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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