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to serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held 3 February 2008 (next to be held February 2013)
  election results: percent of vote by party - UPM 52.2%, REM 40.5%,
  Monaco Together 7.3%; seats by party - UPM 21, REM 3

Mongolia
  unicameral State Great Hural 76 seats; members elected by
  popular vote to serve four-year terms
  elections: last held 29 June 2008 (next to be held in June 2012)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  MPRP 47, DP 26, others 3; note - results are disputed

Montenegro
  unicameral Assembly (81 seats; members elected by direct
  vote for four-year terms; changed from 74 seats in 2006)
  elections: last held 10 September 2006 (next to be held 2010)
  election results: percent of vote by party - Coalition for European
  Montenegro 47.7%, Serbian List 14.4%, Coalition SNP-NS-DSS 13.8%,
  PZP 12.9%, Liberals and Bosniaks 3.7%, other (including Albanian
  minority parties) 7.5%; seats by party - Coalition for European
  Montenegro 41, Serbian List 12, Coalition SNP/NS/DSS 11, PZP 11,
  Liberals and Bosniaks 3, Albanian minority parties 3

Montserrat
  unicameral Legislative Council (11 seats, 9 popularly
  elected; members serve five-year terms)
  note: expanded in 2001 from 7 to 9 elected members with attorney
  general and financial secretary sitting as ex-officio members
  elections: last held 31 May 2006 (next to be held by 2011)
  election results: percent of vote by party - MCAP 36.1%, NPLM 29.4%,
  MDP 24.4%, independents 10.1%; seats by party - MCAP 4, NPLM 3, MDP
  1, independents 1
  note: in 2001, the Elections Commission instituted a single
  constituency/voter-at-large system whereby all eligible voters cast
  ballots for all nine seats of the Legislative Council

Morocco
  bicameral Parliament consists of a Chamber of Counselors (or
  upper house) (270 seats; members elected indirectly by local
  councils, professional organizations, and labor syndicates for
  nine-year terms; one-third of the members are elected every three
  years) and Chamber of Representatives (or lower house) (325 seats;
  295 members elected by multi-seat constituencies and 30 from
  national lists of women; members elected by popular vote for
  five-year terms)
  elections: Chamber of Counselors - last held 8 September 2006 (next
  to be held in 2009); Chamber of Representatives - last held 7
  September 2007 (next to be held in 2012)
  election results: Chamber of Counselors - percent of vote by party -
  NA; seats by party - PI 17, MP 14, RNI 13, USFP 11, UC 6, PND 4, PPS
  4, Al Ahd 4, other 17; Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote
  by party - NA; seats by party - PI 52, PJD 46, MP 41, RNI 39, USFP
  38, UC 27, PPS 17, FFD 9, MDS 9, Al Ahd 8, other 39

Mozambique
  unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da
  Republica (250 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote
  to serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held 1-2 December 2004 (next to be held in December
  2009)
  election results: percent of vote by party - FRELIMO 62%, RENAMO
  29.7%, other 8.3%; seats by party - FRELIMO 160, RENAMO 90

Namibia
  bicameral legislature consists of the National Council (26
  seats; two members are chosen from each regional council to serve
  six-year terms) and the National Assembly (72 seats; members are
  elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
  elections: National Council - elections for regional councils to
  determine members of the National Council held 29-30 November 2004
  (next to be held in November 2010); National Assembly - last held
  15-16 November 2004 (next to be held in November 2009)
  election results: National Council - percent of vote by party -
  SWAPO 89.7%, UDF 4.7%, NUDO 2.8%, DTA 1.9%, other 0.9%; seats by
  party - SWAPO 24, UDF 1, DTA 1; National Assembly - percent of vote
  by party - SWAPO 76.1%, COD 7.3%, DTA 5.1%, NUDO 4.2%, UDF 3.6%, RP
  1.9%, MAG 0.8%, other 1.0%; seats by party - SWAPO 55, COD 5, DTA 4,
  NUDO 3, UDF 3, RP 1, MAG 1
  note: the National Council is primarily an advisory body

Nauru
  unicameral Parliament (18 seats; members elected by popular
  vote to serve three-year terms)
  elections: last held 26 April 2008 (next to be held in 2011)
  election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 18;
  note - President Marcus STEPHEN called a snap election to break a
  parliamentary stalemate blocking legislative action

