Gambia, The
unicameral National Assembly (53 seats; 48 members
elected by popular vote, 5 appointed by the president; to serve
five-year terms)
elections: last held 25 January 2007 (next to be held in 2012)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
APRC 47, UDP 4, NADD 1, independent 1
Georgia
unicameral Parliament or Parlamenti (also known as Supreme
Council or Umaghlesi Sabcho) (235 seats; 150 members elected by
proportional representation, 75 from single-seat constituencies, and
10 represent displaced persons from Abkhazia; to serve five-year
terms)
elections: last held 21 May 2008 (next to be held in spring 2012)
election results: percent of vote by party - National
Movement-Democratic Front 59.2%, National Council-New Rights 17.7%,
other parties 23.1%; seats by party - National Movement-Democratic
Front 120, National Council-New Rights 16
Germany
bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Federal
Assembly or Bundestag (614 seats; elected by popular vote under a
system combining direct and proportional representation; a party
must win 5% of the national vote or three direct mandates to gain
proportional representation and caucus recognition; to serve
four-year terms) and the Federal Council or Bundesrat (69 votes;
state governments are directly represented by votes; each has three
to six votes depending on population and are required to vote as a
block)
elections: Bundestag - last held on 18 September 2005 (next to be
held no later than autumn 2009); note - there are no elections for
the Bundesrat; composition is determined by the composition of the
state-level governments; the composition of the Bundesrat has the
potential to change any time one of the 16 states holds an election
election results: Bundestag - percent of vote by party - CDU/CSU
35.2%, SPD 34.3%, FDP 9.8%, Left 8.7%, Greens 8.1%, other 3.9%;
seats by party - CDU/CSU 225, SPD 222, FDP 61, Left 53, Greens 51,
independents 2
Ghana
unicameral Parliament (230 seats; members are elected by
direct, popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 7 December 2004 (next to be held 7 December
2008)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
NPP 128, NDC 94, PNC 4, CPP 3, independent 1
Gibraltar
unicameral Parliament (18 seats: 17 members elected by
popular vote, 1 for the Speaker appointed by Parliament; to serve
four-year terms)
elections: last held 11 October 2007 (next to be held not later than
October 2011)
election results: percent of vote by party - GSD 49.3%, GSLP 31.8%,
Gibraltar Liberal Party 13.6%; seats by party - GSD 10, GSLP 4,
Gibraltar Liberal Party 3
Greece
unicameral Parliament or Vouli ton Ellinon (300 seats;
members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: elections last held 16 September 2007 (next to be held by
2011)
election results: percent of vote by party - ND 41.8%, PASOK 38.1%,
KKE 8.2%, Synaspismos 5%, LAOS 3.8%, other 3.1%; seats by party - ND
152, PASOK 102, KKE 22, Synaspismos 14, LAOS 10
Greenland
unicameral Parliament or Landstinget (31 seats; members
are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional
representation to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 15 November 2005 (next to be held by
December 2009)
election results: percent of vote by party - Siumut 30.7%,
Demokratiit 22.8%, IA 22.6%, Atassut Party 19.1%; Katusseqatigiit
4.1%, other 0.7%; seats by party - Siumut 10, Demokratiit 7, IA 7,
Atassut 6, Katusseqatigiit 1
note: two representatives were elected to the Danish Parliament or
Folketing on 13 November 2007 (next to be held in November 2011);
percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Siumut 1, Inuit
Ataqatigiit 1
Grenada
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (13 seats, 10
appointed by the government and 3 by the leader of the opposition)
and the House of Representatives (15 seats; members are elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 8 July 2008 (next to be held in 2013)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by
party - NA; seats by party - NDC 11, NNP 4
Guam
unicameral Legislature (15 seats; members are elected by
popular vote to serve two-year terms)
elections: last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held in November
2008)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
Republican Party 8, Democratic Party 7
note: Guam elects one nonvoting delegate to the US House of
Representatives; election last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held
in November 2008); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
party - Democratic Party 1
Guatemala
unicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de la
Republica (158 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
four-year terms)
elections: last held 9 September 2007 (next to be held in September
2011)
election results: percent of vote by party - UNE 30.4%, GANA 23.4%,
PP 18.9%, FRG 9.5%, PU 5.1%, other 12.7%; seats by party - UNE 48,
GANA 37, PP 30, FRG 15, PU 8, CASA 5, EG 4, PAN 4, UCN 4, URNG 2, UD
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