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Legislature

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Legislatures by country

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This is a list of legislatures by country. A "legislature" is the generic name for the national parliaments and congresses that act as a plenary general assembly of representatives and that have the power to legislate. All entities included in the list of sovereign states are included in this list.

## Names of legislatures

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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

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### Supranational legislatures

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Organisation  | Name of house(s)  | House level  | Term
(years)  | Voting system  | Seats  | Population
per seat  | GDP per seat
(USD millions)

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Andean Community | Andean Parliament | Unicameral |  | Direct, indirect (varies by country) proportional | 25  | ~  | ~
African Union | Pan-African Parliament | Unicameral  | 5  | Indirect (appointed by 47 of 53 national legislatures)  | 265  | 3,974,098  | 14,180
Arab League | Arab Parliament | Unicameral  |  |  | 80  | ~  | ~
Benelux | Benelux Parliament | Unicameral  |  | Indirect  | 49  | ~  | ~
Central American Integration System | Central American Parliament | Unicameral  | Varies by
country  | Direct, proportional | 126  | 426,274  | 2,651
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States | Latin American Parliament | Unicameral  | 5  | Direct  | 276  | ~  | ~
European Union | European Parliament[1] | Lower | 5  | Open and closed list proportional representation
Single transferable vote (in the Republic of Ireland and Malta)  | 705  | 667,761  | 20,983
Council of the European Union[2][note 1] (informally known as the Council of Ministers)  | Upper | N/A  | Indirect (members of national governments)  | 27  | ~  | ~
Mercosur | Mercosur Parliament | Unicameral  | 5  | Direct, indirect (varies by country) proportional | 108  | 1,588,889  | 16,228

### Legislatures of sovereign states (Member and observer states of the United Nations)

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See also: List of sovereign states, Member states of the United Nations, and United Nations General Assembly observers

UN member or observer state  | Overall name of legislature  | Name of house(s)  | House level  | Term (years) | Electoral system | Seats  | Population per seat

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Afghanistan | Leadership Council of Afghanistan (رهبری شُورَىٰ, Rahbarī Shūrā)[3] | Unicameral | No fixed term  | Appointment by the supreme leader | Aprx. 30[4] | 1,340,608[a]
Albania | Parliament of Albania (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by county with a 3% threshold  | 140  | 20,226
Algeria | Parliament of Algeria (البرلمان الجزائري, Barlaman al-Jazā'ir / Agraw Azzayri / Parlement algérien)  | People's National Assembly (المجلس الشعبي الوطني, al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani / Asqamu Aɣerfan Aɣelnaw / Assemblée populaire nationale, APN)  | Lower  | 5  | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province  | 407  | 80,303
Council of the Nation (مجلس الأمة, Majlis al-Ummah / Conseil de la nation)  | Upper  | 6  | Elected by popular wilaya assemblies and communal people's assemblies, and appointed by the President  | 174  | 257,638
Andorra | General Council of Andorra (Consell General d'Andorra)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method nationwide and block vote by parish  | 28  | 2,789
Angola | National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide and by province  | 220  | 84,081
Antigua and Barbuda | Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda[note 2] | House of Representatives | Lower  | 5  | First-past-the-post | 17  | 4,305
Senate | Upper  | 5  | Appointed by the governor-general, representing the monarch, on the advice of the prime minister and leader of the Opposition  | 17  | 4,811
Argentina | National Congress of Argentina (Congreso de la Nación Argentina)  | Chamber of Deputies of the Nation (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación)  | Lower  | 4  | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province with a 3% threshold  | 257  | 156,097
Honorable Senate of the Nation (Honorable Senado de la Nación Argentina)  | Upper  | 6  | Partial block voting by province  | 72  | 557,181
Armenia | National Assembly of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, Hayastani Hanrapetyut'yan Azgayin zhoghov / Abbreviated: Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ, Azgayin Zhoghov, AZh)

Informal: Parliament of Armenia (խորհրդարան, Khorhrdaran)

| 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)[b][5] | 105  | 24,902
Australia | Parliament of Australia[note 2] | 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
Austria | Austrian Parliament (Österreichisches Parlament)  | National Council (Nationalrat)  | Lower  | 5  | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 4% threshold  | 183  | 43,895
Federal Council (Bundesrat)  | Upper  | 5 and 6  | Elected by state legislatures  | 60  | 129,563
Azerbaijan | National Assembly (Milli Məclis)  | Unicameral  | 5  | First-past-the-post | 125  | 73,320
Bahamas, The | Parliament of the Bahamas[note 2] | 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
Bahrain | National Assembly (المجلس الوطني البحريني, Al-majlis al-wataniu al-bahrayniu)  | Council of Representatives (مجلس النواب, Majlis an-nuwab)  | Lower  | 4  | Two-round system | 40  | 30,864
Consultative Council (مجلس الشورى, Majlis al-shura)  | Upper  | 4  | Appointed by the king  | 40  | 30,864
Bangladesh | National Parliament (জাতীয় সংসদ, Jatiya Sangsad)  | Unicameral  | 5  | First-past-the-post | 350  | 466,909
Barbados | Parliament of Barbados[note 2] | 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
Belarus | National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus (Нацыянальны сход Рэспублікі Беларусь, Nacyjanalny schod Respubliki Bielaruś / Национальное собрание Республики Беларусь, Natsionalnoye sobran'ye Respubliki Belarus)  | House of Representatives (Палата прадстаўнікоў, Palata pradstaŭnikoŭ / Палата представителей, Palata predstavitelej)  | Lower  | 4  | Two-round system | 110  | 85,997
Council of the Republic (Савет Рэспублікі, Saviet Respubliki / Совет Республики)  | Upper  | 4  | Elected by regional councils, and appointed by the President  | 64  | 147,773
Belgium | Federal Parliament (Federaal Parlement / Parlement fédéral / Föderales Parlament)  | Chamber of Representatives (Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers / Chambre des Représentants / Abgeordnetenkammer)  | Lower  | 5  | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province with a 5% threshold  | 150  | 74,000
Senate (Senaat / Sénat / Senat)  | Upper  | 5  | Elected by community and regional parliaments  | 60  | 185,000
Belize | 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
Benin | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies  | 83  | 115,648
Bhutan | Parliament of Bhutan[note 3] (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་ཁང་, Gyelyong Tshokhang | National Assembly (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་འདུ།, Gyelyong Tshogdu)  | Lower  | 5  | First-past-the-post | 47  | 15,072
National Council (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེ།, Gyelyong Tshogde)  | Upper  | 4  | First-past-the-post, and appointed by the king  | 25  | 28,337
Bolivia | Plurinational Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional)  | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)  | Lower  | 5  | Closed list mixed-member proportional representation: Proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by department and first-past-the-post | 130  | 83,905
Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)  | Upper  | 5  | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by department  | 36  | 302,993
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Parliamentary Assembly (Parlamentarna skupština / Парламентарна скупштина)  | House of Representatives (Predstavnički dom/ Zastupnički dom / Представнички дом)  | Lower  | 4  | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies  | 42  | 91,422
House of Peoples (Dom naroda / Дом народa)  | Upper  | 4  | Serbs elected by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, and Bosniaks and Croats elected by the House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15  | 255,982
Botswana | Parliament of Botswana | National Assembly (Palamente ya Botswana)  | Unicameral  | 5  | First-past-the-post, and appointed by the President  | 69  | 32,211
Brazil | National Congress (Congresso Nacional)  | Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados)  | Lower  | 4  | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by state  | 513  | 371,798
Federal Senate (Senado Federal)  | Upper  | 8  | Partial block voting by state  | 81  | 2,354,724
Brunei | Legislative Council (Majlis Mesyuarat Negara)  | Unicameral  | no timeframe  | Appointed by the Sultan  | 36  | 11,355
Bulgaria | National Assembly (Народно събрание, Narodno sabranie)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by constituency with a 4% threshold  | 240  | 30,685
Burkina Faso | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide and in constituencies  | 127  | 126,281
Burundi | Parliament (Parlement)  | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Lower  | 5  | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 2% threshold  | 121  | 74,570
Senate (Sénat)  | Upper  | 5  | Elected by the communal councils  | 43  | 179,577
Cambodia | Parliament

