List of legislatures by country
Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Script error: No such module "Sidebar". This is a list of legislatures by country. A "legislature" is the generic name for the national parliaments and congresses that act as a plenary general assembly of representatives and that have the power to legislate. All entities included in the list of sovereign states are included in this list.
Names of legislatures
The legislatures are listed with their names in English and the name in the (most-used) native language of the country (or the official name in the second-most used native language in cases where English is the majority "native" language).
List of legislatures
Supranational legislatures
Legislatures of sovereign states (Member and observer states of the United Nations)
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| UN member or observer state | Overall name of legislature | Name of house(s) | House level | Term (years) | Electoral system | Seats | Population per seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Country data Afghanistan | Leadership Council of Afghanistan (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration)[3] | Unicameral | No fixed term | Appointment by the supreme leader | Aprx.Template:Nbsp30[4] | Script error: No such module "Math".Template:Efn | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament of Albania (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by county with a 3% threshold | 140 | 20,226 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament of Algeria (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | People's National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province | 407 | 80,303 |
| Council of the Nation (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 6 | Elected by popular wilaya assemblies and communal people's assemblies, and appointed by the President | 174 | 257,638 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | General Council of Andorra (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method nationwide and block vote by parish | 28 | 2,789 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide and by province | 220 | 84,081 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament of Antigua and BarbudaTemplate:NoteTag | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 17 | 4,305 |
| Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the governor-general, representing the monarch, on the advice of the prime minister and leader of the Opposition | 17 | 4,811 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Congress of Argentina (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Deputies of the Nation (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province with a 3% threshold | 257 | 156,097 |
| Honorable Senate of the Nation (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 6 | Partial block voting by province | 72 | 557,181 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly of Armenia (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Abbreviated: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) Informal: Parliament of Armenia (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) |
Unicameral | 5 | Closed-list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency and open-list proportional in district constituencies, with a 5% or top-3 national threshold (or 7% for alliances)Template:Efn[5] | 105 | 24,902 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament of AustraliaTemplate:NoteTag | House of Representatives | Lower | 3 | Instant-runoff voting | 150 | 162,914 |
| Senate | Upper | 6 (for states) 3 (for territories) | Single transferable vote by state/territory, usually, 6 seats from each state and all territory seats are up for election (40 total) except in the case of a double dissolution, when all seats are up for election | 76 | 323,684 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Austrian Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Council (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 4% threshold | 183 | 43,895 |
| Federal Council (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 and 6 | Elected by state legislatures | 60 | 129,563 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post | 125 | 73,320 | |
| Template:Flagicon Bahamas, The | Parliament of the BahamasTemplate:NoteTag | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 39 | 9,326 |
| Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the governor-general, representing the monarch, on the advice of the prime minister and leader of the Opposition | 16 | 22,103 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Council of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 4 | Two-round system | 40 | 30,864 |
| Consultative Council (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 4 | Appointed by the king | 40 | 30,864 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post | 350 | 466,909 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament of BarbadosTemplate:NoteTag | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 30 | 9,486 |
| Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the President on the advice of the prime minister and leader of the Opposition | 21 | 13,551 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 4 | Two-round system | 110 | 85,997 |
| Council of the Republic (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 4 | Elected by regional councils, and appointed by the President | 64 | 147,773 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Federal Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province with a 5% threshold | 150 | 74,000 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | Elected by community and regional parliaments | 60 | 185,000 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 31 | 10,748 |
| Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the governor-general representing the monarch, on the advice of the prime minister and leader of the Opposition | 12 | 27,766 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies | 83 | 115,648 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament of BhutanTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 47 | 15,072 |
| National Council (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 4 | First-past-the-post, and appointed by the king | 25 | 28,337 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Plurinational Legislative Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | Closed list mixed-member proportional representation: Proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by department and first-past-the-post | 130 | 83,905 |
