Malta:
unicameral House of Representatives (usually 65 seats; note -
additional seats are given to the party with the largest popular
vote to ensure a legislative majority; members are elected by
popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve
five-year terms)
elections: last held 5 September 1998 (next to be held by September
2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - PN 51.8%, MLP 46.9%,
AD 1.2%; seats by party - PN 35, MLP 30
Man, Isle of:
bicameral Tynwald consists of the Legislative Council
(a 11-member body composed of the President of Tynwald, the Lord
Bishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and 8 others
named by the House of Keys) and the House of Keys (24 seats; members
are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: House of Keys - last held 21 November 1996 (next to be
held NA November 2001)
election results: House of Keys - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - independents 24
Marshall Islands: unicameral Parliament or Nitijela (33 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 15 November 1999 (next to be held NA November 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NA
note: the Council of Chiefs is a 12-member body that advises on
matters affecting customary law and practice