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held in 2013)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
  party - PML 38, MMA 18, PPPP 10, MQM 6, PML-N 4, PKMAP 3, ANP 2,
  PPP-S 2, BNP-A 1, BNP-M 1, JWP 1, NA 1, PML-F 1, independents 12;
  National Assembly - percent of votes by party - NA; seats by party -
  PPPP 121, PML-N 91, PML 54, MQM 25, ANP 13, MMA 6, PML-F 5, BNP-A 1,
  NPP 1, PPP-S 1, independents 18; note - as a result of the 27 June
  2008 by-election, PML-N gained 3 seats and PPPP gained 2 seats)

Palau
  bicameral National Congress or Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK)
  consists of the Senate (9 seats; members elected by popular vote on
  a population basis to serve four-year terms) and the House of
  Delegates (16 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve
  four-year terms)
  elections: Senate - last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held in
  November 2008); House of Delegates - last held 2 November 2004 (next
  to be held in November 2008)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote - NA; seats -
  independents 9; House of Delegates - percent of vote - NA; seats -
  independents 16

Panama
  unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (78 seats;
  members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms); note
  - in 2009, the number of seats will change to 71
  elections: last held 2 May 2004 (next to be held 3 May 2009)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  PRD 41, PA 17, PS 9, MOLIRENA 4, CD 3, PLN 3, PP 1
  note: legislators from outlying rural districts are chosen on a
  plurality basis while districts located in more populous towns and
  cities elect multiple legislators by means of a proportion-based
  formula

Papua New Guinea
  unicameral National Parliament (109 seats, 89
  filled from open electorates and 20 from provinces and national
  capital district; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year
  terms); constitution allows up to 126 seats
  elections: last held from 30 June to 10 July 2007; next to be held
  in June 2012
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  National Alliance 27, PNGP 8, PAP 6, URP 6, PANGU 5, PDM 5,
  independents 19, others 33; note - election to 1 seat was nullified
  note: 15 other parties won 4 or fewer seats; association with
  political parties is fluid

Paraguay
  bicameral Congress or Congreso consists of the Chamber of
  Senators or Camara de Senadores (45 seats; members are elected by
  popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies
  or Camara de Diputados (80 seats; members are elected by popular
  vote to serve five-year terms)
  elections: Chamber of Senators - last held 20 April 2008 (next to be
  held in April 2013); Chamber of Deputies - last held 20 April 2008
  (next to be held in April 2013)
  election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party -
  NA; seats by party - ANR 15, PLRA 14, UNACE 9, PPQ 4, other 3;
  Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party
  - ANR 30, PLRA 27, UNACE 15, PPQ 3, APC 2, other 3

Peru
  unicameral Congress of the Republic of Peru or Congreso de la
  Republica del Peru (120 seats; members are elected by popular vote
  to serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held 9 April 2006 (next to be held in April 2011)
  election results: percent of vote by party - UPP 21.2%, PAP 20.6%,
  UN 15.3%, AF 13.1%, FC 7.1%, PP 4.1%, RN 4.0%, other 14.6%; seats by
  party - UPP 45, PAP 36, UN 17, AF 13, FC 5, PP 2, RN 2

Philippines
  bicameral Congress or Kongreso consists of the Senate or
  Senado (24 seats - one-half elected every three years; members
  elected at large by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the
  House of Representatives or Kapulungan Ng Mga Kinatawan (as a result
  of May 2007 election it has 239 seats including 218 members
  representing districts and 21 sectoral party-list members
  representing special minorities elected on the basis of 1 seat for
  every 2% of the total vote but limited to 3 seats; members elected
  by popular vote to serve three-year terms; note - the Constitution
  prohibits the House of Representatives from having more than 250
  members)
  elections: Senate - last held on 14 May 2007 (next to be held in May
  2010); House of Representatives - elections last held on 14 May 2007
  (next to be held in May 2010)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
  party - Lakas-Kampi 4, LP 4, NPC 3, Nacionalista 2, independents 4,
  others 6; note - there are 23 rather than 24 sitting senators
  because one senator was elected mayor of Manila; House of
  Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  Lakas 86, Kampi 46, NPC 29, LP 21, Party-list 21, others 36

