December 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - AVP 43%, MEP 39%, OLA
9% PPA 4%, ADN 2%, PARA 1%, MAS 0.5%; seats by party - AVP 10, MEP
9, OLA 2
Australia:
bicameral Federal Parliament consists of the Senate (76
seats - 12 from each of the six states and two from each of the two
territories; one-half of the members elected every three years by
popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the House of
Representatives (148 seats; members elected by popular vote on the
basis of proportional representation to serve three-year terms; no
state can have fewer than five representatives)
elections: Senate - last held 3 October 1998 (next to be held by
October 2001); House of Representatives - last held 3 October 1998
(next to be held by October 2001)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - Liberal Party-National Party coalition 35, Australian Labor
Party 29, Australian Democratic Party 9, Green Party 1, One Nation
Party 1, independent 1; House of Representatives - percent of vote
by party - NA%; seats by party - Liberal Party-National Party
coalition 80, Australian Labor Party 67, independent 1
Austria:
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 3 October 1999 (next to be
held in the fall of 2003)
election results: National Council - percent of vote by party -
SPOe 33.2%, OeVP 26.9%, FPOe 26.9%, Greens 7.4%; seats by party -
SPOe 65, OeVP 52, FPOe 52, Greens 14
Azerbaijan:
unicameral National Assembly or Milli Mejlis (125 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 4 November 2000 (next to be held NA November
2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NAP and allies 108, APF 6, CSP 3, PNIA 2, Musavat Party 2, CPA 2,
APF "traditionalist" 1, Compatriot Party 1
Bahamas, The:
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 five-year terms) 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
Bahrain:
unicameral National Assembly was dissolved 26 August 1975
and legislative powers were assumed by the Cabinet; appointed
Advisory Council established 16 December 1992; the National Action
Charter created a bicameral legislature on 23 December 2000;
approved by referendum of 14 February 2001
Bangladesh:
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 before 13
October 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 3; 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
Barbados:
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
Belarus:
bicameral Parliament or Natsionalnoye Sobranie consists of
the Council of the Republic or Soviet Respubliki (64 seats) and the
Chamber of Representatives or Palata Pretsaviteley (110 seats)
elections: last held October 2000 (next to be held NA)
election results: party affiliation data unavailable; under present
political conditions party designations are meaningless
Belgium:
bicameral Parliament consists of a Senate or Senaat in
Dutch, 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 Dutch, 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 13 June 1999
(next to be held in NA 2003)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - VLD 15.4%,
CVP 14.7%, PRL 10.6%, PS 9.7%, VB 9.4%, SP 8.9%, ECOLO 7.4%, AGALEV
7.1%, PSC 6.0%, VU 5.1%; seats by party - VLD 11, CVP 10, PS 10, PRL
9, VB 6, SP 6, ECOLO 6, AGALEV 5, PSC 5, VU 3; Chamber of Deputies -
percent of vote by party - VLD 14.3%, CVP 14.1%, PS 10.2%, PRL
10.1%, VB 9.9%, SP 9.5%, ECOLO 7.4%, AGALEV 7.0%, PSC 5.9%, VU 5.6%;
seats by party - VLD 23, CVP 22, PS 19, PRL 18, VB 15, SP 14, ECOLO
11, PSC 10, AGALEV 9, VU 8, FN 1
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
Belize:
bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (eight
members, five appointed on the advice of the prime minister, two on
the advice of the leader of the opposition, and one by the governor
general; members are appointed for five-year terms); and the House
of Representatives (29 seats; members are elected by direct popular
vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: House of Representatives - last held 27 August 1998
(next to be held by NA August 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - PUP 59.2%, UDP 40.8%;
seats by party - PUP 26, UDP 3
Benin:
unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (83
seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year
terms)
elections: last held 30 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
RB 27, PRD 11, FARD-ALAFIA 10, PSD 9, MADEP 6, E'toile 4, Alliance
IPD 4, Car-DUNYA 3, MERCI 2, other 7
Bermuda:
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (an 11-member
body appointed by the governor) and the House of Assembly (40 seats;
members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 9 November 1998 (next to be held NA November
2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - PLP 54%, UBP 44%, NLP
1%, independents 1%; seats by party - PLP 26, UBP 14
Bhutan:
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
Bolivia:
bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists
of Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (27 seats; members are
directly elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and
Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (130 seats; members are
directly elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms; note -
some members are drawn from party lists, thus not directly elected)
elections: Chamber of Senators and Chamber of Deputies - last held
1 June 1997 (next to be held NA June 2002)
election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - ADN 11, MIR 7, MNR 4, CONDEPA 3, UCS 2;
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party
- ADN 32, MNR 26, MIR 23, UCS 21, CONDEPA 19, MBL 5, IU 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
bicameral Parliamentary Assembly or
Skupstina consists of the National House of Representatives or
Predstavnicki Dom (42 seats - 14 Serb, 14 Croat, and 14 Bosniak;
members elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms) and the
House of Peoples or Dom Naroda (15 seats - 5 Bosniak, 5 Croat, 5
Serb; members elected by the Bosniak/Croat Federation's House of
Representatives and the Republika Srpska's National Assembly to
serve two-year terms); note - as of 1 January 2001, Bosnia and
Herzegovina does not have a permanent election law; a draft law
specifies four-year terms for the state and first-order
administrative division entity legislatures; officials elected in
2000 were elected to two-year terms on the presumption that a
permanent law would be in place before 2002
elections: National House of Representatives - elections last held
11 November 2000 (next to be held in the fall of 2002); House of
Peoples - last constituted after the 11 November 2000 elections
(next to be constituted in the fall of 2002)
election results: National House of Representatives - percent of
vote by party/coalition - NA%; seats by party/coalition - SDP 9, SDA
8, SDS 6, HDZ-BiH 5, SBH 5, PDP 2, NHI 1, BPS 1, DPS 1, SNS 1,
SNSD-DSP 1, DNZ 1, SPRS 1; House of Peoples - percent of vote by
party/coalition - NA%; seats by party/coalition - NA
note: the Bosniak/Croat Federation has a bicameral legislature that
consists of a House of Representatives (140 seats; members elected
by popular vote to serve four-year terms); elections last held 11
November 2000 (next to be held NA 2002); percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party/coalition - SDA 38, SDP 37, HDZ-BiH 25, SBH 21,
DNZ 3, NHI 2, BPS 2, DPS 2, BOSS 2, GDS 1, RP 1, HSS 1, LDS 1,
Pensioners' Party of FBiH 1, SNSD-DSP 1, HKDU 1, HSP 1; and a House
of Peoples (74 seats - 30 Bosniak, 30 Croat, and 14 others); last
constituted November 2000; the Republika Srpska has a National
Assembly (83 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve
four-year terms); elections last held 11 November 2000 (next to be
held NA 2002); percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party/coalition - SDS 31, PDP 11, SNSD 11, SDA 6, DSP 4, SDP 4, SPRS
4, SBH 4, DNS 3, SNS 2, NHI 1, DSRS 1, Pensioners' Party 1; as of 1
January 2001, Bosnia and Herzegovina does not have a permanent
election law; a draft law specifies four-year terms for the state
and first-order administrative division entity legislatures;
officials elected in 2000 were elected to two-year terms on the
presumption that a permanent law would be in place before 2002
Botswana:
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 16 October 1999
(next to be held NA October 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - BDP 57.2%, BNF 26%,
other 16.8%; seats by party - BDP 33, BNF 6, other 1
Brazil:
bicameral National Congress or Congresso Nacional consists
of the Federal Senate or Senado Federal (81 seats; three members
from each state or federal district elected according to the
principle of majority to serve eight-year terms; one-third elected
after a four year period, two-thirds elected after the next
four-year period) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camara dos
Deputados (513 seats; members are elected by proportional
representation to serve four-year terms)
elections: Federal Senate - last held 4 October 1998 for one-third
of Senate (next to be held NA October 2002 for two-thirds of the
Senate); Chamber of Deputies - last held 4 October 1998 (next to be
held NA October 2002)
election results: Federal Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - PMDB 27, PFL 20, PSDB 16, PT 7, PPB 5, PSB 3, PDT
2, PPS 1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - PFL 106, PSDB 99, PMDB 82, PPB 60, PT 58, PTB 31,
PDT 25, PSB 19, PL 12, PCdoB 7, other 14
British Virgin Islands:
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 17 May 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
VIP 7, CCM 1, NDP 5
Brunei:
unicameral Legislative Council or Majlis Masyuarat Megeri (a
privy council that serves only in a consultative capacity; NA seats;
members appointed by the monarch)
elections: last held in March 1962
note: in 1970 the Council was changed to an appointive body by
decree of the monarch; an elected Legislative Council is being
considered as part of constitutional reform, but elections are
unlikely for several years
Bulgaria:
unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sobranie (240
seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 17 June 2001 (next to be held NA June 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
National Movement for Simeon II 120, UDF 51, BSP 48, DPS 21
Burkina Faso:
bicameral; consists of a National Assembly or
Assemblee des Deputes Populaires (111 seats; members are elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the purely consultative
Chamber of Representations or Chambre des Representants (178 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
Burma:
unicameral People's Assembly or Pyithu Hluttaw (485 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 27 May 1990, but Assembly never convened
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NLD 392, SNLD 23, NUP 10, other 60
Burundi:
unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (121
seats; note - new Transitional Constitution expanded the number of
seats from 81 to 121 in 1998; 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 71.04%, UPRONA
21.4%, other 7.56%; seats by party - FRODEBU 65, UPRONA 16, various
other parties 40
Cambodia:
bicameral consists of the National Assembly (122 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the
Senate (61 seats; two members appointed by the monarch, two elected
by the National Assembly, and 57 elected by "functional
constituencies"; members serve five-year terms
elections: National Assembly - last held 26 July 1998 (next to be
held NA 2003); Senate - last held 2 March 1999 (next to be held NA
2004)
election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party -
CPP 41%, FUNCINPEC 32%, SRP 14%, other 13%; seats by party - CPP 64,
FUNCINPEC 43, SRP 15; Senate - seats by party - CPP 31, FUNCINPEC
21, SRP 7
Cameroon:
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 17 May 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
RDCP 109, SDF 43, UNDP 13, UDC 5, UPC-K 1, MDR 1, MLJC 1; note -
results from 7 contested seats were cancelled by the Supreme Court,
further elections on 3 August 1997 gave these seats to the RDPC
note: the constitution calls for an upper chamber for the
legislature, to be called a Senate, but it has yet to be established
Canada:
bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of the Senate or
Senat (a body whose members are appointed to serve until reaching 75
years of age by the governor general and selected on the advice of
the prime minister; its normal limit is 104 senators) and the House
of Commons or Chambre des Communes (301 seats; members elected by
direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: House of Commons - last held 27 November 2000 (next to
be held 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party as of January 2001 -
Liberal Party 42%, Canadian Alliance 22%, Bloc Quebecois 13%, New
Democratic Party 4%, Progressive Conservative Party 4%; seats by
party as of January 2001 - Liberal Party 172, Canadian Alliance 66,
Bloc Quebecois 38, New Democratic Party 13, Progressive Conservative
Party 12
Cape Verde:
unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (72
seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 14 January 2001 (next to be held NA December
2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - PAICV 47.3%, MPD
39.8%, ADM 6%, other 6.9%; seats by party - PAICV 40, MPD 30, ADM 2
Cayman Islands:
unicameral Legislative Assembly (18 seats, three
appointed members and 15 elected by popular vote; members serve
four-year terms)
elections: last held 8 November 2000 (next to be held NA November
2004)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - NA
Central African Republic:
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 13 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 8, FPP 7, PSD
6, ADP 5, PUN 3, FODEM 2, PLD 2, UPR 1, FC 1, independents 7
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
Chad:
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 in late 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
Chile:
bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of
the Senate or Senado (48 seats, 38 elected by popular vote and 10
appointed (all former presidents who served 6 years are senators for
life); members serve eight-year terms - one-half elected every four
years) 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 11 December 1997 (next to be held NA
December 2001); Chamber of Deputies - last held 11 December 1997
(next to be held NA December 2001)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - CPD (PDC 14, PS 4, PPD 2), RN 7, UDI 10, UCCP 1,
independents 10; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party -
CPD 50.55% (PDC 22.98%, PS 11.10%, PPD 12.55%, PRSD 3.13%), RN
16.78%, UDI 14.43%; seats by party - CPD 70 (PDC 39, PPD 16, PRSD 4,
PS 11), RN 24, UDI 21, Socialist Party 1, right-wing independents 4
China:
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 1997-NA February 1998 (next to be
held late 2002-NA March 2003)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - NA
Christmas Island:
unicameral Christmas Island Shire Council (9
seats; members elected by popular vote to serve one-year terms)
elections: last held NA December 2000 (next to be held NA December
2001)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire
Council (NA seats)
Colombia:
bicameral Congress or Congreso consists of the Senate or
Senado (102 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
four-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Camara de
Representantes (163 seats; members are elected by popular vote to
serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 8 March 1998 (next to be held NA
March 2002); House of Representatives - last held 8 March 1998 (next
to be held NA March 2002)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - PL 50%, PSC
24%, smaller parties (many aligned with conservatives) 26%; seats by
party - PL 58, PSC 28, smaller parties 16; House of Representatives
- percent of vote by party - PL 52%, PSC 17%, other 31%; seats by
party - PL 98, PSC 52, indigenous parties 2, others 11
Comoros:
bicameral legislature consists of the Senate (15 seats:
five from each island); 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 five-year terms);