(សភាតំណាងរាស្ត្រ, Sâphéa Tâmnang Réastr)

| National Assembly (រដ្ឋសភា, Rôdthsâphéa)  | Lower  | 5  | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province  | 123  | 108,852
Senate (ព្រឹទ្ធសភា, Prœ̆tthsâphéa)  | Upper  | 6[6] | Appointed by the monarch, elected by the National Assembly and commune councils  | 61  | 219,490
Cameroon | Parliament (Parlement)  | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Lower  | 5  | First-past-the-post and Block vote: If no list obtains an absolute majority, the one with the highest number of votes is allocated half of the seats; the remainder is allocated to the other best-placed lists through proportional representation  | 180  | 97,021
Senate (Sénat)  | Upper  | 5  | Elected by municipal councils, and appointed by the president  | 100  | 174,638
Canada | Parliament (Parlement)[note 2] | House of Commons (Chambre des communes)  | Lower  | 4 years, unless elections are called earlier  | First-past-the-post voting | 338  | 104,571
Senate (Sénat)  | Upper  | Until age 75, or resignation.  | Appointed by the governor general, representing the monarch, on the advice of the prime minister  | 105  | 318,825
Cape Verde | National Assembly (Asembleia Nacional)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies  | 72  | 4,990
Central African Republic | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Two-round system | 131  | 38,951
Chad | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale / الجمعية الوطنية, aljameiat alwatania)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Block voting: If no list obtains an absolute majority, the seats are allocated through proportional representation | 188  | 66,640
Chile | National Congress (Congreso Nacional)  | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)  | Lower  | 4  | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method | 155  | 145,021
Senate of the Republic (Senado de la República)  | Upper  | 8  | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method | 38  | 457,963
China | National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会, Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì)[note 4] | Unicameral  | 5  | Elected by municipal, regional and provincial congresses, and People's Liberation Army  | 2,980  | 448,518
Colombia | Congress (Congreso)  | Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)  | Lower  | 4  | Open or closed list proportional representation (depending on the political party) with the D'Hondt method by state  | 166  | 279,556
Senate (Senado)  | Upper  | 4  | Open or closed list proportional representation (depending on the political party) with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 3% threshold  | 102  | 454,964
Comoros | Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Two-round system, and elected by the local assemblies  | 33  | 24,181
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Parliament (Parlement)  | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | 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 (Sénat)  | Upper  | 5  | Elected by the provincial assemblies  | 108  | 664,008
Congo, Republic of the | Parliament (Parlement)  | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Lower  | 5  | Two-round system | 151  | 28,537
Senate (Sénat)  | Upper  | 5  | Elected by district, local, and regional councils  | 52  | 83,966
Costa Rica | Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province  | 57  | 75,468
Croatia | Croatian Assembly[note 3] (Hrvatski sabor)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 5% threshold  | 151  | 28,414
Cuba | National Assembly of People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Popular vote and approval by special candidacy commissions  | 605  | 18,308
Cyprus | House of Representatives (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων, Vouli Antiprosópon / Temsilciler Meclisi)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by constituency  | 56  | 18,632
Czech Republic | Parliament of the Czech Republic (Parlament České republiky)  | Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna)  | Lower  | 4  | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by region with a 5% threshold  | 200  | 52,811
Senate (Senát)  | Upper  | 6  | Two-round system (staggered elections)  | 81  | 130,397
Denmark | People's Assembly[note 3] (Folketinget)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 2% threshold including the Faroe Islands and Greenland seats  | 179  | 30,969
Djibouti | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale / الجمعية الوطنية, aljameiat alwatania)  | 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
Dominica | House of Assembly | Unicameral  | 5  | First-past-the-post voting, and appointed by the President  | 32  | 3,394
Dominican Republic | National Congress (Congreso Nacional)  | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)  | Lower  | 4  | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province and nationwide with a 1% threshold for the nationwide seats  | 190  | 51,520
Senate (Senado)  | Upper  | 4  | First-past-the-post voting | 32  | 293,088
East Timor | National Parliament (Parlamentu Nasionál / Parlamento Nacional)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 3% threshold  | 65  | 16,408
Ecuador | National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency and first-past-the-post voting | 137  | 116,802
Egypt | Parliament (برلمان, Barlaman)  | Senate (مجلس الشيوخ, Majlis Alshuyukh)  | Upper  | 5  |  | 300  | 375,722
House of Representatives (مجلس النواب, Majilis Al-Nuwab)  | Lower  | 5  | Parallel voting: First-past-the-post voting, block vote, and appointed by the President  | 596  | 150,983
El Salvador | Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)  | Unicameral  | 3  | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by department and nationwide  | 84  | 68,382
Equatorial Guinea | Parliament (Parlamento / Parlement / Parlamento)  | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de los Diputados / Chambre des députés / Câmara dos Deputados)  | Lower  | 5  | Closed list proportional representation in constituencies with a 10% threshold  | 100  | 16,220
Senate (Senado / Sénat / Senado)  | Upper  |  | Closed list proportional representation with a 10% threshold, and appointed by the President  | 70  | 23,171
Eritrea | National Assembly (ሃገራዊ ባይቶ, Hagerawi Baito)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Popular vote  | 104  | 50,878
Estonia | State Assembly[note 3] (Riigikogu)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 5% threshold  | 101  | 12,814
Eswatini | Parliament (Liblanda)  | House of Assembly (Indlu yeMalunga)  | Lower  | 5  | majority | 55  | 22,181
Senate (Indlu yeTimphunga)  | Upper  |  | Appointed by the King | 30  | 40,666
Ethiopia | Parliament (የፌዴራል ፓርላማ ምክር ቤት, Ye-Fēdēralawī Parilama Mikir Bēt)  | House of Peoples' Representatives (የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት, Ye-Hizib Tewekayochi Mikir Bē)  | Lower  | 5  | First-past-the-post voting | 547  | 135,134
House of Federation (የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት, Ye-Fēdērēshin Mikir Bēt)  | Upper  | 5  | Elected by State Councils  | 112  | 659,986
Federated States of Micronesia | Congress | Unicameral  | 4  | First-past-the-post voting | 14  | 7,642
Fiji | Parliament | Unicameral  | 4  | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 5% threshold  | 50  | 16,745
Finland | Parliament (Eduskunta / Riksdagen)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies, and first-past-the-post for Åland's lone seat  | 200  | 25,900
France | Parliament (Parlement)  | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Lower  | 5  | Two-round system | 577  | 113,258
Senate (Sénat)  | Upper  | 6  | Elected indirectly by officials including regional councilors, department councilors, mayors, city councilors, and members of the National Assembly; two-round or proportional by department depending on the number of seats.  | 348  | 187,787
