List of legislatures by country

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

Names of legislatures

The legislatures are listed with their names in English and the name in the (most-used) native language of the country (or the official name in the second-most used native language in cases where English is the majority "native" language)

List of legislatures

Supranational legislatures

Organisation	Name of house(s)	House level	Term (years)	Voting system	Seats	Population per seat	GDP per seat (USD millions)
European Union	European Parliament[1]	Lower	5	Open and closed list proportional representation Single transferable vote (in the Republic of Ireland and Malta)	705	667,761	20,983
	Council of the European Union[2]	Upper	N/A	Indirect (members of national governments)	27	~	~
African Union	Pan-African Parliament	Unicameral	5	Indirect (appointed by 47 of 53 national legislatures)	265	3,974,098	14,180
Central American Integration System	Central American Parliament	Unicameral	Varies by country	Direct, proportional	120	426,274	2,651
Mercosur	Mercosur Parliament	Unicameral	5	Direct, indirect (varies by country) proportional	122	1,588,889	16,228
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States	Latin American Parliament	Unicameral	5	Direct	276	~	~
Arab League	Arab Parliament	Unicameral			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)	Electoral system	Seats	Population per seat
Afghanistan	National Assembly (ملی شورا Mili Shura / شورای ملی Shura-e Milli)	House of the People (ولسي جرګه Wolesi Jirga)	Lower	5	Single non-transferable vote[3]	249	122,168
		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
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
Algeria	Parliament (البرلمان, Parlement)	People's National Assembly (المجلس الشعبي الوطني al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani, Assemblée populaire nationale)	Lower	5	Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province	462	80,303
		Council of the Nation (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma, Conseil de la nation)	Upper	6	Elected by popular wilaya assemblies and communal people's assemblies, and appointed by the President	144	257,638
Andorra	General Council (Consell General)		Unicameral	4	Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method nationwide and block vote by parish	28	2,789
Angola	National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)		Unicameral	4	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide and by province	220	84,081
Antigua and Barbuda	Parliament[note 1]	House of Representatives	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	17	4,305
		Senate	Upper	5	Appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition	19	4,811
Argentina	National Congress of Argentina (Congreso de la Nación Argentina)	Chamber of Deputies of the Nation (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación)	Lower	4	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province with a 3% threshold	257	156,097
		Senate of the Nation (Senado de la Nación)	Upper	6	Partial block voting by province	72	557,181
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
Australia	Parliament of Australia[note 1]	House of Representatives	Lower	3	Instant-runoff voting	151	162,914
		Senate	Upper	6	Single transferable vote by state/territory	76	323,684
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
		Federal Council (Bundesrat)	Upper	5 and 6	Elected by state legislatures	61	129,563
Azerbaijan	National Assembly (Milli Məclis)		Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post	125	73,320
Bahamas, The	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	39	9,326
		Senate	Upper	5	Appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition	16	22,103
Bahrain	National Assembly (المجلس الوطني)	Council of Representatives (مجلس النواب Majlis an-nuwab)	Lower	4	Two-round system	40	30,864
		Consultative Council (مجلس الشورى Majlis al-shura)	Upper	4	Appointed by the king	40	30,864
Bangladesh	National Parliament (জাতীয় সংসদ Jatiya Sangsad)		Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post	350	466,909
Barbados	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	30	9,486
		Senate	Upper	5	Appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition	21	13,551
Belarus	National Assembly (Нацыянальны сход Nacyjanaĺny schod / Национальное собрание)	House of Representatives (Палата прадстаўнікоў Palata pradstaŭnikoŭ / Палата представителей)	Lower	4	Two-round system	110	85,997
		Council of the Republic (Савет Рэспублікі Saviet Respubliki / Совет Республики)	Upper	4	Elected by regional councils, and appointed by the President	64	147,773
Belgium	Federal Parliament (Federaal Parlement / Parlement fédéral / Föderales Parlament)	Chamber of Representatives (Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers / Chambre des Représentants / Abgeordnetenkammer)	Lower	5	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province with a 5% threshold	150	74,000
		Senate (Senaat / Sénat / Senat)	Upper	5	Elected by community and regional parliaments	60	185,000
Belize	National Assembly	House of Representatives	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	31	10,748
		Senate	Upper	5	Appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition	12	27,766
Benin	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)		Unicameral	4	Proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies	83	115,648
Bhutan	Parliament of Bhutan[note 2]	National Assembly (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་འདུ། Gyelyong Tshogdu)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	47	15,072
		National Council (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེ། Gyelyong Tshogde)	Upper	4	First-past-the-post, and appointed by the king	25	28,337