note - the Federal Assembly was dissolved following the coup of 30
April 1999
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, FNJ 3, independent 1
note: the constitution stipulates that only parties that win six
seats in the Federal Assembly (two from each island) are permitted
to be in opposition, but if no party accomplishes that, the second
most successful party will be in opposition; in the elections of
December 1996 the FNJ appeared to qualify as opposition
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
a 300-member Transitional
Constituent Assembly established in August 2000
elections: NA; members of the Transitional Constituent Assembly
were appointed by former President KABILA
Congo, Republic of the:
unicameral National Transitional Council (75
seats, members elected by reconciliation forum of 1,420 delegates on
NA January 1998); note - the National Transitional Council replaced
the bicameral Parliament
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
Cook Islands:
unicameral Parliament (25 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held NA June 1999 (next to be held by NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
CIP 12, DAP 12, NAP 1
note: the House of Ariki (chiefs) advises on traditional matters,
but has no legislative powers
Costa Rica:
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 3 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
Cote d'Ivoire:
unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale
(225 seats; members are elected in single- and multi-district
elections by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: elections last held 10 December 2000 with by-elections
on 14 January 2001 (next to be held NA 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
FPI 96, PDCI-RDA 94, RDR 5, PIT 4, other 2, independents 22, vacant 2
note: a Senate is scheduled to be created in the next full election
in 2005
Croatia:
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;
note - House of Counties to be abolished in 2001) and House of
Representatives or the Zastupnicki Dom (151 seats; members elected
by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: House of Counties - last held 13 April 1997; House of
Representatives - last held 2-3 January 2000 (next to be held NA
2004)
election results: House of Counties - percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - HDZ 42, HSLS/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 - NA%; seats by
party - HDZ 46, SDP 44, HSLS 24, HSS 17, HSP/HKDU 5, IDS 4, HNS 2,
independents 4, minority representatives 5
Cuba:
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
Cyprus:
unicameral - Greek Cypriot area: House of Representatives or
Vouli Antiprosopon (80 seats; 56 assigned to the Greek Cypriots, 24
to Turkish Cypriots; note - only those assigned to Greek Cypriots
are filled; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year
terms); Turkish Cypriot area: Assembly of the Republic or Cumhuriyet
Meclisi (50 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
five-year terms)
elections: Greek Cypriot area: last held 27 May 2001 (next to be
held NA May 2006); Turkish Cypriot area: last held 6 December 1998
(next to be held NA December 2003)
election results: Greek Cypriot area: House of Representatives -
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - AKEL (Communist)
20, DISY 19, DIKO 9, KISOS 4, others 4; Turkish Cypriot area:
Assembly of the Republic - percent of vote by party - UBP 40.3%, DP
22.6%, TKP 15.4%, CTP 13.4%, UDP 4.6%, YBH 2.5%, BP 1.2%; seats by
party - UBP 24, DP 13, TKP 7, CTP 6
Czech Republic:
bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the
Senate or Senat (81 seats; members are elected by popular vote to
serve six-year terms; one-third elected every two years) and the
Chamber of Deputies or Poslanecka snemovna (200 seats; members are
elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 12 and 19 November 2000 (next to be
held NA November 2002); Chamber of Deputies - last held 19-20 June
1998 (next to be held by NA June 2002)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - KDU-CSL 28, ODS 22, CSSD 15, ODA 7, US 4, KSCM 3,
independents 2; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party -
CSSD 32.3%, ODS 27.7%, KSCM 11%, KDU-CSL 9.0%, US 8.6%; seats by
party - CSSD 74, ODS 63, KSCM 24, KDU-CSL 20, US 18, CSNS 1
Denmark:
unicameral Parliament or Folketing (179 seats, including 2
from Greenland and 2 from the Faroe Islands; 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 by March 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
progovernment parties: Social Democratic Party 65, Socialist
People's Party 13, Social Liberal Party 7, Red-Green Unity List 5;
opposition: Liberal Party 43, Conservative Party 17, Danish People's
Party 13, Center Democratic Party 8, Christian People's Party 4,
Progress Party 4; seats by party as of 1 January 2001: government
coalition parties - Social Democrats 63, Social Liberals 7;
pro-government parties - Socialist People's Party 13, Unity List 5;
opposition - Liberals 42, Conservatives 16, Danish People's Party
13, Center Democrats 8, Christian People's Party 4, Progress Party 4
(now named Freedom 2000); does not include the 4 overseas seats
Djibouti:
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 the election
Dominica:
unicameral House of Assembly (30 seats, 9 appointed
senators, 21 elected by popular vote; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 31 January 2000 (next to be held by NA 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party
-DLP 11, UWP 8, DFP 2
Dominican Republic:
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 (149 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 3, PRSC 3; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote
by party - NA%; seats by party - PRD 83, PLD 49, PRSC 17
Ecuador:
unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (121
seats; 79 members are popularly elected at-large nationally to serve
four-year terms; 42 members are popularly elected by province - two
per province - for four-year terms)
elections: last held 31 May 1998 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
DP 32, PSC 27, PRE 24, ID 18, P-NP 9, FRA 5, PCE 3, MPD 2, CFP 1;
note - defections by members of National Congress are commonplace,
resulting in frequent changes in the numbers of seats held by the
various parties
Egypt:
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 - three-phase voting - last held 19
October, 29 October, 8 November 2000 (next to be held NA November
2005); Advisory Council - last held 7 June 1995 (next to be held NA)
election results: People's Assembly - percent of vote by party -
NDP 88%, independents 8%, opposition 4%; seats by party - NDP 398,
NWP 7, Tagammu 6, Nasserists 2, LSP 1, independents 38, undecided 2;
Advisory Council - percent of vote by party - NDP 99%, independents
1%; seats by party - NA
El Salvador:
unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa
(84 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve
three-year terms)
elections: last held 12 March 2000 (next to be held NA March 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - ARENA 36.1%, FMLN
35.14%, PCN 8.76%, PDC 7.08%, CD 5.32%, PAN 3.75%, USC 1.47%, PLD
1.29%; seats by party - ARENA 28, FMLN 31, PCN 14, PDC 5, CD 3, PAN
1, independent 2
Equatorial Guinea:
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 7 March 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - PDGE 80%, UP 6%, CPDS
5%; seats by party - PDGE 75, UP 4 and CPDS 1
note: opposition parties have refused to take up their seats in the
House to protest widespread irregularities in the 1999 legislative
elections
Eritrea:
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; parliamentary elections are now scheduled for
NA December 2001
Estonia:
unicameral Parliament or Riigikogu (101 seats; members are
elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 7 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
Center Party 28, Union of Pro Patria (Fatherland League) 18, Reform
Party 18, Moderates 17, Country People's Party (Agrarians) 7,
Coalition Party 7, UPPE 6
Ethiopia:
bicameral Parliament consists of the House of Federation
or upper chamber (108 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: last held 14 May 2000 (next to be held NA May 2005)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - OPDO 177, ANDM
134, TPLF 38, WGGPDO 27, EPRDF 19, SPDO 18, GNDM 15, KSPDO 10, ANDP
8, GPRDF 7, SOPDM 7, BGPDUF 6, BMPDO 5, KAT 4, other regional
political groupings 22, independents 8; note - 43 seats unconfirmed
note: irregularities and violence at a number of polling stations
necessitated the rescheduling of voting in certain constituencies;
voting postponed in Somali regional state because of severe drought
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
unicameral Legislative Council
(10 seats - 2 ex officio, 8 elected by popular vote, members serve
four-year terms) presided over by the governor
elections: last held 9 October 1997 (next to be held NA October
2001)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 8
Faroe Islands:
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 not later than
April 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - Republican Party
23.8%, People's Party 21.3%, Social Democratic Party 21.9%, Union
Party 18%, Home Rue Party 7.7%, Center Party 4.1%; seats by party -
Republican Party 8, People's Party 8, Social Democratic Party 7,
Union Party 6, Home Rule Party 2, Center Party 1
note: election of 2 seats to the Danish Parliament was last held on
11 March 1998 (next to be held not later than March 2002); results -
percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Social Democratic
Party 1, People's Party 1
Fiji:
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (32 seats; 14
appointed by the Great Council of Chiefs, nine appointed by the
prime minister, eight appointed by the leader of the opposition, and
one appointed by the council of Rotuma) and the House of
Representatives (71 seats; 23 reserved for ethnic Fijians, 19
reserved for ethnic Indians, three reserved for other ethnic groups,
one reserved for the council of Rotuma constituency encompassing the
whole of Fiji, and 25 open; members serve five-year terms)
elections: House of Representatives - last held 11 May 1999 (next
to be held NA May 2004)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by
party - NA%; seats by party - Fiji Labor Party 37, others 34
Finland:
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 - SDP 22.9%, Kesk 22.5%,
Kok 21.0%, Leftist Alliance (Communist) 10.9%, SFP 5.1%, Green Union
7.2%, SKL 4.2%; seats by party - SDP 51, Kesk 48, Kok 46, Leftist
Alliance (Communist) 20, SFP 11, Green Union 11, SKL 10, other 3
France:
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, UDC 52, DL 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, MEI 8, MDC 7, LDI-MPF 1, FN 1,
various left 9, various right 7
French Guiana:
unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19
seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)
and a unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (31 seats;
members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)
elections: General Council - last held NA March 2000 (next to be
held NA 2006); 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 - NA; Regional Council - percent of vote by party -
PS 28.28%, various left parties 22.56%, RPR 15.91%, independents
8.6%, Walwari Committee 6%; seats by party - PS 11, various left
parties 9, RPR 6, independents 3, Walwari Committee 2
note: one seat was elected to the French Senate on 27 September
1998 (next to be held NA September 2007); results - percent of vote
by party - NA; seats by party - NA; 2 seats were elected to the
French National Assembly on 25 May - 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA
2002); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR
1, PSG 1
French Polynesia:
unicameral Territorial Assembly or Assemblee
Territoriale (41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
five-year terms)
elections: last held 12 May 1996 (next to be held NA 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
People's Rally for the Republic (Gaullist) 22, Independent Front for
the Liberation of Polynesia 10, New Fatherland Party 5, other 4
note: one seat was elected to the French Senate on 24 September
1989 (next to be held NA September 1998); results - percent of vote
by party - NA; seats by party - UC 1; two seats were elected to the
French National Assembly on 25 May - 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA
2002); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
People's Rally for the Republic (Gaullist) 2
Gabon:
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 15 and 29 December 1996
(next to be held NA December 2001); Senate - last held 26 January
and 9 February 1997 (next to be held in January 2002)
election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - PDG 89, PGP 9, RNB 6, CLR 3, UPG 2, USG 2,
independents 4, others 5; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - PDG 53, RNB 20, PGP 4, ADERE 3, RDP 1, CLR 1,
independents 9
Gambia, The:
unicameral National Assembly (49 seats; 45 elected by
popular vote, 4 appointed by the president; members serve five-year
terms)
elections: last popular election held 2 January 1997 (next to be
held NA January 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
APRC 33, UDP 7, NRP 2, PDOIS 1, independents 2
Georgia:
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 31 October and 14 November 1999 (next to be
held NA 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - CUG 41.85%, AGUR
25.65%, IWSG 7.8%, all other parties received less than 7% each;
seats by party - CUG 130, AGUR 58, IWSG 15, Abkhaz deputies 12,
independents 17, other 3
Germany:
bicameral Parliament or Parlament 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 26, CDU-led states 28, grand coalitions 15
Ghana:
unicameral Parliament (200 seats; members are elected by
direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 7 December 2000 (next to be held NA December
2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NPP 100, NDC 92, PNC 3, CPP 1, independents 4
Gibraltar:
unicameral House of Assembly (18 seats - 15 elected by
popular vote, one appointed for the Speaker, and two ex officio
members; members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 10 February 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - GSD 58%, GSLP 41%;
seats by party - GSD 8, GSLP 7
Greece:
unicameral Parliament or Vouli ton Ellinon (300 seats;
members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: elections last held 9 April 2000 (next to be held by NA
April 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - PASOK 43.8%, ND 42.7%,
KKE 5.5%, Coalition of the Left and Progress 3.2%; seats by party -
PASOK 158, ND 125, KKE 11, Coalition of the Left and Progress 6
Greenland:
unicameral Parliament or Landstinget (31 seats; members
are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional
representation to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 16 February 1999 (next to be held by NA
February 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - Siumut 35.2%, Inuit
Ataqatigiit 22.1%, Atassut Party 25.2%, Candidate's League 12.3%,
independent 5.2%; seats by party - Siumut 11, Atassut 8, Inuit
Ataqatigiit 7, Candidate List 4, independent 1
note: two representatives were elected to the Danish Parliament or
Folketing on 11 March 1998 (next to be held by not later than March
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 (Siamut with Social
Democratic Party and Atassut with Liberal Party)
Grenada:
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 14, GULP 1
Guadeloupe:
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 2004); 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 - diverse left parties 11, PS 8, RPR 8, PPDG 6,
diverse right parties 5, PCG 3, UDF 1; Regional Council - percent of
vote by party - RPR 48.03%, PS/PPDG/diverse left parties 24.49%, PCG
5.29%, diverse right parties 5.73%; seats by party - RPR 25,
PS/PPDG/diverse left parties 12, PCG 2, diverse right parties 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
Guam:
unicameral Legislature (15 seats; members are elected by
popular vote to serve two-year terms)
elections: last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November