| Chamber of Senators (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by department | 36 | 302,993 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliamentary Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"./ Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies | 42 | 91,422 |
| House of Peoples (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 4 | Serbs elected by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, and Bosniaks and Croats elected by the House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15 | 255,982 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament of Botswana | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post, and appointed by the President | 69 | 32,211 |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Congress (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by state | 513 | 371,798 |
| Federal Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 8 | Partial block voting by state | 81 | 2,354,724 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislative Council (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | no timeframe | Appointed by the Sultan | 36 | 11,355 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by constituency with a 4% threshold | 240 | 30,685 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | Proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide and in constituencies | 127 | 126,281 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 2% threshold | 121 | 74,570 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | Elected by the communal councils | 43 | 179,577 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament
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National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province | 123 | 108,852 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 6[6] | Appointed by the monarch, elected by the National Assembly and commune councils | 61 | 219,490 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post and Block vote: If no list obtains an absolute majority, the one with the highest number of votes is allocated half of the seats; the remainder is allocated to the other best-placed lists through proportional representation | 180 | 97,021 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | Elected by municipal councils, and appointed by the president | 100 | 174,638 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Template:NoteTag | House of Commons (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 years, unless elections are called earlier | First-past-the-post voting | 338 | 104,571 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | Until age 75, or resignation. | Appointed by the governor general, representing the monarch, on the advice of the prime minister | 105 | 318,825 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies | 72 | 4,990 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | Two-round system | 131 | 38,951 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 4 | Block voting: If no list obtains an absolute majority, the seats are allocated through proportional representation | 188 | 66,640 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Congress (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method | 155 | 145,021 |
| Senate of the Republic (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 8 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method | 38 | 457,963 | ||
| Template:Country data China | National People's Congress (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration)Template:NoteTag | Unicameral | 5 | Elected by municipal, regional and provincial congresses, and People's Liberation Army | 2,980 | 448,518 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Congress (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 | Open or closed list proportional representation (depending on the political party) with the D'Hondt method by state | 166 | 279,556 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 4 | Open or closed list proportional representation (depending on the political party) with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 3% threshold | 102 | 454,964 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Assembly of the Union (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | Two-round system, and elected by the local assemblies | 33 | 24,181 | |
| Template:Flagicon Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | Coexistence: Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method in multi-member constituencies and first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies | 500 | 143,425 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | Elected by the provincial assemblies | 108 | 664,008 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Congo, Republic of the | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | Two-round system | 151 | 28,537 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | Elected by district, local, and regional councils | 52 | 83,966 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislative Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province | 57 | 75,468 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Croatian AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 5% threshold | 151 | 28,414 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly of People's Power (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | Popular vote and approval by special candidacy commissions | 605 | 18,308 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by constituency | 56 | 18,632 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament of the Czech Republic (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by region with a 5% threshold | 200 | 52,811 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 6 | Two-round system (staggered elections) | 81 | 130,397 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | People's AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 2% threshold including the Faroe Islands and Greenland seats | 179 | 30,969 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 5 | Block vote and closed list proportional representation by constituencies: The list obtaining an absolute or relative majority of votes is allocated 80% of the seats; the remainder is allocated to the other best-placed lists which obtained at least 10% of the valid votes through proportional representation; if no other list obtains 10% of the valid votes, the remaining seats will be allocated to the party which won the majority or relative majority of the valid votes | 65 | 12,587 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | House of Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting, and appointed by the President | 32 | 3,394 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Congress (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province and nationwide with a 1% threshold for the nationwide seats | 190 | 51,520 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 4 | First-past-the-post voting | 32 | 293,088 | ||
