unicameral Parliament or Parlamentul (101 seats; members
elected on an at-large basis by popular vote to serve four-year
terms)
elections: last held on 28 November 2010 (next to be held in 2014);
note - this was the third parliamentary election in less than two
years; the earlier parliaments (elected 5 April 2009 and 29 July
2009) could not agree on a presidential candidate
election results: percent of vote by party - PCRM 39.3%, PLDM 29.4%,
PD 12.7%, PL 10%, other 8.6%; seats by party - PCRM 42, PLDM 32, PD
15, PL 12; note - the PLDM, PD, and PL governing coalition, termed
the Alliance for European Integration, has 59 seats; it remains 2
votes short of the 61 needed to elect a new president
Monaco
unicameral National Council or Conseil National (24 seats; 16
members elected by list majority system, 8 by proportional
representation to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 3 February 2008 (next to be held in February
2013)
election results: percent of vote by party - UPM 52.2%, REM 40.5%,
Monaco Together 7.3%; seats by party - UPM 21, REM 3
Mongolia
unicameral State Great Hural 76 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve four-year terms
elections: last held on 29 June 2008 (next to be held in June 2012)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
MPP 46, DP 27, others 3
Montenegro
unicameral Assembly (81 seats; members elected by direct
vote to serve four-year terms; note - seats increased from 74 seats
in 2006)
elections: last held on 29 March 2009 (next to be held in 2013)
election results: percent of vote by party - Coalition for European
Montenegro 51.94%, SNP 16.83%, NOVA 9.22%, PZP 6.03%, other
(including Albanian minority parties) 15.98%; seats by party -
Coalition for European Montenegro 48, SNP 16, NOVA 8, PZP 5,
Albanian minority parties 4
Montserrat
unicameral Legislative Council (11 seats; 9 members
popularly elected to serve five-year terms; the attorney general and
financial secretary sit as ex-officio members)
elections: last held on 8 September 2009 (next to be held by 2014)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
MCAP 6, independents 3
Morocco
bicameral Parliament consists of the Chamber of Counselors
(or upper house) (270 seats; members elected indirectly by local
councils, professional organizations, and labor syndicates to serve
nine-year terms; one-third of the members are elected every three
years) and Chamber of Representatives (or lower house) (325 seats;
295 members elected by multi-seat constituencies and 30 from
national lists of women; members elected by popular vote to serve
five-year terms)
elections: Chamber of Counselors - last held on 3 October 2009 (next
to be held in 2012); Chamber of Representatives - last held on 7
September 2007 (next to be held in 2012)
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 - PI 52, PJD 46, MP 41, RNI 39,
USFP 38, UC 27, PPS 17, FFD 9, MDS 9, Al Ahd 8, other 39
Mozambique
unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da
Republica (250 seats; members directly elected by popular vote to
serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 28 October 2009 (next to be held in 2014)
election results: percent of vote by party - FRELIMO 74.7%, RENAMO
17.7%, MDM 3.9%, other 3.7%; seats by party - FRELIMO 191, RENAMO
51, MDM 8
Namibia
bicameral legislature consists of the National Council,
primarily an advisory body (26 seats; two members chosen from each
regional council to serve six-year terms), and the National Assembly
(72 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: National Council - elections for regional councils to
determine members of the National Council held on 29-30 November
2004 (next to be held on 26-27 November 2010); National Assembly -
last held on 26-27 November 2009 (next to be held in November 2014)
election results: National Council - percent of vote by party -
SWAPO 89.7%, UDF 4.7%, NUDO 2.8%, DTA 1.9%, other 0.9%; seats by
party - SWAPO 24, UDF 1, DTA 1; National Assembly - percent of vote
by party - SWAPO 75.3%, RDP 11.3%, DTA 3.1%, NUDO 3.0%, UDF 2.4%,
APP 1.4%, RP 0.8%, COD 0.7%, SWANU 0.6%, other 1.3%; seats by party
- SWAPO 54, RDP 8, DTA 2, NUDO 2, UDF 2, APP 1, RP 1, COD 1, SWANU 1
Nauru
unicameral parliament (18 seats; members elected by popular
vote to serve three-year terms)
elections: last held on 19 June 2010 (next to be held in 2013)
election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 18
Nepal
unicameral Constituent Assembly (601 seats; 240 members
elected by direct popular vote, 335 by proportional representation,
