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(next to be held in October 2010)
  election results: percent of vote by party - TP 19.5%, ZZS 16.7%, JL
  16.4%, SC 14.4%; LPP/LC 8.6%; TB/LNNK 7%; PCTVL 6%; seats by party -
  TP 23, ZZS 18, JL 18, SC 17, LPP/LC 10, TB/LNNK 8, PCTVL 6; note -
  seats by party as of February 2008 - TP 21, ZZS 17, SC 17, JL 14,
  LPP/LC 10, TB/LNNK 5, PCTVL 6, independents 10

Lebanon
  unicameral National Assembly or Majlis Alnuwab (Arabic) or
  Assemblee Nationale (French) (128 seats; members elected by popular
  vote on the basis of sectarian proportional representation to serve
  four-year terms)
  elections: last held in four rounds on 29 May, 5, 12, 19 June 2005
  (next to be held in spring 2009)
  election results: percent of vote by group - NA; seats by group -
  Future Movement Bloc 36; Democratic Gathering 15; Development and
  Resistance Bloc 15; Free Patriotic Movement 15; Loyalty to the
  Resistance 14; Qornet Shehwan 6; Lebanese Forces 5; Popular Bloc 4;
  Tripoli Independent Bloc 3; Kataeb Reform Movement 2; Syrian
  National Socialist Party 2; Tashnaq 2; Syrian Ba'th Party 1;
  Democratic Left 1; Democratic Renewal Movement 1; Kataeb Party 1;
  Nasserite Popular Movement 1; independent 4

Lesotho
  bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (33 members - 22
  principal chiefs and 11 other members appointed by the ruling party)
  and the Assembly (120 seats, 80 by popular vote and 40 by
  proportional vote; members elected by popular vote for five-year
  terms)
  elections: last held 17 February 2007 (next to be held in 2012)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  LCD 61, NIP 21, ABC 17, LWP 10, ACP 4, BNP 3, other 4

Liberia
  bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (30
  seats; note - number of seats changed in 11 October 2005 elections;
  members elected by popular vote to serve nine-year terms) and the
  House of Representatives (64 seats; members elected by popular vote
  to serve six-year terms)
  elections: Senate - last held 11 October 2005 (next to be held in
  2011); House of Representatives - last held 11 October 2005 (next to
  be held in 2011)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
  party - COTOL 7, NPP 4, CDC 3, LP 3, UP 3, APD 3, other 7; House of
  Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  CDC 15, LP 9, COTOL 8, UP 8, APD 5, NPP 4, other 15
  note: junior senators - those who received the second most votes in
  each county in the 11 October 2005 election - will only serve a
  six-year first term because the Liberian constitution mandates
  staggered Senate elections to ensure continuity of government; all
  senators will be eligible for nine-year terms thereafter

Libya
  unicameral General People's Congress (approximately 2,700
  seats; members elected indirectly through a hierarchy of people's
  committees)

Liechtenstein
  unicameral Parliament or Landtag (25 seats; members
  are elected by popular vote under proportional representation to
  serve four-year terms)
  elections: last held 11 and 13 March 2005 (next to be held by 2009)
  election results: percent of vote by party - FBP 48.7%, VU 38.2%, FL
  13%; seats by party - FBP 12, VU 10, FL 3

Lithuania
  unicameral Parliament or Seimas (141 seats; 71 members are
  elected by popular vote, 70 are elected by proportional
  representation; serve four-year terms)
  elections: last held 12 and 26 October 2008 (next to be held October
  2012)
  election results: percent of vote by party - TS 19.7%, TPP 15.1%, TT
  12.7%, LSDP 11.7%, KDP+J 9%, LRLS 5.7%, LCS 5.3%, LLRA 4.8%, LVLS
  3.7%, NS 3.6%, other 8.7%; seats by faction - TS 44, LSDP 26, TPP
  16, TT 15, LRLS 11, KDP+J 10, LCS 8, LLRA 3, LVLS 3, NS 1,
  independent 4