| Template:Country data East Timor | National Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 3% threshold | 65 | 16,408 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency and first-past-the-post voting | 137 | 116,802 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 5 | 300 | 375,722 | |
| House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 5 | Parallel voting: First-past-the-post voting, block vote, and appointed by the President | 596 | 150,983 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislative Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 3 | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by department and nationwide | 84 | 68,382 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | Closed list proportional representation in constituencies with a 10% threshold | 100 | 16,220 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | Closed list proportional representation with a 10% threshold, and appointed by the President | 70 | 23,171 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 5 | Popular vote | 104 | 50,878 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | State AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 5% threshold | 101 | 12,814 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | House of Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | majority | 55 | 22,181 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | Appointed by the King | 30 | 40,666 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | House of Peoples' Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 547 | 135,134 |
| House of Federation (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 5 | Elected by State Councils | 112 | 659,986 | ||
| Template:Country data Federated States of Micronesia | Congress | Unicameral | 4 | First-past-the-post voting | 14 | 7,642 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 5% threshold | 50 | 16,745 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies, and first-past-the-post for Åland's lone seat | 200 | 25,900 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | Two-round system | 577 | 113,258 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 6 | Elected indirectly by officials including regional councilors, department councilors, mayors, city councilors, and members of the National Assembly; two-round or proportional by department depending on the number of seats. | 348 | 187,787 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting, and appointed by the President | 121 | 12,190 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 6 | Indirectly elected by local and départemental councillors | 102 | 14,460 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting, and appointed by the President | 58 | 25,673 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament of Georgia (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 4 | Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency with a 5% threshold, and first-past-the-post | 150 | 29,794 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Federal DietTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 | Closed list mixed-member proportional representation with the Sainte-Laguë method by state with a 5% threshold, and first-past-the-post | 736 | 113,031 | |
| Federal CouncilTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | Dependent on individual state elections | Delegated from state governments | 69 | 1,185,501 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | First-past-the-post voting | 275 | 106,286 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Hellenic ParliamentTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list reinforced proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 3% threshold | 300 | 35,958 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 15 | 7,333 |
| Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the government and by the leader of opposition | 13 | 8,461 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Congress of the Republic (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 160 | 80,557 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | proportional closed list | 114 | 88,227 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National People's Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 100 | 13,454 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | popular vote and appointed by the President | 65 | 11,583 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 | proportional | 119 | 98,181 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 6 | 30 | 323,997 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Congress (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional open list | 128 | 58,823 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional open list and Scorporo |
199 | 25,860 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Assembly of AllTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional | 63 | 5,080 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | House of the PeopleTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 543 | 2,192,379 |
| Council of StatesTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 6 | Single transferable vote (233 members are elected by the legislative assemblies of the States/Union territories, 12 members are nominated by the President) | 245 | 4,847,900 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | People's Consultative Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | People's Representative Council (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | proportional open list | 575 | 467,101 |
| Regional Representative Council (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | Single non-transferable vote | 136 | 1,974,875 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Islamic Consultative AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 4 | popular vote | 290 | 259,136 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Council of Representatives of IraqTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional open list | 329 | 95,782 | |
| Template:Flagicon Ireland | ParliamentTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | President of Ireland (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | President-in-Parliament | 7 | Instant-runoff voting | N/A | N/A |
