Bicameralism
Current

Bicameralism

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Country	Bicameral body	Notes

Upper house	Lower house

Afghanistan	National Assembly

Meshrano Jirga (House of Elders)	Wolesi Jirga (House of the People)

Algeria	Parliament

Council of the Nation	People's National Assembly

Antigua and Barbuda	Parliament

Senate	House of Representatives

Argentina	National Congress	Of the twenty-three provincial legislatures, eight are bicameral, while the remaining fifteen and the legislature of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires are unicameral.

Senate	Chamber of Deputies

Australia	Parliament	All of the state parliaments except Queensland's are also bicameral. The Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are also unicameral.

Senate	House of Representatives

Austria	Parliament	All of the Bundesländer have unicameral parliaments.

Bundesrat (Federal Council)	Nationalrat (National Council)

Bahamas	Parliament

Senate	House of Assembly

Bahrain	National Assembly

Consultative Council	Council of Representatives

Barbados	Parliament

Senate	House of Assembly

Belarus	National Assembly

Council	House of Representatives

Belgium	Federal Parliament	All of the community and regional parliaments are unicameral.

Senate	Chamber of Representatives

Belize	National Assembly

Senate	House of Representatives

Bhutan	Parliament

National Council	National Assembly

Bolivia	Plurinational Legislative Assembly

Senate	Chamber of Deputies

Brazil	National Congress	All of the 26 state legislatures and the Federal District legislature are unicameral.

Senate	Chamber of Deputies

Burundi	Parliament

Senate	National Assembly

Cambodia	Parliament

Senate	National Assembly

Canada	Parliament	All of the provincial legislatures are unicameral.

Senate	House of Commons

Cameroon	Parliament

Senate	National Assembly

Central African Republic	Parliament

Senate	National Assembly

Chile	National Congress

Senate	Chamber of Deputies

Colombia	Congress

Senate	Chamber of Representatives

Czech Republic	Parliament

Senate	Chamber of Deputies

DR Congo	Parliament

Senate	National Assembly

Congo	Parliament

Senate	National Assembly

Equatorial Guinea	Parliament

Senate	National Assembly

Ethiopia	Federal Parliamentary Assembly	Regional Councils are unicameral. Assemblypersons of the Regional Councils are elected directly.

House of Federation	House of Peoples' Representatives

France	Parliament in the Fifth French Republic	All Regional Councils are unicameral. The regional councillors are elected directly.

Senate	National Assembly

Gabon	Parliament

Senate	National Assembly

Germany	N/A	In Germany, the chambers form two distinct constitutional bodies not framed by a comprehensive institution. All of the federal states (Länder) today have unicameral parliaments.

Bundesrat (Federal Council)	Bundestag (Federal Diet)

Grenada	Parliament

Senate	House of Representatives

Haiti	Parliament

Senate	Chamber of Deputies

India	Parliament	seven of the twenty-nine states also have bicameral legislatures, consisting the upper house State Legsilative Council (Vidhan Parishad) and lower house State Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) respectively.

Rajya Sabha (Council of States)	Lok Sabha (House of the People)

Indonesia	People's Consultative Assembly	All of the provinces have unicameral parliaments.

Regional Representative Council	People's Representative Council

Ireland	Oireachtas	A 2013 proposal to abolish the Seanad was defeated at referendum

Seanad Éireann (Senate of Ireland)	Dáil Éireann (Assembly of Ireland)

Italy	Parliament

Senate of the Republic	Chamber of Deputies

Ivory Coast	Parliament

Senate	National Assembly

Jamaica	Parliament

Senate	House of Representatives

Japan	National Diet

House of Councillors	House of Representatives

Jordan	Parliament

Senate	House of Representatives

Kazakhstan	Parliament

Senate	Majilis (Assembly of People)

Kenya	Parliament

Senate	National Assembly

Lesotho	Parliament

Senate	National Assembly

Liberia	Legislature

Senate	House of Representatives

Madagascar	Parliament

Senate	National Assembly

Malaysia	Parliament	All the 13 State Legislative Assemblies are unicameral.

Dewan Negara (Senate)	Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

Mexico	Congress	All the 31 State Congresses and the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District are unicameral.

Senate	Chamber of Deputies

Myanmar	Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Assembly of the Union)	All the 14 State and Region Hluttaw (Assemblies) are unicameral.

Amyotha Hluttaw (House of Nationalities)	Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives)

Nepal	Parliament	All of the provincial assemblies are unicameral.

Rastriya Sabha (National Assembly)	Pratinidhi Sabha (House of Representatives)

Netherlands	States General

Eerste Kamer	Tweede Kamer

Nigeria	National Assembly

Senate	House of Representatives

Oman	Parliament

Majlis al-Dawla (Council of State)	Majlis al-Shura (Consultative Assembly)

Pakistan	Parliament	All of the provincial assemblies are unicameral.

Senate	National Assembly

Palau	National Congress

Senate	House of Delegates

Philippines	Congress	All local legislatures are unicameral.

Senate	House of Representatives

Poland	National Assembly

Senate	Sejm (Diet)

Romania	Parliament

Senate	Chamber of Deputies

Russian Federation	Federal Assembly	All the regional legislatures are now unicameral while bicameralism in regions is technically allowed by the Federation.

Federation Council	State Duma

Saint Lucia	Parliament

Senate	House of Assembly

Somalia	Parliament

Senate	House of The People

South Africa	Parliament	All of the provincial legislatures are unicameral.

National Council of Provinces	National Assembly

Spain	Cortes Generales	Moreover, each Spanish autonomous region has its own unicameral regional parliament, with wide-ranging legislative powers on their own.

Senate	Congress of Deputies

Switzerland	Federal Assembly	All of the cantons have unicameral parliaments.

Council of States	National Council

Trinidad and Tobago	Parliament

Senate	House of Representatives

United Kingdom	Parliament	Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have devolved unicameral legislatures with limited devolved powers.

House of Lords	House of Commons

United States	Congress	All of the state legislatures, except Nebraska, are also bicameral. The Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico is bicameral.

Senate	House of Representatives

Uruguay	General Assembly

Senate	Chamber of Representatives

Uzbekistan	Supreme Assembly

Senate	Legislative Chamber

Zimbabwe	Parliament

Senate	House of Assembly

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