and 26 appointed by the Cabinet (Council of Ministers))
elections: last held on 10 April 2008 (next to be held NA)
election results: percent of vote by party - CPN-M 38%, NC 19%,
CPN-UML 19%,Madhesi People's Right Forum 9%, Terai Madhes Democratic
Party and Sadbhawana Party 5%, other 15%; seats by party - CPN-M
220, NC 110, CPN-UML 103, Madhesi People's Rights Forum 52, Terai
Madhes Democratic Party 20, Sadbhawana Party 9, other smaller
parties 56; note - 26 seats filled by the new Cabinet and are
included in the seat totals above
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 to serve four-year
terms) and the Second Chamber or Tweede Kamer (150 seats; members
elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: First Chamber - last held 29 May 2007 (next to be held in
May 2011); Second Chamber - last held 9 June 2010 (next to be held
by May 2015)
election results: First Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - CDA 21, PvdA 14, VVD 14, Socialist Party 11,
Christian Union 4, Green Left Party 4, D66 2, other 5; Second
Chamber - percent of vote by party - VVD 20.5%, PvdA 19.6%, PVV,
15.4%, CDA 13.6%, SP 9.8%, D66 6.9%, GL 6.7%, CU 3.2, other 4.3%;
seats by party - VVD 31, PvdA 30, PVV 24, CDA 21, SP 15, D66 10, GL
10, CU 5, other 4
New Caledonia
elections: unicameral Territorial Congress or Congres
du territoire (54 seats; members belong to the three Provincial
Assemblies or Assemblees Provinciales elected by popular vote to
serve five-year terms) last held on 9 May 2009 (next to be held on
10 May 2014)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
UMP 13, Caledonia Together 10, UC 8, UNI 8, AE 6, FLNKS 3, Labor
Party 3, other 3
note: New Caledonia holds two seats in the French Senate; elections
last held on 21 September 2008 (next to be held not later than
September 2014); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
party - UMP 2; New Caledonia also elects two seats to the French
National Assembly; elections last held on 10 and 17 June 2007 (next
to be held in June 2012); results - percent of vote by party - NA;
seats by party - UMP 2
New Zealand
unicameral House of Representatives - commonly called
Parliament (usually 120 seats; 70 members elected by popular vote in
single-member constituencies including 7 Maori constituencies, 50
proportional seats chosen from party lists; serve three-year terms)
elections: last held on 8 November 2008 (next to be held not later
than 27 November 2011)
election results: percent of vote by party - National Party 44.9%,
Labor Party 34%, Green Party 6.7%, NZ First 4%, ACT Party 3.7%,
Maori 2.4%, Progressive 0.9%, United Front 0.9%, other 6.6%; seats
by party - National Party 58, Labor Party 43, Green Party 9, ACT
Party 5, Maori 5, Progressive 1, United Front 1
note: results of 2008 election saw the total number of seats
increase to 122
Nicaragua
unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (92
seats; 90 members elected by proportional representation and party
lists to serve five-year terms; 1 seat for the previous president, 1
seat for the runner-up in previous presidential election)
elections: last held on 5 November 2006 (next to be held by November
2011)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
FSLN 38, PLC 25, ALN 23 (22 plus one for presidential candidate
Eduardo MONTEALEGRE, runner-up in the 2006 presidential election),
MRS 5, APRE 1 (outgoing President Enrique BOLANOS); note - as of 1
May 2009: seats by party - FSLN 38, PLC 20, BDN 17, ALN 6, MRS 3,
APRE 1, Independent 7
Niger
unicameral National Assembly (113 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 20 October 2009 (next to be held in 2014)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
MNSD 76, RSD 15, RDP 7, PNA-Alouma 1, Alkalami 1, Nigerien Party of
the Masses for Labor 1, independents 12
Nigeria
bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (109
seats, 3 from each state plus 1 from Abuja; 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 on 21 April 2007 (next to be held in
April 2011); House of Representatives - last held on 21 April 2007
(next to be held on 15 January 2011)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
party - PDP 85, ANPP 16, AC 6, PPA 1, ACCORD 1; House of
Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDP 65.1%, ANPP 21.6%,
AC 8.8%, PPA 0.8%, LP 0.8%; seats by party - PDP 263, ANPP 63, AC
30, PPA 3, LP 1
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 on 7 June 2008 (next to be held in 2011)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - 20