| House of Representatives of Ireland (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Template:NoteTag | Lower | 5 | Proportional Representation Single Transferable Vote | 160 | 27,640 | ||
| Senate of IrelandTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the prime minister, elected by local and national elected representatives, and elected by graduates of universities | 60 | 76,470 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 120 | 61,768 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | parallel voting (245 seats by proportional representation, 147 seats by first past the post and 8 abroad by proportional representation) | 400 | 152,738 |
| Senate of the Republic (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | parallel voting (122 seats by proportional representation, 74 seats by first past the post and 4 abroad by proportional representation), 5 members appointed by the President and former Presidents by right | 200 | 296,580 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | majority | 255 | 294,529 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | Elected by district and provincial councils, and appointed by the President | 120 | 197,837 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | ParliamentTemplate:NoteTag | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 63 | 45,860 |
| Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the governor-general | 21 | 137,580 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Diet (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 4 | proportional and First-past-the-post voting | 465 | 270,817 |
| House of Councillors (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 6 | proportional and Single non-transferable vote | 248 | 514,000 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 4 | Single non-transferable vote | 130 | 46,760 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 6 | Appointed by the monarch | 75 | 93,520 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Парламент, Template:Transliteration) | AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 5 | 107 | 207,854 | |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 6 | Appointed by the President and elected by local assemblies | 49 | 340,527 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | parallel | 349 | 126,182 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | Popular vote and appointed by the President | 67 | 657,278 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | House of Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | popular vote and appointed by Rabi Council of Leaders | 46 | 2,239 | |
| Template:Flagicon Korea, North | Supreme People's Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | popular vote | 687 | 36,390 | |
| Template:Flagicon Korea, South | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | majority and proportional | 300 | 166,691 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 4 | popular vote and appointed by the emir | 50 | 71,328 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Supreme Council (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 5 | popular vote | 90 | 44,690 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 5 | one-party state closed list | 115 | 48,148 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | ParliamentTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 100 | 20,703 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang".) Also: National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) |
Unicameral | 4 | proportional party list | 128 | 33,000 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | popular vote and proportional | 120 | 16,927 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | appointed by principal chiefs and by the ruling party | 33 | 61,556 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislature | House of Representatives | Lower | 6 | majority | 73 | 47,624 |
| Senate | Upper | 9 | majority | 30 | 115,896 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | Parallel voting: First-past-the-post, single non-transferable vote, and proportional representation | 200 | 28,353 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | DietTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 25 | 1,451 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | ParliamentTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional | 141 | 21,658 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | Open list proportional representation, allocated by the D'Hondt method in four constituencies | 60 | 11,013 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | 160 | 137,078 | |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | 33 | 664,430 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 193 | 76,809 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | House of RepresentativesTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 222 | 127,631 |
| SenateTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 3 | 26 appointed by the State Legislative Assemblies, 2 for each state and 44 appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, of which 4 are for the Federal Territories. | 70 | 404,773 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | People's AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 85 | 4,266 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | 147 elected in single or multi-member constituencies, using a runoff system. 13 elected by overseas Malians. | 160 | 90,732 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | President of Malta | President-in-Parliament | 5 | Appointed by the House of Representatives | N/A | N/A |
| House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | Single transferable vote | 69 | 5,950 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislature (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Single and multi-member constituencies | 33 | 2,060 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | Parallel voting: 50% seats elected via closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method across three national lists and some urban districts, 50% elected via a general ticket with a two-round system by electoral district | 176 | N/A |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 65 | 17,614 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Congress of the Union (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 3 | Parallel voting: Largest remainder method (Hare quota) (200 seats) / FPTP (300 seats) | 500 | 227,821 |