Bolivia	Plurinational Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	5	Closed list mixed-member proportional representation: Proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by department and first-past-the-post	130	83,905
		Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	5	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by department	36	302,993
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Parliamentary Assembly (Parlamentarna skupština / Парламентарна скупштина)	House of Representatives (Predstavnički dom / Zastupnički dom / Представнички дом)	Lower	4	Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies	42	91,422
		House of Peoples (Dom naroda / Дом народa)	Upper	4	Serbs elected by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, and Bosniaks and Croats elected by the House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	15	255,982
Botswana	Parliament of Botswana (Palamente)	National Assembly (Khudutlhamaga ya Botswana)	Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post, and appointed by the President	63	32,211
Brazil	National Congress (Congresso Nacional)	Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados)	Lower	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by state	513	371,798
		Federal Senate (Senado Federal)	Upper	8	Partial block voting by state	81	2,354,724
Brunei	Legislative Council (Majlis Mesyuarat Negara)		Unicameral	no timeframe	Appointed by the Sultan	36	11,355
Bulgaria	National Assembly (Народно събрание Narodno sabranie)		Unicameral	4	Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by constituency with a 4% threshold	240	30,685
Burkina Faso	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)		Unicameral	5	Proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide and in constituencies	127	126,281
Burundi	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 2% threshold	121	74,570
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5	Elected by the communal councils	43	179,577
Cambodia	Parliament (សភាតំណាងរាស្ត្រ ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា)	National Assembly (រដ្ឋសភាជាតិ; Rotsaphea)	Lower	5	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province	123	108,852
		Senate (ព្រឹទ្ធសភា; Protsaphea)	Upper	6[4]	Appointed by the monarch, elected by the National Assembly and commune councils	61	219,490
Cameroon	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post and Block vote: If no list obtains an absolute majority, the one with the highest number of votes is allocated half of the seats; the remainder is allocated to the other best-placed lists through proportional representation	180	97,021
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5	Elected by municipal councils, and appointed by the president	100	174,638
Canada	Parliament (Parlement)	House of Commons (Chambre des communes)	Lower	4 years, unless elections are called earlier	First-past-the-post voting	338	104,571
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	Until age 75, or resigns.	Appointed by the governor general on the advice of the Prime Minister	105	318,825
Cape Verde	National Assembly (Asembleia Nacional)		Unicameral	5	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies	72	4,990
Central African Republic	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)		Unicameral	5	Two-round system	131	38,951
Chad	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale / الجمعية الوطنية)		Unicameral	4	Block voting: If no list obtains an absolute majority, the seats are allocated through proportional representation	188	66,640
Chile	National Congress (Congreso Nacional)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	4	Binomial voting system (To become open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies by the next election)	155	145,021
		Senate of the Republic (Senado de la República)	Upper	8	Binomial voting system	38	457,963
China	National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会 Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì)[note 3]		Unicameral	5	Elected by municipal, regional and provincial congresses, and People's Liberation Army	2,980	448,518
Colombia	Congress (Congreso)	Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	4	Open or closed list proportional representation (depending on the political party) with the D'Hondt method by state	166	279,556
		Senate (Senado)	Upper	4	Open or closed list proportional representation (depending on the political party) with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 3% threshold	102	454,964
Comoros	Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de l'Union)		Unicameral	5	Two-round system, and elected by the local assemblies	33	24,181
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	Parallel voting: Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies and first-past-the-post voting	500	143,425
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5	Elected by the provincial assemblies	108	664,008
Congo, Republic of the	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	Two-round system	153	28,537
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5	Elected by district, local, and regional councils	52	83,966
Costa Rica	Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)		Unicameral	4	Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province	57	75,468
Croatia	Croatian Assembly[note 2] (Hrvatski sabor)		Unicameral	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 5% threshold	151	28,414
Cuba	National Assembly of People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular)		Unicameral	5	Popular vote and approval by special candidacy commissions	612	18,308
Cyprus	House of Representatives (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων Vouli Antiprosópon / Temsilciler Meclisi)		Unicameral	5	Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by constituency	59	18,632