Gabon | Parliament (Parlement)  | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Lower  | 5  | First-past-the-post voting, and appointed by the President  | 121  | 12,190
Senate (Sénat)  | Upper  | 6  | Indirectly elected by local and départemental councillors  | 102  | 14,460
Gambia | National Assembly | Unicameral  | 5  | First-past-the-post voting, and appointed by the President  | 58  | 25,673
Georgia | Parliament of Georgia (საქართველოს პარლამენტი, Sak'art'velos Parlamenti)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency with a 5% threshold, and first-past-the-post | 150  | 29,794
Germany | Federal Diet[note 3] (Bundestag)  | 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 Council[note 3] (Bundesrat)  | Upper  | Dependent on individual state elections  | Delegated from state governments  | 69  | 1,185,501
Ghana | Parliament | Unicameral  | 4  | First-past-the-post voting | 275  | 106,286
Greece | Hellenic Parliament[note 3] (Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Vouli ton Ellinon)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Open list reinforced proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 3% threshold  | 300  | 35,958
Grenada | 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
Guatemala | Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República)  | Unicameral  | 4  | proportional closed list | 160  | 80,557
Guinea | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Unicameral  | 5  | proportional closed list | 114  | 88,227
Guinea-Bissau | National People's Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular)  | Unicameral  | 4  | proportional closed list | 100  | 13,454
Guyana | National Assembly | Unicameral  | 5  | popular vote and appointed by the President  | 65  | 11,583
Haiti | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale / Asanble Nasyonal)  | Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des députés / Chanm Depite)  | Lower  | 4  | proportional | 119  | 98,181
Senate (Sénat / Sena)  | Upper  | 6  |  | 30  | 323,997
Honduras | National Congress (Congreso Nacional)  | Unicameral  | 4  | proportional open list | 128  | 58,823
Hungary | National Assembly (Országgyűlés)  | Unicameral  | 4  | proportional open list
and Scorporo | 199  | 25,860
Iceland | Assembly of All[note 3] (Alþingi)  | Unicameral  | 4  | proportional | 63  | 5,080
India | Parliament (संसद, Sansad)  | House of the People[note 3] (लोक सभा, Lok Sabha)  | Lower  | 5  | First-past-the-post | 543  | 2,192,379
Council of States[note 3] (राज्य सभा, Rajya Sabha)  | Upper  | 6  | Single transferable vote (233 members are elected by the legislative assemblies of the States/Union territories, 12 members are nominated by the President)  | 245  | 4,847,900
Indonesia | People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat)  | People's Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat)  | Lower  | 5  | proportional open list | 575  | 467,101
Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah)  | Upper  | 5  | Single non-transferable vote | 136  | 1,974,875
Iran | Islamic Consultative Assembly[note 3] (مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī)  | Unicameral  | 4  | popular vote  | 290  | 259,136
Iraq | Council of Representatives of Iraq[note 3] (مجلس النواب العراقي, Majlis Al-Niwab Al-Iraqi / ئه‌نجومه‌نی نوێنه‌ران, Enjumen-e Nûnerên)  | Unicameral  | 4  | proportional open list | 329  | 95,782
Ireland | Parliament[note 3] (Oireachtas)  | President of Ireland (Uachtarán)  | President-in-Parliament  | 7  | Instant-runoff voting  | N/A  | N/A
House of Representatives of Ireland (Dáil Éireann)[note 3] | Lower  | 5  | Proportional Representation Single Transferable Vote  | 160  | 27,640
Senate of Ireland[note 3] (Seanad Éireann)  | Upper  | 5  | Appointed by the prime minister, elected by local and national elected representatives, and elected by graduates of universities  | 60  | 76,470
Israel | Assembly[note 3] (כנסת, Knesset)  | Unicameral  | 4  | proportional closed list | 120  | 61,768
Italy | Parliament (Parlamento)  | Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati)  | 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 (Senato della Repubblica)  | 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
Ivory Coast | Parliament (Parlement)  | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Lower  | 5  | majority | 255  | 294,529
Senate (Sénat)  | Upper  | 5  | Elected by district and provincial councils, and appointed by the President  | 120  | 197,837
Jamaica | Parliament[note 2] | House of Representatives | Lower  | 5  | First-past-the-post voting | 63  | 45,860
Senate | Upper  | 5  | Appointed by the governor-general  | 21  | 137,580
Japan | Diet (国会, Kokkai)  | House of Representatives (衆議院, shūgiin)  | Lower  | 4  | proportional and First-past-the-post voting | 465  | 270,817
House of Councillors (参議院, Sangiin)  | Upper  | 6  | proportional and Single non-transferable vote | 248  | 514,000
Jordan | Parliament (مجلس الأمة, Majlis al-Umma)  | House of Representatives (مجلس النواب, Majlis al-Nuwaab)  | Lower  | 4  | Single non-transferable vote | 130  | 46,760
Senate (مجلس الأعيان, Majlis al-Aayan)  | Upper  | 6  | Appointed by the monarch  | 75  | 93,520
Kazakhstan | Parliament (Парламент, Parlament)  | Assembly[note 3] (Мәжіліс, Mäjilis)  | Lower  | 5  |  | 107  | 207,854
Senate (Сенат, Senat)  | Upper  | 6  | Appointed by the President and elected by local assemblies  | 49  | 340,527
Kenya | Parliament (Bunge)  | National Assembly (Bunge la Taifa)  | Lower  | 5  | parallel | 349  | 126,182
Senate (Seneti)  | Upper  | 5  | Popular vote and appointed by the President  | 67  | 657,278
Kiribati | House of Assembly (Maneaba ni Maungatabu)  | Unicameral  | 4  | popular vote and appointed by Rabi Council of Leaders  | 46  | 2,239
Korea, North | Supreme People's Assembly (최고인민회의 / 最高人民會議, Ch'oe-go In-min Hoe-ŭi)  | Unicameral  | 5  | popular vote  | 687  | 36,390
Korea, South | National Assembly (국회 / 國會, Gukhoe)  | Unicameral  | 4  | majority and proportional | 300  | 166,691
Kuwait | National Assembly (مجلس الأمة, Majlis al-Umma)  | Unicameral  | 4  | popular vote and appointed by the emir  | 50  | 71,328
Kyrgyzstan | Supreme Council (Жогорку Кеңеш, Joğorku Keñeş)  | Unicameral  | 5  | popular vote  | 90  | 44,690
Laos | National Assembly (ສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດ, Sapha Aehngsad)  | Unicameral  | 5  | one-party state closed list | 115  | 48,148
Latvia | Parliament[note 3] (Saeima)  | Unicameral  | 4  | proportional closed list | 100  | 20,703
Lebanon | Parliament (مجلس النواب, Majlis an-Nuwwab / Chambre des Députés)
Also: National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral  | 4  | proportional party list  | 128  | 33,000
Lesotho | Parliament (Palamente ea Lesotho)  | National Assembly (Lekhotleng la Sechaba)  | Lower  | 5  | popular vote and proportional | 120  | 16,927
Senate (Ntlong ea Mahosana)  | Upper  | 5  | appointed by principal chiefs and by the ruling party  | 33  | 61,556
Liberia | Legislature | House of Representatives | Lower  | 6  | majority | 73  | 47,624
Senate | Upper  | 9  | majority | 30  | 115,896
Libya | House of Representatives (مجلس النواب, Majlis an-Nuwwab)  | Unicameral  |  | Parallel voting: First-past-the-post, single non-transferable vote, and proportional representation | 200  | 28,353
Liechtenstein | Diet[note 3] (Landtag)  | Unicameral  | 4  | proportional closed list | 25  | 1,451
Lithuania | Parliament[note 3] (Seimas)  | Unicameral  | 4  | proportional | 141  | 21,658
Luxembourg | Chamber of Deputies (D'Chamber / Chambre des députés / Abgeordnetenkammer)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Open list proportional representation, allocated by the D'Hondt method in four constituencies | 60  | 11,013
Madagascar | Parliament (Palemanta / Parlement)  | National Assembly (Antenimieram-Pirenena / Assemblée nationale)  | Lower  | 5  |  | 160  | 137,078
Senate (Antenimierandoholona / Sénat)  | Upper  | 5  |  | 33  | 664,430
Malawi | National Assembly | Unicameral  | 5  | First-past-the-post voting | 193  | 76,809
Malaysia | Parliament (Parlimen)  | House of Representatives[note 5] (Dewan Rakyat)  | Lower  | 5  | First-past-the-post voting | 222  | 127,631