independents
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 to serve three-year
terms)
elections: last held on 17 March 2010 (next to be held in 2013)
election results: seats - independents 9 (note - no political
parties)
Northern Mariana Islands
bicameral legislature consists of the
Senate (9 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year
staggered terms) and the House of Representatives (20 seats; members
elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held on 7 November 2009 (next to be held in
November 2011); House of Representatives - last held on 7 November
2009 (next to be held in November 2011)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
party - Covenant Party 3, Republican Party 3, Democratic Party 1,
independents 2; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party
- NA; seats by party - Republican Party 12, Covenant Party 4,
Democratic Party 1, independents 3
note: the Northern Mariana Islands elects one nonvoting delegate to
the US House of Representatives; election last held on 2 November
2010 (next to be held in November 2012); seats by party -
independent 1
Norway
modified unicameral Parliament or Storting (169 seats;
members elected by popular vote by proportional representation to
serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 14 September 2009 (next to be held in
September 2013)
election results: percent of vote by party - DNA 35.4%, FrP 22.9%, H
17.2%, SV 6.2%, Sp 6.2%, KrF 5.5%, V 3.9%, other 2.7%; seats by
party - DNA 64, FrP 41, H 30, SV 11, Sp 11, KrF 10, V 2
note: for certain purposes, the parliament divides itself into two
chambers and elects one-fourth of its membership in the Lagting and
three-fourths of its membership in the Odelsting
Oman
bicameral Majlis Oman consists of Majlis al-Dawla or upper
chamber (71 seats; members appointed by the monarch; has only
advisory powers and Majlis al-Shura or lower chamber (84 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms; body has
only advisory powers)
elections: last held on 27 October 2007 (next to be held in 2011)
election results: new candidates won 46 seats and 38 members of the
outgoing Majlis kept their positions; none of the 20 female
candidates was elected
Pakistan
bicameral parliament or Majlis-e-Shoora consists of the
Senate (100 seats; members indirectly elected by provincial
assemblies and the territories' representatives in the National
Assembly to serve six-year terms; one half are elected every three
years) and the National Assembly (342 seats; 272 members elected by
popular vote; 60 seats reserved for women; 10 seats reserved for
non-Muslims; members serve five-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held on 3 March 2009 (next to be held in
March 2012); National Assembly - last held on 18 February 2008 with
by-elections on 26 June 2008 (next to be held in 2013)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
party - PPPP 27, PML-Q 21, MMA 9, PML-N 7, ANP 6, MQM 6, JUI-F 4,
BNP-A 2, JWP 1, NPP 1, PKMAP 1, PML-F 1, PPP 1, independents 13;
National Assembly - percent of votes by party - NA; seats by party
as of October 2010 - PPPP 127, PML-N 90, PML 51, MQM 25, ANP 13,
JUI-F 8, PML-F 5, BNP-A 1, NPP 1, PPP-S 1, independents 18, unfilled
seats - 2
Palau
bicameral National Congress or Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK)
consists of the Senate (9 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 on 4 November 2008 (next to be held in
November 2012); House of Delegates - last held on 4 November 2008
(next to be held in November 2012)
election results: Senate - percent of vote - NA; seats -
independents 9; House of Delegates - percent of vote - NA; seats -
independents 16
Panama
unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (71 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 3 May 2009 (next to be held in May 2014)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
PRD 26, Panamenista 22, CD 14, UP 4, Independent 2, MOLIRENA 2, PP 1
note: legislators from outlying rural districts 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 (109 seats, 89
filled from open electorates and 20 from provinces and national
capital district; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year
terms); constitution allows up to 126 seats
elections: last held from 30 June to 10 July 2007; next to be held
in June 2012
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA
27, PNGP 8, PAP 6, URP 6, PANGU PATI 5, PDM 5, independents 19,
others 33; note - election to 1 seat was nullified