Czech Republic	Parliament of the Czech Republic (Parlament České republiky)	Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna)	Lower	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by region with a 5% threshold	200	52,811
		Senate (Senát)	Upper	6	Two-round system (staggered elections)	81	130,397
Denmark	People's Assembly[note 2] (Folketinget)		Unicameral	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 2% threshold	179	30,969
Djibouti	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale / الجمعية الوطنية)		Unicameral	5	Block vote and closed list proportional representation by constituencies: The list obtaining an absolute or relative majority of votes is allocated 80% of the seats; the remainder is allocated to the other best-placed lists which obtained at least 10% of the valid votes through proportional representation; if no other list obtains 10% of the valid votes, the remaining seats will be allocated to the party which won the majority or relative majority of the valid votes	65	12,587
Dominica	House of Assembly		Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post voting, and appointed by the President	21	3,394
Dominican Republic	National Congress (Congreso Nacional)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province and nationwide with a 1% threshold for the nationwide seats	183	51,520
		Senate (Senado)	Upper	4	First-past-the-post voting	32	293,088
East Timor	National Parliament (Parlamentu Nasionál / Parlamento Nacional)		Unicameral	5	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 3% threshold	65	16,408
Ecuador	National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)		Unicameral	4	Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency and first-past-the-post voting	137	116,802
Egypt	Parliament (برلمان)	House of Representatives (مجلس النواب Majilis Al-Nuwab)	Unicameral	5	Parallel voting: First-past-the-post voting, block vote, and appointed by the President	596	150,983
El Salvador	Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)		Unicameral	3	Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by department and nationwide	84	68,382
Equatorial Guinea	Parliament (Parlamento / Parlement)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de los Diputados / Chambre des députés / Câmara dos Deputados)	Lower	5	Closed list proportional representation in constituencies with a 10% threshold	100	16,220
		Senate (Senado / Sénat)	Upper		Closed list proportional representation with a 10% threshold, and appointed by the President	70	23,171
Eritrea	National Assembly (Hagerawi Baito)		Unicameral	5	Popular vote	104	50,878
Estonia	State Assembly[note 2] (Riigikogu)		Unicameral	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 5% threshold	101	12,814
Eswatini	Parliament (Liblanda)	House of Assembly[note 4]	Lower	5	majority	55	22,181
		Senate (Indlu yeTimphunga)	Upper		appointed by the King	30	40,666
Ethiopia	Parliament[note 4]	House of Peoples' Representatives (የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting	547	135,134
		House of Federation (የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት Yefedereshn Mekir Bet)	Upper	5	Elected by State Councils	112	659,986
Federated States of Micronesia	Congress		Unicameral	4	First-past-the-post voting	14	7,642
Fiji	Parliament		Unicameral	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 5% threshold	50	16,745
Finland	Parliament (Eduskunta / Riksdagen)		Unicameral	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies, and first-past-the-post for Åland's lone seat	200	25,900
France	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	Two-round system	577	113,258
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	6	Elected indirectly by officials including regional councilors, department councilors, mayors, city councilors, and members of the National Assembly	348	187,787
Gabon	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting, and appointed by the President	121	12,190
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	6	Indirectly elected by local and départemental councillors	102	14,460
Gambia	National Assembly		Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post voting, and appointed by the President	58	25,673
Georgia	Parliament of Georgia (საქართველოს პარლამენტი Sak'art'velos Parlamenti)		Unicameral	4	Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency with a 5% threshold, and first-past-the-post	150	29,794
Germany	Federal Diet[note 2] (Bundestag)		N/A (unofficially Lower house)	4	Closed list mixed-member proportional representation with the Sainte-Laguë method by state with a 5% threshold, and first-past-the-post	709	128,500
	Federal Council[note 2] (Bundesrat)		N/A (unofficially Upper house)	dependent on individual state elections	Delegated from state governments	69	1,185,501
Ghana	Parliament		Unicameral	4	First-past-the-post voting	228	106,286
Greece	Hellenic Parliament[note 2] (Βουλή των Ελλήνων Vouli ton Ellinon)		Unicameral	4	Open list reinforced proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 3% threshold	300	35,958
Grenada	Parliament	House of Representatives	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting	15	7,333
		Senate	Upper	5	appointed by the government and by the leader of opposition	13	8,461
Guatemala	Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República)		Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	158	80,557
Guinea	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)		Unicameral	5	proportional closed list	114	88,227
Guinea-Bissau	National People's Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular)		Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	100	13,454
Guyana	National Assembly		Unicameral	5	popular vote and appointed by the President	65	11,583
Haiti	Haitian Parliament (Parlement Haïtien / Palman Ayisyen)	Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des députés / Chanm Depite)	Lower	4	proportional	119	98,181
		Senate (Sénat / Sena)	Upper	6		30	323,997