| Chamber of Senators (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 6 | Parallel voting: Largest remainder method (Hare quota) | 128 | 889,926 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | 101 | 33,498 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Council (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | Panachage under party-list proportional representation (16), party-list proportional representation (8) | 24 | 1,473 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | State Great AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 4 | Plurality-at-large voting | 126 | 36,245 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in a single nationwide constituency with a 3% electoral threshold with lower thresholds for minority groups under certain circumstances | 81 | 7,719 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | Mixed member majoritarian: Single non-transferable vote for 305 seats, 60 seats reserved for women and 30 seats reserved for young people under 40 by proportional representation | 395 | 100,444 |
| House of Councillors (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 6 | Indirect election: 72 members are elected at the Kingdom's regional level, 20 in each region by a single electoral college made up of all those in the relevant region that have been elected to specific professional associations, 8 in each region by an electoral college made up of those elected from the most representative employers' professional organizations, 20 by a nationwide electoral college made up of employees | 270 | 120,905 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Assembly of the Republic (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | proportional party list | 250 | 85,588 | |
| Template:Flagcountry (Burma) | Assembly of the Union (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 5 | popular vote and appointed by the military | 440 | 137,000 |
| House of Nationalities (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 5 | popular vote and appointed by the military | 224 | 269,107 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament | National Assembly | Lower | 5 | Closed list proportional representation and appointments by the President | 104 | 26,923 |
| National Council | Upper | 6 | Indirect election by Regional Councils | 26 | 80,769 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 3 | Dowdall system | 19 | 521 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Federal Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 5 | Mixed member majoritarian (165 members elected through First-past-the-post voting and 110 elected through proportional representation voting method) | 275 | 105,392 |
| National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 6 | Indirect single transferable vote and 3 members appointed by the President | 59 | 491,233 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | States General (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Lit) | Lower | 4 | Party-list proportional representation | 150 | 111,533 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Lit) | Upper | 4 | Indirect party-list proportional (by members of the states-provincial and the Caribbean Electoral colleges for the Senate) | 75 | 223,066 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Template:NoteTag | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 3 | Closed list mixed-member proportional representation with a 5% threshold | 120 | 33,566 |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 90 | 64,034 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 171 | 139,210 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly | House of Representatives | Lower | 4 | 360 | 388,898 | |
| Senate | Upper | 4 | 109 | 1,284,436 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 4 | 120 | 16,736 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Great AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional mixed | 169 | 29,785 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Council of Oman (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Consultative Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 4 | 84 | 33,017 | |
| Council of State (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration)[7] | Upper | 4 | 85 | 32,628 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament of Pakistan (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration or Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration, Template:Lit) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration, Template:Lit) | Lower | 5 | 342 | 537,023 | |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration, Template:Lit) | Upper | 6 | 104 | 1,735,000 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Congress (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | House of DelegatesTemplate:NoteTag | Lower | 4 | majority | 16 | 1,309 |
| SenateTemplate:NoteTag | Upper | 4 | majority | 13 | 2,328 | ||
| Template:Flagicon State of Palestine | Legislative Council (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 132 | 32,277 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 71 | 47,969 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National ParliamentTemplate:NoteTag | Unicameral | 5 | 109 | 56,766 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Congress (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | 80 | 80,681 | |
| Chamber of Senators (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | 45 | 143,434 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Congress of the Republic (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 130 | 217,082 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Congress (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang". or Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Lit / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 3 | Parallel voting: Largest remainder method via closed lists with a three-seat cap (20% of seats), and first-past-the-post voting (80% of seats) | 304 | 341,364 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang". or Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Lit) | Upper | 6 | bloc voting. Voter is allocated 12 votes. 1/2 of the seats are contested every 3 years with the 12 elected senators having the largest portion of the National Popular Vote | 24 | 4,323,958 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament of Poland (Script error: No such module "Lang".) National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:NoteTag) |
SejmTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 | proportional open list | 460 | 83,697 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 4 | majority | 100 | 385,010 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Assembly of the Republic (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional party list | 230 | 45,920 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Consultative AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 35 | 52,958 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 | 329 | 58,416 | |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 4 | 137 | 139,005 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Federal Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | State DumaTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 5 | parallel (First-past-the-post voting for 225 members and proportional party list for 225 members) | 450 | 318,000 |
| Federation Council (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | dependent on individual elections in the federal subjects (4 or 5) | senators are delegated from the executive and legislative bodies of the federal subjects | 170 | 862,048 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | 80 | 146,121 | |
| Senate Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 8 | 26 | 449,603 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 15 | 3,686 | ||
| Template:Country data Saint Lucia | Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | 17 | 10,221 | |
| Senate | Upper | 11 | 15,796 | ||||
| Template:Flagcountry | House of Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 21 | 5,714 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Template:NoteTag | Legislative AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 51 | 3,916 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Grand and General Council (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 60 | 536 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | 55 | 3,330 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Consultative Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration)Template:NoteTag | non-parliamentary | 4 | Appointed by the King | 150 | 220,000 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 150 | 85,701 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | 250 | 28,482 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 31 | 2,709 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | 146 | 40,136 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting (MP) (in single member constituencies), Party block voting (in group representation constituencies), and appointed by the President (NMP) | 103 | 52,360 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | National Council (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | 150 | 35,980 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 | Open list proportional representation with a 4% election threshold | 90 | 22,779 |
| National Council (Script error: No such module "Lang".)[8] | Upper | 5 | First-past-the-post indirect elections held within 'functional' interest organisations and 'local' interest communities by electoral bodies (electors). | 40 | 51,254 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | 50 | 10,460 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Federal Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | House of the PeopleTemplate:NoteTag | Lower | 4 | Appointed by president | 275 | 36,675 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 4 | majority | 54 | 180,100 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament | National Assembly | Lower | 5 | 400 | 126,466 | |
| National Council of Provinces | Upper | 90 | 562,075 | ||||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Legislature | National Legislature Assembly | Lower | 170 | 48,591 | ||
| Council of States | Upper | Appointed by President | 50 | 165,210 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | General CourtsTemplate:NoteTag (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Congress of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4, unless elections are called earlier. | proportional closed list | 350 | 131,894 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 4, unless elections are called earlier. | 208 are appointed through general election and 57 when regional legislatures are renewed, which not always happens at the same date | 265 | 173,545 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration / Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 5 | 225 | 90,122 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Legislature (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration | Lower | 6 | 426 | 68,653 | |
| Council of States (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 6 | 50 | 617,880 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 51 | 10,470 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list[9] proportional representation through the Sainte-Laguë method with a 4% election threshold[10] in constituencies based upon the Counties of Sweden | 349 | 27,286 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | People's Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 4 | 250 | 86,964 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Federal Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | National Council (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 4 | Open-list proportional with panachage and apparentment by canton.[11] | 200 | 40,000 |
| Council of States (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 4 | Each canton has one or two seats, two-round or proportional representation depending on the canton. | 46 | 173,913 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Supreme Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Assembly of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 5 | 63 | 123,809 | |
| National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 5 | 33 | 236,363 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 384 | 120,974 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 4 | parallel (First-past-the-post voting for 400 members and proportional party list for 100 members) | 500 | 131,950 |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 5 | Indirect limited voting with self-nomination | 200 | 329,876 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 91 | 76,434 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislative Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4, Unless elections are called early | Single non-transferable vote | 25 | 3,962 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | ParliamentTemplate:NoteTag | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | 41 | 32,139 | |
| Senate | Upper | 31 | 42,506 | ||||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament of Tunisia (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Assembly of the Representatives of the People (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 5 | Two-round system | 161 | 72,722 |