note: 15 other parties won 4 or fewer seats; association with
political parties is fluid
Paraguay
bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists
of the Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (45 seats; members
elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Chamber of
Deputies or Camara de Diputados (80 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: Chamber of Senators - last held on 20 April 2008 (next to
be held in April 2013); Chamber of Deputies - last held on 20 April
2008 (next to be held in April 2013)
election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party -
NA; seats by party - ANR 15, PLRA 14, UNACE 9, PPQ 4, other 3;
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party
- ANR 30, PLRA 27, UNACE 15, PPQ 3, APC 2, other 3; note - as of 1
January 2010, the composition of the Chamber of Deputies is ANR 30,
PLRA 29, UNACE 15, PPQ 4, other 2
Peru
unicameral Congress of the Republic of Peru or Congreso de la
Republica del Peru (120 seats; members are elected by popular vote
to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 9 April 2006 (next to be held in April 2011)
election results: percent of vote by party - UPP 21.2%, PAP 20.6%,
UN 15.3%, AF 13.1%, FC 7.1%, PP 4.1%, RN 4.0%, other 14.6%; seats by
party - UPP 45, PAP 36, UN 17, AF 13, FC 5, PP 2, RN 2
Philippines
bicameral Congress or Kongreso consists of the Senate or
Senado (24 seats - one-half elected every three years; members
elected at large by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the
House of Representatives or Kapulungan Ng Nga Kinatawan; the House
has 287 seats including 230 members in one tier representing
districts and 57 sectoral party-list members in a second tier
representing special minorities elected on the basis of one seat for
every 2% of the total vote but are limited to three seats; a party
represented in one tier may not hold seats in the other tier; all
House members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms
note: the constitution limits the House of Representatives to 250
members; the number of members allowed was increased, however,
through legislation when in April 2009 the Philippine Supreme Court
ruled that additional party members could sit in the House of
Representatives if they received the required number of votes
elections: Senate - elections last held on 10 May 2010 (next to be
held in May 2013); House of Representatives - elections last held on
10 May 2010 (next to be held in May 2013)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
party - Lakas-Kampi CMD 4, LP 4, NP 4, NPC 2, PMP 2, LDP 1, PRP 1,
independents 5; note - there are 23 rather than 24 sitting senators
because one senator was elected mayor of Manila; House of
Representatives - percent of vote by party - Lakas-Kampi CMD 38.4%,
LP 20.3%, NPC 15.4%, NP 11.5%, independents 7.1%, others 7.3%; seats
by party - Lakas-Kampi CMD 104, LP 45, NPC 31, NP 26, others 17,
independents 7, party-list 56
Pitcairn Islands
unicameral Island Council (11 seats; mayor, deputy
mayor, 4 members elected by popular vote, 1 member appointed by the
governor, 3 ex officio members including governor, deputy governor,
and commissioner; deputy mayor and elected members serve two-year
terms)
elections: last held on 24 December 2009 (next to be held on 24
December 2011)
election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - all independents
Poland
bicameral legislature consists of an upper house, the Senate
or Senat (100 seats; members elected by a majority vote on a
provincial basis to serve four-year terms), and a lower house, the
Sejm (460 seats; members elected under a complex system of
proportional representation to serve four-year terms); the
designation of National Assembly or Zgromadzenie Narodowe is only
used on those rare occasions when the two houses meet jointly
elections: Senate - last held on 21 October 2007 (next to be held by
October 2011); Sejm - last held on 21 October 2007 (next to be held
by October 2011)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
party - PO 60, PiS 39, independents 1; Sejm - percent of vote by
party - PO 41.5%, PiS 32.1%, LiD 13.2%, PSL 8.9%, other 4.3%; seats
by party - PO 209, PiS 166, LiD 53, PSL 31, German minorities 1;
note - seats by party as of December 2010 - PO 203, PiS 147, SLD 44,
PSL 31, PJN 17, SPDL 4, DKP_SD 3, German minorities 1, Independents
9, Vacant 1
note: one seat is assigned to ethnic minority parties in the Sejm
only
Portugal
unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da