Honduras	National Congress (Congreso Nacional)		Unicameral	4	proportional open list	128	58,823
Hungary	National Assembly (Országgyűlés)		Unicameral	4	proportional open list and Scorporo	199	25,860
Iceland	Assembly of All[note 2] (Alþingi)		Unicameral	4	proportional	63	5,080
India	Parliament (संसद Sansad)	House of the People[note 2] (लोक सभा Lok Sabha)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	543	2,192,379
		Council of States[note 2] (राज्य सभा Rajya Sabha)	Upper	6	Single transferable vote (233 members are elected by the legislative assemblies of the States/Union territories, 12 members are nominated by the President)	245	4,847,900
Indonesia	People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat)	People's Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat)	Lower	5	proportional open list	575	467,101
		Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah)	Upper	5	Single non-transferable vote	136	1,974,875
Iran	Islamic Consultative Assembly[note 2] (مجلس شورای اسلامی Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī)		Unicameral	4	popular vote	290	259,136
Iraq	Council of Representatives of Iraq[note 2] (مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis Al-Niwab Al-Iraqi / ئه‌نجومه‌نی نوێنه‌ران Enjumen-e Nûnerên)		Unicameral	4	proportional open list	329	95,782
Ireland	Parliament[note 2] (Oireachtas)	President of Ireland	President-in-Parliament	7	Instant-runoff voting	N/A	N/A
		House of Representatives of Ireland (Dáil Éireann)[note 2]	Lower	5	Proportional Representation Single Transferable Vote	158	27,640
		Senate of Ireland[note 2] (Seanad Éireann)	Upper	5	appointed by the prime minister and elected by universities	60	76,470
Israel	Assembly[note 2] (כנסת Knesset)		Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	120	61,768
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
		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 5 members appointed by the President	315	189,112
Ivory Coast	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	majority	255	294,529
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5	Elected by district and provincial councils, and appointed by the President	120	197,837
Jamaica	Parliament	House of Representatives	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting	63	45,860
		Senate	Upper	5	Appointed by the Governor General	21	137,580
Japan	Diet (国会 Kokkai)	House of Representatives (衆議院 Shūgiin)	Lower	4	proportional and First-past-the-post voting	465	270,817
		House of Councillors (参議院 Sangiin)	Upper	6	proportional and Single non-transferable vote	245	514,000
Jordan	Parliament (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma)	Assembly of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis al-Nuwaab)	Lower	4	Single non-transferable vote	150	46,760
		Senate (مجلس الأعيان Majlis al-Aayan)	Upper	6	appointed by the monarch	75	93,520
Kazakhstan	Parliament (Парламенті Parlamenti)	Assembly[note 2] (Мәжіліс Májilis)	Lower	5		107	207,854
		Senate (Сенаты Senaty)	Upper	6	appointed by the President and elected by local assemblies	47	340,527
Kenya	Parliament (Bunge)	National Assembly (Bunge la Taifa)	Lower	5	parallel	349	126,182
		Senate (Seneti)	Upper	5	popular vote and appointed by the President	67	657,278
Kiribati	House of Assembly (Maneaba ni Maungatabu)		Unicameral	4	popular vote and appointed by Rabi Council of Leaders	46	2,239
Korea, North	Supreme People's Assembly (최고인민회의 / 最高人民會議 Ch'oe-go In-min Hoe-ŭi)		Unicameral	5	popular vote	687	36,390
Korea, South	National Assembly (국회 / 國會 Gukhoe)		Unicameral	4	majority and proportional	300	166,691
Kuwait	National Assembly (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma)		Unicameral	4	popular vote and appointed by the prime minister	50	71,328
Kyrgyzstan	Supreme Council (Жогорку Кеңеш Joğorku Keñeş)		Unicameral	5	popular vote	120	44,690
Laos	National Assembly (ສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດ Sapha Heng Xat)		Unicameral	5	one-party state closed list	115	48,148
Latvia	Parliament[note 2] (Saeima)		Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	100	20,703
Lebanon	Parliament (Parlement)	Chamber of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab)[note 5]	Unicameral	4	proportional/party list	128	33,000
Lesotho	Parliament (Palamente)	National Assembly	Lower	5	popular vote and proportional	120	16,927
		Senate	Upper	5	appointed by principal chiefs and by the ruling party	33	61,556
Liberia	Legislature	House of Representatives	Lower	6	majority	73	47,624
		Senate	Upper	9	majority	30	115,896
Libya	House of Representatives ( مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab)		Unicameral		Parallel voting: First-past-the-post, single non-transferable vote, and proportional representation	200	28,353
Liechtenstein	Diet[note 2] (Landtag)		Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	25	1,451
Lithuania	Parliament[note 2] (Seimas)		Unicameral	4	proportional	141	21,658
Luxembourg	Chamber of Deputies (D'Chamber / Chambre des députés / Abgeordnetenkammer)		Unicameral	5	Open list proportional representation, allocated by the D'Hondt method in four constituencies	60	8,484
Madagascar	Parliament (Palemanta / Parlement)	National Assembly (Antenimieram-Pirenena / Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5		160	137,078
		Senate (Antenimierandoholona / Sénat)	Upper	5		33	664,430
Malawi	National Assembly		Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post voting	193	76,809
Malaysia	Parliament (Parlimen)	House of Representatives[note 6] (Dewan Rakyat)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting	222	127,631
		Senate[note 7] (Dewan Negara)	Upper	3	26 appointed by the State Legislative Assemblies, 2 for each state and 44 appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, of which 4 are for the Federal Territories.	70	404,773
Maldives	People's Assembly[note 2] (ރައްޔިތުންގެ މަޖިލިސް Rayyithunge Majilis)		Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post voting	85	4,266
