elections: last held 4 November 2000 (next to be held NA November 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NAP and allies 108, APF 6, CSP 3, PNIA 2, Musavat Party 2, CPA 2,
APF "traditionalist" 1, Compatriot Party 1
Bahamas, The:
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (16-member
body appointed by the governor general upon the advice of the prime
minister and the opposition leader for five-year terms) and the
House of Assembly (40 seats; members elected by direct popular vote
to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 14 March 1997 (next to be held by March 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
FNM 35, PLP 5
Bahrain:
unicameral National Assembly was dissolved 26 August 1975
and legislative powers were assumed by the Cabinet; appointed
Advisory Council established 16 December 1992; the National Action
Charter created a bicameral legislature on 23 December 2000;
approved by referendum of 14 February 2001
Bangladesh:
unicameral National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad (330
seats; 300 elected by popular vote from single territorial
constituencies, 30 seats reserved for women; members serve five-year
terms)
elections: last held 12 June 1996 (next to be held before 13
October 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party - AL 33.87%, BNP 30.87%; seats by party - AL 178, BNP 113, JP 33, JI 3, other 3; note - the elections of 12 June 1996 brought to power an Awami League government for the first time in twenty-one years; held under a neutral, caretaker administration, the elections were characterized by a peaceful, orderly process and massive voter turnout, ending a bitter two-year impasse between the former BNP and opposition parties that had paralyzed National Parliament and led to widespread street violence
Barbados:
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (21-member
body appointed by the governor general) and the House of Assembly
(28 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve
five-year terms)