| National Council of Regions and Districts (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Upper | 5 | Indirect two-round system | 77 | 152,057 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Grand National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | Closed list proportional representation D'Hondt method with a 7% electoral threshold for political parties or political alliances |
600 | 135,862 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | majority voting in single member constituencies. | 125 | 41,360 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | 15 | 666 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 529 | 87,839 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Supreme Council (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 5 | 450 | 101,248 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Federal National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Unicameral | 4 | 40 | 206,601 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | ParliamentTemplate:NoteTag | House of Commons | Lower | 5, unless elections are called earlier. | First-past-the-post voting in single member constituencies. | 650 | 95,787 |
| House of Lords | Upper | Life (life and hereditary peers)
Until end of religious termTemplate:NoteTag(bishops) |
Life peers appointed by the Sovereign on advice of prime minister.Template:NoteTag 92 are elected by and from hereditary peers using preferential voting. 26 Lords Spiritual are bishops of the Church of England, chosen by the Church mainly based on seniority (except that female bishops are appointed regardless of seniority). | Template:HOLTemplate:NoteTag | 86,700 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Congress | House of Representatives | Lower | 2 | Depends on the state, mainly First-past-the-post voting, in single-member constituencies. | 435 | 722,636 |
| Senate | Upper | 6 | Depends on the state, mainly First-past-the-post voting. One-third of the Senate goes up for election every two years. Each state has two senators. | 100 | 3,432,530 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | General Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Chamber of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | 99 | 33,195 | |
| Chamber of Senators (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | 30 | 109,543 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Supreme Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Legislative Chamber (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Lower | 5 | 150 | 194,156 | |
| Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Upper | 5 | 100 | 291,234 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 4 | 52 | 4319 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry/Holy See | Pontifical Commission (Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 7 | 114 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 277 | 175,430 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Unicameral | 5 | 500 | 176,385 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament | House of Representatives (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration) | Lower | 6 | 301 | 81,485 | |
| Shura Council (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Transliteration)[12] | Upper | Life | 111 | 220,963 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 166 | 87,284 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament | National Assembly | Lower | 5 | 210 | 61,971 | |
| Senate | Upper | 5 | 40 | 325,350 | |||
Legislatures of autonomous regions, dependencies and other territories
| Region or territory | Overall name of legislature | Name of house | House level | Term (years) | Voting system | Seats | Population per seat | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagcountry | Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of AdjaraTemplate:NoteTag (აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკის უმაღლესი საბჭო) | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 16,619 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislative AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Lagtinget) | Unicameral | 4 | 30 | 945 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | States (États) | Unicameral | 4 | 10 | 240 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislative AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Fono) | House of Representatives | Lower | 2 | 21 | 2,643 | ||
| Senate | Upper | 4 | 18 | 3,084 | ||||
| Template:Flagcountry | House of Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 11 | 1,222 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Regional Council (Consiglio regionale/Conseil) |
Unicameral | 5 | 35 | 3,597 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Estates (Staten) | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 4,832 | |||
| Template:Country data Azores | Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa) | Unicameral | 4 | 57 | 4,311 | |||
| Template:Flagicon image Bangsamoro | Parliament | Unicameral | 3 | Parallel voting | 80 | 53,414 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | Closed party lists in three 25-seat constituencies, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method | 75 | 29,194 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | 36 | 1,784 | ||
| Senate | Upper | 11 | 5,839 | |||||
| Template:Flagcountry | House of Assembly | Unicameral | 4 | 15 | 1,969 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Parlamento de Canarias) | Unicameral | 4 | 70 | 35,000 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Parlament de Catalunya) | Unicameral | 4 | 135 | 55,723 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislative Assembly | Unicameral | 4 | 18 | 3,080 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | 24 | 875 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Corsican Assembly (Assemblea di Corsica / Assemblée de Corse) | Unicameral | 6 | 63 | 5,238 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Crimea | State Council (Верховна Рада / Верховный Совет / Yuqarı Radası) | Unicameral | 100 | 22,840 | ||||
| Template:Flagcountry | Estates (Staten) | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 7,571 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislative Assembly | Unicameral | 4 | 11 | 272 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Law AssemblyTemplate:NoteTag (Løgtingið) | Unicameral | 4 | 33 | 1,467 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Assembly (Assemblée de la Polynésie française) | Unicameral | 5 | At-large two-round in 8 sections, 19 seats plurality and 38 proportional, 12.5% or top-2 threshold for qualification.Template:Efn | 57 | 4,859 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Parlamento da Galiza/Galicia) | Unicameral | 4 | 75 | 36,649 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | 17 | 1,750 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament (Inatsisartut)Template:NoteTag | Unicameral | 4 | 31 | 1,830 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislature (Liheslaturan Guåhan) | Unicameral | 4 | 15 | 10,623 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | States (États) | Unicameral | 4 | 45 | 1,387 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislative Council (立法會) | Unicameral | 4 |