Mali	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)		Unicameral	4	147 elected in single or multi-member constituencies, using a runoff system. 13 elected by overseas Malians.	160	90,732
Malta	Parliament (Il-Parlament)	President of Malta	President-in-Parliament	5	Appointed by the House of Representatives	N/A	N/A
		House of Representatives (Kamra tad-Deputati)	Unicameral	5	Single transferable vote	69	5,950
Marshall Islands	Legislature (Nitijeļā)		Unicameral	4	Single and multi-member constituencies	33	2,060
Mauritania	Parliament (البرلمان Barlamene)	National Assembly (الجمعية الوطنية Al Jamiya al-Wataniyah)	Unicameral	5	Runoff election	146	37,888
Mauritius	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)		Unicameral	5		65	17,614
Mexico	Congress of the Union (Congreso de la Unión)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	3	Parallel voting: Largest remainder method (Hare quota) (200 seats) / FPTP (300 seats)	500	227,821
		Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	6	Parallel voting: Largest remainder method (Hare quota)	128	889,926
Moldova	Parliament (Parlamentul)		Unicameral	4		101	33,498
Monaco	National Council (Conseil National)		Unicameral	5	Panachage under party-list proportional representation (16), party-list proportional representation (8)	24	1,473
Mongolia	State Great Assembly[note 8] (Улсын Их Хурал Ulsyn Ikh Khural)		Unicameral	4	Plurality-at-large voting	76	36,245
Montenegro	Assembly (Skupština / Скупштина)		Unicameral	4	Closed list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in a single nationwide constituency with a 3% electoral threshold with lower thresholds for minority groups under certain circumstances	81	7,719
Morocco	Parliament (البرلمان المغربي / ⴰⴱⵕⵍⴰⵎⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱⵉ / Parlement)	House of Representatives (مجلس النواب Majlis al-Nuwab / ⴰⴳⵔⴰⵡ ⵉⵎⴰⵔⴰⵢⴻⵏ, Chambre des représentants)	Lower	5	Mixed member majoritarian: Single non-transferable vote for 305 seats, 60 seats reserved for women and 30 seats reserved for young people under 40 by proportional representation	395	100,444
		House of Councillors (مجلس المستشارين Majlis al-Mustasharin, Chambre des conseillers)	Upper	6	Indirect election: 72 members are elected at the Kingdom's regional level, 20 in each region by a single electoral college made up of all those in the relevant region that have been elected to specific professional associations, 8 in each region by an electoral college made up of those elected from the most representative employers' professional organizations, 20 by a nationwide electoral college made up of employees	270	120,905
Mozambique	Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)		Unicameral	5	proportional party list	250	85,588
Myanmar (Burma)	Assembly of the Union (ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော် Pyidaungsu Hluttaw)	House of Representatives (ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော် Pyithu Hluttaw)	Lower	5	popular vote and appointed by the military	440	137,000
		House of Nationalities (အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော် Amyotha Hluttaw)	Upper	5	popular vote and appointed by the military	224	269,107
Namibia	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower	5	Closed list proportional representation and appointments by the President	104	26,923
		National Council	Upper	6	Indirect election by Regional Councils	26	80,769
Nauru	Parliament		Unicameral	3	Dowdall system	19	521
Nepal	Federal Parliament (संघीय संसद Sanghiya Sansad)	House of Representatives (प्रतिनिधि सभा; Pratinidi Sabha)	Lower	5	Mixed member majoritarian (165 members elected through First-past-the-post voting and 110 elected through proportional representation voting method)	275	105,392
		National Assembly (राष्ट्रिय सभा; Rastriya Sabha)	Upper	6	Indirect single transferable vote	59	491,233
Netherlands	States General (Staten-Generaal)	House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer, Second Chamber)	Lower	4	Party-list proportional representation	150	111,533
		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
New Zealand	Parliament (Pāremata)	House of Representatives (Whare o ngā Māngai)	Unicameral	3	mixed-member proportional representation	120	33,566
Nicaragua	National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)		Unicameral	5		92	64,034
Niger	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)		Unicameral	5		171	139,210
Nigeria	National Assembly	House of Representatives	Lower	4		360	388,898
		Senate	Upper	4		109	1,284,436
North Macedonia	Assembly (Собрание Sobranie)		Unicameral	4		120	16,736
Norway	Great Assembly[note 2] (Stortinget / Stuorradiggi)		Unicameral	4	proportional mixed	169	29,785
Oman	Council of Oman (مجلس عُـمان)	Consultative Assembly (مجلس الشورى Majlis al-Shura)	Lower	4		84	33,017
		Council of State (مجلس الدولة Majlis al-Dawla)[5]	Upper	4		85	32,628
Pakistan	Parliament of Pakistan (پارلیمنٹ)	National Assembly (ایوان زیریں پاکستان)	Lower	5		342	537,023
		Senate (ایوانِ بالا / ایوانِ بالا)	Upper	6		104	1,735,000
Palau	National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau)	House of Delegates[note 4]	Lower	4	majority	16	1,309
		Senate[note 4]	Upper	4	majority	13	2,328
State of Palestine	Legislative Council (المجلس التشريعي Al-Majlis al-Tashrī'iyy)		Unicameral			132	32,277
Panama	National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)		Unicameral	5		71	47,969
Papua New Guinea	National Parliament		Unicameral	5		109	56,766
Paraguay	Congress (Congreso)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	5		80	80,681
		Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	5		45	143,434
Peru	Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República / Rimana Wasin)		Unicameral	5		130	217,082