Senate[note 6] (Dewan Negara)  | Upper  | 3  | 26 appointed by the State Legislative Assemblies, 2 for each state and 44 appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, of which 4 are for the Federal Territories.  | 70  | 404,773
Maldives | People's Assembly[note 3] (ރައްޔިތުންގެ މަޖިލިސް, Rayyithunge Majilis)  | Unicameral  | 5  | First-past-the-post voting | 85  | 4,266
Mali | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Unicameral  | 4  | 147 elected in single or multi-member constituencies, using a runoff system. 13 elected by overseas Malians.  | 160  | 90,732
Malta | Parliament (Il-Parlament)  | President of Malta | President-in-Parliament  | 5  | Appointed by the House of Representatives  | N/A  | N/A
House of Representatives (Kamra tad-Deputati)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Single transferable vote | 69  | 5,950
Marshall Islands | Legislature (Nitijeļā)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Single and multi-member constituencies  | 33  | 2,060
Mauritania | Parliament (البرلمان, al-Barlamān / Parlement)  | National Assembly (الجمعية الوطنية, al-Jamʻīyah al-Waṭanīyah / 𞤀𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤥𞤦𞤫𞤤𞤫 𞤲𞤺𞤫𞤲𞤲𞤣𞤭, Asaambele ngenndi / Assemblée nationale)  | 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
Mauritius | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 65  | 17,614
Mexico | Congress of the Union (Congreso de la Unión)  | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)  | Lower  | 3  | Parallel voting: Largest remainder method (Hare quota) (200 seats) / FPTP (300 seats)  | 500  | 227,821
Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)  | Upper  | 6  | Parallel voting: Largest remainder method (Hare quota)  | 128  | 889,926
Moldova | Parliament (Parlamentul)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 101  | 33,498
Monaco | National Council (Conseil National)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Panachage under party-list proportional representation (16), party-list proportional representation (8)  | 24  | 1,473
Mongolia | State Great Assembly[note 7] (Улсын Их Хурал, Ulsyn Ikh Khural)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Plurality-at-large voting | 126  | 36,245
Montenegro | Assembly (Skupština, Скупштина)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Closed list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in a single nationwide constituency with a 3% electoral threshold with lower thresholds for minority groups under certain circumstances  | 81  | 7,719
Morocco | Parliament (البرلمان المغربي, Barlaman almaghrib / ⴰⴱⵕⵍⴰⵎⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱⵉ / Parlement)  | House of Representatives (مجلس النواب, Majlis al-Nuwab / ⴰⴳⵔⴰⵡ ⵉⵎⴰⵔⴰⵢⴻⵏ, Asqqim n Imura / Chambre des représentants)  | Lower  | 5  | Mixed member majoritarian: Single non-transferable vote for 305 seats, 60 seats reserved for women and 30 seats reserved for young people under 40 by proportional representation | 395  | 100,444
House of Councillors (مجلس المستشارين, Majlis al-Mustasharin / ⴰⵙⵇⵇⵉⵎ ⵏ ⵉⵏⵙⴼⴰⵡⵏ, Asqqim n Insfawn / Chambre des conseillers)  | Upper  | 6  | Indirect election: 72 members are elected at the Kingdom's regional level, 20 in each region by a single electoral college made up of all those in the relevant region that have been elected to specific professional associations, 8 in each region by an electoral college made up of those elected from the most representative employers' professional organizations, 20 by a nationwide electoral college made up of employees  | 270  | 120,905
Mozambique | Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)  | Unicameral  | 5  | proportional party list | 250  | 85,588
Myanmar (Burma)  | Assembly of the Union (ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော်, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw)  | House of Representatives (ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်, Pyithu Hluttaw)  | Lower  | 5  | popular vote and appointed by the military  | 440  | 137,000
House of Nationalities (အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်, Amyotha Hluttaw)  | Upper  | 5  | popular vote and appointed by the military  | 224  | 269,107
Namibia | 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
Nauru | Parliament (Naoero parliament)  | Unicameral  | 3  | Dowdall system | 19  | 521
Nepal | Federal Parliament (संघीय संसद, Sanghiya Sansad)  | House of Representatives (प्रतिनिधि सभा, Pratinidi Sabha)  | Lower  | 5  | Mixed member majoritarian (165 members elected through First-past-the-post voting and 110 elected through proportional representation voting method)  | 275  | 105,392
National Assembly (राष्ट्रिय सभा, Rastriya Sabha)  | Upper  | 6  | Indirect single transferable vote and 3 members appointed by the President | 59  | 491,233
Netherlands | States General (Staten-Generaal)  | House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer, lit. 'Second Chamber')  | Lower  | 4  | Party-list proportional representation | 150  | 111,533
Senate (Eerste Kamer, lit. 'First Chamber')  | Upper  | 4  | Indirect party-list proportional (by members of the states-provincial and the Caribbean Electoral colleges for the Senate)  | 75  | 223,066
New Zealand | Parliament (Pāremata)[note 2] | House of Representatives (Whare o ngā Māngai)  | Unicameral  | 3  | Closed list mixed-member proportional representation with a 5% threshold  | 120  | 33,566
Nicaragua | National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 90  | 64,034
Niger | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 171  | 139,210
Nigeria | National Assembly | House of Representatives | Lower  | 4  |  | 360  | 388,898
Senate | Upper  | 4  |  | 109  | 1,284,436
North Macedonia | Assembly (Собрание, Sobranie)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 120  | 16,736
Norway | Great Assembly[note 3] (Stortinget)  | Unicameral  | 4  | proportional mixed | 169  | 29,785
Oman | Council of Oman (مجلس عُـمان, Majlis euman)  | Consultative Assembly (مجلس الشورى, Majlis al-Shura)  | Lower  | 4  |  | 84  | 33,017
Council of State (مجلس الدولة, Majlis al-Dawla)[7] | Upper  | 4  |  | 85  | 32,628
Pakistan | Parliament of Pakistan (پارلیمنٹ, Pārlīmān or مجلسِ شوریٰ, Majlis-e-Shūrā, lit. 'Consultative Assembly')  | National Assembly (ایوان زیریں, Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, lit. 'Lower house')  | Lower  | 5  |  | 342  | 537,023
Senate (ایوانِ بالا, Aiwān-e-Bālā, lit. 'Upper house')  | Upper  | 6  |  | 104  | 1,735,000
Palau | National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau)  | House of Delegates[note 8] | Lower  | 4  | majority | 16  | 1,309
Senate[note 8] | Upper  | 4  | majority | 13  | 2,328
State of Palestine | Legislative Council (المجلس التشريعي, Al-Majlis al-Tashrī'iyy)  | Unicameral  |  |  | 132  | 32,277
Panama | National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 71  | 47,969
Papua New Guinea | National Parliament[note 2] | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 109  | 56,766
Paraguay | Congress (Congreso)  | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)  | Lower  | 5  |  | 80  | 80,681
Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)  | Upper  | 5  |  | 45  | 143,434
Peru | Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República / Rimana Wasin)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 130  | 217,082
Philippines | Congress (Kongreso)  | House of Representatives (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan or Mababang Kapulungan, lit. 'Lower house' / Cámara de Representantes)  | Lower  | 3  | Parallel voting: Largest remainder method via closed lists with a three-seat cap (20% of seats), and first-past-the-post voting (80% of seats)  | 304  | 341,364
Senate (Senado or Mataas na Kapulungan, lit. 'Upper house')  | 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
Poland | Parliament of Poland (Parlament)
National Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe[note 9])  | Sejm[note 3] (Sejm)  | Lower  | 4  | proportional open list | 460  | 83,697