Nepal
  unicameral Constituent Assembly (601 seats; 240 seats decided
  by direct popular vote; 335 seats by proportional representation; 26
  appointed by the Cabinet (Council of Ministers))
  note: KOIRALA called the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly
  on 28 May 2008
  elections: last held 10 April 2008 (next to be held NA)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  CPN-M 220, NC 110, CPN-UML 103, Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum 52, Terai
  Madhesi Democratic Party/Nepal Sadbhawana Party 29, other smaller
  parties 61; note - 26 seats to be filled by the new Cabinet

Netherlands
  bicameral States General or Staten Generaal consists of
  the First Chamber or Eerste Kamer (75 seats; members indirectly
  elected by the country's 12 provincial councils to serve four-year
  terms) and the Second Chamber or Tweede Kamer (150 seats; members
  directly elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
  elections: First Chamber - last held 29 May 2007 (next to be held in
  May 2011); Second Chamber - last held 22 November 2006 (next to be
  held by early 2011)
  election results: First Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA%;
  seats by party - CDA 21, PvdA 14, VVD 14, Socialist Party 11,
  Christian Union 4, Green Left Party 4, D66 2, other 5; Second
  Chamber - percent of vote by party - CDA 26.5%, PvdA 21.2%,
  Socialist Party 16.6%, VVD 14.6%, Party for Freedom 5.9%, Green
  Party 4.6%, Christian Union 4.0%, other 6.6%; seats by party - CDA
  41, PvdA 33, Socialist Party 25, VVD 22, Party for Freedom 9, Green
  Party 7, Christian Union 6, other 7

Netherlands Antilles
  unicameral States or Staten (22 seats, Curacao
  14, Bonaire 3, St. Maarten 3, St. Eustatius 1, Saba 1; members are
  elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
  elections: last held 27 January 2006 (next to be held in 2010)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  PAR 5, MAN 3, FOL 2, Forsa Korsou 2, National Alliance 2, PNP 2, UPB
  2, DP-St. E 1, DP-St. M 1, PDB 1, WIPM 1
  note: the government is a coalition of several parties

New Caledonia
  unicameral Territorial Congress or Congres du
  territoire (54 seats; members belong to the three Provincial
  Assemblies or Assemblees Provinciales elected by popular vote to
  serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held 9 May 2004 (next to be held in 2009)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  RPCR-UMP 16, AE 16, UNI-FLNKS 8, UC 7, FN 4, others 3
  note: New Caledonia currently holds one seat in the French Senate;
  by 2010, New Caledonia will gain a second seat in the French Senate;
  elections last held 24 September 2001 (next to be held not later
  than September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats
  by party - UMP 1; New Caledonia also elects two seats to the French
  National Assembly; elections last held 10 and 17 June 2007 (next to
  be held on June 2012); results - percent of vote by party - NA;
  seats by party - UMP 2

New Zealand
  unicameral House of Representatives - commonly called
  Parliament (usually 120 seats; 69 members elected by popular vote in
  single-member constituencies including 7 Maori constituencies, and
  51 proportional seats chosen from party lists; to serve three-year
  terms)
  elections: last held 8 November 2008 (next to be held in 2011)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NP 45.5%, NZLP 33.8%,
  Green Party 6.4%, ACT New Zealand 3.7%, Maori 2.2%, Progressive
  0.9%, UF 0.9%, other 6.6%; seats by party - NP 59, NZLP 43, Green
  Party 8, ACT New Zealand 5, Maori 5, Progressive 1, UF 1
  note: results of 2008 election saw the total number of seats
  increase to 122

Nicaragua
  unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (92
  seats; 90 members are elected by proportional representation and
  party lists to serve five-year terms; 1 seat for the previous
  president, 1 seat for the runner-up in previous presidential
  election)
  elections: last held 5 November 2006 (next to be held by November
  2011)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  FSLN 38, PLC 25, ALN 23 (22 plus one for presidential candidate
  Eduardo MONTEALEGRE, runner-up in the 2006 presidential election),
  MRS 5, APRE 1 (outgoing President Enrique BOLANOS)