Philippines	Congress (Kongreso)	House of Representatives (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan / Mababang Kapulungan / Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	3	Parallel voting: Largest remainder method via closed lists with a three-seat cap (20% of seats), and first-past-the-post voting (80% of seats)	304	341,364
		Senate (Senado / Mataas na Kapulungan)	Upper	6	bloc voting. Voter is allocated 12 votes. 1/2 of the seats are contested every 3 years with the 12 elected senators having the largest portion of the National Popular Vote	24	4,323,958
Poland	Parliament of Poland National Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe[note 9])	Sejm[note 2] (Sejm)	Lower	4	proportional open list	460	83,697
		Senate (Senat)	Upper	4	majority	100	385,010
Portugal	Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)		Unicameral	4	proportional party list	230	45,920
Qatar	Consultative Assembly[note 10] (مجلس الشورى Majlis ash-Shura)		Unicameral			35	52,958
Romania	Parliament (Parlamentul)	Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaților)	Lower	4		329	58,416
		Senate (Senat)	Upper	4		137	139,005
Russia	Federal Assembly (Федеральное Собрание Federalnoye Sobraniye)	State Duma[note 2] (Государственная Дума Gosudarstvennaya Duma)	Lower	5	parallel (First-past-the-post voting for 225 members and proportional party list for 225 members)	450	318,000
		Federation Council (Совет Федерации Sovet Federatsii)	Upper	dependent on individual elections in the federal subjects (4 or 5)	senators are delegated from the executive and legislative bodies of the federal subjects	170	862,048
Rwanda	Parliament (Inteko Ishinga Amategeko / Parlement)	Chamber of Deputies (Umutwe w'Abadepite / Chambre des députés)	Lower	5		80	146,121
		Senate (Umutwe wa Sena / Sénat)	Upper	8		26	449,603
Saint Kitts and Nevis	National Assembly		Unicameral	5		15	3,686
Saint Lucia	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5		17	10,221
		Senate	Upper			11	15,796
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	House of Assembly		Unicameral	5		21	5,714
Samoa	Legislative Assembly[note 2] (Fono Aoao Faitulafono)		Unicameral	5		49	3,965
San Marino	Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale)		Unicameral	5		60	536
São Tomé and Príncipe	National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)		Unicameral	4		55	3,330
Saudi Arabia		Consultative Assembly (مجلس الشورى Majlis Ash-Shura)[note 11]	non-parliamentary	4	Appointed by the King	150	220,000
Senegal	Parliament	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5		150	85,701
Serbia	National Assembly (Народна скупштина / Narodna skupština)		Unicameral	4		250	28,482
Seychelles	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale / Lasanble Nasyonal)		Unicameral	5		31	2,709
Sierra Leone	Parliament		Unicameral	5		124	40,136
Singapore	Parliament (Parlimen / 国家议会 Guójiā yìhuì / நாடாளுமன்றம் Nāṭāḷumaṉṟam)		Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post voting (MP) (in single member constituencies), Party block voting (in group representation constituencies), and appointed by the President (NMP)	99	52,360
Slovakia	National Council (Národná rada)		Unicameral	4		150	35,980
Slovenia	Parliament (Državni zbor Republike Slovenije)	National Assembly (Državni zbor)	Lower	4	Open list proportional representation with a 4% election threshold	90	22,779
		National Council (Državni svet)[6]	Upper	5	First-past-the-post indirect elections held within 'functional' interest organisations and 'local' interest communities by electoral bodies (electors).	40	51,254
Solomon Islands	National Parliament		Unicameral	4		50	10,460
Somalia	Federal Parliament (Baarlamaanka Federaalka / لبرلمان الاتحادي)	House of the People[note 4]	Lower	4	Appointed by president	275	36,675
		Senate[note 4]	Upper	4	majority	54	180,100
South Africa	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower	5		400	126,466
		National Council of Provinces	Upper			90	562,075
South Sudan	National Legislature	National Legislature Assembly	Lower			170	48,591
		Council of States	Upper		Appointed by President	50	165,210
Spain	General Courts[note 2] (Cortes Generales)	Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados)	Lower	4, unless elections are called earlier.	proportional closed list	350	131,894
		Senate (Senado)	Upper	4, unless elections are called earlier.	212 are appointed through general election and 58 when regional legislatures are renewed, which not always happens at the same date	266	173,545
Sri Lanka	Parliament (ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව / இலங்கை பாராளுமன்றம்)		Unicameral	5		225	90,122
Sudan	National Legislature	National Assembly (Majlis Watani)	Lower	6		426	68,653
		Council of States (Majlis Welayat)	Upper	6		50	617,880
Suriname	National Assembly (Nationale Assemblée)		Unicameral	5		51	10,470
Sweden	Parliament (Riksdagen)		Unicameral	4	proportional	349	27,286
Syria	People's Assembly (مجلس الشعب Majlis al-Sha'ab)		Unicameral	4		250	86,964
Switzerland	Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung, Assemblée fédérale, Assemblea federale, Assamblea federala)	National Council (Nationalrat, Conseil national, Consiglio nazionale, Cussegl naziunal)	Lower	4		200	40,000
		Council of States (Ständerat, Conseil des États, Consiglio degli Stati, Cussegl dals chantuns)	Upper	4		46	173,913
Tajikistan	Supreme Assembly (Маҷлиси Олии Majlisi Oli)	Assembly of Representatives (Маҷлиси намояндагон Majlisi namoyandagon)	Lower	5		63	123,809
		National Assembly (Маҷлиси миллии Majlisi Millii)	Upper	5		33	236,363
Tanzania	National Assembly (Bunge)		Unicameral	5		384	120,974
Thailand	National Assembly (รัฐสภา Ratthasapha)	House of Representatives (สภาผู้แทนราษฎร Sapha Phuthaen Ratsadon)	Lower	4	mixed-member proportional representation, 350 are first-past-the-post and 150 is party-list	500	140,997
		Senate (วุฒิสภา Wutthisapha)	Upper	5	elected by coup d'état government	250	-