2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
Republican Party 8, Democratic Party 7
note: Guam elects one delegate to the US House of Representatives;
election last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November
2002); results - Robert UNDERWOOD was reelected as delegate; percent
of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Democratic Party 1
Guatemala:
unicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de la
Republica (113 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
four-year terms)
elections: last held on 7 November 1999 (next to be held in
November 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
FRG 63, PAN 37, ANN 9, DCG 2, UD/LOV 1, PLP 1
note: for the 7 November 1999 election, the number of congressional
seats was increased from 80 to 113
Guernsey:
unicameral Assembly of the States; consists of the
Bailiff, 10 Douzaine (parish council) representatives, 45 People's
Deputies elected by popular franchise, 2 Alderney representatives,
HM Procureur (Attorney General), HM Comptroller (Solicitor General)
and HM Greffier (Court Recorder and Registrar General)
elections: last held 12 April 2000 (next to be held NA 2006)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents
Guinea:
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 scheduled for 26 November
2000 postponed indefinitely due to border fighting with rebels from
Sierra Leone and Liberia)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
PUP 71, RPG 19, PRP 9, UNR 9, UPG 2, PDG-AST 1, UNP 1, PDG-RDA 1,
other 1
Guinea-Bissau:
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 28 November 1999 (next to be held by NA 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
PRS 37, RGB 27, PAIGC 25, 11 remaining seats went to 5 of the
remaining 10 parties that fielded candidates
Guyana:
unicameral National Assembly (65 seats, 53 elected by
popular vote, 10 elected by the ten Regional Democratic Councils,
and 2 elected by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs;
members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 19 March 2001 (next to be held NA March 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
PPP/C 34, PNC 27, GAP and WPA 2, ROAR 1, TUF 1
Haiti:
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 for two-thirds of seats 21 May 2000,
with runoffs on 9 July boycotted by the opposition; about eight
seats still disputed; election for remaining one-third held on 26
November 2000 (next to be held NA 2002); Chamber of Deputies - last
held 21 May 2000, with runoffs on 30 July boycotted by the
opposition; one vacant seat rerun 26 November 2000 (next election NA
2004)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - FL 26, independent 1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote
by party - NA%; seats by party - FL 73, OPL 1, other minor parties
and independents 9
Holy See (Vatican City):
unicameral Pontifical Commission
Honduras:
unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128
seats; members are elected proportionally to the number of votes
their party's presidential candidate receives to serve four-year
terms)
elections: last held on 30 November 1997 (next to be held 25
November 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - PL 46%, PN 38%,
PINU-SD 4%, PDC 2%, PUD 2%; seats by party - PL 67, PN 55, PINU-SD
3, PDC 2, PUD 1
Hong Kong:
unicameral Legislative Council or LEGCO (60 seats; 30
indirectly elected by functional constituencies, 24 elected by
popular vote, and 6 elected by an 800-member election committee;
members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 10 September 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
Democratic Party 12, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong
Kong 10, Liberal Party 7, Frontier Party 5, Hong Kong Progressive
Alliance 4, New Century Forum 2, Hong Kong Association for Democracy
and People's Livelihood 1, independents 19
Hungary:
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 -
seating as of 2000 by party - MSZP 136, FIDESZ 141, FKGP 48, SZDSZ
24, MDF 16, MIEP 12, independents 9
Iceland:
unicameral Parliament or Althing (63 seats; members are
elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 8 May 1999 (next to be held by April 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - Independence Party
40.7%, The Alliance (PA, People's Party, Women's List) 26.8%,
Progressive Party 18.4%, Left-Green Alliance 9.1%, Liberal Party
4.2%; seats by party - Independence Party 26, The Alliance 17,
Progressive Party 12, Left-Green Alliance 6, Liberal Party 2
India:
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 5 September through 3
October 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: People's Assembly - percent of vote by party -
BJP alliance 40.8%, Congress alliance 33.8%, other 25.4%; seats by
party - BJP alliance 304, Congress alliance 134, other 107
Indonesia:
unicameral House of Representatives or Dewan Perwakilan
Rakyat (DPR) (500 seats; 462 elected by popular vote, 38 are
appointed military representatives; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 7 June 1999 (next to be held NA June 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - PDI-P 37.4%, Golkar
20.9%, PKB 17.4%, PPP 10.7%, PAN 7.3%, PBB 1.8%, other 4.5%; seats
by party - PDI-P 154, Golkar 120, PPP 58, PKB 51, PAN 35, PBB 14,
other 30
Iran:
unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly or
Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami (290 seats, note - changed from 270 seats
with the 18 February 2000 election; members elected by popular vote
to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 18 February-NA April 2000 (next to be held NA
2004)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats by party - reformers
170, conservatives 45, and independents 10; 65 seats were up for
runoff election on 5 May 2000 (reformers 52, conservatives 10,
independents 3)
Iraq:
unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Watani (250 seats;
30 appointed by the president to represent the three northern
provinces of Dahuk, Arbil, and As Sulaymaniyah; 220 elected by
popular vote; members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 27 March 2000 (next to be held NA March 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NA
Ireland:
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 - Fianna Fail 29, Fine Gael 16, Labor Party 4, Progressive
Democrats 4, others 7; 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, Green Alliance
2, Sinn Fein 1, independents 7; note - seats by party in the House
of Representatives as of 1 January 2001 were as follows: Fianna Fail
76, Fine Gael 54, Labor Party 21, Progressive Democrats 4, Green
Alliance 2, Socialist Party 1, Sinn Fein 1, independents 7
Israel:
unicameral Knesset or parliament (120 seats; members elected
by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 17 May 1999 (next to be held NA November 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - One Israel 20.2%,
Likud Party 14.1%, Shas 13%, MERETZ 7.6%, Yisra'el Ba'Aliya 5.1%,
Shinui 5%, Center Party 5%, National Religious Party 4.2%, United
Torah Judaism 3.7%, United Arab List 3.4%, National Union 3%, Hadash
2.6%, Yisra'el Beiteinu 2.6%, Balad 1.9%, One Nation 1.9%,
Democratic Movement NA (party formed after election, members elected
under Yisra'el Ba'Aliya list); seats by party - One Israel 26, Likud
Party 19, Shas 17, MERETZ 10, Yisra'el Ba'Aliya 4, Shinui 6, Center
Party 6, National Religious Party 5, United Torah Judaism 5, United
Arab List 5, National Union 4, Hadash 3, Yisra'el Beiteinu 4,
Democratic Movement 2 (party formed after election, members elected
under Yisra'el Ba'Aliya list), Balad 2, One Nation 2
Italy:
bicameral Parliament or Parlamento consists of the Senate or
Senato della Repubblica (315 seats elected by popular vote of which
232 are directly elected and 83 are elected by regional proportional
representation plus, in addition, there are a small number of
senators-for-life including former presidents of the republic;
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 13 May 2001 (next to be held NA
2006); Chamber of Deputies - last held 13 May 2001 (next to be held
NA 2006)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - House of Liberties 177 (Forza Italia 82, National Alliance
46, CCD-CDU 29, Northern League 17, others 3), Olive Tree 128
(Democrats of the Left 62, Daisy Alliance 42, Sunflower Alliance 16,
Italian Communist Party 3, independents 5), non-affiliated with
either coalition 10, senators for life 9; Chamber of Deputies -
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - House of Liberties
367 (Forza Italia 189, National Alliance 96, CCD-CDU 40, Northern
League 30, others 12), Olive Tree 248 (Democrats of the Left 138,
Daisy Alliance 76, Sunflower Alliance 18, Italian Communist Party 9,
independents 7), non-affiliated with either coalition 15
Jamaica:
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 is
allocated 13 seats, and the opposition is allocated 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
Japan:
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; members elected by popular vote to serve six-year
terms) and the House of Representatives or Shugi-in (480 seats - 180
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 25 June
2000 (next to be held by June 2004)
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 February 2001 is as follows - LDP 112, DPJ 58,
Komeito 24, JCP 23, SDP 13, Liberal Party 5, independents 7, others
10; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats
by party - LDP 233, DPJ 127, Komeito 31, Liberal Party 22, JCP 20,
SDP 19, other 28; note - the distribution of seats as of February
2001 is as follows - LDP 239, DPJ 129, Komeito 31, Liberal Party 22,
JCP 20, SDP 19, other 20
Jersey:
unicameral Assembly of the States (55 voting members - 12
senators, 12 constables or heads of parishes, 29 deputies; all
elected for six-year terms, half elected every third year; the
bailiff and the deputy bailiff; and 3 non-voting members - the Dean
of Jersey, the Attorney General and the Solicitor General all
appointed by the monarch
elections: last held NA (next to be held NA)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 52
Jordan:
bicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-'Umma consists of
the Senate (a 40-member body appointed by the monarch from
designated categories of public figures; members serve four-year
terms) and the House of Representatives (80 seats; members elected
by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve
four-year terms)
elections: House of Representatives - last held 4 November 1997
(next to be held NA November 2001)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by
party - NA%; seats by party - National Constitutional Party 2, Arab
Land Party 1, independents 75, other 2
note: the House of Representatives has been convened and dissolved
by the monarch several times since 1974; in November 1989 the first
parliamentary elections in 22 years were held
Kazakhstan:
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (47 seats; 7
senators are appointed by the president; other members are popularly
elected, two from each of the former oblasts and the former capital
of Almaty, to serve six-year terms) and the Majilis (67 seats; the
addition of 10 "Party List" seats brings the total to 77; members
are popularly elected to serve five-year terms); note - with the
oblasts being reduced to 14, the Senate will eventually be reduced
to 37; a number of Senate seats come up for reelection every two
years
elections: Senate - (indirect) last held 17 September 1999 (next to
be held NA 2001); Majilis - last held 10 and 24 October and 26
December 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - NA; 16 seats up for election in 1999, candidates nominated
by local councils; Majilis - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats
by party - Otan 23, Civic Party 13, Communist Party 3, Agrarian
Party 3, People's Cooperative Party 1, independents 34; note - most
independent candidates are affiliated with parastatal enterprises
and other pro-government institutions
Kenya:
unicameral National Assembly or Bunge (222 seats; 210 members
elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms, 12 so-called
"nominated" members who are appointed by the president, but selected
by the parties in proportion to their parliamentary vote totals)
elections: last held 29 December 1997 (next to be held by early
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-K 1, DP 2, SDP 1, NDP 1, SAFINA 1
Kiribati:
unicameral House of Assembly or Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (41
seats; 39 elected by popular vote, one ex officio member, and one
nominated to represent Banaba; members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 23 September 1998 (next to be held by NA
September 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
Maneaban Te Mauri Party 14, National Progressive Party 11,
independents 14
Korea, North:
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 2003)
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
Korea, South:
unicameral National Assembly or Kukhoe (273 seats
total - 227 elected by direct, popular vote; members serve four-year
terms)
elections: last held 13 April 2000 (next to be held NA April 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
GNP 133, MDP 115, ULD 17, other 8
Kuwait:
unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Umma (50 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 3 July 1999 (next to be held NA 2003)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 50;
note - all cabinet ministers are also ex officio members of the
National Assembly
Kyrgyzstan:
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 20
February and 12 March 2000 (next to be held NA February 2005);
Legislative Assembly - last held 20 February and 12 March 2000 (next
to be held NA February 2005)
election results: Assembly of People's Representatives - percent of
vote by party - NA%; percent of vote by party - NA; and Legislative
Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; note
- total seats by party in the Supreme Council were as follows: Union
of Democratic Forces 12, Communists 6, My Country Party of Action 4,
independents 73, other 10
note: the legislature became bicameral for the 5 February 1995
elections; the 2000 election results include both the Assembly of
People's Representatives and the Legislative Assembly
Laos:
unicameral National Assembly (99 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms; note - by presidential
decree, on 27 October 1997, the number of seats increased from 85 to
99)
elections: last held 21 December 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
LPRP or LPRP-approved (independent, non-party members) 99
Latvia:
unicameral Parliament or Saeima (100 seats; members are
elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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%, TB/LNNK 14%, Social Democrats 13%, New Party 7%; seats
by party - People's Party 24, LC 21, TB/LNNK 17, TSP 16, Social
Democrats 14, New Party 8
Lebanon:
unicameral National Assembly or Majlis Alnuwab (Arabic) or
Assemblee Nationale (French) (128 seats; members elected by popular
vote on the basis of sectarian proportional representation to serve
four-year terms)
elections: last held 27 August and 3 September 2000 (next to be
held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - Muslim 57% (of which
Sunni 25%, Sh'ite 25%, Druze 6%, Alawite less than 1%), Christian
43% (of which Maronite 23%); seats by party - Muslim 64 (of which
Sunni 27, Sh'ite 27, Druze 8, Alawite 2), Christian 64 (of which
Maronite 34)
Lesotho:
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; on 28 February 2001, the
Senate approved expansion of the Assembly by a further 50 seats in
the next election, which may be held as early as January 2002
elections: last held 23 May 1998 (next to be held NA March 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - LCD 60.7%, BNP 24.5%,
other 14.8%; seats by party - LCD 79, BNP 1
note: results contested; opposition parties claimed the election
was fraudulent and staged a coup; Southern African Development
Community (SADC) forces intervened in September 1998 and restored
order; the Interim Political Authority (IPA) was set up in December
1998 to create a new electoral system and conduct new elections.