Senate (Senat)  | Upper  | 4  | majority | 100  | 385,010
Portugal | Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)  | Unicameral  | 4  | proportional party list | 230  | 45,920
Qatar | Consultative Assembly[note 10] (مجلس الشورى, Majlis ash-Shura)  | Unicameral  |  |  | 35  | 52,958
Romania | Parliament (Parlamentul)  | Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaților)  | Lower  | 4  |  | 329  | 58,416
Senate (Senat)  | Upper  | 4  |  | 137  | 139,005
Russia | Federal Assembly (Федеральное Собрание, Federalnoye Sobraniye)  | State Duma[note 3] (Государственная Дума, Gosudarstvennaya Duma)  | Lower  | 5  | parallel (First-past-the-post voting for 225 members and proportional party list for 225 members)  | 450  | 318,000
Federation Council (Совет Федерации, Sovet Federatsii)  | Upper  | dependent on individual elections in the federal subjects (4 or 5)  | senators are delegated from the executive and legislative bodies of the federal subjects | 170  | 862,048
Rwanda | Parliament (Inteko Ishinga Amategeko / Parlement)  | Chamber of Deputies (Umutwe w'Abadepite / Chambre des députés)  | Lower  | 5  |  | 80  | 146,121
Senate (Umutwe wa Sena / Sénat)  | Upper  | 8  |  | 26  | 449,603
Saint Kitts and Nevis | National Assembly | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 15  | 3,686
Saint Lucia | Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower  | 5  |  | 17  | 10,221
Senate | Upper  |  |  | 11  | 15,796
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | House of Assembly | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 21  | 5,714
Samoa | Parliament (Palemene)[note 2] | Legislative Assembly[note 3] (Fono Aoao Faitulafono)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 51  | 3,916
San Marino | Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 60  | 536
São Tomé and Príncipe | National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 55  | 3,330
Saudi Arabia | Consultative Assembly (مجلس الشورى, Majlis Ash-Shura)[note 11] | non-parliamentary  | 4  | Appointed by the King | 150  | 220,000
Senegal | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 150  | 85,701
Serbia | National Assembly (Народна скупштина / Narodna skupština)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 250  | 28,482
Seychelles | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale / Lasanble Nasyonal)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 31  | 2,709
Sierra Leone | Parliament | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 146  | 40,136
Singapore | Parliament (Parlimen / 国家议会, Guójiā yìhuì / நாடாளுமன்றம், Nāṭāḷumaṉṟam)  | Unicameral  | 5  | First-past-the-post voting (MP) (in single member constituencies), Party block voting (in group representation constituencies), and appointed by the President (NMP)  | 103  | 52,360
Slovakia | National Council (Národná rada)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 150  | 35,980
Slovenia | Parliament (Državni zbor Republike Slovenije)  | National Assembly (Državni zbor)  | Lower  | 4  | Open list proportional representation with a 4% election threshold  | 90  | 22,779
National Council (Državni svet)[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
Solomon Islands | National Parliament | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 50  | 10,460
Somalia | Federal Parliament (Baarlamaanka Federaalka / لبرلمان الاتحادي, albarlaman alaitihadi)  | House of the People[note 8] | Lower  | 4  | Appointed by president  | 275  | 36,675
Senate (Aqalka Sare)  | Upper  | 4  | majority | 54  | 180,100
South Africa | Parliament | National Assembly | Lower  | 5  | proportional closed list | 400  | 126,466
National Council of Provinces | Upper  |  | Elected by provincial legislatures  | 90  | 562,075
South Sudan | National Legislature | National Legislature Assembly | Lower  |  |  | 170  | 48,591
Council of States | Upper  |  | Appointed by President  | 50  | 165,210
Spain | General Courts[note 3] (Cortes Generales)  | Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados)  | Lower  | 4, unless elections are called earlier.  | proportional closed list | 350  | 131,894
Senate (Senado)  | Upper  | 4, unless elections are called earlier.  | 208 are appointed through general election and 57 when regional legislatures are renewed, which not always happens at the same date  | 265  | 173,545
Sri Lanka | Parliament (පාර්ලිමේන්තුව, Parlimenthuwa / பாராளுமன்றம், Nāṭāḷumaṉṟam)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 225  | 90,122
Sudan | National Legislature (المجلس التشريعي, Al-Maǧlis al-Ttašriyʿiy)  | National Assembly (المجلس الوطني, Al-Maǧlis al-Waṭaniy | Lower  | 6  |  | 426  | 68,653
Council of States (المجلس الولايات, Al-Maǧlis al-Wilāyāt)  | Upper  | 6  |  | 50  | 617,880
Suriname | National Assembly (Nationale Assemblée)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 51  | 10,470
Sweden | Parliament (Riksdagen)  | 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
Syria | People's Assembly (مجلس الشعب, Majlis al-Sha'ab)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 250  | 86,964
Switzerland | Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung / Assemblée fédérale / Assemblea federale / Assamblea federala)  | National Council (Nationalrat / Conseil national / Consiglio nazionale / Cussegl naziunal)  | Lower  | 4  | Open-list proportional with panachage and apparentment by canton.[11] | 200  | 40,000
Council of States (Ständerat / Conseil des États / Consiglio degli Stati / Cussegl dals chantuns)  | Upper  | 4  | Each canton has one or two seats, two-round or proportional representation depending on the canton.  | 46  | 173,913
Tajikistan | Supreme Assembly (Маҷлиси Олии, Majlisi Oli)  | Assembly of Representatives (Маҷлиси намояндагон, Majlisi namoyandagon)  | Lower  | 5  |  | 63  | 123,809
National Assembly (Маҷлиси миллии, Majlisi Millii)  | Upper  | 5  |  | 33  | 236,363
Tanzania | National Assembly (Bunge)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 384  | 120,974
Thailand | National Assembly (รัฐสภา, Rạṭ̄hs̄p̣hā)  | House of Representatives (สภาผู้แทนราษฎร, S̄p̣hā p̄hū̂thæn rās̄ʹḍr)  | Lower  | 4  | parallel (First-past-the-post voting for 400 members and proportional party list for 100 members)  | 500  | 131,950
Senate (วุฒิสภา, Wutthisapha)  | Upper  | 5  | Indirect limited voting with self-nomination  | 200  | 329,876
Togo | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 91  | 76,434
Tonga | Legislative Assembly (Fale Alea)  | Unicameral  | 4, Unless elections are called early  | Single non-transferable vote | 25  | 3,962
Trinidad and Tobago | Parliament[note 2] | House of Representatives | Lower  | 5  |  | 41  | 32,139
Senate | Upper  |  |  | 31  | 42,506
Tunisia | Parliament of Tunisia (البرلمان التونسي, al-Barlamān at-Tūnsī)  | Assembly of the Representatives of the People (مجلس نواب الشعب, Mejlis Nuwwēb esh-She‘b)  | Lower  | 5  | Two-round system | 161  | 72,722
National Council of Regions and Districts (المجلس الوطني للجهات والأقاليم, Al Majlis Al Watani l'il Jihet W'al Akalim)  | Upper  | 5  | Indirect two-round system | 77  | 152,057
Turkey | Grand National Assembly (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Closed list proportional representation
D'Hondt method with a 7% electoral threshold for political parties or political alliances | 600  | 135,862
Turkmenistan | Assembly (Mejlis)  | Unicameral  | 5  | majority voting in single member constituencies.  | 125  | 41,360
Tuvalu | Parliament (Palamene)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 15  | 666
Uganda | Parliament (Bunge)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 529  | 87,839
Ukraine | Supreme Council (Верховна Рада, Verkhovna Rada)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 450  | 101,248
United Arab Emirates | Federal National Assembly (المجلس الوطني الإتحادي, Majlis Watani Ittihad)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 40  | 206,601
United Kingdom | Parliament[note 2] | 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 term[note 12](bishops)

