elections: House of Representatives - last held 27 August 1998
(next to be held by NA August 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - PUP 59.2%, UDP 40.8%;
seats by party - PUP 26, UDP 3
Benin:
unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (83
seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year
terms)
elections: last held 30 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
RB 27, PRD 11, FARD-ALAFIA 10, PSD 9, MADEP 6, E'toile 4, Alliance
IPD 4, Car-DUNYA 3, MERCI 2, other 7
Bermuda:
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (an 11-member
body appointed by the governor) and the House of Assembly (40 seats;
members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 9 November 1998 (next to be held NA November
2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - PLP 54%, UBP 44%, NLP
1%, independents 1%; seats by party - PLP 26, UBP 14
Bhutan:
unicameral National Assembly or Tshogdu (150 seats; 105
elected from village constituencies, 10 represent religious bodies,
and 35 are designated by the monarch to represent government and
other secular interests; members serve three-year terms)
elections: last held NA (next to be held NA)