List of legislatures by country
Legislatures of sovereign states (Member and observer states of the United Nations)

List of legislatures by country

Section Title: Legislatures of sovereign states (Member and observer states of the United Nations)
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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	House of the People (ولسي جرګه Wolesi Jirga)	Lower	5	Single non-transferable vote	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	People's National Assembly (al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani)	Lower	6	Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province	462	80,303

Council of the Nation (Majlis al-Umma)	Upper	5	Elected by popular wilaya assemblies and communal people's assemblies, and appointed by the President	144	257,638

Andorra	General Council (Consell General de les Valls)	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	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	House of Representatives	Lower	3	Instant-runoff voting	150	154,200

Senate	Upper	6	Single transferable vote by state/territory	76	304,342

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

The Bahamas 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	Council of Representatives (Majlis an-nuwab)	Lower	4	Two-round system	40	30,864

Consultative Council (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)	House of Representatives (Палата прадстаўнікоў Palata pradstaŭnikoŭ)	Lower	4	Two-round system	110	85,997

Council of the Republic (Савет Рэспублікі Saviet Respubliki)	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	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 (Republika Srpska) for the Republic of Srpska, and Bosniaks and Croats elected by the House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	15	255,982

Botswana	Parliament of Botswana	National Assembly	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	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	Appointed by the monarch, elected by the National Assembly and commune councils	61	219,490

Cameroon	Parliament	National Assembly	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	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)	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)	Unicameral	5	Elected by municipal, regional and provincial congresses, and People's Liberation Army	2,987	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 la Union)	Unicameral	5	Two-round system, and elected by the local assemblies	33	24,181

Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Parliament	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

Republic of the Congo 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 (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	Parliament (Folketing)	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)	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, 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	32	293,088

East Timor	National Parliament (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	137	116,802

Egypt	Parliament	House of Representatives (مجلس النواب Majilis Al-Nuwab)	Unicameral	5	Parallel voting: First-past-the-post, 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 of Equatorial Guinea	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de los Diputados)	Lower	5	Closed list proportional representation in constituencies with a 10% threshold	100	16,220

Senate	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 (Riigikogu)	Unicameral	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 5% threshold	101	12,814

Ethiopia	Parliament	House of Peoples' Representatives (Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	547	135,134

House of Federation (Yefedereshn Mekir Bet)	Upper	5	Elected by State Councils	112	659,986

Federated States of Micronesia	Congress	Unicameral	4	First-past-the-post	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)	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, 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, 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 (Bundestag)	N/A (unofficially Lower house)	4	Closed list mixed-member proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by state with a 5% threshold, and first-past-the-post	709	128,500

Federal Council (Bundesrat)	N/A (unofficially Upper house)	dependant on individual state elections	Delegated from state governments	69	1,185,501

Ghana	Parliament	Unicameral	4	First-past-the-post	228	106,286

Greece	Hellenic Parliament (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	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)	Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Députés)	Lower	4	proportional	119	98,181

Senate (Sénat)	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 (Alþingi)	Unicameral	4	proportional mixed	63	5,080

India	Parliament (संसद Sansad)	House of the People (लोक सभा Lok Sabha)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post (543 members are elected by popular election, 2 members are nominated by the President)	545	2,192,379

Council of States (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	560	423,972

Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah)	Upper	5	Single non-transferable vote	132	1,798,669

Iran	Islamic Consultative Assembly (مجلس شورای اسلامی Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī)	Unicameral	4	popular vote	290	259,136

Iraq	Council of Representatives of Iraq (مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis Al-Niwab Al-Iraqi)	Unicameral	4	proportional open list	329	95,782

Republic of Ireland Ireland	Parliament (Oireachtas)	President of Ireland	President-in-Parliament	7	Single Transferable Vote	N/A	N/A

House of Representatives of Ireland (Dáil Éireann)	Lower	5	Proportional Representation Single Transferable Vote	158	27,640

Senate of Ireland (Seanad Éireann)	Upper	5	appointed by the prime minister and elected by universities	60	76,470

Israel	Assembly (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 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 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 majority	475	266,783

House of Councillors (参議院 Sangiin)	Upper	6	proportional	242	529,157

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 (Parlament)	Assembly (Mazhilis)	Lower	5	107	207,854

Senate	Upper	6	appointed by the President and elected by local assemblies	47	340,527

Kenya	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower	5	parallel	349	126,182

Senate	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

North Korea 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

South Korea 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 (Joghorku Keneš)	Unicameral	5	popular vote	120	44,690

Laos	National Assembly (Sapha Heng Xat)	Unicameral	5	one-party state closed list	115	48,148

Latvia	Parliament (Saeima)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	100	20,703

Lebanon	Parliament (Parlement)	Chamber of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab)	Unicameral	4	proportional/party list	128	33,000

Lesotho	Parliament	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	200	28,353

Liechtenstein	Diet (Landtag)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	25	1,451

Lithuania	Parliament (Seimas)	Unicameral	4	proportional	141	21,658

Luxembourg	Chamber of Deputies (D'Chamber)	Unicameral	5	popular vote	60	8,484

Madagascar	Parliament	National Assembly (Antenimieram-Pirenena)	Lower	5	160	137,078

Senate (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 (Dewan Rakyat)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting	222	127,631