Liberia:
bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (26
seats; members elected by popular vote to serve nine-year terms) and
the House of Representatives (64 seats; members elected by popular
vote to serve six-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 19 July 1997 (next to be held in NA
2006); House of Representatives - last held 19 July 1997 (next to be
held in NA 2003)
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 Liberia
Unification Party or LUP
Libya:
unicameral General People's Congress (NA seats; members
elected indirectly through a hierarchy of people's committees)
Liechtenstein:
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 9-11 February 2001 (next to be held by NA
2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - FBP 49.90%, VU 41.35%,
FL 8.71%; seats by party - FBP 13, VU 11, FL 1
Lithuania:
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 8 October 2000 (next to be held NA October
2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - Social Democratic
Coalition 31.1%, New Union/Social Liberals 19.6%, Liberal Union
17.2%, TS 8.6%, remaining parties all less than 5%; seats by party -
Social Democratic Coalition 52, Liberal Union 34, New Union/Social
Liberals 29, TS 9, Farmer's Party 4, Center Union 2, Poles'
Electoral Action 2, Modern Christian Democratic Union 1,
independents 3, others 5
Luxembourg:
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 13 June 1999 (next to be held by NA June 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - CSV 29.79%, DP 21.58%,
LSAP 23.75%, ADR 10.36%, Green Party 9.09%, the Left 3.77%; seats by
party - CSV 19, DP 15, LSAP 13, ADR 6, Green Party 5, the Left 2
note: the Council of State or Conseil d'Etat, which has 21 members
who are appointed and dismissed by the Grand Duke based on proposals
from the government, the Chamber of Deputies, or the Council of
State, is an advisory body whose views are considered by the Chamber
of Deputies
Macau:
unicameral Legislative Council or LEGCO (23 seats; 8 elected
by popular vote, 8 by indirect vote, and 7 appointed by the chief
executive; members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 22 September 1996 (next to be held by 15
October 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
APPEM 2, UNIPRO 2, CODEM 1, UDM 1, UPD 1, ANMD 1
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
unicameral Assembly or
Sobranje (120 seats - 85 members are elected by popular vote, 35
members come from lists of candidates submitted by parties based on
the percentage that parties gain from the overall vote; all serve
four-year terms)
elections: last held 18 October and 1 November 1998 (next to be
held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
VMRO-DPMNE 43, SDSM 27, PDP 14, DA 13, DPA 11, VMRO-VMRO 6, LDP 4,
SP 1, Roma Party 1
Madagascar:
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 Parliament 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 63, LEADER/Fanilo 16, AVI 14, RPSD 11,
AFFA 6, MFM 3, AKFM/Fanavaozana 3, GRAD/Iloafo 1, Fihaonana 1,
independents 32
Malawi:
unicameral National Assembly (193 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 15 June 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - UDF 48%, MCP 34%,
AFORD 15%, others 3%; seats by party - UDF 94, MCP 66, AFORD 29,
others 4
Malaysia:
bicameral Parliament or Parlimen consists of nonelected
Senate or Dewan Negara (69 seats; 43 appointed by the paramount
ruler, 26 appointed by the state legislatures) and the House of
Representatives or Dewan Rakyat (193 seats; members elected by
popular vote weighted toward the rural Malay population to serve
five-year terms)
elections: House of Representatives - last held 29 November 1999
(next must be held by 20 December 2004)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by
party - NF 56%, other 44%; seats by party - NF 148, PAS 27, DAP 10,
NJP 5, PBS 3
Maldives:
unicameral People's Council or Majlis (50 seats; 42
elected by popular vote, 8 appointed by the president; members serve
five-year terms)
elections: last held 20 November 1999 (next to be held NA November
2004)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 42
Mali:
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
Malta:
unicameral House of Representatives (usually 65 seats; note -
additional seats are given to the party with the largest popular
vote to ensure a legislative majority; members are elected by
popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve
five-year terms)
elections: last held 5 September 1998 (next to be held by September
2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - PN 51.8%, MLP 46.9%,
AD 1.2%; seats by party - PN 35, MLP 30
Man, Isle of:
bicameral Tynwald consists of the Legislative Council
(a 11-member body composed of the President of Tynwald, 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 November 2001)
election results: House of Keys - percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - independents 24
Marshall Islands:
unicameral Parliament or Nitijela (33 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 15 November 1999 (next to be held NA November
2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NA
note: the Council of Chiefs is a 12-member body that advises on
matters affecting customary law and practice
Martinique:
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 2000 (next to be
held NA 2006); Regional Assembly - last held on 15 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 - RPR-UDF
14, MIM 13, PPM 7, left parties 4, PMS 3
note: Martinique elects 2 seats to the French Senate; elections
last held NA September 1998 (next to be held September 2001);
results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PPM 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
Mauritania:
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
2001); 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
Mauritius:
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 11 September 2000 (next to be held by
September 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - MSM/MMM 52.3%,
MLP/PMSD 36.9%, OPR 10.8%; seats by party - MSM/MMM 54, MLP/PMSD 6,
OPR 2
Mayotte:
unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats;
members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms)
elections: last held 7 October 2000 (next to be held NA 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NA
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
Mexico:
bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Union consists
of the Senate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats; 96 are elected by
popular vote to serve six-year terms, and 32 are allocated on the
basis of each party's popular vote) and the Federal Chamber of
Deputies or Camara Federal de Diputados (500 seats; 300 members are
directly elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms;
remaining 200 members are allocated on the basis of each party's
popular vote, also for three-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 2 July 2000 for all of the seats
(next to be held NA 2006); Chamber of Deputies - last held 2 July
2000 (next to be held NA 2003)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - PRI 59, PAN 45, PRD 17, PVEM 5, PT 1, PCD 1; Chamber of
Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PRI 211,
PAN 208, PRD 50, PVEM 16, PT 7, PCD 3, PSN 3, PAS 2
Micronesia, Federated States of:
unicameral Congress (14 seats;
members elected by popular vote; four - one elected from each of
state - to serve four-year terms and 10 - elected from single-member
districts delineated by population - to serve two-year terms)
elections: elections for four-year term seats last held 2 March
1999 (next to be held NA March 2003); elections for two-year term
seats last held 6 March 2001 (next to be held NA March 2003)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 14
Moldova:
unicameral Parliament or Parlamentul (101 seats; parties
and electoral blocs, as well as independent candidates, elected by
popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 25 February 2001 (next to be held NA 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - PCM 50.1%, Braghis
Alliance 13.4%, PPCD 8.2%, other parties 28.3%; seats by party - PCM
71, Braghis Alliance 19, PPCD 11
Monaco:
unicameral National Council or Conseil National (18 seats;
members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 1 and 8 February 1998 (next to be held NA
January 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
UND 18
Mongolia:
unicameral State Great Hural (76 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 2 July 2000 (next to be held NA July 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
MPRP 72, other 4
Montserrat:
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
November 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
PPA 2, MNR 2, NPP 1, independent 2
Morocco:
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 15 September 2000
(next to be held NA 2002); 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 - NA; 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
note: CDT, UTM, UGTM, UNMT are all labor unions listed under
Political pressure groups and leaders; see explanation in the
description of Parliament
Mozambique:
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 3-5 December 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - Frelimo 48.54%,
Renamo-UE 38.81%; seats by party - Frelimo 133, Renamo-UE 117
note: Renamo-UE ran as a multiparty coalition; none of the other
opposition parties received the 5% required to win parliamentary
seats
Namibia:
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 - elections for regional councils, to
determine members of the National Council, held 30 November-1
December 1998 (next to be held by December 2004); National Assembly
- last held 30 November-1 December 1999 (next to be held by December
2004)
election results: National Council - percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - SWAPO 21, DTA 4, UDF 1; National Assembly -
percent of vote by party - SWAPO 76%, COD 10%, DTA 9%, UDF 3%, MAG
1%, other 1%; seats by party - SWAPO 55, COD 7, DTA 7, UDF 2, MAG 1,
note: the National Council is primarily an advisory body
Nauru:
unicameral Parliament (18 seats; members elected by popular
vote to serve three-year terms)
elections: last held 9 April 2000 (next to be held NA April 2003)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 18
Nepal:
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 3 and 17 May 1999
(next to be held NA May 2004)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by
party - NC 37.3%, CPN/UML 31.6%, NDP 10.4%, NSP 3.2%, Rastriya Jana
Morcha 1.4%, Samyukta Janmorcha Nepal 0.8%, NWPP 0.5%, others 14.8%;
seats by party - NC 113, CPN/UML 69, NDP 11, NSP 5, Rastriya Jana
Morcha 5, Samyukta Janmorcha Nepal 1, NWPP 1
Netherlands:
bicameral States General or Staten Generaal consists of
the First Chamber or Eerste Kamer (75 seats; members indirectly
elected by the country's 12 provincial councils for four-year terms)
and the Second Chamber or Tweede Kamer (150 seats; members directly
elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: First Chamber - last held 25 May 1999 (next to be held
NA May 2003); Second Chamber - last held 6 May 1998 (next to be held
May 2002)
election results: First Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - CDA 20, VVD 19, PvdA 15, D'66 4, other 17; Second
Chamber - percent of vote by party - PvdA 30.0%, VVD 25.3%, CDA
19.3%, D'66 9.3%, other 16.1%; seats by party - PvdA 45, VVD 38, CDA
29, D'66 14, other 24
Netherlands Antilles:
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; current seats by party - PAR 4, PNP 3,
FOL 2, MAN 2, UPB 2, DP-St. M 2, PDB 1, SEA 1, WIPM 1, other 4
New Caledonia:
unicameral Territorial Congress or Congres
Territorial (54 seats; members are members of the three Provincial
Assemblies or Assemblees Provinciales elected by popular vote to
serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 9 May 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
RPCR 24, FLNKS 12, UNI 6, FCCI 4, FN 4, Alliance pour la Caledonie
3, LKS 1
note: New Caledonia elects 1 seat to the French Senate; elections
last held 27 September 1992 (next to be held NA September 2001);
results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 1; New
Caledonia also elects 2 seats to the French National Assembly;
elections last held 25 May-1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002);
results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 2
New Zealand:
unicameral House of Representatives - commonly called
Parliament (120 seats; members elected by popular vote in
single-member constituencies to serve three-year terms)
elections: last held 27 November 1999 (next must be called by
November 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NZLP 49, NP 39, Alliance 10, ACT New Zealand 9, Green Party 7, NZFP
5, UNZ 1
note: NZLP and Alliance formed the government coalition; the
National Party became the opposition party
Nicaragua:
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 4 November
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, PC 1,
PLI 1, AU 1, UNO-96 Alliance 1
Niger:
unicameral National Assembly (83 seats, members elected by
popular vote for five-year terms)
elections: last held 24 November 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
MNSD-Nassara 38, CDS-Rahama 17, PNDS-Tarayya 16, RDP-Jama'a 8,
ANDPS-Zaman Lahiya 4
Nigeria:
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 four-year terms) and House
of Representatives (360 seats, members elected by popular vote to
serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 20-24 February 1999 (next to be held
NA 2003); House of Representatives - last held 20-24 February 1999
(next to be held NA 2003)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - PDP 58%, APP
23%, AD 19%; seats by party - PDP 67, APP 23, AD 19; House of
Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDP 58%, APP 30%, AD
12%; seats by party - PDP 221, APP 70, AD 69
Niue:
unicameral Legislative Assembly (20 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve three-year terms; six elected from a common
roll and 14 are village representatives)
elections: last held 19 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NPP 9, independents 11
Norfolk Island:
unicameral Legislative Assembly (9 seats; members
elected by electors who have nine equal votes each but only four
votes can be given to any one candidate; members serve three-year
terms)
elections: last held 23 February 2000 (next to be held by March
2003)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9
Northern Mariana Islands:
bicameral Legislature consists of the
Senate (9 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
four-year staggered terms) and the House of Representatives (18
seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 9 November 1999 (next to be held NA
November 2001); House of Representatives - last held 9 November 1999
(next to be held NA November 2001)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - Republican Party 6, Democratic Party 2, Reform Party 1;
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - Republican Party 10, Democratic Party 8
note: the Commonwealth does not have a nonvoting delegate in the US
Congress; instead, it has an elected official or "resident
representative" located in Washington, DC; seats by party -
Republican Party 1 (Juan N. BABAUTA)
Norway:
modified unicameral Parliament or Storting which, for
certain purposes, divides itself into two chambers (165 seats;
members are elected by popular vote by proportional representation
to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 15 September 1997 (next to be held 10
September 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - Labor Party 35%,
Center Party 7.9%, Conservative Party 14.3%, Christian People's
Party 13.7%, Socialist Left Party 6%, Progress Party 15.3%, Liberal
Party 4.4%, other parties 1.6%; seats by party - Labor Party 65,
Center Party 11, Conservative Party 23, Christian People's Party 25,
Socialist Left Party 9, Progress Party 25, Liberal Party 6, other
parties 1
note: for certain purposes, the Parliament divides itself into two
chambers and elects one-fourth of its membership to an upper house
or Lagting
Oman:
bicameral Majlis Oman consists of an upper chamber or Majlis
al-Dawla (48 seats; members appointed by the monarch; has advisory
powers only) and a lower chamber or Majlis al-Shura (83 seats;
members elected by limited suffrage, however, the monarch makes
final selections and can negate election results; body has some
limited power to propose legislation, but otherwise has only
advisory powers)
elections: last held NA September 2000 (next to be held NA
September 2003)
election results: NA; note - two women were elected for the first
time to Majlis al-Shura, about 100,000 people voted
Pakistan:
note - Gen. Pervez MUSHARRAF dissolved Parliament
following the military takeover of 12 October 1999; 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);