Republica (230 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve
four-year terms)
elections: last held on 27 September 2009 (next to be held in fall
2013)
election results: percent of vote by party - PS 42%, PSD 35%, CDS/PP
9%, BE 7%, CDU 7%; seats by party - PS 97, PSD 81, CDS/PP 21, BE 16,
CDU 15
Puerto Rico
bicameral Legislative Assembly consists of the Senate
(at least 27 seats; members directly elected by popular vote to
serve four-year terms) and the House of Representatives (51 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held on 4 November 2008 (next to be held in
November 2012); House of Representatives - last held on 4 November
2008 (next to be held in November 2012)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - PNP 81.5%, PPD
18.5%; seats by party - PNP 22, PPD 5; House of Representatives -
percent of vote by party - PNP 72.5%, PPD 27.5%; seats by party -
PNP 37, PPD 14
note: Puerto Rico elects, by popular vote, a resident commissioner
to serve a four-year term as a nonvoting representative in the US
House of Representatives; aside from not voting on the House floor,
he enjoys all the rights of a member of Congress; elections last
held 4 November 2008 (next to be held in November 2012); results -
percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PNP 1
Qatar
unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (35 seats;
members appointed)
note: no legislative elections have been held since 1970 when there
were partial elections to the body; Council members have had their
terms extended every year since the new constitution came into force
on 9 June 2005; the constitution provides for a new 45-member
Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura; the public would elect 30
members and the Amir would appoint 15; elections to the Majlis
al-Shura are tentatively scheduled for June 2010
Romania
bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate or
Senat (137 seats; members elected by popular vote in a mixed
electoral system to serve four-year terms) and the Chamber of
Deputies or Camera Deputatilor (334 seats; members elected by
popular vote in a mixed electoral system to serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held on 30 November 2008 (next expected to
be held in November 2012); Chamber of Deputies - last held on 30
November 2008 (next expected to be held in November 2012)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by alliance/party -
PSD-PC 34.2%, PDL 33.6%, PNL 18.7%, UDMR 6.4%, other 7.1%; seats by
alliance/party - PSD-PC 49, PDL 51, PNL 28, UDMR 9; Chamber of
Deputies - percent of vote by alliance/party - PSD-PC 33.1%, PDL
32.4%, PNL 18.6%, UDMR 6.2%, ethnic minorities 3.6%, other 6.1%;
seats by alliance/party - PDL 115, PSD-PC 114, PNL 65, UDMR 22,
ethnic minorities 18
Russia
bicameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoye Sobraniye consists
of an upper house, the Federation Council or Sovet Federatsii (166
seats; as of July 2000, members appointed by the top executive and
legislative officials in each of the 83 federal administrative units
- oblasts, krays, republics, autonomous okrugs and oblasts, and the
federal cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg; members to serve
four-year terms) and a lower house, the State Duma or
Gosudarstvennaya Duma (450 seats; as of 2007, all members elected by
proportional representation from party lists winning at least 7% of
the vote; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: State Duma - last held on 2 December 2007 (next to be
held in December 2011)
election results: State Duma - United Russia 64.3%, CPRF 11.5%, LDPR
8.1%, Just Russia 7.7%, other 8.4%; total seats by party - United
Russia 315, CPRF 57, LDPR 40, Just Russia 38
Rwanda
bicameral Parliament consists of Senate (26 seats; 12 members
elected by local councils, 8 appointed by the president, 4 appointed
by the Political Organizations Forum, 2 represent institutions of
higher learning; members to serve eight-year terms) and Chamber of
Deputies (80 seats; 53 members elected by popular vote, 24 women
elected by local bodies, 3 selected by youth and disability
organizations; members to serve five-year terms)
elections: Senate - members appointed as part of the transitional
government (next to be held in 2011); Chamber of Deputies - last
held on 15 September 2008 (next to be held in September 2013)
election results: percent of vote by party - RPF 78.8%, PSD 13.1%,
PL 7.5%; seats by party - RPF 42, PSD 7, PL 4, additional 27 members
indirectly elected