | Term (years) | Voting system | Seats | Population per seat |
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Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara[note 3] (აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკის უმაღლესი საბჭო) | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 16,619 | ||
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Legislative Assembly[note 3] (Lagtinget) | Unicameral | 4 | 30 | 945 | ||
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States (États) | Unicameral | 4 | 10 | 240 | ||
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Legislative Assembly[note 3] (Fono) | House of Representatives | Lower | 2 | 21 | 2,643 | |
Senate | Upper | 4 | 18 | 3,084 | |||
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House of Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 11 | 1,222 | ||
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Regional Council (Consiglio regionale/Conseil) |
Unicameral | 5 | 35 | 3,597 | ||
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Estates (Staten) | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 4,832 | ||
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Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa) | Unicameral | 4 | 57 | 4,311 | ||
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Parliament | Unicameral | 3 | Parallel voting | 80 | 53,414 | |
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Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | Closed party lists in three 25-seat constituencies, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method | 75 | 29,194 | |
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Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | 36 | 1,784 | |
Senate | Upper | 11 | 5,839 | ||||
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House of Assembly | Unicameral | 4 | 15 | 1,969 | ||
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Parliament (Parlamento de Canarias) | Unicameral | 4 | 70 | 35,000 | ||
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Parliament (Parlament de Catalunya) | Unicameral | 4 | 135 | 55,723 | ||
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Legislative Assembly | Unicameral | 4 | 18 | 3,080 | ||
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Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | 24 | 875 | ||
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Corsican Assembly (Assemblea di Corsica / Assemblée de Corse) | Unicameral | 6 | 63 | 5,238 | ||
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State Council (Верховна Рада / Верховный Совет / Yuqarı Radası) | Unicameral | 100 | 22,840 | |||
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Estates (Staten) | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 7,571 | ||
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Legislative Assembly | Unicameral | 4 | 11 | 272 | ||
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Law Assembly[note 3] (Løgtingið) | Unicameral | 4 | 33 | 1,467 | ||
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Assembly (Assemblée de la Polynésie française) | Unicameral | 5 | 57 | 4,859 | ||
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Parliament (Parlamento da Galiza/Galicia) | Unicameral | 4 | 75 | 36,649 | ||
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Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | 17 | 1,750 | ||
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Parliament (Inatsisartut)[note 14] | Unicameral | 4 | 31 | 1,830 | ||
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Legislature (Liheslaturan Guåhan) | Unicameral | 4 | 15 | 10,623 | ||
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States (États) | Unicameral | 4 | 45 | 1,387 | ||
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Legislative Council (立法會) | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation using the Hare quota and the largest remainder method for the geographical constituencies and functional constituencies elected by their respective electorates | 70 | 101,481 | |
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Tynwald (Tinvaal) | House of Keys (Kiare as Feed) | Lower | 5 | Plurality (2 members from each constituency) | 24 | 3,520 |
Legislative Council (Yn Choonceil Slattyssagh) | Upper | 5 | Most members indirectly elected by the House of Keys | 11 | 7,681 | ||
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States (États) | Unicameral | 4 | 39 | 2,509 | ||
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Parliament (پەرلەمانی) | Unicameral | 5 | 111 | 53,109 | ||
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Legislative Assembly (立法會, Assembleia Legislativa) | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation, functional constituencies and appointed by the Chief Executive | 29 | 19,610 | |
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Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa) | Unicameral | 4 | 47 | 5,698 | ||
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Legislative Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 9 | 546 | ||
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Supreme Assembly (Ali Məclisi) | Unicameral | 5 | 45 | 10,063 | ||
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Congress (Congrès Territorial) | Unicameral | 5 | 54 | 4,547 | ||
Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann) | Unicameral | 5 | Single transferable vote | 90[8] | 16,767 | |
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Commonwealth Legislature | House of Representatives | Lower | 2 | 20 | 2,694 | |
Senate | Upper | 2 | 10 | 5,388 | |||
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Assembly | Unicameral | 3 | 20 | 69 | ||
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Island Council | Unicameral | 3 | 10 | 6 | ||
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Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) | House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes) | Lower | 4 | First-past-the-post voting | 51 | 93,145 |
Senate (Senado) | Upper | 4 | Majority | 27 | 465,427 | ||
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Territorial Council | Unicameral | 5 | 19 | 488 | ||
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Legislative Council | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 1,266 | ||
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Territorial Council (conseil territorial) | Unicameral | 23 | 1,578 | |||
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Territorial Council | Unicameral | 6 | 19 | 320 | ||
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Regional Council (Consiglio regionale) |
Unicameral | 5 | 60 | 27,470 | ||
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Chief Pleas | Unicameral | 12 | 50 | |||