Luxembourg
  unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes (60
  seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held 13 June 2004 (next to be held by June 2009)
  election results: percent of vote by party - CSV 36.1%, LSAP 23.4%,
  DP 16.1%, Green Party 11.6%, ADR 10%, other 2.8%; seats by party -
  CSV 24, LSAP 14, DP 10, Green Party 7, ADR 5
  note: there is also a Council of State that serves as an advisory
  body to the Chamber of Deputies; the Council of State has 21 members
  appointed by the Grand Duke on the advice of the prime minister

Macau
  unicameral Legislative Assembly (29 seats; 12 members elected
  by popular vote, 10 by indirect vote, and 7 appointed by the chief
  executive; to serve four-year terms)
  elections: last held 25 September 2005 (next in September 2009)
  election results: percent of vote - New Democratic Macau Association
  18.8%, Macau United Citizens' Association 16.6%, Union for
  Development 13.3%, Union for Promoting Progress 9.6%, Macau
  Development Alliance 9.3%, others 32.4%; seats by political group -
  New Democratic Macau Association 2, Macau United Citizens'
  Association 2, Union for Development 2, Union for Promoting Progress
  2, Macau Development Alliance 1, others 3; 10 seats filled by
  professional and business groups; seven members appointed by chief
  executive

Macedonia
  unicameral Assembly or Sobranie (120 seats; members
  elected by popular vote from party lists based on the percentage of
  the overall vote the parties gain in each of six electoral
  districts; serve four-year terms)
  elections: last held 1 June 2008 (next to be held by July 2012)
  election results: percent of vote by party - For a Better Macedonia
  48.80%, Sun-Coalition for Europe 23.65%, Democratic Union for
  Integration 12.77%, Democratic Party of Albanians 8.48%, Party for
  European Future 1.47%, other 4.83%; seats by party - For a Better
  Macedonia 63, Sun-Coalition for Europe 27, Democratic Union for
  Integration 18, Democratic Party of Albanians 11, Party for European
  Future 1

Madagascar
  bicameral legislature consists of a National Assembly or
  Assemblee Nationale (127 seats - reduced from 160 seats by an April
  2007 national referendum; members are elected by popular vote to
  serve four-year terms) and a Senate or Senat (100 seats; two-thirds
  of the seats filled by regional assemblies; the remaining one-third
  of seats appointed by the president; to serve four-year terms)
  elections: National Assembly - last held 23 September 2007 (next to
  be held in 2011)
  election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA;
  seats by party - TIM 106, LEADER/Fanilo 1, independents 20

Malawi
  unicameral National Assembly (193 seats; members elected by
  popular vote to serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held 20 May 2004 (next to be held in May 2009)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  MCP 56, UDF 49, independents 39, RP 15, others 25, vacancies 8

Malaysia
  bicameral Parliament or Parlimen consists of Senate or
  Dewan Negara (70 seats; 44 appointed by paramount ruler, 26 elected
  by 13 state legislatures; to serve three-year terms with limit of
  two terms) and House of Representatives or Dewan Rakyat (222 seats;
  members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
  elections: House of Representatives - last held on 8 March 2008
  (next to be held by March 2013)
  election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote - BN
  coalition 50.3%, opposition parties 46.8%, others 2.9%; seats - BN
  coalition 140, opposition parties 82

Maldives
  unicameral People's Council or Majlis (50 seats; 42 members
  elected by popular vote, 8 appointed by the president; to serve
  five-year terms)
  elections: last held 22 January 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
  election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 50

Mali
  unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (147 seats;
  members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held on 1 and 22 July 2007 (next to be held in July
  2012)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  ADP coalition 113 (including ADEMA 51, URD 34, MPR 8, CNID 7, UDD 3,
  and other 10), FDR coalition 15 (including RPM 11, PARENA 4), SADI
  4, independent 15

Malta
  unicameral House of Representatives (usually 65 seats; members
  are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional
  representation to serve five-year terms; note - additional seats are
  given to the party with the largest popular vote to ensure a
  legislative majority)
  elections: last held on 8 March 2008 (next to be held by March 2013)
  election results: percent of vote by party - PN 49.3%, MLP 48.8%,
  other 1.9%; seats by party - PN 35, MLP 34