Togo	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)		Unicameral	5		81	76,434
Tonga	Legislative Assembly (Fale Alea)		Unicameral			26	3,962
Trinidad and Tobago	Parliament	House of Representatives	Lower	5		41	32,139
		Senate	Upper			31	42,506
Tunisia	Assembly of the Representatives of the People (مجلس نواب الشعب Majless Noweb al Shaab)		Unicameral	5		217	49,188
Turkey	Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi)		Unicameral	5		600	135,862
Turkmenistan	Assembly (Mejlis)		Unicameral	5		125	41,360
Tuvalu	Parliament (Palamene)		Unicameral	4		15	666
Uganda	Parliament (Bunge)		Unicameral	5		426	87,839
Ukraine	Supreme Council (Верховна Рада Verkhovna Rada)		Unicameral	5		450	101,248
United Arab Emirates	Federal National Assembly (المجلس الوطني الإتحادي Majlis Watani Ittihad)		Unicameral	4		40	206,601
United Kingdom	Parliament	House of Commons	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting in single member constituencies.	650	95,787
		House of Lords	Upper	Life	Life peers appointed by the Sovereign on advice of Prime Minister[note 12]. 92 elected by and from hereditary peers using preferential voting. 26 Lords Spiritual are bishops of the Church of England.	773	81,388
United States	Congress	House of Representatives	Lower	2	Depends on the state, mainly First-past-the-post voting, in single-member constituencies.	435	722,636
		Senate	Upper	6	Depends on the state, mainly First-past-the-post voting. 1/3 of Senate goes up for election every two years. Each state has two Senators.	100	3,143,467
Uruguay	General Assembly (Asamblea General)	Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	5		99	33,195
		Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	5		30	109,543
Uzbekistan	Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis / Олий Мажлис)	Legislative Chamber (Qonunchilik palatasi / Қонунчилик палатаси)	Lower	5		150	194,156
		Senate (Senati / Сенати)	Upper	5		100	291,234
Vanuatu	Parliament (Parlement)		Unicameral	4		52	4319
Vatican City	Pontifical Commission (Pontificia Commissione / Pontificia Commissio)		Unicameral	5		7	114
Venezuela	National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)		Unicameral	5		167	175,430
Vietnam	National Assembly (Quốc hội)		Unicameral	5		498	176,385
Yemen	Parliament	House of Representatives (مجلس النواب Majlis al-Nuwaab)	Lower	6		301	81,485
		Shura Council (Majlis al-Shura)[7]	Upper	Life		111	220,963
Zambia	National Assembly		Unicameral	5		166	87,284
Zimbabwe	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5		210	61,971
		Senate	Upper	5		40	325,350

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
Adjara	Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara[note 2] (აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკის უმაღლესი საბჭო)		Unicameral	4		21	16,619
Åland Islands	Legislative Assembly[note 2] (Lagtinget)		Unicameral	4		30	945
Alderney		States (États)	Unicameral	4		10	240
American Samoa	Legislative Assembly[note 2] (Fono)	House of Representatives	Lower	2		21	2,643
		Senate	Upper	4		18	3,084
Anguilla	House of Assembly		Unicameral	5		11	1,222
Aosta Valley	Regional Council (Consiglio regionale/Conseil)		Unicameral	5		35	3,597
Aruba	Estates (Staten)		Unicameral	4		21	4,832
Azores	Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa)		Unicameral	4		57	4,311
Bangsamoro	Parliament		Unicameral	3	Parallel voting	80	53,414
Basque Country	Parliament		Unicameral	4	Closed party lists in three 25-seat constituencies, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method	75	29,194
Bermuda	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5		36	1,784
		Senate	Upper			11	5,839
British Virgin Islands	House of Assembly		Unicameral	4		15	1,969
Canary Islands	Parliament (Parlamento de Canarias)		Unicameral	4		60	35,000
Catalonia	Parliament (Parlament de Catalunya)		Unicameral	4		135	55,723
Cayman Islands	Legislative Assembly		Unicameral	4		18	3,080
Cook Islands	Parliament		Unicameral	4		24	875
Corsica	Corsican Assembly (Assemblea di Corsica / Assemblée de Corse)		Unicameral	6		63	5,238
Crimea	Supreme Council (Верховна Рада / Верховный Совет / Yuqarı Radası)		Unicameral			100	22,840
Curaçao	Estates (Staten)		Unicameral	4		21	7,571
Falkland Islands	Legislative Assembly		Unicameral	4		11	272
Faroe Islands	Law Assembly[note 2] (Løgtingið)		Unicameral	4		33	1,467
French Polynesia	Assembly (Assemblée de la Polynésie française)		Unicameral	5		57	4,859
Galicia	Parliament (Parlamento da Galiza/Galicia)		Unicameral	4		75	36,649
Gibraltar	Parliament		Unicameral	4		17	1,750
Greenland	Parliament (Inatsisartut)[note 13]		Unicameral	4		31	1,830
Guam	Legislature (Liheslaturan Guåhan)		Unicameral	4		15	10,623
Guernsey	States (États)		Unicameral	4		45	1,387
Hong Kong	Legislative Council (立法會)		Unicameral	4	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
Isle of Man	Tynwald (Tinvaal)	House of Keys (Kiare as Feed)	Lower	5	Plurality (2 members from each constituency)	24	3,520
		Legislative Council (Yn Choonceil Slattyssagh)	Upper	5	Most members indirectly elected by the House of Keys	11	7,681
Jersey	States (États)		Unicameral	4		39	2,509
Kurdistan Region	Parliament (پەرلەمانی)		Unicameral	5		111	53,109
Macau	Legislative Assembly (立法會, Assembleia Legislativa)		Unicameral	4	Proportional representation, functional constituencies and appointed by the Chief Executive	29	19,610
Madeira	Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa)		Unicameral	4		47	5,698
Montserrat	Legislative Assembly		Unicameral	5		9	546
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic	Supreme Assembly (Ali Məclisi)		Unicameral	5		45	10,063
New Caledonia	Congress (Congrès Territorial)		Unicameral	5		54	4,547
Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann)		Unicameral	5	Single transferable vote	90[8]	16,767
Northern Mariana Islands	Commonwealth Legislature	House of Representatives	Lower	2		20	2,694
		Senate	Upper	2		10	5,388
Niue	Assembly		Unicameral	3		20	69