Multiple non-transferable vote (EC) First-past-the-post (FCs) Single non-transferable vote (GCs) |
90 | 83,368 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Tynwald (Tinvaal) | House of Keys (Kiare as Feed) | Lower | 5 | Plurality (2 members from each constituency) | 24 | 3,520 | |
| Legislative Council (Yn Choonceil Slattyssagh) | Upper | 5 | Most members indirectly elected by the House of Keys | 11 | 7,681 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | States Assembly (Assemblée des États) | Unicameral | 4 | Mixed plurality block voting and first-past-the-post voting | 49 | 2,107 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Kurdistan Region Parliament (پەرلەمانی کوردستان) | Unicameral | 5 | 111 | 53,109 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislative Assembly (立法會, Assembleia Legislativa) | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation, functional constituencies and appointed by the Chief Executive | 29 | 19,610 | ||
| Template:Country data Madeira | Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa) | Unicameral | 4 | 47 | 5,698 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislative Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 9 | 546 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Supreme Assembly (Ali Məclisi) | Unicameral | 5 | 45 | 10,063 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Congress (Congrès Territorial) | Unicameral | 5 | Closed-list proportional representation by province with 5% (of registered voters) threshold | 54 | 4,547 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann) | Unicameral | 5 | Single transferable vote | 90[13] | 16,767 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Commonwealth Legislature | House of Representatives | Lower | 2 | 20 | 2,694 | ||
| Senate | Upper | 2 | 10 | 5,388 | ||||
| Template:Flagcountry | Assembly | Unicameral | 3 | 20 | 69 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Island Council | Unicameral | 3 | 10 | 6 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) | House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes) | Lower | 4 | First-past-the-post voting | 51 | 63,172 | |
| Senate (Senado) | Upper | 4 | Majority | 27 | 119,326 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Territorial Council | Unicameral | 5 | At-large two-round, 7 seats by plurality and 12 seats proportional, 10% or top-2 threshold for qualification.Template:Efn | 19 | 488 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislative Council | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 1,266 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Template:Interlanguage link (conseil territorial) | Unicameral | 6 | At-large two-round, 8 seats by plurality and 15 seats proportional, 10% or top-2 threshold for qualification.Template:Efn | 23 | 1,578 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Territorial Council | Unicameral | 6 | At-large two-round, 10 seats by plurality and 9 seats proportional, 10% or top-2 threshold for qualification.Template:Efn | 19 | 320 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Regional Council (Consiglio regionale) |
Unicameral | 5 | 60 | 27,470 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Chief Pleas | Unicameral | 12 | 50 | ||||
| Template:Flagcountry | Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, Scots Pairlament) | Unicameral | 5 | Additional member system | 129 | 40,734 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Regional Assembly (Assemblea Regionale) |
Unicameral | 5 | 70 | 71,675 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Estates (Staten) | Unicameral | 4 | 15 | 2,495 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Parliament | Unicameral | 3 | 20 | 70 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Template:Flagcountry | Regional council | Provincial Council of Trento (Consiglio provinciale) |
Unicameral | 5 | 35 | 15,405 | |
| Template:Flagcountry | Landtag | Unicameral | 5 | 35 | 14,621 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | House of Assembly | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 1,498 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Legislature | Unicameral | 2 | 15 | 7,093 | |||
| Template:Flagcountry | Assembly (Скупштина / Skupština / Képviselőháza / Adunarea / Zhromaždenie) | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation in a single constituency with a 5% threshold and seats being allocated using d'Hondt method | 120 | 16,098 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Senedd (Welsh Parliament / Senedd Cymru) | Unicameral | 5 | Closed-list[14] | 96 | 32,625 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | Territorial Assembly (Assemblée Territoriale) | Unicameral | 5 | Proportional representation by constituency | 20 | 650 | ||
| Template:Flagcountry | House of Representatives (Baraza la Wawakilishi) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 88 | 17,086 | ||
Legislatures of non-UN states (including unrecognized and disputed territories)
See also
- Elections by country (legislatures elections)
- List of national governments
- List of current heads of state and government
- List of supreme courts by country
- List of United States state legislatures
- Legislative assemblies of Canadian provinces and territories
- Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
- National parliaments of the European Union
- List of legislatures by number of members
- List of legislative buildings
- List of legislatures by female members
- List of current presidents of legislatures
Notes
References
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- ↑ Article 9 A Treaty of Lisbon : « 1. The European Parliament shall, jointly with the Council, exercise legislative and budgetary functions. It shall exercise functions of political control and consultation as laid down in the Treaties. It shall elect the President of the Commission. »
- ↑ Article 9 C Treaty of Lisbon : « 1. The Council shall, jointly with the European Parliament, exercise legislative and budgetary functions. It shall carry out policy-making and coordinating functions as laid down in the Treaties. »
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