Pitcairn Islands
  unicameral Island Council (10 seats; 5 members
  elected by popular vote, 1 nominated by the 5 elected members, 2
  appointed by the governor including 1 seat for the Island Secretary,
  the Island Mayor, and a commissioner liaising between the governor
  and council; elected members serve one-year terms)
  elections: last held 24 December 2006 (next to be held in December
  2007)
  election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - all independents

Poland
  bicameral legislature consists of an upper house, the Senate
  or Senat (100 seats; members are elected by a majority vote on a
  provincial basis to serve four-year terms), and a lower house, the
  Sejm (460 seats; members are elected under a complex system of
  proportional representation to serve four-year terms); the
  designation of National Assembly or Zgromadzenie Narodowe is only
  used on those rare occasions when the two houses meet jointly
  elections: Senate - last held 21 October 2007 (next to be held by
  October 2011); Sejm elections last held 21 October 2007 (next to be
  held by October 2011)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
  party - PO 60, PiS 39, independents 1; Sejm - percent of vote by
  party - PO 41.5%, PiS 32.1%, LiD 13.2%, PSL 8.9%, other 4.3%; seats
  by party - PO 209, PiS 166, LiD 53, PSL 31, German minorities 1;
  note - seats by party as of February 2008 - PO 209, PiS 159, LiD 53,
  PSL 31, German minorities 1, nonaffiliated 7
  note: one seat is assigned to ethnic minority parties in the Sejm
  only

Portugal
  unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da
  Republica (230 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
  four-year terms)
  elections: last held 20 February 2005 (next to be held in Fall 2009)
  election results: percent of vote by party - PS 45.1%, PSD 28.7%,
  CDU 7.6%, CDS/PP 7.3%, BE 6.4%, other 4.9%; seats by party - PS 121,
  PSD 75, CDU 14, CDS/PP 12, BE 8

Puerto Rico
  bicameral Legislative Assembly consists of the Senate
  (at least 27 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote to
  serve four-year terms) and the House of Representatives (51 seats;
  members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
  elections: Senate - last held 4 November 2008 (next to be held
  November 2012); House of Representatives - last held 4 November 2008
  (next to be held in November 2012)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
  party - PNP 22, PPD 5; House of Representatives - percent of vote by
  party - NA; seats by party - NA
  note: Puerto Rico elects, by popular vote, a resident commissioner
  to serve a four-year term as a nonvoting representative in the US
  House of Representatives; aside from not voting on the House floor,
  he enjoys all the rights of a member of Congress; elections last
  held 4 November 2008 (next to be held in November 2012); results -
  percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PNP 1

Qatar
  unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (35 seats;
  members appointed)
  note: no legislative elections have been held since 1970 when there
  were partial elections to the body; Council members have had their
  terms extended every year since the new constitution came into force
  on 9 June 2005; the constitution provides for a new 45-member
  Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura; the public would elect
  two-thirds of the Majlis al-Shura; the Amir would appoint the
  remaining members; preparations are underway to conduct elections to
  the Majlis al-Shura

Romania
  bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate or
  Senat (137 seats; members are elected by popular vote on a
  proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms) and the
  Chamber of Deputies or Camera Deputatilor (334 seats; members are
  elected by popular vote on a proportional representation basis to
  serve four-year terms)
  elections: Senate - last held 30 November 2008 (next expected to be
  held in November 2012); Chamber of Deputies - last held 30 November
  2008 (next expected to be held November 2012)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote by alliance/party -
  PSD-PC 34.2%, PDL 33.6%, PNL 18.7%, UDMR 6.4%, other 7.1%; seats by
  alliance/party - PSD-PC 49, PDL 51, PNL 28, UDMR 9; Chamber of
  Deputies - percent of vote by alliance/party - PSD-PC 33.1%, PDL
  32.4%, PNL 18.6%, UDMR 6.2%, ethnic minorities 3.6%, other 6.1%;
  seats by alliance/party - PSD-PC 114, PDL 115, PNL 65, UDMR 22,
  ethnic minorities 18