National Assembly - last held 3 February 1997 (next to be held NA);
note - no timetable has yet been given for elections following the
military takeover
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - PML/N 30, PPP 17, ANP 7, MQM/A 6, JWP 5, BNP 4, JUI/F 2,
PML/J 2, BNM/M 1, PKMAP 1, TJP 1, independents 6, vacant 5; National
Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PML/N
137, PPP 18, MQM/A 12, ANP 10, BNP 3, JWP 2, JUI/F 2, PPP/SB 1, NPP
1, independents 21, minorities 10; note - Gen. Pervez MUSHARRAF
dismissed Parliament 15 October 1999
Palau:
bicameral Parliament or Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK) consists of
the Senate (16 seats; members elected by popular vote on a
population basis to serve four-year terms) and the House of
Delegates (16 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve
four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA
November 2004); House of Delegates - last held 7 November 2000 (next
to be held NA November 2004)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - NA; House of Delegates - percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - NA
Panama:
unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (71
seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 2 May 1999 (next to be held NA May 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
PRD 34, PA 18, PDC 5, PS 4, MOLIRENA 3, PLN 3, Democratic Change 2,
PRC 1, MORENA 1
note: legislators from outlying rural districts are chosen on a
plurality basis while districts located in more populous towns and
cities elect multiple legislators by means of a proportion-based
formula
Papua New Guinea:
unicameral National Parliament - sometimes
referred to as the House of Assembly (109 seats, 89 elected from
open electorates and 20 from provincial electorates; members elected
by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 14-28 June 1997 (next to be held NA June 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - PPP 15%, Pangu Pati
14%, NA 14%, PDM 8%, PNC 6%, PAP 5%, UP 3%, NP 1%, PUP 1%,
independents 33%; seats by party - PPP 16, Pangu Pati 15, NA 15, PDM
9, PNC 7, PAP 5, UP 3, NP 1, PUP 1, independents 37; note -
association with political parties is very fluid
Paraguay:
bicameral Congress or Congreso consists of the Chamber of
Senators or Camara de Senadores (45 seats; members are elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies
or Camara de Diputados (80 seats; members are elected by popular
vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: Chamber of Senators - last held 10 May 1998 (next to be
held NA May 2003); Chamber of Deputies - last held 10 May 1998 (next
to be held NA May 2003)
election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - Colorado Party 25, PLRA 13, PEN 7; Chamber of
Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Colorado
Party 45, PLRA 26, PEN 9
Peru:
unicameral Democratic Constituent Congress or Congresso
Constituyente Democratico (120 seats; members are elected by popular
vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 9 April 2000 (next to be held 8 April 2001)
note: many congressmen defected to and then from former President
FUJIMORI's coalition in 2000
election results: percent of vote by party - Peru 2000 42.16%, Peru
Possible 23.34%, FIM 7.56%, Somos Peru 7.2%, APRA 5.5%, others
14.24%; seats by party - Peru 2000 52, Peru Possible 29, FIM 9,
others 30
Philippines:
bicameral Congress or Kongreso consists of the Senate
or Senado (24 seats - one-half elected every three years; members
elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the House of
Representatives or Kapulungan Ng Mga Kinatawan (204 seats; members
elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; note - additional
members may be appointed by the president but the Constitution
prohibits the House of Representatives from having more than 250
members)
elections: Senate - last held 11 May 1998 (next to be held 14 May
2001); House of Representatives - elections last held 11 May 1998
(next to be held 14 May 2001)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - LAMP 12, Lakas 5, PRP 2, LP 1, other 3; note - the Senate
now has only 22 members with one seat vacated when Gloria
MACAPAGAL-ARROYO became vice president and another seat vacated upon
a senator's death; the two seats can only be filled by election and
will remain open until the next regular election in May 2001; House
of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party
- LAMP 135, Lakas 37, LP 13, Aksyon Demokratiko 1, other 35
Pitcairn Islands:
unicameral Island Council (10 seats - 6 elected by
popular vote, 1 appointed by the 6 elected members, 2 appointed by
the governor, and 1 seat for the Island Secretary; members serve
one-year terms)
elections: take place each December; last held NA December 2000
(next to be held NA December 2001)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents
Poland:
bicameral National Assembly or Zgromadzenie Narodowe
consists of the Sejm (460 seats; members are elected under a complex
system of proportional representation to serve four-year terms) and
the Senate or Senat (100 seats; members are elected by a majority
vote on a provincial basis to serve four-year terms)
elections: Sejm elections last held 21 September 1997 (next to be
held by NA September 2001); Senate - last held 21 September 1997
(next to be held by NA September 2001)
election results: Sejm - percent of vote by party - AWS 33.8%, SLD
27.1%, UW 13.4%, PSL 7.3%, ROP 5.6%, MNSO 0.4%, other 12.4%; seats
by party - AWS 201, SLD 164, UW 60, PSL 27, ROP 6, MNSO 2; Senate -
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - AWS 51, SLD 28, UW
8, ROP 5, PSL 3, independents 5; note - seats by party in the Sejm
as of February 2001: AWS 175, SLD 161, UW 49, PSL 26, PP 6, KdP 7,
ROP-PC 4, independents 31, one seat vacant
note: two seats are assigned to ethnic minority parties
Portugal:
unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da
Republica (230 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
four-year terms)
elections: last held 10 October 1999 (next to be held by NA October
2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
PS 115, PSD 81, PCP 15, PP 15, PEV 2, The Left Bloc 2
Puerto Rico:
bicameral Legislative Assembly consists of the Senate
(28 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote to 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 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA
November 2004); House of Representatives - last held 7 November 2000
(next to be held NA November 2004)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - PNP 19, PPD 7, PIP 1, other 1; House of Representatives -
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PNP 30, PPD 20, PIP
1, other 3
note: Puerto Rico elects one nonvoting representative to the US
House of Representatives; elections last held 7 November 2000 (next
to be held NA November 2004); results - percent of vote by party -
NA; seats by party - PPD 1 (Anibal ACEVEDO-VILA)
Qatar:
unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (35 seats;
members appointed)
note: the constitution calls for elections for part of this
consultative body, but no elections have been held since 1970, when
there were partial elections to the body; Council members have their
terms extended every four years since
Reunion:
unicameral General Council (47 seats; members are elected
by direct popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a 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 15 March 1998 (next to
be held NA 2004)
election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - PCR 12, PS 12, UDF 11, RPR 5, others 7; Regional
Council - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PCR 7,
UDF 8, PS 6, RPR 4, various right-wing candidates 15, various
left-wing candidates 5
note: Reunion elects three representatives to the French Senate;
elections last held 14 April 1996 (next to be held NA 2001); results
- percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR 1, PCR 2;
Reunion also elects five deputies to the French National Assembly;
elections last held 25 May and 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA
2002); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
PCR 3, PS 1, and RPR-UDF 1
Romania:
bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate or
Senat (140 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote on a
proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms) and the
Chamber of Deputies or Adunarea Deputatilor (345 seats; members are
elected by direct popular vote on a proportional representation
basis to serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 26 November 2000 (next to be held in
the fall of 2004); Chamber of Deputies - last held 26 November 2000
(next to be held in the fall of 2004)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - PDSR 37.1%,
PRM 21.0%, PD 7.6%, PNL 7.5%, UDMR 6.9%; seats by party - PDSR 65,
PRM 37, PD 13, PNL 13, UDMR 12; Chamber of Deputies - percent of
vote by party - PDSR 36.6%, PRM 19.5%, PD 7.0%, PNL, 6.9%, UDMR
6.8%; seats by party - PDSR 155, PRM 84, PD 31, PNL 30, UDMR 27,
ethnic minorities 18
Russia:
bicameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoye Sobraniye consists
of the Federation Council or Sovet Federatsii (178 seats; as of July
2000, members appointed 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 Saint Petersburg; members serve four-year
terms) and the State Duma or Gosudarstvennaya Duma (450 seats; half
elected by proportional representation from party lists winning at
least 5% of the vote, and half from single-member constituencies;
members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: State Duma - last held 19 December 1999 (next to be held
NA December 2003)
election results: State Duma - percent of vote received by parties
clearing the 5% threshold entitling them to a proportional share of
the 225 party list seats - KPRF 24.29%, Unity 23.32%, OVR 13.33%,
Union of Right Forces 8.52%, LDPR 5.98%, Yabloko 5.93%; seats by
party - KPRF 113, Unity 72, OVR 67, Union of Rightist Forces 29,
LDPR 17, Yabloko 21, other 16, independents 106, repeat election
required 8, vacant 1
Rwanda:
unicameral Transitional National Assembly or Assemblee
Nationale de Transition (a power-sharing body with 70 seats
established on 12 December 1994 following a multiparty protocol of
understanding; members were named by their parties, number of seats
per party predetermined by the Arusha peace accord)
note: four additional seats, two for women and two for youth, added
in 2001
elections: the last national legislative elections were held 16
December 1988 for the National Development Council (the legislature
prior to the advent of the Transitional National Assembly); no
elections have been held for the Transitional National Assembly as
the distribution of seats was predetermined by the Arusha peace
accord
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
FPR 13, MDR 13, PSD 13, PL 13, PDC 6, RPA 6, PSR 2, PDI 2, UDPR 2;
note - the distribution of seats was predetermined, four additional
seats (two for women and two for youth) added in 2001
Saint Helena:
unicameral Legislative Council (15 seats, including
the speaker, 3 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 August 2001)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 15
Saint Kitts and Nevis:
unicameral National Assembly (14 seats, 3
appointed and 11 popularly elected from single-member
constituencies; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 6 March 2000 (next to be held by July 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
SKNLP 8, CCM 2, NRP 1
Saint Lucia:
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (11 seats;
six members appointed on the advice of the prime minister, three 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
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
unicameral General Council or Conseil
General (19 seats - 15 from Saint Pierre and 4 from Miquelon;
members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)
elections: elections last held NA April 2000 (next to be held NA
April 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NA
note: Saint Pierre and Miquelon elect 1 seat to the French Senate;
elections last held NA September 1995 (next to be held NA September
2004); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR
1; Saint Pierre and Miquelon also elects 1 seat to the French
National Assembly; elections last held 25 May-1 June 1997 (next to
be held NA 2002); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
party - UDF 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
unicameral House of Assembly (21
seats, 15 elected representatives and 6 appointed senators;
representatives are elected by popular vote from single-member
constituencies to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 28 March 2001 (next to be held by NA March
2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
ULP 12, NDP 3
Samoa:
unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fono (49 seats - 47
elected by Samoans, 2 elected by non-Samoans; only chiefs (matai)
may stand for election to the Fono; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 4 March 2001 (next to be held by March 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
HRPP 23, SNDP 13, independents 13
San Marino:
unicameral Grand and General Council or Consiglio Grande
e Generale (60 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to
serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 31 May 1998 (next likely to be held by NA June
2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - PDCS 40.8%, PSS 23.3%,
PPDS 18.6%, APDS 9.8%, RC 3.3%, SR 4.2%; seats by party - PDCS 25,
PSS 14, PPDS 11, APDS 6, RC 2, SR 2
Sao Tome and Principe:
unicameral National Assembly or 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 November
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
Saudi Arabia:
a consultative council (90 members and a chairman
appointed by the monarch for four-year terms)
Senegal:
unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (120
seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year
terms)
note: the former National Assembly, dissolved in the spring of
2001, had 140 seats
elections: last held 29 April 2001 (next to be held NA 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
SOPI Coalition 89, AFP 11, PS 10, other 10
Seychelles:
unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (34
seats - 25 elected by popular vote, 9 allocated on a proportional
basis to parties winning at least ten 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 - SPPF 61.7%, UO 26.1%,
DP 12.1%; seats by party - SPPF 30, UO 3, DP 1
note: the 9 awarded seats are apportioned according to the share of
each party in the total vote
Sierra Leone:
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 NA 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - SLPP 36.1%, UNPP
21.6%, PDP 15.3%, APC 5.7%, NUP 5.3%, DCP 4.8%, other 11.2%; seats
by party - SLPP 27, UNPP 17, PDP 12, APC 5, NUP 4, DCP 3; note -
first elections since the former House of Representatives was shut
down by the military coup of 29 April 1992
Singapore:
unicameral Parliament (83 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 2 January 1997 (next to be held by 26 August
2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - PAP 65% (in contested
constituencies), other 35%; seats by party - PAP 81, WP 1, SPP 1;
note - subsequent to the election, there was a change in the
distribution of seats, the new distribution is as follows: PAP 80,
WP 1, SPP 1, vacant 1
Slovakia:
unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic or
Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky (150 seats; members are elected on
the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 25-26 September 1998 (next to be held NA
September 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - HZDS 27%, SDK 26.3%,
SDL 14.7%, SMK 9.1%, SNS 9.1%, SOP 8%; seats by party - governing
coalition 93 (SDK 42, SDL 23, SMK 15, SOP 13), opposition 57 (HZDS
43, SNS 14)
Slovenia:
unicameral National Assembly or Drzavni Zbor (90 seats, 40
are directly elected and 50 are selected on a proportional basis;
note - the numbers of directly elected and proportionally elected
seats varies with each election; members are elected by popular vote
to serve four-year terms)
elections: National Assembly - last held 15 October 2000 (next to
be held NA October 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - LDS 36%, SDS 16%, ZLSD
12%, SLS/SKD 10%, NSI 9%, SMS 4%, SNS 4%, DeSUS 5%, other 4%; seats
by party - LDS 34, SDS 14, ZLDS 11, SLS/SKD 9, NSI 8, SMS 4, SNS 4,
DeSUS 4, other 2
note: the National Council or Drzavni Svet is an advisory body with
limited legislative powers; it may propose laws and ask to review
any National Assembly decisions; in the election of NA November
1997, 40 members were elected to represent local, professional, and
socioeconomic interests (next election to be held in the fall of
2002)
Solomon Islands:
unicameral National Parliament (50 seats; members
elected from single member constituencies by popular vote to serve
four-year terms)
elections: last held 6 August 1997 (next to be held by August 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
GNUR 21, PAP 7, NAPSI 5, SILP 4, UP 4, independents 6, other 3
Somalia:
unicameral People's Assembly or Golaha Shacbiga
note: fledgling parliament; a transitional 245-member National
Assembly began to meet on 13 August 2000 in the town of Arta,
Djibouti and is now based in Mogadishu
South Africa:
bicameral parliament consisting of the 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 National Council of Provinces -
last held 2 June 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party -
ANC 66.4%, DP 9.6%, IFP 8.6%, NP 6.9%, UDM 3.4%, ACDP 1.4%, FF 0.8%,
other 2.9%; seats by party - ANC 266, DP 38, IFP 34, NP 28, UDM 14,
ACDP 6, FF 3, other 11; National Council of Provinces - percent of
vote by party - NA%; seats by party - ANC 61, NP 17, FF 4, IFP 5, DP
3
Spain:
bicameral; General Courts or National Assembly or Las Cortes
Generales consists of the Senate or Senado (259 seats - 208 members
directly elected by popular vote and the other 51 appointed by the
regional legislatures to serve four-year terms) and the Congress of
Deputies or Congreso de los Diputados (350 seats; members are
elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional
representation to serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 12 March 2000 (next to be held NA
March 2004); Congress of Deputies - last held 12 March 2000 (next to
be held NA March 2004)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - PP 127, PSOE 61, CiU 8, PNV 6, CC 5, PIL 1; Congress of
Deputies - percent of vote by party - PP 44.5%, PSOE 34%, CiU 4.2%,
IU 5.4%, PNV 1.5%, CC 1%, BNG 1.3%; seats by party - PP 183, PSOE
125, CiU 15, IU 8, PNV 7, CC 4, BNG 3, other 5
Sri Lanka:
unicameral Parliament (225 seats; members elected by
popular vote on the basis of a modified proportional representation
system by district to serve six-year terms)
elections: last held 10 October 2000 (next to be held NA October
2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - PA 45.11%, UNP 40.22%,
JVP 6%, NUA 2.29%, SU 1.48%, TULF 1.23%, other 3.67%; seats by party
- PA 107, UNP 89, JVP 10, TULF 5, EPDP 4, NUA 4, TELO 3, ACTC 1, SU
1, independent 1
Sudan:
unicameral National Assembly (400 seats; 275 elected by
popular vote, 125 elected by a supra assembly of interest groups
known as the National Congress)
elections: last held 13-23 December 2000 (next to be held NA)
election results: NA; few parties participated in the 2000 elections
note: on 12 December 1999, BASHIR dismissed the National Assembly
during an internal power struggle between the president and speaker
of the National Assembly Hasan al-TURABI
Suriname:
unicameral National Assembly or Nationale Assemblee (51
seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 5 May 2000 (next to be held NA May 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NF 33, MC 10, DNP 2000 3, DA '91 2, PVF 2, PALU 1
note: widespread demonstrations during the summer of 1999 led to
the calling of elections a year early
Swaziland:
bicameral Parliament or Libandla, an advisory body,
consists of the Senate (30 seats - 10 appointed by the House of
Assembly and 20 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 16 and 24 October 1998
(next to be held NA 2003)
election results: House of Assembly - balloting is done on a
nonparty basis; candidates for election are nominated by the local
council of each constituency and for each constituency the three
candidates with the most votes in the first round of voting are
narrowed to a single winner by a second round
Sweden:
unicameral Parliament or Riksdag (349 seats; members are
elected by popular vote on a proportional representation basis to
serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 20 September 1998 (next to be held NA
September 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - Social Democrats
36.5%, Moderates 22.7%, Left Party 12%, Christian Democrats 11.8%,
Center Party 5.1%, Liberal Party 4.7%, Greens 4.5%; seats by party -
Social Democrats 131, Moderates 82, Left Party 43, Christian
Democrats 42, Center Party 18, Liberal Party 17, Greens 16
Switzerland:
bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung (in
German), Assemblee Federale (in French), Assemblea Federale (in
Italian) consists of the Council of States or Standerat (in German),
Conseil des Etats (in French), Consiglio degli Stati (in Italian)
(46 seats - members serve four-year terms) and the National Council
or Nationalrat (in German), Conseil National (in French), Consiglio
Nazionale (in Italian) (200 seats - members are elected by popular
vote on a basis of proportional representation to serve four-year
terms)
elections: Council of States - last held in 1999 (each canton
determines when the next election will be held); National Council -
last held 24 October 1999 (next to be held NA October 2003)
election results: Council of States - percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - FDP 18, CVP 15, SVP 7, SPS 6; National Council
- percent of vote by party - SPS 22.5%, SVP 22.6%, FDP 19.9%, CVP
15.8%, other small parties all under 5%; seats by party - SPS 51,
SVP 44, FDP 43, CVP 35, Greens 9, other small parties 18
Syria:
unicameral People's Council or Majlis al-shaab (250 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 30 November-1 December 1998 (next to be held
NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NPF 67%, non-NPF 33%;
seats by party - NPF 167, independents 83; note - the constitution
guarantees that the Ba'th Party (part of the NPF alliance) receive
one-half of the seats
Tajikistan:
bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli consists of
the Assembly of Representatives (lower chamber) or Majlisi
Namoyandagon (63 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
five-year terms) and National Assembly (upper chamber) or Majlisi
Milliy (33 seats; members are indirectly elected, 25 selected by
local deputies, 8 appointed by the president; all to serve five-year
terms)
elections: last held 27 February and 12 March 2000 for the Assembly
of Representatives (next to be held NA 2005) and 23 March 2000 for
the National Assembly (next to be held NA 2005)
election results: Assembly of Representatives - percent of vote by
party - PDPT 65%, Communist Party 20%, Islamic Rebirth Party 7.5%,
other 7.5%; seats by party - NA; National Assembly - percent of vote
by party - NA%; seats by party - NA
Tanzania:
unicameral National Assembly or Bunge (274 seats - 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 2000 (next to be held NA October
2005)
election results: National Assembly: percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - CCM 244, CUF 16, CHADEMA 4, TLP 3, UDP 2,
Zanzibar representatives 5; Zanzibar House of Representatives:
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - CCM 34, CUF 16
Thailand:
bicameral National Assembly or Rathasapha consists of the
Senate or Wuthisapha (200 seats; members elected by popular vote to
serve four-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Sapha
Phuthaen Ratsadon (500 seats; members elected by popular vote to
serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 4 March, 29 April, 4 June, 9 July,
and 22 July 2000 (next to be held NA March 2004); House of
Representatives - last held 6 January 2001 (next to be held NA
January 2005)
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 - TRT 248, DP 128, TNP 41, NAP 36, NDP 29, other
18
Togo:
unicameral National Assembly (81 seats; members are elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 21 March 1999 (next due to be held NA October
2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
RPT 79, independents 2
note: Togo's main opposition parties boycotted the election because
of EYADEMA's alleged manipulation of 1998 presidential polling; in
March of 1999, opposition parties entered into negotiations with the
president over the establishment of an independent electoral
commission and a new round of legislative elections, now scheduled
for October 2001
Tokelau:
unicameral General Fono (45 seats - 15 from each of the
three atolls; members chosen by each atoll's Council of Elders or
Taupulega to serve three-year terms); note - the Tokelau Amendment
Act of 1996 confers legislative power on the General Fono
Tonga:
unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fale Alea (30 seats - 12
reserved for cabinet ministers sitting ex officio, nine for nobles
selected by the country's 33 nobles, and nine elected by popular
vote; members serve three-year terms)
elections: last held NA March 1999 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote - pro-democratic 40%; seats -
pro-democratic 5, traditionalist 4
Trinidad and Tobago:
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (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 11 December 2000
(next to be held by December 2005)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote - UNC
58.1%, PNM 40.8%, NAR 1.1%; seats by party - UNC 19, PNM 16, NAR 1
note: Tobago has a unicameral House of Assembly, with 15 members
serving four-year terms
Tunisia:
unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Majlis al-Nuwaab (182
seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 24 October 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - RCD 92%; seats by
party - RCD 148, MDS 13, UDU 7, PUP 7, Al-Tajdid 5, PSL 2; note -
reforms enabled opposition parties to win up to 20% of seats; the
opposition increased number of seats from 19 to 34
Turkey:
unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey or Turkiye
Buyuk Millet Meclisi (550 seats; members are elected by popular vote
to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 18 April 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
DSP 136, MHP 130, FP 110, DYP 86, ANAP 88; note - as of 7 March 2000
seating was DSP 136, MHP 127, FP 103, DYP 85, ANAP 88 independents
6, vacancies 5
Turkmenistan:
under the 1992 constitution, there are 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 12 December
1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats
by party - NA; note - all 50 elected officials preapproved by
President NIYAZOV; most are from the DPT
Turks and Caicos Islands:
unicameral Legislative Council (19 seats,
of which 13 are popularly elected; members serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 4 March 1999 (next to be held by NA 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - PDM 52.2%, PNP 40.9%,
independent 6.9%; seats by party - PDM 9, PNP 4
Tuvalu:
unicameral Parliament or Fale I Fono, also called House of
Assembly (12 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve
four-year terms)
elections: last held 26-27 March 1998 (next to be held by NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 12
Uganda:
unicameral National Assembly (276 members - 214 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 May or June
2001);
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NA; note - election campaigning by party was not permitted
Ukraine:
unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats;
under Ukraine's new election law, half of the Supreme Council's
seats are allocated on a proportional basis to those parties that
gain 4% or more of the national electoral vote; the other 225
members are elected by popular vote in single-mandate
constituencies; all serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 29 March 1998 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party (for parties clearing 4%
hurdle on 29 March 1998) - Communist Party 24.7%, Rukh (combined)
9.4%, SPU/SelPU 8.6%, PZU 5.3%, People's Democratic Party 5.0%,
Hromada Party 4.7%, Progressive Socialist Party 4.0%, United Social
Democratic Party 4.0%; seats by party (as of 25 February 2000) -
Communist Party 115, PRVU 36, Fatherland Party 35, United Social
Democratic Party 34, People's Democratic Party 27, Trudova Ukrayina
Party 27, Rukh K 27, left-center 23, PZU 18, Rukh U 17, SelPU 15,
Hromada Party 14, Reforms-Congress 12, independents 14, unaffiliated
31, vacant 5
United Arab Emirates:
unicameral Federal National Council or Majlis
al-Ittihad al-Watani (40 seats; members appointed by the rulers of
the constituent states to serve two-year terms)
elections: none
note: reviews legislation, but cannot change or veto
United Kingdom:
bicameral Parliament comprised of House of Lords
(consists of approximately 500 life peers, 92 hereditary peers and
26 clergy) and House of Commons (659 seats; members are elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms unless the House is dissolved
earlier)
elections: House of Lords - no elections (some proposals for
further reform include elections); House of Commons - last held 7
June 2001 (next to be held by NA May 2006)
election results: House of Commons - percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - Labor 412, Conservative and Unionist 166,
Liberal Democrat 52, other 29
note: in 1998 elections were held for a Northern Ireland Parliament
(because of unresolved disputes among existing parties, the transfer
of power from London to Northern Ireland came only at the end of
1999 and was rescinded in February 2000); in 1999 there were
elections for a new Scottish Parliament and a new Welsh Assembly
United States:
bicameral Congress consists of Senate (100 seats,
one-third are renewed every two years; two members are elected from
each state by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and House of
Representatives (435 seats; members are directly elected by popular
vote to serve two-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held 4
November 2002); House of Representatives - last held 7 November 2000
(next to be held 4 November 2002)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - Republican Party 50, Democratic Party 50; House of
Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
Republican Party 221, Democratic Party 211, independent 2, vacant 1
Uruguay:
bicameral General Assembly or Asamblea General consists of
Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (30 seats; members are
elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and Chamber of
Representatives or Camara de Representantes (99 seats; members are
elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: Chamber of Senators - last held 31 October 1999 (next to
be held NA 2004); Chamber of Representatives - last held 31 October
1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - Encuentro Progresista 12, Colorado Party 10,
Blanco 7, New Sector/Space Coalition 1; Chamber of Representatives -
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Encuentro
Progresista 40, Colorado Party 33, Blanco 22, New Sector/Space
Coalition 4
Uzbekistan:
unicameral Supreme Assembly or Oliy Majlis (250 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 5 December and 19 December 1999 (next to be
held NA December 2004)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NDP 48, Self-Sacrificers Party 34, Fatherland Progress Party 20,
Adolat Social Democratic Party 11, MTP 10, citizens' groups 16,
local government 110, vacant 1
note: not all seats in the last Supreme Assembly election were
contested; all parties in the Supreme Assembly support President
KARIMOV
Vanuatu:
unicameral Parliament (52 seats; members elected by popular
vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 6 March 1998 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
VP 18, UMP 12, NUP 11, other and independent 11; note - political
party associations are fluid; there have been four changes of
government since the November 1995 elections
note: the National Council of Chiefs advises on matters of custom
and land
Venezuela:
unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional; 165
seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms;
three seats reserved for the indigenous peoples of Venezuela
elections: last held 30 July 2000 (next to be held NA 2005)
election results: Pro-government: percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - MVR 92, MAS 6, indigenous 3, other parties 7;
Opposition: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - AD 33,
COPEI 6, Justice First 5, other parties 13
Vietnam:
unicameral National Assembly or Quoc-Hoi (450 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 20 July 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - CPV 92%, other 8% (the
8% are not CPV members but are approved by the CPV to stand for
election); seats by party - CPV or CPV-approved 450
Virgin Islands:
unicameral Senate (15 seats; members are elected by
popular vote to serve two-year terms)
elections: last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November
2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
Democratic Party 6, ICM 2, independents 7
note: the Virgin Islands elects one non-voting representative to
the US House of Representatives; election last held 7 November 2000
(next to be held NA November 2002); results - Donna M.
