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- Names of legislatures
- List of legislatures Supranational legislatures Legislatures of sovereign states (Member and observer states of the United Nations) Legislatures of autonomous regions, dependencies and other territories Legislatures of non-UN states (including unrecognized and disputed territories) Notes
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{{refimprove|date=January 2013}}{{Legislature}}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 countries are included in this list. Names of legislaturesThe 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 legislaturesSupranational legislatures{{See also|Inter-parliamentary institution|International parliament}}| Organisation | Name of house(s) | House level | Term (years) | Voting system | Seats | Population per seat | GDP per seat (million USD) |
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| {{flag|European Union}} | European Parliament[1] | Lower | 5 | Open and closed list proportional representation, and single transferable vote (in Ireland) | 751 | 667,761 | 20,983 | | date=September 2017}} | Upper | N/A | indirect (members of national governments) | ~ | ~ | ~ | | African Union}} | Pan-African Parliament | Unicameralism | 5 | indirect (appointed by 47 of 53 national legislatures) | 265 | 3,974,098.11 | 14.180 | | Flag of the Central American Integration System.svg}} Central American Integration System | Central American Parliament | Unicameralism | Depends per country. | direct, proportional | 120 | 426,274.46 | 2,651.175 | | Mercosur}} | Mercosur Parliament | Unicameralism | 5 | direct, indirect (depends per country) proportional | 122 | 1,588,889 | 16.228 | | Bandera Parlamento Latinoamericano.jpg}} Community of Latin American and Caribbean States | Latin American Parliament | Unicameralism | 5 | direct | 276 | ~ | ~ | | Arab League}} | Arab Parliament | Unicameralism | 68 | ~ | ~ |
Legislatures of sovereign states (Member and observer states of the United Nations)| UN member or observer state | Overall name of legislature | Name of house(s) | House level | Term (years) | Voting system | Seats | Population per seat | GDP per seat (million USD) |
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| {{flagcountry|Afghanistan}} | National Assembly[2] | House of the People (ولسي جرګه Wolesi Jirga) | Lower | 5 | Single non-transferable vote[3] | 249 | 122,168 | 119 | | House of Elders (مشرانوجرګه Meshrano Jirga) | Upper | 3, 4 and 5 | Elected by district and provincial councils, and appointed by the president | 102 | 298,234 | 291 | | Albania}} | Parliament (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by county with a 3% threshold | 140 | 20,226 | 177 | | {{flagcountry|Algeria}} | Parliament[2] | People's National Assembly (al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani) | Lower | 6 | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province | 462 | 80,303 | 439 | | Council of the Nation (Majlis al-Umma) | Upper | 5 | Elected by popular wilaya assemblies and communal people's assemblies, and appointed by the President | 144 | 257,638 | 1,830 | | Andorra}} | General Council (Consell General de les Valls) | Unicameral | 4 | Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method nationwide and block vote by parish | 28 | 2,789 | 161 | | Angola}} | National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide and by province | 220 | 84,081 | 525 | | {{flagcountry|Antigua and Barbuda}} | Parliament[4] | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 17 | 4,305 | 82 | | Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition | 19 | 4,811 | 92 | | {{flagcountry|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 | 2,787 | | Senate of the Nation (Senado de la Nación) | Upper | 6 | Partial block voting by province | 72 | 557,181 | 9,950 | | Armenia}} | National Assembly (Ազգային Ժողով Azgayin Zhoghov) | Unicameral | 5 | Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency with a 5% threshold, and first-past-the-post | 105 | 24,902 | 136 | | {{flagcountry|Australia}} | Parliament of Australia[4] | House of Representatives | Lower | 3 | Instant-runoff voting | 150 | 154,200 | 6,096 | | Senate | Upper | 6 | Single transferable vote by state/territory | 76 | 304,342 | 12,032 | | {{flagcountry|Austria}} | Austrian Parliament | National Council (Nationalrat) | Lower | 5 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 4% threshold | 183 | 43,895 | 1,923 | | Federal Council (Bundesrat) | Upper | 5 and 6 | Elected by state legislatures | 61 | 129,563 | 5,677 | | Azerbaijan}} | National Assembly (Milli Məclis) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post | 125 | 73,320 | 744 | | {{flagicon|Bahamas}} Bahamas, The | Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 39 | 9,326 | 283 | | Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition | 16 | 22,103 | 674 | | {{flagcountry|Bahrain}} | National Assembly[2] | Council of Representatives (Majlis an-nuwab) | Lower | 4 | Two-round system | 40 | 30,864 | 777 | | Consultative Council (Majlis al-shura) | Upper | 4 | Appointed by the king | 40 | 30,864 | 777 | | {{flagcountry|Bangladesh}}}} | National Parliament