| Life peers appointed by the Sovereign on advice of prime minister.[note 13] 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).  | 830[note 14] | 86,700
United States | 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
Uruguay | General Assembly (Asamblea General)  | Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)  | Lower  | 5  |  | 99  | 33,195
Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)  | Upper  | 5  |  | 30  | 109,543
Uzbekistan | Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis, Олий Мажлис)  | Legislative Chamber (Qonunchilik palatasi, Қонунчилик палатаси)  | Lower  | 5  |  | 150  | 194,156
Senate (Senati, Сенати)  | Upper  | 5  |  | 100  | 291,234
Vanuatu | Parliament (Palamen / Parlement)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 52  | 4319
Vatican City/Holy See | Pontifical Commission (Pontificia Commissione / Pontificia Commissio)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 7  | 114
Venezuela | National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 277  | 175,430
Vietnam | National Assembly (Quốc hội)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 500  | 176,385
Yemen | Parliament  | House of Representatives (مجلس النواب, Majlis al-Nuwaab)  | Lower  | 6  |  | 301  | 81,485
Shura Council (مجلس الشورى, Majlis ash-Shura)[12] | Upper  | Life  |  | 111  | 220,963
Zambia | National Assembly | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 166  | 87,284
Zimbabwe | Parliament | National Assembly | Lower  | 5  |  | 210  | 61,971
Senate | Upper  | 5  |  | 40  | 325,350