CHRISTIAN-CHRISTENSON (Democrat) elected
Wallis and Futuna:
unicameral Territorial Assembly or Assemblee
Territoriale (20 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
five-year terms)
elections: last held 16 March 1997 (next to be held NA March 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
RPR 14, other 6
note: Wallis and Futuna elects one senator to the French Senate and
one deputy to the French National Assembly; French Senate -
elections last held 27 September 1998 (next to be held by NA
September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats -
RPR 1; French National Assembly - elections last held 25 May-1 June
1997 (next to be held by NA March 2002); results - percent of vote
by party - NA; seats - RPR 1
Yemen:
a new constitutional amendment ratified on 20 February 2001
created a bicameral legislature consisting of a Shura Council (111
seats; members appointed by the president) and a House of
Representatives (301 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve
six-year terms)
elections: last held 27 April 1997 (next to be held 27 April 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
GPC 189, Islah 52, Nasserite Unionist Party 3, National Arab
Socialist Baath Party 2, independents 54, election pending 1; latest
seats by party: GPC 223, Islah 64, Nasserite Unionist Party 3,
National Arab Socialist Baath Party 2, YSP 2, independents 7
Yugoslavia:
bicameral Federal Assembly or Savezna Skupstina consists
of the Chamber of Republics or Vece Republika (40 seats - 20
Serbian, 20 Montenegrin; members distributed on the basis of party
representation in the republican assemblies to serve four-year
terms; note - the Assembly passed a new constitutional amendment
calling for direct elections for the deputies to the upper chamber)
and the Chamber of Citizens or Vece Gradjana (138 seats - 108
Serbian with half elected by constituency majorities and half by
proportional representation, 30 Montenegrin with six elected by
constituency and 24 proportionally; members serve four-year terms)
elections: Chamber of Republics - last held 24 September 2000 (next
to be held NA 2004); Chamber of Citizens - last held 24 September
2000 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: Chamber of Republics - percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - SNP 19, DOS 10, SPS/JUL 7, SRS 2, SPO 1, SNS
1; note - seats are filled on a proportional basis to reflect the
composition of the legislatures of the republics of Montenegro and
Serbia; since 1998 Serbia has effectively barred Montenegro from its
constitutional right to delegate deputies to the Chamber of
Republics; Chamber of Citizens - percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - DOS 55, SPS/JUL 46, SNP 28, SRS 4, SNS 2, other 3
Zambia:
unicameral National Assembly (150 seats; members are elected
by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 18 November 1996 (next to be held NA December
2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
MMD 131, NP 5, Zadeco 2, AZ 2, independents 10
Zimbabwe:
unicameral parliament, called House of Assembly (150 seats
- 120 elected by popular vote for six-year terms, 12 nominated by
the president, 10 occupied by traditional chiefs chosen by their
peers, and 8 occupied by provincial governors)
elections: last held 24-25 June 2000 (next to be held NA 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - ZANU-PF 47.2%, MDC
45.6%, ZANU-Ndonga 0.7%, United Parties 0.7%; seats by party -
ZANU-PF 63, MDC 56, ZANU-Ndonga 1
Taiwan:
unicameral Legislative Yuan (225 seats - 168 elected by
popular vote, 41 elected on the basis of the proportion of
nationwide votes received by participating political parties, eight
elected from overseas Chinese constituencies on the basis of the
proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political
parties, eight elected by popular vote among the aboriginal
populations; members serve three-year terms) and unicameral National
Assembly (300 seats, note - total number of seats has been reduced
from 334 to 300 since the last election; members are elected by
proportional representation based on the election of the Legislative
Yuan and serve four-year terms)
elections: Legislative Yuan - last held 5 December 1998 (next to be
held NA December 2001); National Assembly - last held 23 March 1996
(next to be held NA June 2002)
election results: Legislative Yuan - percent of vote by party - KMT
46%, DPP 29%, CNP 7%, independents 10%, other parties 8%; seats by
party - KMT 123, DPP 70, CNP 11, independents 15, other parties 6;
subsequent to the election there have been some changes in the
distribution of seats in the Legislative Yuan due to new party
formation and party defections, the new distribution is as follows -
KMT 114, DPP 66, PFP 17, NP 9, other/independent 19; National
Assembly - percent of vote by party - KMT 55%, DPP 30%, CNP 14%,
other 1%; seats by party - KMT 183, DPP 99, CNP 46, other 6
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@Life expectancy at birth
Afghanistan:
total population: 46.24 years
male: 46.97 years
female: 45.47 years (2001 est.)
Albania:
total population: 71.83 years
male: 69.01 years
female: 74.87 years (2001 est.)
Algeria:
total population: 69.95 years
male: 68.6 years
female: 71.34 years (2001 est.)
American Samoa:
total population: 75.32 years
male: 70.89 years
female: 80.02 years (2001 est.)
Andorra:
total population: 83.47 years
male: 80.57 years
female: 86.57 years (2001 est.)
Angola:
total population: 38.59 years
male: 37.36 years
female: 39.87 years (2001 est.)
Anguilla:
total population: 76.31 years
male: 73.41 years
female: 79.29 years (2001 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda:
total population: 70.74 years
male: 68.45 years
female: 73.14 years (2001 est.)
Argentina:
total population: 75.26 years
male: 71.88 years
female: 78.82 years (2001 est.)
Armenia:
total population: 66.49 years
male: 62.12 years
female: 71.08 years (2001 est.)
Aruba:
total population: 78.52 years
male: 75.16 years
female: 82.04 years (2001 est.)
Australia:
total population: 79.87 years
male: 77.02 years
female: 82.87 years (2001 est.)
Austria:
total population: 77.84 years
male: 74.68 years
female: 81.15 years (2001 est.)
Azerbaijan:
total population: 62.96 years
male: 58.65 years
female: 67.49 years (2001 est.)
Bahamas, The:
total population: 70.46 years
male: 67.27 years
female: 73.71 years (2001 est.)
Bahrain:
total population: 73.2 years
male: 70.81 years
female: 75.67 years (2001 est.)
Bangladesh:
total population: 60.54 years
male: 60.74 years
female: 60.33 years (2001 est.)
Barbados:
total population: 73.25 years
male: 70.66 years
female: 75.86 years (2001 est.)
Belarus:
total population: 68.14 years
male: 62.06 years
female: 74.52 years (2001 est.)
Belgium:
total population: 77.96 years
male: 74.63 years
female: 81.46 years (2001 est.)
Belize:
total population: 71.19 years
male: 68.91 years
female: 73.57 years (2001 est.)
Benin:
total population: 49.94 years
male: 49.02 years
female: 50.88 years (2001 est.)
Bermuda:
total population: 77.12 years
male: 75.04 years
female: 79.06 years (2001 est.)
Bhutan:
total population: 52.79 years
male: 53.16 years
female: 52.41 years (2001 est.)
Bolivia:
total population: 64.06 years
male: 61.53 years
female: 66.72 years (2001 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
total population: 71.75 years
male: 69.04 years
female: 74.65 years (2001 est.)
Botswana:
total population: 37.13 years
male: 36.77 years
female: 37.51 years (2001 est.)
Brazil:
total population: 63.24 years
male: 58.96 years
female: 67.73 years (2001 est.)
British Virgin Islands:
total population: 75.64 years
male: 74.74 years
female: 76.59 years (2001 est.)
Brunei:
total population: 73.82 years
male: 71.45 years
female: 76.31 years (2001 est.)
Bulgaria:
total population: 71.2 years
male: 67.72 years
female: 74.89 years (2001 est.)
Burkina Faso:
total population: 46.41 years
male: 45.86 years
female: 46.98 years (2001 est.)
Burma:
total population: 55.16 years
male: 53.73 years
female: 56.68 years (2001 est.)
Burundi:
total population: 46.06 years
male: 45.15 years
female: 46.99 years (2001 est.)
Cambodia:
total population: 56.82 years
male: 54.62 years
female: 59.12 years (2001 est.)
Cameroon:
total population: 54.59 years
male: 53.76 years
female: 55.44 years (2001 est.)
Canada:
total population: 79.56 years
male: 76.16 years
female: 83.13 years (2001 est.)
Cape Verde:
total population: 69.21 years
male: 65.93 years
female: 72.6 years (2001 est.)
Cayman Islands:
total population: 79.03 years
male: 76.24 years
female: 81.43 years (2001 est.)
Central African Republic:
total population: 43.8 years
male: 42.17 years
female: 45.48 years (2001 est.)
Chad:
total population: 50.88 years
male: 48.86 years
female: 52.98 years (2001 est.)
Chile:
total population: 75.94 years
male: 72.63 years
female: 79.42 years (2001 est.)
China:
total population: 71.62 years
male: 69.81 years
female: 73.59 years (2001 est.)
Christmas Island:
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Colombia:
total population: 70.57 years
male: 66.71 years
female: 74.55 years (2001 est.)
Comoros:
total population: 60.41 years
male: 58.2 years
female: 62.68 years (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
total population: 48.94 years
male: 46.96 years
female: 50.98 years (2001 est.)
Congo, Republic of the:
total population: 47.57 years
male: 44.38 years
female: 50.85 years (2001 est.)
Costa Rica:
total population: 76.02 years
male: 73.49 years
female: 78.68 years (2001 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire:
total population: 44.93 years
male: 43.58 years
female: 46.33 years (2001 est.)
Croatia:
total population: 73.9 years
male: 70.28 years
female: 77.73 years (2001 est.)
Cuba:
total population: 76.41 years
male: 74.02 years
female: 78.94 years (2001 est.)
Cyprus:
total population: 76.89 years
male: 74.6 years
female: 79.3 years (2001 est.)
Czech Republic:
total population: 74.73 years
male: 71.23 years
female: 78.43 years (2001 est.)
Denmark:
total population: 76.72 years
male: 74.12 years
female: 79.47 years (2001 est.)
Djibouti:
total population: 51.21 years
male: 49.37 years
female: 53.1 years (2001 est.)
Dominica:
total population: 73.6 years
male: 70.74 years
female: 76.61 years (2001 est.)
Dominican Republic:
total population: 73.44 years
male: 71.34 years
female: 75.64 years (2001 est.)
Ecuador:
total population: 71.33 years
male: 68.52 years
female: 74.28 years (2001 est.)
Egypt:
total population: 63.69 years
male: 61.62 years
female: 65.85 years (2001 est.)
El Salvador:
total population: 70.03 years
male: 66.43 years
female: 73.81 years (2001 est.)
Equatorial Guinea:
total population: 53.95 years
male: 51.89 years
female: 56.07 years (2001 est.)
Eritrea:
total population: 56.18 years
male: 53.73 years
female: 58.71 years (2001 est.)
Estonia:
total population: 69.73 years
male: 63.72 years
female: 76.05 years (2001 est.)
Ethiopia:
total population: 44.68 years
male: 43.88 years
female: 45.51 years (2001 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Faroe Islands:
total population: 78.59 years
male: 75.12 years
female: 82.06 years
Fiji:
total population: 68.25 years
male: 65.83 years
female: 70.78 years (2001 est.)
Finland:
total population: 77.58 years
male: 73.92 years
female: 81.36 years (2001 est.)
France:
total population: 78.9 years
male: 75.01 years
female: 83.01 years (2001 est.)
French Guiana:
total population: 76.3 years
male: 72.97 years
female: 79.79 years (2001 est.)
French Polynesia:
total population: 75.01 years
male: 72.67 years
female: 77.46 years (2001 est.)
Gabon:
total population: 49.59 years
male: 48.47 years
female: 50.75 years (2001 est.)
Gambia, The:
total population: 53.59 years
male: 51.65 years
female: 55.58 years (2001 est.)
Gaza Strip:
total population: 71.01 years
male: 69.76 years
female: 72.32 years (2001 est.)
Georgia:
total population: 64.57 years
male: 61.04 years
female: 68.28 years (2001 est.)
Germany:
total population: 77.61 years
male: 74.47 years
female: 80.92 years (2001 est.)
Ghana:
total population: 57.24 years
male: 55.86 years
female: 58.66 years (2001 est.)
Gibraltar:
total population: 79.09 years
male: 76.23 years
female: 82.1 years (2001 est.)
Greece:
total population: 78.59 years
male: 76.03 years
female: 81.32 years (2001 est.)
Greenland:
total population: 68.37 years
male: 64.82 years
female: 72.01 years (2001 est.)
Grenada:
total population: 64.52 years
male: 62.74 years
female: 66.31 years (2001 est.)
Guadeloupe:
total population: 77.16 years
male: 74.01 years
female: 80.48 years (2001 est.)
Guam:
total population: 77.94 years
male: 75.66 years
female: 80.55 years (2001 est.)
Guatemala:
total population: 66.51 years
male: 63.85 years
female: 69.31 years (2001 est.)
Guernsey:
total population: 79.78 years
male: 76.78 years
female: 82.88 years (2001 est.)
Guinea:
total population: 45.91 years
male: 43.49 years
female: 48.42 years (2001 est.)
Guinea-Bissau:
total population: 49.42 years
male: 47.12 years
female: 51.78 years (2001 est.)
Guyana:
total population: 63.31 years
male: 60.52 years
female: 66.24 years (2001 est.)
Haiti:
total population: 49.38 years
male: 47.67 years
female: 51.17 years (2001 est.)
Honduras:
total population: 69.35 years
male: 67.51 years
female: 71.28 years (2001 est.)
Hong Kong:
total population: 79.67 years
male: 76.97 years
female: 82.55 years (2001 est.)
Hungary:
total population: 71.63 years
male: 67.28 years
female: 76.3 years (2001 est.)
Iceland:
total population: 79.52 years
male: 77.31 years
female: 81.92 years (2001 est.)
India:
total population: 62.86 years
male: 62.22 years
female: 63.53 years (2001 est.)
Indonesia:
total population: 68.27 years
male: 65.9 years
female: 70.75 years (2001 est.)
Iran:
total population: 69.95 years
male: 68.61 years
female: 71.37 years (2001 est.)
Iraq:
total population: 66.95 years
male: 65.92 years
female: 68.03 years (2001 est.)
Ireland:
total population: 76.99 years
male: 74.23 years
female: 79.93 years (2001 est.)
Israel:
total population: 78.71 years
male: 76.69 years
female: 80.84 years (2001 est.)
Italy:
total population: 79.14 years
male: 75.97 years
female: 82.52 years (2001 est.)
Jamaica:
total population: 75.42 years
male: 73.45 years
female: 77.49 years (2001 est.)
Japan:
total population: 80.8 years
male: 77.62 years
female: 84.15 years (2001 est.)
Jersey:
total population: 78.63 years
male: 76.21 years
female: 81.23 years (2001 est.)
Jordan:
total population: 77.53 years
male: 75.1 years
female: 80.12 years (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan:
total population: 63.29 years
male: 57.87 years
female: 68.97 years (2001 est.)
Kenya:
total population: 47.49 years
male: 46.57 years
female: 48.44 years (2001 est.)