(জাতীয় সংসদ Jatiya Sangsad) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post | 350 | 466,909 | 818 | | {{flagcountry|Barbados}} | Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 30 | 9,486 | 216 | | Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition | 21 | 13,551 | 309 | | {{flagcountry|Belarus}} | National Assembly (Нацыянальны сход Nacyjanaĺny schod) | House of Representatives (Палата прадстаўнікоў Palata pradstaŭnikoŭ) | Lower | 4 | Two-round system | 110 | 85,997 | 1,288 | | Council of the Republic (Савет Рэспублікі Saviet Respubliki) | Upper | 4 | Elected by regional councils, and appointed by the President | 64 | 147,773 | 2,215 | | {{flagcountry|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 | 2,897 | | Senate (Senaat / Sénat / Senat) | Upper | 5 | Elected by community and regional parliaments | 60 | 185,000 | 7,242 | | {{flagcountry|Belize}} | National Assembly | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 31 | 10,748 | 90 | | Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition | 12 | 27,766 | 233 | | Benin}} | National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies | 83 | 115,648 | 176 | | {{flagcountry|Bhutan}} | Parliament of Bhutan[5] | National Assembly (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་འདུ། Gyelyong Tshogdu) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 47 | 15,072 | 91 | | National Council (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེ། Gyelyong Tshogde) | Upper | 4 | First-past-the-post, and appointed by the king | 25 | 28,337 | 171 | | {{flagcountry|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 | 391 | | Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores) | Upper | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by department | 36 | 302,993 | 1,414 | | {{flagcountry|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} | Parliamentary Assembly ({{Not a typo|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 | 753 | | House of Peoples (Dom naroda / Дом народa) | Upper | 4 | Serbs elected by the National Assembly (Republika Srpska) for the Republic of Srpska, and Bosniaks and Croats elected by the House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15 | 255,982 | 2,109 | | Botswana}} | Parliament of Botswana | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post, and appointed by the President | 63 | 32,211 | 471 | | {{flagcountry|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 | 4,471 | | Federal Senate (Senado Federal) | Upper | 8 | Partial block voting by state | 81 | 2,354,724 | 28,320 | | Brunei}} | Legislative Council (Majlis Mesyuarat Negara) | Unicameral | no timeframe | Appointed by the Sultan | 36 | 11,355 | 582 | | 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 | 420 | | Burkina Faso}} | National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) | Unicameral | 5 | Proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide and in constituencies | 127 | 126,281 | 198 | | {{flagcountry|Burundi}} | Parliament[2] | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 2% threshold | 121 | 74,570 | 43 | | Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 5 | Elected by the communal councils | 43 | 179,577 | 105 | | {{flagcountry|Cambodia}} | Parliament (សភាតំណាងរាស្ត្រ ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា) | National Assembly (រដ្ឋសភាជាតិ; Rotsaphea) | Lower | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province | 123 | 108,852 | 272 | | Senate (ព្រឹទ្ធសភា; Protsaphea) | Upper | 6[6] | Appointed by the monarch, elected by the National Assembly and commune councils | 61 | 219,490 | 548 | |
| {{flagcountry|Cameroon}} | Parliament | National Assembly | 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 | 262 | | Senate | Upper | 5 | Elected by municipal councils, and appointed by the president | 100 | 174,638 | 472 | | {{flagcountry|Canada}} | Parliament (Parlement) | House of Commons (Chambre des communes) | Lower | 4 years, unless elections are called earlier | First-past-the-post voting | 338 | 104,571 | 5,214 | | Senate (Sénat) | Upper | Until age 75, or resigns. | Appointed by the governor general on the advice of the Prime Minister | 105 | 318,825 | 13,296 | | Cape Verde}} | National Assembly ({{Not a typo|Asembleia}} Nacional) | Unicameral | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies | 72 | 4,990 | 20 | | Central African Republic}} | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 5 | Two-round system | 131 | 38,951 | 36 | | Chad}} | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 4 | Block voting: If no list obtains an absolute majority, the seats are allocated through proportional representation | 188 | 66,640 | 126 | | {{flagcountry|Chile}} | National Congress (Congreso Nacional) | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) | Lower | 4 | Binomial voting system (To become open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies by the next election) | 155 | 145,021 | 2,496 | | Senate of the Republic (Senado de la República) | Upper | 8 | Binomial voting system | 38 | 457,963 | 7,885 | | China}} | National People's Congress ({{lang|zh-cn|全国人民代表大会}} Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì)[7] | Unicameral | 5 | Elected by municipal, regional and provincial congresses, and People's Liberation Army | 2,987 | 448,518 | 3,783 | | {{flagcountry|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 | 2,843 | | 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 | 4,627 | | Comoros}} | Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de la Union) | Unicameral | 5 | Two-round system, and elected by the local assemblies | 33 | 24,181 | 25 | | {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Parliament[2] | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | Parallel voting: Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies and first-past-the-post voting | 500 | 143,425 | 50 | | Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 5 | Elected by the provincial assemblies | 108 | 664,008 | 233 | | {{flagicon|Republic of the Congo}} Congo, Republic of the | Parliament (Parlement) | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | Two-round system | 153 | 28,537 | 119 | | Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 5 | Elected by district, local, and regional councils | 52 | 83,966 | 350 | | Costa Rica}} | Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province | 57 | 75,468 | 965 | | Croatia}} | Croatian Assembly[5] (Hrvatski sabor) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 5% threshold | 151 | 28,414 | 532 | | Cuba}} | National Assembly of People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular) | Unicameral | 5 | Popular vote and approval by special candidacy commissions | 612 | 18,308 | 185 | | Cyprus}} | House of Representatives (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων Vouli Antiprosópon / Temsilciler Meclisi)[8] | Unicameral | 5 | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by constituency | 59 | 18,632 | 402 | | {{flagcountry|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 | 1,424 | | Senate (Senát) | Upper | 6 | Two-round system (staggered elections) | 81 | 130,397 | 3,517 | | Denmark}} | Parliament[5] (Folketing) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 2% threshold | 179 | 30,969 | 1,154 | | Djibouti}} | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | 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 | 35 | | Dominica}} | House of Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post, and appointed by the President | 21 | 3,394 | 46 | | {{flagcountry|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 | 183 | 51,520 | 510 | | Senate (Senado) | Upper | 4 | First-past-the-post | 32 | 293,088 | 2,918 | | East Timor}} | National Parliament (Parlamento Nacional) | Unicameral | 5 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 3% threshold | 65 | 16,408 | 146 | | Ecuador}} | National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) | Unicameral | 4 | Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency and first-past-the-post | 137 | 116,802 | 1,028 | | Egypt}} | Parliament[2] | House of Representatives (مجلس النواب Majilis Al-Nuwab) | Unicameral | 5 | Parallel voting: First-past-the-post, block vote, and appointed by the President | 596 | 150,983 | 1,021 | | El Salvador}} | Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) | Unicameral | 3 | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by department and nationwide | 84 | 68,382 | 530 | | {{flagcountry|Equatorial Guinea}} | Parliament of Equatorial Guinea | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de los Diputados) | Lower | 5 | Closed list proportional representation in constituencies with a 10% threshold | 100 | 16,220 | 172 | | Senate | Upper | Closed list proportional representation with a 10% threshold, and appointed by the President | 70 | 23,171 | 246 | | Eritrea}} | National Assembly (Hagerawi Baito) | Unicameral | 5 | Popular vote | 104 | 50,878 | 38 | | Estonia}} | State Assembly[5] (Riigikogu) | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 5% threshold | 101 | 12,814 | 270 | | {{flagcountry|Ethiopia}} | Parliament[2] | House of Peoples' Representatives (Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 547 | 135,134 | 173 | | House of Federation (Yefedereshn Mekir Bet) | Upper | 5 | Elected by State Councils | 112 | 659,986 | 847 | | Federated States of Micronesia}} | Congress | Unicameral | 4 | First-past-the-post | 14 | 7,642 | 25 | | Fiji}} | Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 5% threshold | 50 | 16,745 | 82 | | Finland}} | Parliament (Eduskunta)[9] | 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 | 978 | | {{flagcountry|France}} | Parliament (Parlement) | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | Two-round system | 577 | 113,258 | 3,843 | | Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 6 | Elected indirectly by officials including regional councilors, department councilors, mayors, city councilors, and members of the National Assembly | 348 | 187,787 | 6,373 | | {{flagcountry|Gabon}} | Parliament (Parlement) | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post, and appointed by the President | 121 | 12,190 | 203 | | Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 6 | Indirectly elected by local and départemental councillors | 102 | 14,460 | 240 | | Gambia, The}} | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post, and appointed by the President | 58 | 25,673 | 65 | | 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 | 163 | | {{flagcountry|Germany}} | Federal Diet[5] (Bundestag) | N/A (unofficially Lower house) | 4 | Closed list mixed-member proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by state with a 5% threshold, and first-past-the-post | 709 | 128,500 | 4,998 | | Federal Council[5] (Bundesrat) | N/A (unofficially Upper house) | dependant on individual state elections | Delegated from state governments | 69 | 1,185,501 | 44,914 | | Ghana}} | Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | First-past-the-post | 228 | 106,286 | 328 | | Greece}} | Hellenic Parliament[5] (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 | 981 | | {{flagcountry|Grenada}} | Parliament | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 15 | 7,333 | 96 | | Senate | Upper | 5 | appointed by the government and by the leader of opposition | 13 | 8,461 | 111 | | Guatemala}} | Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 158 | 80,557 | 472 | | {{flagcountry|Guinea}} | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 5 | proportional closed list | 114 | 88,227 | 100 | | Guinea-Bissau}} | National People's Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 100 | 13,454 | 19 | | Guyana}} | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | popular vote and appointed by the President | 65 | 11,583 | 88 | | {{flagcountry|Haiti}} | Haitian Parliament (Parlement Haïtien) | Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Députés) | Lower | 4 | proportional | 119 | 98,181 | 124 | | Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 6 | 30 | 323,997 | 412 | | Honduras}} | National Congress (Congreso Nacional) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional open list | 128 | 58,823 | 278 | | Hungary}} | National Assembly (Országgyűlés) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional open list