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Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, Scots Pairliament) | Unicameral | 5 | Additional member system | 129 | 40,734 | |
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Regional Assembly (Assemblea Regionale) |
Unicameral | 5 | 70 | 71,675 | ||
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Estates (Staten) | Unicameral | 4 | 15 | 2,495 | ||
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Landtag | Unicameral | 5 | 35 | 14,621 | ||
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Parliament | Unicameral | 3 | 20 | 70 | ||
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Council (Consiglio) |
Unicameral | 5 | 35 | 15,405 | ||
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House of Assembly | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 1,498 | ||
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Legislature | Unicameral | 2 | 15 | 7,093 | ||
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Assembly (Скупштина / Skupština / Képviselőháza / Adunarea / Zhromaždenie) | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation in a single constituency with a 5% threshold and seats being allocated using d'Hondt method | 120 | 16,098 | |
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Senedd (Welsh Parliament / Senedd Cymru) | Unicameral | 5 | Additional member system | 60 | 51,066 | |
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Territorial Assembly (Assemblée Territoriale) | Unicameral | 5 | 20 | 650 |
Legislatures of non-UN states (including unrecognized and disputed territories)[]
non-UN state | Overall name of legislature | Name of house | House level | Term (years) | Voting system | Seats | Population per seat |
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People's Assembly (Жәлар Реизара, Zhelar Reizara) | Unicameral | 5 | 35 | 6,877 | ||
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National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov) | Unicameral | 5 | 33 | 4,284 | ||
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People's Council | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation | 100 | ||
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People's Council | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation | 50 | ||
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Legislative Yuan (立法院 Lìfǎ Yùan) | Unicameral | 4 | First-past-the-post voting, Closed party-list proportional representation and indigenous seats with single non-transferable vote | 113 | 208,754 | |
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Assembly of Kosovo (Albanian: Kuvendi i Kosovës, Serbian Cyrillic: Скупштина Косова) | Unicameral | 4 | 120 | 15,493 | ||
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Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi) | Unicameral | 5 | 50 | 5,898 | ||
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Sahrawi National Council (المجلس الوطني الصحراوي Al-Majlis al-Watani al-Sahrawi) | Unicameral | 2 | 53 | |||
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Parliament (Baarlamaanka) | House of Representatives (Golaha Wakiilada) | Lower | 5 | 82 | 42,682 | |
House of Elders (Golaha Guurtida) | Upper | 6 | 82 | 42,682 | |||
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Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | 34 | 2,117 | ||
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Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration (གྲོས་ཚོགས་ཐོག་གསུང་བཤད།) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 43 | 73,953[note 15] | |
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Supreme Council[9] (Верховный Совет, Verkhovny Sovet) | Unicameral | 5 | 43 | 12,062 |
See also[]
- Elections by country (legislatures elections)
- List of national governments
- List of current heads of state and government
- List of supreme courts by country
- List of United States state legislatures
- Legislative assemblies of Canadian provinces and territories
- Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
- National parliaments of the European Union
- List of legislatures by number of members
- List of legislative buildings
Notes[]
- ^ Not to be confused with the European Council nor with the Council of Europe. See https://www.coe.int/en/web/about-us/do-not-get-confused
- ^ Jump up to: a b c The head of state is a constituent part of the parliament too.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad The native name is also used in English.
- ^ The PRC has also a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议 Zhōngguó Rénmín Zhèngzhì Xiéshāng Huìyì), which is a political advisory body but not a legislature.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Native name not available
- ^ Also: National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
- ^ Literally, "People's Hall"
- ^ Literally, "Nation's Hall"
- ^ In English State Great Khural is used too.
- ^ Name used only on those rare occasions when both houses sit together
- ^ The Consultative Assembly has only consultative task.
- ^ The Consultative Assembly has only formal advisory role.
- ^ Actual amount of life peers varies
- ^ Also: Landsting
- ^ Figures for Tibet Autonomous Region in the PRC
References[]
- ^ Article 9 A Treaty of Lisbon : « 1. The European Parliament shall, jointly with the Council, exercise legislative and budgetary functions. It shall exercise functions of political control and consultation as laid down in the Treaties. It shall elect the President of the Commission. »
- ^ Article 9 C Treaty of Lisbon : « 1. The Council shall, jointly with the European Parliament, exercise legislative and budgetary functions. It shall carry out policy-making and coordinating functions as laid down in the Treaties. »
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database on national parliaments: Search". www.ipu.org.
- ^ http://www.senate.gov.kh/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=88&lang=km
- ^ "Majles Addawla (State Council)". Inter-Parliamentary Union. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ Lakota, Igor (2006). Sistem nepopolne dvodomnosti v slovenskem parlamentu (diplomska naloga) [The system of incomplete bicameralism in the Slovenian Parliament (diploma thesis)] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. p. 62. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
Opinions differ, however the majority of domestic experts agree that the National Council may be regarded as the upper house, but the bicameralism is distinctively incomplete.
- ^ "YEMEN. Majlis Alshoora (Consultative Council)". Inter-Parliamentary Union. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
- ^ "Официальный сайт Верховного Совета Приднестровской Молдавской Республики". www.vspmr.org.
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