Senate (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	Assembly (Majlis)	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 of Malta	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 (Nitijela)	Unicameral	4	Single and multi-member constituencies	33	2,060

Mauritania	Parliament (Barlamene)	National Assembly (Al Jamiya al-Wataniyah)	Lower	5	Runoff election	146	37,888

Mauritius	National Assembly	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	24	1,473

Mongolia	State Great Assembly (Улсын Их Хурал Ulsyn Ich-Chural)	Unicameral	4	76	36,245

Montenegro	Assembly (Skupština / Скупштина)	Unicameral	4	81	7,719

Morocco	Parliament	House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwab)	Lower	5	395	100,444

House of Councillors (Majlis al-Mustasharin)	Upper	9	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 (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw)	House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw)	Lower	5	popular vote and appointed by the military	440	137,000

House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw)	Upper	5	popular vote and appointed by the military	224	269,107

Namibia	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower	5	104	26,923

National Council	Upper	6	26	80,769

Nauru	Parliament	Unicameral	3	18	521

Nepal	Federal Parliament (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	House of Representatives	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	123	16,736

Norway	Great Assembly (Storting)	Unicameral	4	proportional mixed	169	29,785

Oman	Council of Oman	Consultative Assembly (Majlis al-Shura)	Lower	4	84	33,017

Assembly of State (Majlis al-Dawla)	Upper	4	83	33415

Pakistan	Parliament of Pakistan (پارلیمنٹ)	National Assembly (ایوان زیریں پاکستان)	Lower	5	342	537,023

Senate (ایوانِ بالا)	Upper	6	104	1,735,000

Palau	National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau)	House of Delegates	Lower	4	majority	16	1,309

Senate	Upper	4	majority	9	2,328

State of Palestine State of Palestine	Legislative Council (Palestinian National Authority)	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)	Unicameral	5	130	217,082

Philippines	Congress (Kongreso)	House of Representatives (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan / Mababang Kapulungan / Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	3	closed list and First-past-the-post voting	292	355,393

Senate (Senado / Mataas na Kapulungan)	Upper	6	bloc voting	24	4,323,958

Poland	Parliament of Poland National Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe)	Sejm (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 (Majlis ash-Shura)	Unicameral	35	52,958

Romania	Parliament (Parlamentul)	Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaţilor)	Lower	4	329	58,416

Senate (Senat)	Upper	4	137	139,005

Russia	Federal Assembly (Федеральное Собрание Federalnoye Sobraniye)	State Duma (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	dependant 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)	Chamber of Deputies (Umutwe w'Abadepite)	Lower	5	80	146,121

Senate (Umutwe wa Sena)	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 (Fono)	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	Council of Ministers (مجلس الوزراء Majlis al-Wuzarā’ )	non-parliamentary	4	Appointed by the King	30	1,100,000

Consultative Assembly (مجلس الشورى Majlis Ash-Shura)	non-parliamentary	4	Appointed by the King	150	220,000

Senegal	Parliament	National Assembly	Unicameral	5	150	85,701

Serbia	National Assembly (Народна скупштина / Narodna Skupština)	Unicameral	4	250	28,482

Seychelles	National Assembly	Unicameral	5	31	2,709

Sierra Leone	Parliament	Unicameral	5	124	40,136

Singapore	Parliament	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)	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	House of the People	Lower	4	Appointed by president	275	36,675

Senate	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 (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 (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව/Tamil: 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

Swaziland	Parliament (Liblanda)	House of Assembly	Lower	5	majority	55	22,181

Senate	Upper	appointed by the King	30	40,666

Sweden	The Riksdag	Unicameral	4	proportional	349	27,286

Syria	People's Assembly (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 (Majlisi Oli)	Assembly of Representatives (Majlisi Mamoyandogan)	Lower	5	63	123,809

National Assembly (Majlisi Milliy)	Upper	5	33	236,363

Tanzania	National Assembly (Bunge)	Unicameral	5	384	120,974

Thailand	National Assembly	House of Representatives	Lower	4	500	140,997

Senate	Upper	6	150	469,981

Togo	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5	81	76,434

Tonga	Legislative Assembly	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	134,684

Turkmenistan	Assembly (Mejlis)	Unicameral	5	125	41,360

Tuvalu	Parliament (Palamene)	Unicameral	4	15	666

Uganda	Parliament	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	40	206,601

United Kingdom	Parliament	House of Commons	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting. Sinn Féin members abstained.	650	95,787

House of Lords	Upper	Life	Life peers appointed by the Sovereign on advice of Prime Minister. 92 elected by and from hereditary peers using preferential voting.	808	81,388

United States	Congress	House of Representatives	Lower	2	First-past-the-post voting	435	722,636

Senate	Upper	6	First-past-the-post voting	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)	Legislative Chamber	Lower	5	150	194,156

Senate	Upper	5	100	291,234

Vanuatu	Parliament (Parlement)	Unicameral	4	52	4319

Vatican City	Pontifical Commission (Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano)	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	House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwaab)	Unicameral	6	301	81,485

Zambia	National Assembly	Unicameral	5	166	87,284

Zimbabwe	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5	210	61,971

Senate	Upper	5	40	325,350

Sentence(s)

Folketing is the unicameral parliament (legislature) of Denmark.

final_sentence: Folketing is the unicameral parliament (legislature) of Denmark.