and Scorporo | 199 | 25,860 | 506 | | Iceland}} | Assembly of All[5] (Alþingi) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional mixed | 63 | 5,080 | 196 | | {{flagcountry|India}} | Parliament (संसद Sansad) | House of the People[5] (लोक सभा Lok Sabha) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post (543 members are elected by popular election, 2 members are nominated by the President) | 545 | 2,192,379 | 8,075 | | Council of States[5] (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 | 17,831 | | {{flagcountry|Indonesia}} | People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat) | People's Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat) | Lower | 5 | proportional open list | 560 | 423,972 | 2,008 | | Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah) | Upper | 5 | Single non-transferable vote | 132 | 1,798,669 | 8,520 | | Iran}} | Islamic Consultative Assembly[5] (مجلس شورای اسلامی Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī) | Unicameral | 4 | popular vote | 290 | 259,136 | 3,414 | | Iraq}} | Council of Representatives of Iraq[5] (مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis Al-Niwab Al-Iraqi) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional open list | 329 | 95,782 | 392 | | {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland | Parliament[5] (Oireachtas) | President of Ireland | President-in-Parliament | 7 | Single Transferable Vote | N/A | N/A | N/A | | House of Representatives of Ireland (Dáil Éireann)[5] | Lower | 5 | Proportional Representation Single Transferable Vote | 158 | 27,640 | 1,093 | | Senate of Ireland[5] (Seanad Éireann) | Upper | 5 | appointed by the prime minister and elected by universities | 60 | 76,470 | 3,026 | | Israel}} | Assembly[5] (כנסת Knesset) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 120 | 61,768 | 1,960 | | {{flagcountry|Italy}} | Parliament (Parlamento) | Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) | Lower | 5 | parallel voting: proportional representation (398 seats) and first past the post (232 seats) | 630 | 94,556 | 2,931 | | Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica) | Upper | 5 | parallel voting (199 seats by proportional representation and 116 seats by first past the post) and appointed by the President | 315 | 189,112 | 5,863 | | {{flagcountry|Ivory Coast}} | Parliament (Parlement) | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Lower | 5 | majority | 255 | 294,529 | 515 | | Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 5 | Elected by district and provincial councils, and appointed by the president and appointed by the President | 120 | 197,837 | 711 | | {{flagcountry|Jamaica}} | Parliament | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 63 | 45,860 | 392 | | Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the Governor General | 21 | 137,580 | 1,176 | | {{flagcountry|Japan}} | Diet (国会 Kokkai) | House of Representatives (衆議院 Shūgiin) | Lower | 4 | proportional and majority | 475 | 266,783 | 9,250 | | House of Councillors (参議院 Sangiin) | Upper | 6 | proportional | 242 | 529,157 | 18,348 | | {{flagcountry|Jordan}} | Parliament (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma) | Assembly of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis al-Nuwaab) | Lower | 4 | Single non-transferable vote | 150 | 46,760 | 307 | | Senate (مجلس الأعيان Majlis al-Aayan) | Upper | 6 | appointed by the monarch | 75 | 93,520 | 614 | | {{flagcountry|Kazakhstan}} | Parliament (Parlament) | Assembly[5] (Mazhilis) | Lower | 5 | 107 | 207,854 | 2,815 | | Senate | Upper | 6 | appointed by the President and elected by local assemblies | 47 | 340,527 | 4,612 | | {{flagcountry|Kenya}} | Parliament | National Assembly | Lower | 5 | parallel | 349 | 126,182 | 118 | | Senate | Upper | 5 | popular vote and appointed by the President | 67 | 657,278 | 614 | | Kiribati}} | House of Assembly (Maneaba ni Maungatabu) | Unicameral | 4 | popular vote and appointed by Rabi Council of Leaders | 46 | 2,239 | 13 | | North Korea}} 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 | 58 | | South Korea}} Korea, South | National Assembly (국회/國會 Gukhoe) | Unicameral | 4 | majority and proportional | 300 | 166,691 | 5,180 | | Kuwait}} | National Assembly (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma) | Unicameral | 4 | popular vote and appointed by the prime minister | 50 | 71,328 | 3,070 | | Kyrgyzstan}} | Supreme Council (Joghorku Keneš) | Unicameral | 5 | popular vote | 120 | 44,690 | 109 | | Laos}} | National Assembly (Sapha Heng Xat) | Unicameral | 5 | one-party state closed list | 115 | 48,148 | 151 | | Latvia}} | Parliament[5] (Saeima) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 100 | 20,703 | 349 | | Lebanon}} | Parliament
(Parlement) | Chamber of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab)[10] | Unicameral | 4 | proportional/party list | 128 | 33,000 | 480 | | {{flagcountry|Lesotho}} | Parliament | National Assembly | Lower | 5 | popular vote and proportional | 120 | 16,927 | 31 | | Senate | Upper | 5 | appointed by principal chiefs and by the ruling party | 33 | 61,556 | 115 | | {{flagcountry|Liberia}} | Legislature | House of Representatives | Lower | 6 | majority | 73 | 47,624 | 24 | | Senate | Upper | 9 | majority | 30 | 115,896 | 58 | | Libya}} | House of Representatives ( مجلس النواب {{transl|ar|Majlis an-Nuwwab}}) | Unicameral | 200 | 28,353 | 187 | | Liechtenstein}} | Diet[5] (Landtag) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional closed list | 25 | 1,451 | 201 | | Lithuania}} | Parliament[5] (Seimas) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional | 141 | 21,658 | 436 | | Luxembourg}} | Chamber of Deputies (D'Chamber)[11] | Unicameral | 5 | popular vote | 60 | 8,484 | 687 | | {{flagcountry|Madagascar}} | Parliament[2] | National Assembly (Antenimieram-Pirenena)[12] | Lower | 5 | 160 | 137,078 | 127 | | Senate (Sénat) | Upper | 5 | 33 | 664,430 | 618 | | Malawi}} | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 193 | 76,809 | 71 | | {{flagcountry|Malaysia}} | Parliament (Parlimen) | House of Representatives[13] (Dewan Rakyat) | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 222 | 127,631 | 2,014 | | Senate[14] (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 | 6,389 | | Maldives}} | Assembly[5] (Majlis) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post voting | 85 | 4,266 | 36 | | 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 | 111 | | {{flagcountry|Malta}} | Parliament