1. ^ Assuming membership of 30. This is only an estimate; the size of the council is not fixed and the membership is not fully verified.[4]
2. ^ There are three compensation mechanisms in addition of the basis 101 seats: if a party wins a majority then they win a majority jackpot of 54% of the seats; if a party wins over two-thirds of the seats then other parties receive additional seats to have no party above two-thirds; if no party can form a government in 6 days then a runoff election between the top-2 is held, with a 54% seats majority jackpot. Four additional seats are elected for national minorities.

### Legislatures of autonomous regions, dependencies and other territories

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Adjara | Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara[note 3] (აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკის უმაღლესი საბჭო)  | Unicameral | 4  |  | 21  | 16,619
Åland | Legislative Assembly[note 3] (Lagtinget)  | Unicameral | 4  |  | 30  | 945
Alderney | States (États)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 10  | 240
American Samoa | Legislative Assembly[note 3] (Fono)  | House of Representatives | Lower | 2  |  | 21  | 2,643
Senate | Upper | 4  |  | 18  | 3,084
Anguilla | House of Assembly | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 11  | 1,222
Aosta Valley | Regional Council
(Consiglio regionale/Conseil)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 35  | 3,597
Aruba | Estates (Staten)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 21  | 4,832
Azores | Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 57  | 4,311
Bangsamoro | Parliament | Unicameral  | 3  | Parallel voting | 80  | 53,414
Basque Country | Parliament | Unicameral  | 4  | Closed party lists in three 25-seat constituencies, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method | 75  | 29,194
Bermuda | Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower  | 5  |  | 36  | 1,784
Senate | Upper  |  |  | 11  | 5,839
British Virgin Islands | House of Assembly | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 15  | 1,969
Canary Islands | Parliament (Parlamento de Canarias)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 70  | 35,000
Catalonia | Parliament (Parlament de Catalunya)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 135  | 55,723
Cayman Islands | Legislative Assembly | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 18  | 3,080
Cook Islands | Parliament | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 24  | 875
Corsica | Corsican Assembly (Assemblea di Corsica / Assemblée de Corse)  | Unicameral  | 6  |  | 63  | 5,238
Crimea | State Council (Верховна Рада / Верховный Совет / Yuqarı Radası)  | Unicameral  |  |  | 100  | 22,840
Curaçao | Estates (Staten)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 21  | 7,571
Falkland Islands | Legislative Assembly | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 11  | 272
Faroe Islands | Law Assembly[note 3] (Løgtingið)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 33  | 1,467
French Polynesia | 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.[a] | 57  | 4,859
Galicia | Parliament (Parlamento da Galiza/Galicia)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 75  | 36,649
Gibraltar | Parliament | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 17  | 1,750
Greenland | Parliament (Inatsisartut)[note 15] | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 31  | 1,830
Guam | Legislature (Liheslaturan Guåhan)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 15  | 10,623
Guernsey | States (États)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 45  | 1,387
Hong Kong | 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
Isle of Man | 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
Jersey | States Assembly (Assemblée des États)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Mixed plurality block voting and first-past-the-post voting | 49  | 2,107
Kurdistan Region | Kurdistan Region Parliament (پەرلەمانی کوردستان)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 111  | 53,109
Macau | Legislative Assembly (立法會, Assembleia Legislativa)  | Unicameral  | 4  | Proportional representation, functional constituencies and appointed by the Chief Executive  | 29  | 19,610
Madeira | Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 47  | 5,698
Montserrat | Legislative Assembly | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 9  | 546
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic | Supreme Assembly (Ali Məclisi)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 45  | 10,063
New Caledonia | Congress (Congrès Territorial)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Closed-list proportional representation by province with 5% (of registered voters) threshold  | 54  | 4,547
Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Single transferable vote | 90[13] | 16,767
Northern Mariana Islands | Commonwealth Legislature | House of Representatives | Lower  | 2  |  | 20  | 2,694
Senate | Upper  | 2  |  | 10  | 5,388
Niue | Assembly | Unicameral  | 3  |  | 20  | 69
Pitcairn Islands | Island Council | Unicameral  | 3  |  | 10  | 6
Puerto Rico | 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
Saint Barthélemy | Territorial Council | Unicameral  | 5  | At-large two-round, 7 seats by plurality and 12 seats proportional, 10% or top-2 threshold for qualification.[b] | 19  | 488
Saint Helena | Legislative Council | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 21  | 1,266
Saint Martin | Territorial Council [fr] (conseil territorial)  | Unicameral  | 6  | At-large two-round, 8 seats by plurality and 15 seats proportional, 10% or top-2 threshold for qualification.[c] | 23  | 1,578
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Territorial Council | Unicameral  | 6  | At-large two-round, 10 seats by plurality and 9 seats proportional, 10% or top-2 threshold for qualification.[d] | 19  | 320
Sardinia | Regional Council
(Consiglio regionale)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 60  | 27,470
Sark | Chief Pleas | Unicameral  |  |  | 12  | 50
Scotland | Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, Scots Pairlament)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Additional member system | 129  | 40,734
Sicily | Regional Assembly
(Assemblea Regionale)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 70  | 71,675
Sint Maarten | Estates (Staten)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 15  | 2,495
Tokelau | Parliament | Unicameral  | 3  |  | 20  | 70
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |  Trentino | Regional council | Provincial Council of Trento
(Consiglio provinciale)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 35  | 15,405
South Tyrol | Landtag | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 35  | 14,621
Turks and Caicos Islands | House of Assembly | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 21  | 1,498
U.S. Virgin Islands | Legislature | Unicameral  | 2  |  | 15  | 7,093
Vojvodina | 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
Wales | Senedd (Welsh Parliament / Senedd Cymru)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Closed-list[14] | 96  | 32,625
Wallis and Futuna | Territorial Assembly (Assemblée Territoriale)  | Unicameral  | 5  | Proportional representation by constituency  | 20  | 650
Zanzibar | House of Representatives (Baraza la Wawakilishi)  | Unicameral  | 5  | First-past-the-post voting | 88  | 17,086