Pitcairn Islands	Island Council		Unicameral	3		10	6
Puerto Rico	Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)	House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	4	First-past-the-post voting	51	93,145
		Senate (Senado)	Upper	4	Majority	27	465,427
Saint Barthélemy	Territorial Council		Unicameral	5		19	488
Saint Helena	Legislative Council		Unicameral	4		21	1,266
Saint Martin	Territorial Council (conseil territorial)		Unicameral			23	1,578
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Territorial Council		Unicameral	6		19	320
Sardinia	Regional Council (Consiglio regionale)		Unicameral	5		60	27,470
Sark	Chief Pleas		Unicameral			12	50
Scotland	Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, Scots Pairliament)		Unicameral	5	Additional member system	129	40,734
Sicily	Regional Assembly (Assemblea Regionale)		Unicameral	5		70	71,675
Sint Maarten	Estates (Staten)		Unicameral	4		15	2,495
South Tyrol	Landtag		Unicameral	5		35	14,621
Tokelau	Parliament		Unicameral	3		20	70
Trentino	Council (Consiglio)		Unicameral	5		35	15,405
Turks and Caicos Islands	House of Assembly		Unicameral	4		21	1,498
U.S. Virgin Islands	Legislature		Unicameral	2		15	7,093
Vojvodina	Assembly (Скупштина / Skupština / Képviselőháza / Adunarea / Zhromaždenie)		Unicameral	4	Proportional representation in a single constituency with a 5% threshold and seats being allocated using d'Hondt method	120	16,098
Wales	Welsh Parliament (Senedd Cymru)		Unicameral	5	Additional member system	60	51,066
Wallis and Futuna	Territorial Assembly (Assemblée Territoriale)		Unicameral	5		20	650

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
Abkhazia	People's Assembly (Жәлар Реизара, Zhelar Reizara)		Unicameral	5		35	6,877
Republic of Artsakh	National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov)		Unicameral	5		33	4,284
Donetsk People's Republic	People's Council		Unicameral	4	Proportional representation	100
Lugansk People's Republic	People's Council		Unicameral	4	Proportional representation	50
Taiwan	Legislative Yuan (立法院 Lìfǎ Yùan)		Unicameral	4	First-past-the-post voting, Closed party-list proportional representation and indigenous seats with single non-transferable vote	113	208,754
Kosovo	Assembly of Kosovo (Albanian: Kuvendi i Kosovës, Serbian Cyrillic: Скупштина Косова)		Unicameral	4		120	15,493
Northern Cyprus	Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi)		Unicameral	5		50	5,898
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Sahrawi National Council (المجلس الوطني الصحراوي Al-Majlis al-Watani al-Sahrawi)		Unicameral	2		53
Somaliland	Parliament (Baarlamaanka)	House of Representatives (Golaha Wakiilada)	Lower	5		82	42,682
		House of Elders (Golaha Guurtida)	Upper			82	42,682
South Ossetia	Parliament		Unicameral	5		34	2,117
Central Tibetan Administration (in exile)	Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration (གྲོས་ཚོགས་ཐོག་གསུང་བཤད།)		Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post voting	43	73,953[note 14]
Transnistria	Supreme Council[9] (Верховный Совет, Verhkovny Sovet)		Unicameral	5		43	12,062

See also

• Elections by country (legislatures elections)
• List of national governments
• List of current heads of state and government
• List of supreme courts by country
• List of United States state legislatures
• Legislative assemblies of Canadian provinces and territories
• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• National parliaments of the European Union
• List of legislatures by number of members
• List of legislative buildings

Notes

1. The head of state is a constituent part of the parliament too.
2. The native name is also used in English.
3. The PRC has also a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议 Zhōngguó Rénmín Zhèngzhì Xiéshāng Huìyì), which is a political advisory body but not a legislature.
4. Native name not available
5. Also: National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
6. Literally, "People's Hall"
7. Literally, "Nation's Hall"
8. In English State Great Khural is used too.
9. Name used only on those rare occasions when both houses sit together
10. The Consultative Assembly has only consultative task.
11. The Consultative Assembly has only formal advisory role.
12. Actual amount of life peers varies
13. Also: Landsting
14. Figures for Tibet Autonomous Region in the PRC

References

1. Article 9 A Treaty of Lisbon : « 1. The European Parliament shall, jointly with the Council, exercise legislative and budgetary functions. It shall exercise functions of political control and consultation as laid down in the Treaties. It shall elect the President of the Commission. »
2. Article 9 C Treaty of Lisbon : « 1. The Council shall, jointly with the European Parliament, exercise legislative and budgetary functions. It shall carry out policy-making and coordinating functions as laid down in the Treaties. »
3. "IPU PARLINE database on national parliaments: Search". www.ipu.org.
4. http://www.senate.gov.kh/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=88&lang=km
5. "Majles Addawla (State Council)". Inter-Parliamentary Union. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
6. Lakota, Igor (2006). Sistem nepopolne dvodomnosti v slovenskem parlamentu (diplomska naloga) [The system of incomplete bicameralism in the Slovenian Parliament (diploma thesis)] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. p. 62. Retrieved 16 December 2010. Opinions differ, however the majority of domestic experts agree that the National Council may be regarded as the upper house, but the bicameralism is distinctively incomplete.
7. "YEMEN. Majlis Alshoora (Consultative Council)". Inter-Parliamentary Union. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
8. Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
9. "Официальный сайт Верховного Совета Приднестровской Молдавской Республики". www.vspmr.org.