of Malta | President of Malta | President-in-Parliament | 5 | Appointed by the House of Representatives | N/A | N/A | N/A | | House of Representatives (Kamra tad-Deputati) | Unicameral | 5 | Single transferable vote | 69 | 5,950 | 155 | | Marshall Islands}} | Legislature (Nitijela) | Unicameral | 4 | Single and multi-member constituencies | 33 | 2,060 | 4 | | Mauritania}} | Parliament (Barlamene) | National Assembly (Al Jamiya al-Wataniyah) | Lower | 5 | Runoff election | 146 | 37,888 | 87 | | Mauritius}} | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 65 | 17,614 | 275 | | {{flagcountry|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 | 3,323 | | Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores) | Upper | 6 | Parallel voting: Largest remainder method (Hare quota) | 128 | 889,926 | 12,981 | | Moldova}} | Parliament (Parlamentul) | Unicameral | 4 | 101 | 33,498 | 118 | | Monaco}} | National Council (Conseil National) | Unicameral | 5 | 24 | 1,473 | 227 | | Mongolia}} | State Great Assembly[15] (Улсын Их Хурал Ulsyn Ich-Chural) | Unicameral | 4 | 76 | 36,245 | 174 | | Montenegro}} | Assembly (Skupština / Скупштина) | Unicameral | 4 | 81 | 7,719 | 88 | | {{flagcountry|Morocco}} | Parliament[2] | House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwab) | Lower | 5 | 395 | 100,444 | 500 | | House of Councillors (Majlis al-Mustasharin) | Upper | 9 | 270 | 120,905 | 602 | | Mozambique}} | Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) | Unicameral | 5 | proportional party list | 250 | 85,588 | 95 | | {{flagcountry|Myanmar}} (Burma) | Assembly of the Union (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) | House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw) | Lower | 5 | popular vote and appointed by the military | 440 | 137,000 | 187 | | House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw) | Upper | 5 | popular vote and appointed by the military | 224 | 269,107 | 369 | | {{flagcountry|Namibia}} | Parliament | National Assembly | Lower | 5 | 104 | 26,923 | 201 | | National Council | Upper | 6 | 26 | 80,769 | 605 | | Nauru}} | Parliament | Unicameral | 3 | 18 | 521 | 3 | | {{flagcountry|Nepal}} | Federal Parliament (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 | 87 | | National Assembly (राष्ट्रिय सभा; Rastriya Sabha) | Upper | 6 | Indirect single transferable vote | 59 | 491,233 | 407 | | {{flagcountry|Netherlands}} | States General (Staten-Generaal) | House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer, Second Chamber) | Lower | 4 | Party-list proportional representation | 150 | 111,533 | 4,693 | | Senate (Eerste Kamer, 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 | 9,387 | | New Zealand}} | Parliament | House of Representatives | Unicameral | 3 | mixed-member proportional representation | 120 | 33,566 | 1,018 | | Nicaragua}} | National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) | Unicameral | 5 | 92 | 64,034 | 205 | | Niger}} | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 5 | 171 | 139,210 | 102 | | {{flagcountry|Nigeria}} | National Assembly | House of Representatives | Lower | 4 | 360 | 388,898 | 1,148 | | Senate | Upper | 4 | 109 | 1,284,436 | 3,792 | | North Macedonia}} | Assembly (Собрание Sobranie) | Unicameral | 4 | 123 | 16,736 | 173 | | Norway}} | Great Assembly[5] (Storting) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional mixed | 169 | 29,785 | 1,573 | | {{flagcountry|Oman}} | Council of Oman | Consultative Assembly[16] (Majlis al-Shura) | Lower | 4 | 84 | 33,017 | 973 | | Assembly of State[17] (Majlis al-Dawla) | Upper | 4 | 83 | 33415 | 985 | | {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} | Parliament of Pakistan (پارلیمنٹ) | National Assembly (ایوان زیریں پاکستان) | Lower | 5 | 342 | 537,023 | 1,454 | | Senate (ایوانِ بالا)[18] | Upper | 6 | 104 | 1,735,000 | 4,697 | | {{flagcountry|Palau}} | National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau) | House of Delegates[2] | Lower | 4 | majority | 16 | 1,309 | 17 | | Senate[2] | Upper | 4 | majority | 9 | 2,328 | 31 | | Palestine}} State of Palestine | Legislative Council (Palestinian National Authority) | Unicameral | 132 | 32,277 | | Panama}} | National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) | Unicameral | 5 | 71 | 47,969 | 712 | | Papua New Guinea}} | National Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | 109 | 56,766 | 154 | | {{flagcountry|Paraguay}} | Congress (Congreso) | Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) | Lower | 5 | 80 | 80,681 | 441 | | Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores) | Upper | 5 | 45 | 143,434 | 785 | | Peru}} | Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República) | Unicameral | 5 | 130 | 217,082 | 2,322 | | {{flagcountry|Philippines}} | Congress (Kongreso) | House of Representatives (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan / Mababang Kapulungan / Cámara de Representantes) | Lower | 3 | closed list and First-past-the-post voting | 292 | 355,393 | 1,365 | | Senate (Senado / Mataas na Kapulungan) | Upper | 6 | bloc voting | 24 | 4,323,958 | 16,267 | | {{flagcountry|Poland}} | Parliament of Poland
National Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe)[19] | Sejm[5] (Sejm) | Lower | 4 | proportional open list | 460 | 83,697 | 1,677 | | Senate (Senat) | Upper | 4 | majority | 100 | 385,010 | 7,716 | | Portugal}} | Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) | Unicameral | 4 | proportional party list | 230 | 45,920 | 1,082 | | Qatar}} | Consultative Assembly[20] (Majlis ash-Shura) | Unicameral | 35 | 52,958 | 5,200 | | {{flagcountry|Romania}} | Parliament (Parlamentul) | Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaţilor) | Lower | 4 | 329 | 58,416 | 819 | | Senate (Senat) | Upper | 4 | 137 | 139,005 | 1,950 | | {{flagcountry|Russia}} | Federal Assembly (Федеральное Собрание Federalnoye Sobraniye) | State Duma[5] (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 | 5,296 | | Federation Council (Совет Федерации Sovet Federatsii) | Upper | dependant 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 | 14,357 | | {{flagcountry|Rwanda}} | Parliament (Inteko Ishinga Amategeko) | Chamber of Deputies (Umutwe w'Abadepite) | Lower | 5 | 80 | 146,121 | 171 | | Senate (Umutwe wa Sena) | Upper | 8 | 26 | 449,603 | 526 | | Saint Kitts and Nevis}} | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 15 | 3,686 | 58 | | {{flag|Saint Lucia}} | Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | 17 | 10,221 | 123 | | Senate | Upper | 11 | 15,796 | 191 | | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} | House of Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 21 | 5,714 | 59 | | Samoa}} | Legislative Assembly[5] (Fono) | Unicameral | 5 | 49 | 3,965 | 22 | | San Marino}} | Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale) | Unicameral | 5 | 60 | 536 | 18 | | São Tomé and Príncipe}} | National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) | Unicameral | 4 | 55 | 3,330 | 6 | | {{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} | Council of Ministers (مجلس الوزراء Majlis al-Wuzarā’ )[21] | non-parliamentary | 4 | Appointed by the King | 30 | 1,100,000 | 22,967 | | Consultative Assembly (مجلس الشورى Majlis Ash-Shura)[22] | non-parliamentary | 4 | Appointed by the King | 150 | 220,000 | 4,593 | | Senegal}} | Parliament | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 150 | 85,701 | 167 | | Serbia}} | National Assembly (Народна скупштина / Narodna Skupština) | Unicameral | 4 | 250 | 28,482 | 315 | | Seychelles}} | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 31 | 2,709 | 72 | | Sierra Leone}} | Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | 124 | 40,136 | 41 | | Singapore}} | Parliament | 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) | 99 | 52,360 | 3,180 | | Slovakia}} | National Council (Národná rada) | Unicameral | 4 | 150 | 35,980 | 846 | | {{flagcountry|Slovenia}} | Parliament (Državni zbor Republike Slovenije) | National Assembly (Državni zbor) | Lower | 4 | Open list proportional representation with a 4% election threshold | 90 | 22,779 | 643 | | National Council (Državni svet)[23] | Upper | 5 | First-past-the-post indirect elections held within 'functional' interest organisations and 'local' interest communities by electoral bodies (electors). | 40 | 51,254 | 1,447 | | Solomon Islands}} | National Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | 50 | 10,460 | 34 | | {{flagcountry|Somalia}} | Federal Parliament[2] | House of the People | Lower | 4 | Appointed by president | 275 | 36,675 | 21 | | Senate | Upper | 4 | majority | 54 | 180,100 | 103 | | {{flagcountry|South Africa}} | Parliament | National Assembly | Lower | 5 | 400 | 126,466 | 1,387 | | National Council of Provinces | Upper | 90 | 562,075 | 6,168 | | {{flagcountry|South Sudan}} | National Legislature | National Legislature Assembly | Lower | 170 | 48,591 | 81 | | Council of States | Upper | Appointed by President | 50 | 165,210 | 276 | | {{flagcountry|Spain}} | General Courts[5] (Cortes Generales) | Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados) | Lower | 4, unless elections are called earlier. | proportional closed list | 350 | 131,894 | 4,038 | | Senate (Senado) | Upper | 4, unless elections are called earlier. | 212 are appointed through general election and 58 when regional legislatures are renewed, which not always happens at the same date | 266 | 173,545 | 5,313 | | Sri Lanka}} | Parliament
(Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව/Tamil: இலங்கை பாராளுமன்றம்)[2] | Unicameral | 5 | 225 | 90,122 | 517 | | {{flagcountry|Sudan}} | National Legislature | National Assembly (Majlis Watani) | Lower | 6 | 426 | 68,653 | 197 | | Council of States (Majlis Welayat) | Upper | 6 | 50 | 617,880 | 1,780 | | Suriname}} | National Assembly (Nationale Assemblée) | Unicameral | 5 | 51 | 10,470 | 99 | | {{flagcountry|Swaziland}} | Parliament (Liblanda) | House of Assembly[2] | Lower | 5 | majority | 55 | 22,181 | 113 | | Senate[2] | Upper | appointed by the King | 30 | 40,666 | 207 | | Sweden}} | The Riksdag | Unicameral | 4 | proportional | 349 | 27,286 | 1,093 | | Syria}} | People's Assembly (Majlis al-Sha'ab) | Unicameral | 4 | 250 | 86,964 | 240 | | {{flagcountry|Switzerland}} | Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung, Assemblée fédérale, Assemblea federale, Assamblea federala) | National Council (Nationalrat, Conseil national, Consiglio nazionale, Cussegl naziunal) | Lower | 4 | 200 | 40,000 | 1,699 | | Council of States (Ständerat, Conseil des États, Consiglio degli Stati, Cussegl dals chantuns) | Upper | 4 | 46 | 173,913 | 7,388 | | {{flagcountry|Tajikistan}} | Supreme Assembly (Majlisi Oli) | Assembly of Representatives (Majlisi Mamoyandogan) | Lower | 5 | 63 | 123,809 | 257 | | National Assembly (Majlisi Milliy) | Upper | 5 | 33 | 236,363 | 491 | | Tanzania}} | National Assembly (Bunge) | Unicameral | 5 | 384 | 120,974 | 178 | | {{flagcountry|Thailand}} | National Assembly | House of Representatives | Lower | 4 | 500 | 140,997 | | Senate | Upper | 6 | 150 | 469,981 | | Togo}} | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Unicameral | 5 | 81 | 76,434 | 79 | | Tonga}} | Legislative Assembly | Unicameral | 26 | 3,962 | 29 | | {{flagcountry|Trinidad and Tobago}} | Parliament | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | 41 | 32,139 | 647 | | Senate | Upper | 31 | 42,506 | 856 | | Tunisia}} | Assembly of the Representatives of the People (مجلس نواب الشعب Majless Noweb al Shaab) | Unicameral | 5 | 217 | 49,188 | 465 | | Turkey}} | Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi) | Unicameral | 5 | 600 | 134,684 | 1,515 | | Turkmenistan}} | Assembly (Mejlis) | Unicameral | 5 | 125 | 41,360 | 346 | | Tuvalu}} | Parliament (Palamene) | Unicameral | 4 | 15 | 666 | 2 | | Uganda}} | Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | 426 | 87,839 | 123 | | Ukraine}} | Supreme Council (Верховна Рада Verkhovna Rada) | Unicameral | 5 | 450 | 101,248 | 732 | | United Arab Emirates}} | Federal National Assembly (المجلس الوطني الإتحادي Majlis Watani Ittihad) | Unicameral | 40 | 206,601 | 6,470 | | {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}} | Parliament | House of Commons | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post voting. Sinn Féin members abstained. | 650 | 95,787 | 3,478 | | House of Lords | Upper | Life | Life peers appointed by the Sovereign on advice of Prime Minister. 