Marshall Islands
  unicameral legislature or Nitijela (33 seats;
  members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
  elections: last held 19 November 2007 (next to be held by November
  2011)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  independents 4
  note: the Council of Chiefs or Ironij is a 12-member body comprised
  of tribal chiefs that advises on matters affecting customary law and
  practice

Mauritania
  bicameral legislature consists of the Senate or Majlis
  al-Shuyukh (56 seats; 53 members elected by municipal leaders and 3
  members elected by Mauritanians abroad to serve six-year terms; a
  portion of seats up for election every two years) and the National
  Assembly or Majlis al-Watani (95 seats; members elected by popular
  vote to serve five-year terms)
  elections: Senate - last held 21 January and 4 February 2007 (next
  to be held 2009); National Assembly - last held 19 November and 3
  December 2006 (next to be held in 2011)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
  party - Mithaq (coalition of independents and parties associated
  with the former regime) 37, CFCD (coalition of political parties)
  15, representatives of the diaspora 3, undecided 1; National
  Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Mithaq 51
  (independents 37, PRDR 7, UDP 3, RDU 3, Alternative (El-Badil) 1),
  CFCD 41 (RFD 16, UFP 9, APP 6, Centrist Reformists 4, HATEM-PMUC 3,
  RD 2, PUDS 1), RNDLE 1, UCD 1, FP 1

Mauritius
  unicameral National Assembly (70 seats; 62 members elected
  by popular vote, 8 appointed by the election commission to give
  representation to various ethnic minorities; to serve five-year
  terms)
  elections: last held on 3 July 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - AS
  38, MSM/MMM 22, OPR 2; appointed seats - AS 4, MSM/MMM 2, OPR 2

Mayotte
  unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats;
  members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms)
  elections: last held 21 and 28 March 2004 (next to be held in 2007)
  election results: percent of vote by party - MDM 23.3%, UMP 22.8%,
  PS 10.2%, MRC 8.9%, FRAP 6.5%, MPM 1.2%, other 27.1%; seats by party
  - MDM 6, UMP 9, MRC 2, MPM 1, diverse left 1
  note: Mayotte elects one member of the French Senate; elections last
  held 24 September 2001 (next to be held in September 2007); results
  - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; Mayotte also
  elects one member to the French National Assembly; elections last
  held 16 June 2002 (next to be held in 2007); results - percent of
  vote by party - UMP-RPR 55.1%, UDF 44.9%; seats by party - UMP-RPR 1

Mexico
  bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Union consists
  of the Senate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats; 96 members are
  elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms, and 32 seats are
  allocated on the basis of each party's popular vote) and the Federal
  Chamber of Deputies or Camara Federal de Diputados (500 seats; 300
  members are elected by popular vote; remaining 200 members are
  allocated on the basis of each party's popular vote; to serve
  three-year terms)
  elections: Senate - last held 2 July 2006 for all of the seats (next
  to be held 1 July 2012); Chamber of Deputies - last held 2 July 2006
  (next to be held 5 July 2009)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
  party - PAN 52, PRI 33, PRD 26, PVEM 6, CD 5, PT 5, independent 1;
  Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party
  - PAN 207, PRD 127, PRI 106, PVEM 17, CD 17, PT 11, other 15

Micronesia, Federated States of unicameral Congress (14 seats; 4 - one elected from each state to serve four-year terms and 10 - elected from single-member districts delineated by population to serve two-year terms; members elected by popular vote) elections: last held 6 March 2007 (next to be held in March 2009) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 14

Moldova
  unicameral Parliament or Parlamentul (101 seats; parties and
  electoral blocs elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
  elections: last held 6 March 2005 (next to be held in 2009)
  election results: percent of vote by party - PCRM 46.1%, Democratic
  Moldova Bloc (AMN, PD, PSL) 28.4%, PPCD 9.1%, other parties 16.4%;
  seats by party - PCRM 56, Democratic Moldova Bloc (AMN, PD, PSL) 34,
  PPCD 11

Monaco
  unicameral National Council or Conseil National (24 seats; 16
  members elected by list majority system, 8 by proportional
  representation;