Niger
  unicameral National Assembly (113 seats; members elected by
  popular vote to serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held 4 December 2004 (next to be held in December
  2009)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  MNSD 47, PNDS 25, CDS 22, RSD 7, RDP 6, ANDP 5, PSDN 1

Nigeria
  bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (109
  seats, 3 from each state plus 1 from Abuja; members elected by
  popular vote to serve four-year terms) and House of Representatives
  (360 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
  elections: Senate - last held 21 April 2007 (next to be held in
  April 2011); House of Representatives - last held 21 April 2007
  (next to be held in April 2011)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - PDP 53.7%,
  ANPP 27.9%, AD 9.7%, other 8.7%; seats by party - PDP 76, ANPP 27,
  AD 6; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDP
  54.5%, ANPP 27.4%, AD 8.8%, UNPP 2.8%, NPD 1.9%, APGA 1.6%, PRP
  0.8%; seats by party - PDP 76, ANPP 27, AD 6, UNPP 2, APGA 2, NPD 1,
  PRP 1, vacant 1

Niue
  unicameral Legislative Assembly (20 seats; members elected by
  popular vote to serve three-year terms; six elected from a common
  roll and 14 are village representatives)
  elections: last held 7 June 2008 (next to be held in 2011)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - 20
  independents

Norfolk Island
  unicameral Legislative Assembly (9 seats; members
  elected by electors who have nine equal votes each but only four
  votes can be given to any one candidate; to serve three-year terms)
  elections: last held 21 March 2007 (next to be held by 28 March 2010)
  election results: seats - independents 9 (note - no political
  parties)

Northern Mariana Islands
  bicameral Legislature consists of the
  Senate (9 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
  four-year staggered terms) and the House of Representatives (20
  seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms)
  elections: Senate - last held 3 November 2007 (next to be held in
  November 2009); House of Representatives - last held 3 November 2007
  (next to be held in November 2009)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
  party - Covenant Party 3, Republican Party 3, Democratic Party 1,
  independents 2; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party
  - NA; seats by party - Republican Party 12, Covenant Party 4,
  Democratic Party 1, independents 3
  note: the Northern Mariana Islands does not have a nonvoting
  delegate in the US Congress; instead, it has an elected official or
  "resident representative" in Washington, DC; seats by party -
  Republican Party 1 (Pedro A. TENORIO)

Norway
  modified unicameral Parliament or Storting (169 seats;
  members are elected by popular vote by proportional representation
  to serve four-year terms); note - in 2009 the number of seats will
  change to 165
  elections: last held 12 September 2005 (next to be held in September
  2009)
  election results: percent of vote by party - Labor Party 32.7%,
  Progress Party 22.1%, Conservative Party 14.1%, Socialist Left Party
  8.8%, Christian People's Party 6.8%, Center Party 6.5%, Liberal
  Party 5.9%, other 3.1%; seats by party - Labor Party 61, Progress
  Party 38, Conservative Party 23, Socialist Left Party 15, Christian
  People's Party 11, Center Party 11, Liberal Party 10
  note: for certain purposes, the parliament divides itself into two
  chambers and elects one-fourth of its membership in the Lagting and
  three-fourths of its membership in the Odelsting

Oman
  bicameral Majlis Oman consists of Majlis al-Dawla or upper
  chamber (70 seats; members appointed by the monarch; has advisory
  powers only) and Majlis al-Shura or lower chamber (84 seats; members
  elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms; body has some
  limited power to propose legislation, but otherwise has only
  advisory powers)
  elections: last held 27 October 2007 (next to be held in 2011)
  election results: new candidates won 46 seats and 38 members of the
  outgoing Majlis kept their positions; none of the 20 female
  candidates were elected

Pakistan
  bicameral parliament or Majlis-e-Shoora consists of the
  Senate (100 seats; members indirectly elected by provincial
  assemblies and the territories' representatives in the National
  Assembly to serve six-year terms; one half are elected every three
  years) and the National Assembly (342 seats; 272 members elected by
  popular vote; 60 seats reserved for women; 10 seats reserved for
  non-Muslims; to serve five-year terms)
  elections: Senate - last held in March 2006 (next to be held in
  March 2009); National Assembly - last held 18 February 2008 (next to
  be