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List of legislatures by country
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Andean Community
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Andean Parliament | Unicameral | Direct, indirect (varies by country) proportional | 25 | ~ | ~ | |
 African Union
|
Pan-African Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | Indirect (appointed by 47 of 53 national legislatures) | 265 | 3,974,098 | 14,180 |
 Arab League
|
Arab Parliament | Unicameral | 68 | ~ | ~ | ||
 Benelux
|
Benelux Parliament | Unicameral | Indirect | 49 | ~ | ~ | |
 Central American Integration System
|
Central American Parliament | Unicameral | Varies by country |
Direct, proportional | 126 | 426,274 | 2,651 |
 Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
|
Latin American Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | Direct | 276 | ~ | ~ |
 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][note 1] (informally known as the Council of Ministers) | Upper | N/A | Indirect (members of national governments) | 27 | ~ | ~ | |
 Mercosur
|
Mercosur Parliament | Unicameral | 5 | Direct, indirect (varies by country) proportional | 184 | 1,588,889 | 16,228 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
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Leadership Council of Afghanistan (رهبری شُورَىٰ, Rahbarī Shūrā)[3] | Unicameral | No fixed term | Appointment by the supreme leader | Aprx. 30[4] | 1,340,608[a] | |
 Albania
|
Parliament of Albania (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë) | Unicameral | 4 | Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by county with a 3% threshold | 140 | 20,226 | |
 Algeria
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Parliament of Algeria (البرلمان الجزائري, Barlaman al-Jazā'ir / Agraw Azzayri / Parlement algérien) | People's National Assembly (المجلس الشعبي الوطني, al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani / Asqamu Aɣerfan Aɣelnaw / Assemblée populaire nationale, APN) | Lower | 5 | Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province | 407 | 80,303 |
| Council of the Nation (مجلس الأمة, Majlis al-Ummah / 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 of Andorra (Consell General d'Andorra) | 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 of Antigua and Barbuda[note 2] | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 17 | 4,305 |
| Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the governor-general, representing the monarch, 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 |
| Honorable Senate of the Nation (Honorable Senado de la Nación Argentina) | Upper | 6 | Partial block voting by province | 72 | 557,181 | ||
 Armenia
|
National Assembly of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, Hayastani Hanrapetyut'yan Azgayin zhoghov / Abbreviated: Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ, Azgayin Zhoghov, AZh) Informal: Parliament of Armenia (խորհրդարան, Khorhrdaran) |
Unicameral | 5 | Closed-list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency and open-list proportional in district constituencies, with a 5% or top-3 national threshold (or 7% for alliances)[b][5] | 105 | 24,902 | |
 Australia
|
Parliament of Australia[note 2] | 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 (Österreichisches Parlament) | 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
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National Assembly (Milli Məclis) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post | 125 | 73,320 | |
 Bahamas, The
|
Parliament of the Bahamas[note 2] | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 39 | 9,326 |
| Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the governor-general, representing the monarch, on the advice of the prime minister and leader of the Opposition | 16 | 22,103 | ||
 Bahrain
|
National Assembly (المجلس الوطني البحريني, Al-majlis al-wataniu al-bahrayniu) | 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
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National Parliament (জাতীয় সংসদ, Jatiya Sangsad) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post | 350 | 466,909 | |
 Barbados
|
Parliament of Barbados[note 2] | House of Assembly | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 30 | 9,486 |
| Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the President on the advice of the prime minister and leader of the Opposition | 21 | 13,551 | ||
 Belarus
|
National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus (Нацыянальны сход Рэспублікі Беларусь, Nacyjanalny schod Respubliki Bielaruś / Национальное собрание Республики Беларусь, Natsionalnoye sobran'ye Respubliki Belarus) | House of Representatives (Палата прадстаўнікоў, Palata pradstaŭnikoŭ / Палата представителей, Palata predstavitelej) | 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
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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
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National Assembly | House of Representatives | Lower | 5 | First-past-the-post | 31 | 10,748 |
| Senate | Upper | 5 | Appointed by the governor-general representing the monarch, 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 3] (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་ཁང་, Gyelyong Tshokhang | 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 | National Assembly (Palamente ya Botswana) | Unicameral | 5 | First-past-the-post, and appointed by the President | 65 | 32,211
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