92 elected by and from hereditary peers using preferential voting. 26 Lords Spiritual are bishops of the Church of England. | 808 | 81,388 | 2,955 | | {{flagcountry|United States}} | Congress | House of Representatives | Lower | 2 | First-past-the-post voting | 435 | 722,636 | 34,698 | | Senate | Upper | 6 | First-past-the-post voting | 100 | 3,143,467 | 215,623 | | {{flagcountry|Uruguay}} | General Assembly (Asamblea General) | Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes) | Lower | 5 | 99 | 33,195 | 514 | | Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores) | Upper | 5 | 30 | 109,543 | 1,696 | | {{flagcountry|Uzbekistan}} | Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis) | Legislative Chamber[2] | Lower | 5 | 150 | 194,156 | 634 | | Senate[2] | Upper | 5 | 100 | 291,234 | 952 | | Vanuatu}} | Parliament (Parlement) | Unicameral | 4 | 52 | 4319 | 14 | | Vatican City}} | Pontifical Commission (Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano) | Unicameral | 5 | 7 | 114 | | Venezuela}} | National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) | Unicameral | 5 | 167 | 175,430 | 2,267 | | Vietnam}} | National Assembly (Quốc hội) | Unicameral | 5 | 498 | 176,385 | 602 | | Yemen}} | House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwaab) | Unicameral | 6 | 301 | 81,485 | 192 | | Zambia}} | National Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 166 | 87,284 | 145 | | {{flagcountry|Zimbabwe}} | Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | 210 | 61,971 | 29 | | Senate | Upper | 5 | 40 | 325,350 | 153 |
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 | GDP per seat (million USD) |
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| Åland}} | Legislative Assembly[5] (Lagtinget) | Unicameral | 4 | 30 | 945 | 52 | | Alderney}} | States (États) | Unicameral | 4 | 10 | 240 | | {{flagcountry|American Samoa}} | Legislative Assembly[5] (Fono) | House of Representatives | Lower | 2 | 21 | 2,643 | 21 | | Senate | Upper | 4 | 18 | 3,084 | 31 | | Anguilla}} | House of Assembly | Unicameral | 5 | 11 | 1,222 | 15 | | Aosta Valley}} | Regional Council
(Consiglio regionale/Conseil) | Unicameral | 5 | 35 | 3,597 | | Aruba}} | Estates (Staten) | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 4,832 | 107 | | Azores|name=Azores}} | Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa) | Unicameral | 4 | 57 | 4,311 | 72 | | {{flagcountry|Bermuda}} | Parliament | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | 36 | 1,784 | 125 | | Senate | Upper | 11 | 5,839 | 409 | | British Virgin Islands}} | House of Assembly | Unicameral | 4 | 15 | 1,969 | 56 | | Canary Islands}} | Parliament (Parlamento de Canarias) | Unicameral | 4 | 60 | 35,000 | 417 | | Catalonia}} | Parliament (Parlament de Catalunya) | Unicameral | 4 | 135 | 55,723 | 2,490 | | Cayman Islands}} | Legislative Assembly | Unicameral | 4 | 18 | 3,080 | 125 | | Crimea}} Crimea | Supreme Council (Верховна Рада / Верховный Совет / Yuqarı Radası) | Unicameral | 100 | 22,840 | 43 | | Curaçao}} | Estates (Staten) | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 7,571 | 148 | | Cook Islands}} | Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | 24 | 875 | 13 | | Falkland Islands}} | Legislative Assembly | Unicameral | 4 | 11 | 272 | 9 | | Faroe Islands}} | Law Assembly[5] (Løgtingið) | Unicameral | 4 | 33 | 1,467 | 44 | | French Polynesia}} | Assembly (Assemblée de la Polynésie française) | Unicameral | 5 | 57 | 4,859 | 82 | | Galicia}} | Parliament (Parlamento da Galiza/Galicia) | Unicameral | 4 | 75 | 36,649 | | Gibraltar}} | Parliament | Unicameral | 4 | 17 | 1,750 | 75 | | Greenland}} | Parliament (Inatsisartut)[24] | Unicameral | 4 | 31 | 1,830 | 64 | | Guam}} | Legislature (Liheslaturan Guåhan) | Unicameral | 4 | 15 | 10,623 | | Guernsey}} | States (États) | Unicameral | 4 | 45 | 1,387 | 60 | | Hong Kong}} | Legislative Council (立法會) | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation using the Hare quota and the largest remainder method for the geographical constituencies and functional constituencies elected by their respective electorates | 70 | 101,481 | 5,015 | | {{flagcountry|Isle of Man}} | Tynwald (Tinvaal) | House of Keys (Kiare as Feed) | Lower | 5 | 24 | 3,520 | 113 | | Legislative Council (Yn Choonceil Slattyssagh) | Upper | 5 | 11 | 7,681 | 247 | | Jersey}} | States (États) | Unicameral | 4 | 39 | 2,509 | 130 | | Macau}} | Legislative Assembly (立法會, Assembleia Legislativa) | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation, functional constituencies and appointed by the Chief Executive | 29 | 19,610 | 636 | | Madeira|name=Madeira}} | Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa) | Unicameral | 4 | 47 | 5,698 | 179 | | Montserrat}} | Legislative Council | Unicameral | 5 | 9 | 546 | 3 | | New Caledonia}} | Congress (Congrès Territorial) | Unicameral | 5 | 54 | 4,547 | 58 | | Northern Ireland}} | Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann) | Unicameral | 5 | Single transferable vote | 90[25] | 16,767 | 423 | | {{flagcountry|Northern Mariana Islands}} | Commonwealth Legislature | House of Representatives | Lower | 2 | 20 | 2,694 | 45 | | Senate | Upper | 2 | 10 | 5,388 | 90 | | Niue}} | Assembly | Unicameral | 3 | 20 | 69 | 1 | | {{flagcountry|Pitcairn Islands}} | Island Council | Unicameral | 3 | 10 | 6 | | {{flagcountry|Puerto Rico}} | Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) | House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes) | Lower | 4 | First-past-the-post voting | 51 | 93,145 | 1,200 | | Senate (Senado) | Upper | 4 | Majority | 27 | 465,427 | 2,091 | | Saint-Barthélemy}} | Territorial Council | Unicameral | 5 | 19 | 488 | 13 | | Saint Helena}} | Legislative Council | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 1,266 | 2 | | Saint-Martin}} | Territorial Council of Saint-Martin{{!}}Territorial Council|fr|3=Conseil territorial de Saint-Martin}} (conseil territorial) | Unicameral | 23 | 1,578 | 26 | | Saint Pierre and Miquelon}} | Territorial Council | Unicameral | 6 | 19 | 320 | 11 | | Sardinia}} | Regional Council