Kiribati:
total population: 60.16 years
male: 57.25 years
female: 63.22 years (2001 est.)
Korea, North:
total population: 71.02 years
male: 68.04 years
female: 74.15 years (2001 est.)
Korea, South:
total population: 74.65 years
male: 70.97 years
female: 78.74 years (2001 est.)
Kuwait:
total population: 76.27 years
male: 75.42 years
female: 77.15 years (2001 est.)
Kyrgyzstan:
total population: 63.46 years
male: 59.2 years
female: 67.94 years (2001 est.)
Laos:
total population: 53.48 years
male: 51.58 years
female: 55.44 years (2001 est.)
Latvia:
total population: 68.7 years
male: 62.8 years
female: 74.9 years (2001 est.)
Lebanon:
total population: 71.52 years
male: 69.13 years
female: 74.03 years (2001 est.)
Lesotho:
total population: 48.84 years
male: 47.97 years
female: 49.74 years (2001 est.)
Liberia:
total population: 51.41 years
male: 49.96 years
female: 52.91 years (2001 est.)
Libya:
total population: 75.65 years
male: 73.53 years
female: 77.88 years (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein:
total population: 78.95 years
male: 75.32 years
female: 82.6 years (2001 est.)
Lithuania:
total population: 69.25 years
male: 63.3 years
female: 75.5 years (2001 est.)
Luxembourg:
total population: 77.3 years
male: 74.02 years
female: 80.8 years (2001 est.)
Macau:
total population: 81.69 years
male: 78.88 years
female: 84.64 years (2001 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
total population: 74.02
years
male: 71.79 years
female: 76.43 years (2001 est.)
Madagascar:
total population: 55.35 years
male: 53.08 years
female: 57.68 years (2001 est.)
Malawi:
total population: 37.08 years
male: 36.61 years
female: 37.55 years (2001 est.)
Malaysia:
total population: 71.11 years
male: 68.48 years
female: 73.92 years (2001 est.)
Maldives:
total population: 62.56 years
male: 61.39 years
female: 63.8 years (2001 est.)
Mali:
total population: 47.02 years
male: 45.84 years
female: 48.24 years (2001 est.)
Malta:
total population: 78.1 years
male: 75.64 years
female: 80.79 years (2001 est.)
Man, Isle of:
total population: 77.64 years
male: 74.26 years
female: 81.2 years (2001 est.)
Marshall Islands:
total population: 65.84 years
male: 64.04 years
female: 67.73 years (2001 est.)
Martinique:
total population: 78.41 years
male: 79.11 years
female: 77.69 years (2001 est.)
Mauritania:
total population: 51.14 years
male: 49.06 years
female: 53.29 years (2001 est.)
Mauritius:
total population: 71.25 years
male: 67.26 years
female: 75.31 years (2001 est.)
Mayotte:
total population: 59.83 years
male: 57.77 years
female: 61.96 years (2001 est.)
Mexico:
total population: 71.76 years
male: 68.73 years
female: 74.93 years (2001 est.)
Moldova:
total population: 64.6 years
male: 60.15 years
female: 69.26 years (2001 est.)
Monaco:
total population: 78.98 years
male: 75.04 years
female: 83.12 years (2001 est.)
Mongolia:
total population: 64.26 years
male: 62.14 years
female: 66.5 years (2001 est.)
Montserrat:
total population: 78.03 years
male: 75.95 years
female: 80.22 years (2001 est.)
Morocco:
total population: 69.43 years
male: 67.2 years
female: 71.76 years (2001 est.)
Mozambique:
total population: 36.45 years
male: 37.25 years
female: 35.62 years (2001 est.)
Namibia:
total population: 40.62 years
male: 42.48 years
female: 38.71 years (2001 est.)
Nauru:
total population: 61.2 years
male: 57.7 years
female: 64.88 years (2001 est.)
Nepal:
total population: 58.22 years
male: 58.65 years
female: 57.77 years (2001 est.)
Netherlands:
total population: 78.43 years
male: 75.55 years
female: 81.44 years (2001 est.)
Netherlands Antilles:
total population: 74.94 years
male: 72.76 years
female: 77.22 years (2001 est.)
New Caledonia:
total population: 73.02 years
male: 70.08 years
female: 76.11 years (2001 est.)
New Zealand:
total population: 77.99 years
male: 75.01 years
female: 81.1 years (2001 est.)
Nicaragua:
total population: 69.05 years
male: 67.1 years
female: 71.11 years (2001 est.)
Niger:
total population: 41.59 years
male: 41.74 years
female: 41.44 years (2001 est.)
Nigeria:
total population: 51.07 years
male: 51.07 years
female: 51.07 years (2001 est.)
Niue:
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Norfolk Island:
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Northern Mariana Islands:
total population: 75.74 years
male: 72.65 years
female: 79.02 years (2001 est.)
Norway:
total population: 78.79 years
male: 75.87 years
female: 81.92 years (2001 est.)
Oman:
total population: 72.04 years
male: 69.9 years
female: 74.29 years (2001 est.)
Pakistan:
total population: 61.45 years
male: 60.61 years
female: 62.32 years (2001 est.)
Palau:
total population: 68.89 years
male: 65.77 years
female: 72.19 years (2001 est.)
Panama:
total population: 75.68 years
male: 72.94 years
female: 78.53 years (2001 est.)
Papua New Guinea:
total population: 63.46 years
male: 61.39 years
female: 65.64 years (2001 est.)
Paraguay:
total population: 73.92 years
male: 71.44 years
female: 76.52 years (2001 est.)
Peru:
total population: 70.3 years
male: 67.9 years
female: 72.81 years (2001 est.)
Philippines:
total population: 67.8 years
male: 64.96 years
female: 70.79 years (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands:
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Poland:
total population: 73.42 years
male: 69.26 years
female: 77.82 years (2001 est.)
Portugal:
total population: 75.94 years
male: 72.44 years
female: 79.68 years (2001 est.)
Puerto Rico:
total population: 75.76 years
male: 71.28 years
female: 80.48 years (2001 est.)
Qatar:
total population: 72.62 years
male: 70.16 years
female: 75.21 years (2001 est.)
Reunion:
total population: 72.93 years
male: 69.53 years
female: 76.49 years (2001 est.)
Romania:
total population: 70.16 years
male: 66.36 years
female: 74.19 years (2001 est.)
Russia:
total population: 67.34 years
male: 62.12 years
female: 72.83 years (2001 est.)
Rwanda:
total population: 38.99 years
male: 38.35 years
female: 39.65 years (2001 est.)
Saint Helena:
total population: 77.01 years
male: 74.13 years
female: 80.04 years (2001 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis:
total population: 71.01 years
male: 68.22 years
female: 73.97 years (2001 est.)
Saint Lucia:
total population: 72.57 years
male: 69 years
female: 76.39 years (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
total population: 77.77 years
male: 75.51 years
female: 80.13 years (2001 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
total population: 72.56 years
male: 70.83 years
female: 74.34 years (2001 est.)
Samoa:
total population: 69.5 years
male: 66.77 years
female: 72.37 years (2001 est.)
San Marino:
total population: 81.23 years
male: 77.68 years
female: 85.1 years (2001 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe:
total population: 65.59 years
male: 64.15 years
female: 67.07 years (2001 est.)
Saudi Arabia:
total population: 68.09 years
male: 66.4 years
female: 69.85 years (2001 est.)
Senegal:
total population: 62.56 years
male: 60.94 years
female: 64.22 years (2001 est.)
Seychelles:
total population: 70.69 years
male: 65.17 years
female: 76.37 years (2001 est.)
Sierra Leone:
total population: 45.6 years
male: 42.69 years
female: 48.61 years (2001 est.)
Singapore:
total population: 80.17 years
male: 77.22 years
female: 83.35 years (2001 est.)
Slovakia:
total population: 73.97 years
male: 69.95 years
female: 78.2 years (2001 est.)
Slovenia:
total population: 75.08 years
male: 71.2 years
female: 79.17 years (2001 est.)
Solomon Islands:
total population: 71.55 years
male: 69.12 years
female: 74.1 years (2001 est.)
Somalia:
total population: 46.6 years
male: 44.99 years
female: 48.25 years (2001 est.)
South Africa:
total population: 48.09 years
male: 47.64 years
female: 48.56 years (2001 est.)
Spain:
total population: 78.93 years
male: 75.47 years
female: 82.62 years (2001 est.)
Sri Lanka:
total population: 72.09 years
male: 69.58 years
female: 74.73 years (2001 est.)
Sudan:
total population: 56.94 years
male: 55.85 years
female: 58.08 years (2001 est.)
Suriname:
total population: 71.63 years
male: 68.97 years
female: 74.42 years (2001 est.)
Svalbard:
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Swaziland:
total population: 38.62 years
male: 37.86 years
female: 39.4 years (2001 est.)
Sweden:
total population: 79.71 years
male: 77.07 years
female: 82.5 years (2001 est.)
Switzerland:
total population: 79.73 years
male: 76.85 years
female: 82.76 years (2001 est.)
Syria:
total population: 68.77 years
male: 67.63 years
female: 69.98 years (2001 est.)
Tajikistan:
total population: 64.18 years
male: 61.09 years
female: 67.42 years (2001 est.)
Tanzania:
total population: 51.98 years
male: 51.04 years
female: 52.95 years (2001 est.)
Thailand:
total population: 68.86 years
male: 65.64 years
female: 72.24 years (2001 est.)
Togo:
total population: 54.35 years
male: 52.38 years
female: 56.38 years (2001 est.)
Tokelau:
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Tonga:
total population: 68.25 years
male: 65.83 years
female: 70.78 years (2001 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago:
total population: 68.27 years
male: 65.74 years
female: 70.92 years (2001 est.)
Tunisia:
total population: 73.92 years
male: 72.35 years
female: 75.62 years (2001 est.)
Turkey:
total population: 71.24 years
male: 68.89 years
female: 73.71 years (2001 est.)
Turkmenistan:
total population: 61 years
male: 57.43 years
female: 64.76 years (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands:
total population: 73.52 years
male: 71.37 years
female: 75.77 years (2001 est.)
Tuvalu:
total population: 66.65 years
male: 64.52 years
female: 68.88 years (2001 est.)
Uganda:
total population: 43.37 years
male: 42.59 years
female: 44.17 years (2001 est.)
Ukraine:
total population: 66.15 years
male: 60.62 years
female: 71.96 years (2001 est.)
United Arab Emirates:
total population: 74.29 years
male: 71.84 years
female: 76.86 years (2001 est.)
United Kingdom:
total population: 77.82 years
male: 75.13 years
female: 80.66 years (2001 est.)
United States:
total population: 77.26 years
male: 74.37 years
female: 80.05 years (2001 est.)
Uruguay:
total population: 75.44 years
male: 72.11 years
female: 78.96 years (2001 est.)
Uzbekistan:
total population: 63.81 years
male: 60.24 years
female: 67.56 years (2001 est.)
Vanuatu:
total population: 60.95 years
male: 59.58 years
female: 62.39 years (2001 est.)
Venezuela:
total population: 73.31 years
male: 70.29 years
female: 76.56 years (2001 est.)
Vietnam:
total population: 69.56 years
male: 67.12 years
female: 72.19 years (2001 est.)
Virgin Islands:
total population: 78.27 years
male: 74.38 years
female: 82.39 years (2001 est.)
Wallis and Futuna:
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
West Bank:
total population: 72.28 years
male: 70.58 years
female: 74.07 years (2001 est.)
World:
total population: 63.79 years
male: 62.15 years
female: 65.51 years (2001 est.)
Yemen:
total population: 60.21 years
male: 58.45 years
female: 62.05 years (2001 est.)
Yugoslavia:
total population: 73.5 years
male: 70.57 years
female: 76.67 years (2001 est.)
Zambia:
total population: 37.29 years
male: 37.06 years
female: 37.53 years (2001 est.)
Zimbabwe:
total population: 37.13 years
male: 38.51 years
female: 35.7 years (2001 est.)
Taiwan:
total population: 76.54 years
male: 73.81 years
female: 79.51 years (2001 est.)
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@Literacy
Afghanistan:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 31.5%
male: 47.2%
female: 15% (1999 est.)
Albania:
definition: age 9 and over can read and write
total population: 93% (1997 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%
Algeria:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61.6%
male: 73.9%
female: 49% (1995 est.)
American Samoa:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 98%
female: 97% (1980 est.)
Andorra:
definition: NA
total population: 100%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Angola:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 42%
male: 56%
female: 28% (1998 est.)
Anguilla:
definition: age 12 and over can read and write
total population: 95%
male: 95%
female: 95% (1984 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda:
definition: age 15 and over has completed five
or more years of schooling
total population: 89%
male: 90%
female: 88% (1960 est.)
Argentina:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.2%
male: 96.2%
female: 96.2% (1995 est.)
Armenia:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 98% (1989 est.)
Aruba:
definition: NA
total population: 97%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Australia:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (1980 est.)
Austria:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Azerbaijan:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 99%
female: 96% (1989 est.)
Bahamas, The:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.2%
male: 98.5%
female: 98% (1995 est.)
Bahrain:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85.2%
male: 89.1%
female: 79.4% (1995 est.)
Bangladesh:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 56%
male: 63%
female: 49% (2000 est.)
Barbados:
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 97.4%
male: 98%
female: 96.8% (1995 est.)
Belarus:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 97% (1989 est.)
Belgium:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Belize:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70.3%
male: 70.3%
female: 70.3% (1991 est.)
note: other sources list the literacy rate as high as 75%
Benin:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 37.5%
male: 52.2%
female: 23.6% (2000)
Bermuda:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 99% (1970 est.)
Bhutan:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 42.2%
male: 56.2%
female: 28.1% (1995 est.)
Bolivia:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.1%
male: 90.5%