Russia
  bicameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoye Sobraniye consists
  of an upper house, the Federation Council or Sovet Federatsii (168
  seats; as of July 2000, members appointed by the top executive and
  legislative officials in each of the 84 federal administrative units
  - oblasts, krays, republics, autonomous okrugs and oblasts, and the
  federal cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg; to serve four-year
  terms) and a lower house, the State Duma or Gosudarstvennaya Duma
  (450 seats; as of 2007, all members elected by proportional
  representation from party lists winning at least 7% of the vote;
  members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
  elections: State Duma - last held 2 December 2007 (next to be held
  in December 2011)
  election results: State Duma - United Russia 64.3%, CPRF 11.5%, LDPR
  8.1%, Just Russia 7.7%, other 8.4%; total seats by party - United
  Russia 315, CPRF 57, LDPR 40, Just Russia 38

Rwanda
  bicameral Parliament consists of Senate (26 seats; 12 members
  elected by local councils, 8 appointed by the president, 4 by the
  Political Organizations Forum, 2 represent institutions of higher
  learning; to serve eight-year terms) and Chamber of Deputies (80
  seats; 53 members elected by popular vote, 24 women elected by local
  bodies, 3 selected by youth and disability organizations; to serve
  five-year terms)
  elections: Senate - members appointed as part of the transitional
  government (next to be held in 2011); Chamber of Deputies - last
  held 15 September 2008 (next to be held September 2013)
  election results: percent of vote by party - RPF 78.8%, PSD 13.1%,
  PL 7.5%; seats by party - RPF 42, PSD 7, PL 4, additional 27 members
  indirectly elected

Saint Barthelemy
  unicameral Territorial Council (19 seats; members
  are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held 1 and 8 July 2007 (next to be held July 2012)
  election results: percent of vote by party - SBA 72.2%,
  Action-Equilibre-Transparence 9.9%, Ensemble pour Saint-Barthelemy
  7.9%, Tous Unis pour Saint-Barthelemy 9.9%; seats by party - SBA 16,
  Action-Equilibre-Transparence 1, Ensemble pour Saint-Barthelemy 1,
  Tous Unis pour Saint-Barthelemy 1

Saint Helena
  unicameral Legislative Council (16 seats, including the
  speaker, three ex officio and 12 elected members; members are
  elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
  elections: last held 31 August 2005 (next to be held in 2009)
  election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 12

Saint Kitts and Nevis
  unicameral National Assembly (14 seats, 3
  appointed and 11 popularly elected from single-member
  constituencies; members serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held 25 October 2004 (next to be held by 2009)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  SKNLP 7, CCM 2, NRP 1, PAM 1

Saint Lucia
  bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (11 seats;
  six members appointed on the advice of the prime minister, three on
  the advice of the leader of the opposition, and two after
  consultation with religious, economic, and social groups) and the
  House of Assembly (17 seats; members are elected by popular vote to
  serve five-year terms)
  elections: House of Assembly - last held 11 December 2006 (next to
  be held in December 2011)
  election results: House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - UWP
  50%, SLP 46.9%, other 3.1%; seats by party - UWP 11, SLP 6

Saint Martin
  unicameral Territorial Council (23 seats; members are
  elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held 1 and 8 July 2007 (next to be held July 2012)
  election results: percent of seats by party - UPP 49%, RRR 42.2%,
  Reussir Saint-Martin 8.9%; seats by party - UPP 16, RRR 6, Reussir
  Saint-Martin 1

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  unicameral Territorial Council or Conseil
  Territorial (19 seats, 15 from Saint Pierre and four from Miquelon;
  members are