(Consiglio regionale) | Unicameral | 5 | 60 | 27,470 | | Sark}} | Chief Pleas | Unicameral | 12 | 50 | | Scotland}} | Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, Scots Pairliament) | Unicameral | 5 | Additional Member System | 129 | 40,734 | 1,901 | | Sicily}} | Regional Assembly
(Assemblea Regionale) | Unicameral | 5 | 70 | 71,675 | | Sint Maarten}} | Estates (Staten) | Unicameral | 4 | 15 | 2,495 | 52 | | South Tyrol}} | Landtag | Unicameral | 5 | 35 | 14,621 | 551 | | Tokelau}} | Parliament | Unicameral | 3 | 20 | 70 | 1 | | Trentino}} | Council
(Consiglio) | Unicameral | 5 | 35 | 15,405 | | Turks and Caicos Islands}} | House of Assembly | Unicameral | 4 | 21 | 1,498 | 10 | | United States Virgin Islands}} | Legislature | Unicameral | 2 | 15 | 7,093 | 105 | | Wales}} | Senedd | National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) | Unicameral | 5 | Additional Member System | 60 | 51,066 | 1,154 | | Wallis and Futuna}} | Territorial Assembly (Assemblée Territoriale) | Unicameral | 5 | 20 | 650 | 3 |
Legislatures of non-UN states (including unrecognized and disputed territories) | non-UN state | Overall name of legislature | Name of house | House level | Term (years) | Voting system | Seats | Population per seat | GDP per seat (million USD) |
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| Abkhazia}} | People's Assembly (Жәлар Реизара, Zhelar Reizara) | Unicameral | 5 | 35 | 6,877 | | Donetsk People's Republic}} Donetsk People's Republic | People's Soviet | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation | 100 | | Lugansk People's Republic}} Lugansk People's Republic | People's Soviet | Unicameral | 4 | Proportional representation | 50 | | Taiwan}} | Legislative Yuan (立法院 Lìfǎ Yùan) | Unicameral | 4 | First past the post, closed party list proportional representation and indigenous seats with single non-transferable vote | 113 | 117,360 | 5,206 | | Kosovo}} | Kuvendi i Kosovës}}, Serbian Cyrillic: {{lang|sr-Cyrl|Скупштина Косова}}) | Unicameral | 4 | 120 | 15,493 | 157 | | Nagorno-Karabakh}} | National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov) | Unicameral | 5 | 33 | 4,284 | | 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 | | {{flagcountry|Somaliland}} | Parliament (Baarlamaanka) | House of Representatives (Golaha Wakiilada) | Lower | 5 | 82 | 42,682 | | House of Elders (Golaha Guurtida) | Upper | 82 | 42,682 | | South Ossetia}} | Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | 34 | 2,117 | | Tibet}} Central Tibetan Administration (in exile) | Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration | Unicameral | 5 | first past the post | 43 | 73,9531 | 3491 | | Transnistria}} | Supreme Council[26] (Верховный Совет, Verhkovny Sovet) | Unicameral | 5 | 43 | 12,062 |
Notes 1: Figures for Tibet Autonomous Region in PRC. See also- Elections by country (legislatures elections)
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References1. ^Article 7(3) Treaty of Lisbon: Protocol ON THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Native name not available
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/parlinesearch.asp|title=IPU PARLINE database on national parliaments: Search|author=|date=|website=www.ipu.org}}
4. ^1 The head of state is a constituent part of the parliament too.
5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 The native name is also used in English.
6. ^http://www.senate.gov.kh/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=88&lang=km
7. ^The PRC has also a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference ({{lang|zh-cn|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.
8. ^Also: Temsilciler Meclisi
9. ^Also: Riksdag
10. ^Also: National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
11. ^Also: Chambre des Députés
12. ^Also: Assemblée nationale
13. ^Literally, People's Hall
14. ^Literally, Nation's Hall
15. ^In English State Great Khural is used too.
16. ^The Consultative Assembly has only consultative tasks
17. ^The Assembly of State has only consultative tasks
18. ^ur:ایوانِ بالا
19. ^Name used only on those rare occasions when both houses sit together
20. ^The Consultative Assembly has only consultative task
21. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.shura.gov.sa/wps/wcm/connect/ShuraEn/internet/Laws+and+Regulations/The+Basic+Law+Of+Government/The+Basic+Law+Of+Government/|title=The Basic Law Of Government of 1992|last=|first=|date=|website=The Shura Council|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
22. ^{{Cite web|url=https://saudiembassy.net/majlis-al-shura-consultative-council|title=Majlis Al-Shura (Consultative Council)|last=|first=|date=|website=Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C.|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
23. ^{{cite book |url=http://dk.fdv.uni-lj.si/dela/Lakota-Igor.PDF |title=Sistem nepopolne dvodomnosti v slovenskem parlamentu (diplomska naloga) |trans-title=The system of incomplete bicameralism in the Slovenian Parliament (diploma thesis) |page=62 |first=Igor |last=Lakota |year=2006 |accessdate=16 December 2010 |publisher=Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana |language=Slovenian |quote=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.}}
24. ^Also: Landsting
25. ^Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
26. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vspmr.org/?Lang=Eng|title=Официальный сайт Верховного Совета Приднестровской Молдавской Республики|author=|date=|website=www.vspmr.org}}
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