1. ^ Seats allocation is based on the runoff, unless a list reaches 50% in their section in the first round. Lists with 5% in the first round can merge with other qualified lists.
2. ^ Seats allocation is based on the runoff, unless a list reaches 50% and a quarter of registered voters in the first round. Lists with 5% in the first round can merge with other qualified lists.
3. ^ Seats allocation is based on the runoff, unless a list reaches 50% and a quarter of registered voters in the first round. Lists with 5% in the first round can merge with other qualified lists.
4. ^ Seats allocation is based on the runoff, unless a list reaches 50% and a quarter of registered voters in the first round. Lists with 5% in the first round can merge with other qualified lists.

### Legislatures of non-UN states (including unrecognized and disputed territories)

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Abkhazia | People's Assembly (Жәлар Реизара, Zhelar Reizara)  | Unicameral | 5  |  | 35  | 6,877
Kosovo | Assembly of Kosovo (Albanian: Kuvendi i Kosovës, Serbian Cyrillic: Скупштина Косова)  | Unicameral  | 4  |  | 120  | 15,493
Northern Cyprus | Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 50  | 5,898
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Sahrawi National Council (المجلس الوطني الصحراوي Al-Majlis al-Watani al-Sahrawi)  | Unicameral  | 2  |  | 53  |
Somaliland | Parliament (Baarlamaanka)  | House of Representatives (Golaha Wakiilada)  | Lower | 5  |  | 82  | 42,682
House of Elders (Golaha Guurtida)  | Upper | 6  |  | 82  | 42,682
South Ossetia | Parliament | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 34  | 2,117
Taiwan | Legislative Yuan (立法院 Lìfǎ Yùan)  | Unicameral  | 4  | First-past-the-post voting, Closed party-list proportional representation and indigenous seats with single non-transferable vote | 113  | 208,754
Central Tibetan Administration (in exile)  | Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration (གྲོས་ཚོགས་ཐོག་གསུང་བཤད།)  | Unicameral  | 5  | First-past-the-post voting | 43  | 73,953[note 16]
Transnistria | Supreme Council[15] (Верховный Совет, Verkhovny Sovet)  | Unicameral  | 5  |  | 33  |

## See also

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* List of national governments
* List of current heads of state and government
* List of supreme courts by country
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* List of current presidents of legislatures

## Notes

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1. ^ Not to be confused with the European Council nor with the Council of Europe. See https://www.coe.int/en/web/about-us/do-not-get-confused
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k The head of state is a constituent part of the parliament too.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad The native name is also used in English.
4. ^ The PRC has also a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议, Zhōngguó Rénmín Zhèngzhì Xiéshāng Huìyì), which is a political advisory body but not a legislature.
5. ^ Literally, "People's Hall"
6. ^ Literally, "Nation's Hall"
7. ^ In English State Great Khural is used too.
8. ^ a b c Native name not available
9. ^ Name used only on those rare occasions when both houses sit together
10. ^ The Consultative Assembly has only consultative task.
11. ^ The Consultative Assembly has only formal advisory role.
12. ^ Archbishops which reach the end of their term are typically appointed life peers.
13. ^ Actual amount of life peers varies, and there is no limit.
14. ^ Excludes 24 members currently unable to take part in proceedings
15. ^ Also: Landsting
16. ^ Figures for Tibet Autonomous Region in the PRC

## References

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1. ^ 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. »
2. ^ 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. »
3. ^ Jones, Seth G. (December 2020). "Afghanistan's Future Emirate? The Taliban and the Struggle for Afghanistan". CTC Sentinel. 13 (11). Combating Terrorism Center. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
4. ^ a b Sayed, Adbul (8 September 2021). "Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized?". Voice of America. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
5. ^ "Republic of Armenia – Parliamentary elections 2 April 2017 – OSCE/ODIHR needs assessment mission report" (PDF). OSCE. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
6. ^ http://www.senate.gov.kh/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=88&lang=km Archived 2017-06-30 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL]
7. ^ "Majles Addawla (State Council)". Inter-Parliamentary Union. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
8. ^ Lakota, Igor (2006). Sistem nepopolne dvodomnosti v slovenskem parlamentu (diplomska naloga) [The system of incomplete bicameralism in the Slovenian Parliament (diploma thesis)] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. p. 62. Retrieved 16 December 2010. "Opinions differ, however the majority of domestic experts agree that the National Council may be regarded as the upper house, but the bicameralism is distinctively incomplete."
9. ^ Candidates require 5% of their party's vote total in their constituency in order to override the default party-list order
10. ^ A party may earn seats even if they fail to reach 4% of the vote nationally if they obtain 12% of the vote in a given constituency
11. ^ "Vocabulaire électoral – Système proportionnel". ch.ch (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-20.
12. ^ "YEMEN. Majlis Alshoora (Consultative Council)". Inter-Parliamentary Union. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
13. ^ Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
14. ^ "Historic Act strengthens democracy in Wales | GOV.WALES". 24 June 2024.
15. ^ "Официальный сайт Верховного Совета Приднестровской Молдавской Республики". www.vspmr.org.

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