Brunei
The Sultan appointed a Legislative Council with 29 members as
of 2 September 2005; the council has met in March of each year since
then
elections: last held in March 1962 (date of next election NA)
note: The Legislative Council met on 25 September 2004 for first
time in 20 years with 21 members appointed by the Sultan; it passed
constitutional amendments calling for a 45-seat council with 15
elected members; no timeframe for an election has been announced
Bulgaria
unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sabranie (240
seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 5 July 2009 (next to be held in mid-2013)
election results: percent of vote by party - GERB 39.7%, BSP 17.7%,
MRF 14.4%, ATAKA 9.4%, Blue Coalition 6.8%, RZS 4.1%, other 7.9%;
seats by party - GERB 117, BSP 40, MRF 37, ATAKA 21, Blue Coalition
15, RZS 8, independents 2
Burkina Faso
unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale
(111 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year
terms)
elections: National Assembly election last held on 6 May 2007 (next
to be held in May 2012)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
CDP 73, ADF-RDA 14, UPR 5, UNIR-MS 4, CFD-B 3, UPS 2, PDP-PS 2, RDB
2, PDS 2, PAREN 1, PAI 1, RPC 1, UDPS 1
Burma
bicameral, consists of the House of Nationalities [Amyotha
Hluttaw] (224 seats, 168 directly elected and 56 appointed by the
military; members serve five-year terms) and the House of
Representatives [Pythu Hluttaw] (440 seats, 330 directly elected and
110 appointed by the military; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 7 November 2010 (next to be held in December
2015)
election results: House of Nationalities - percent of vote by party
- USDP 74.8%, others (NUP, SNDP, RNDP, NDF, AMRDP) 25.2%; seats by
party - USDP 129, others 39; House of Representatives - percent of
vote by party - USDP 79.6%, others (NUP, SNDP, RNDP, NDF, AMRDP)
20.4%; seats by party - USDP 259, others 66
Burundi
bicameral Parliament or Parlement, consists of a Senate (54
seats; 34 members elected by indirect vote to serve five-year terms,
with remaining seats assigned to ethnic groups and former chiefs of
state) and a National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (minimum 100
seats, 60% Hutu and 40% Tutsi with at least 30% being women;
additional seats appointed by a National Independent Electoral
Commission to ensure ethnic representation; members are elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held on 23 July 2010 (next to be held in
2015); National Assembly - last held on 23 July 2010 (next to be
held in 2015)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - TBD; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CNDD
81.2%, UPRONA 11.6%, FRODEBU 5.9%, others 1.3%; seats by party -
CNDD 81, UPRONA 17, FRODEBU 5, other 3
Cambodia
bicameral, consists of the Senate (61 seats; 2 members
appointed by the monarch, 2 elected by the National Assembly, and 57
elected by parliamentarians and commune councils; members serve
five-year terms) and the National Assembly (123 seats; members
elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held on 22 January 2006 (next to be held in
January 2012); National Assembly - last held on 27 July 2008 (next
to be held in July 2013)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - CPP 69%,
FUNCINPEC 21%, SRP 10%; seats by party - CPP 45, FUNCINPEC 10, SRP
2; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CPP 58%, SRP 22%,
HRP 7%; NRP 6%; FUNCINPEC 5%; others 2%; seats by party - CPP 90,
SRP 26, HRP 3, FUNCINPEC 2, NRP 2
Cameroon
unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (180
seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year
terms); note - the president can either lengthen or shorten the term
of the legislature
elections: last held on 22 July 2007 (next to be held in 2012)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
CPDM 140, SDF 14, UDC 4, UNDP 4, MP 1, vacant 17
note: the constitution calls for an upper chamber for the
legislature, to be called a Senate, but it has yet to be established
Canada
bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of the Senate or
Senat (105 seats; members appointed by the governor general on the
advice of the prime minister and serve until 75 years of age) and
the House of Commons or Chambre des Communes (308 seats; members
elected by direct, popular vote to serve a maximum of five-year
terms)
elections: House of Commons - last held on 14 October 2008 (next to
be held no later than 15 October 2012)
election results: House of Commons - percent of vote by party -
Conservative Party 37.6%, Liberal Party 26.2%, New Democratic Party
18.2%, Bloc Quebecois 10%, Greens 6.8%, other 1%; seats by party -
Conservative Party 145, Liberal Party 77, New Democratic Party 37,
Bloc Quebecois 48, other 1
Cape Verde
unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (72
seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 22 January 2006 (next to be held on 6
February 2011)
election results: percent of vote by party - PAICV 52.3%, MPD 44%,
UCID 2.7%; seats by party - PAICV 41, MPD 29, UCID 2
Cayman Islands
unicameral Legislative Assembly (20 seats; 18 members
elected by popular vote and 2 ex officio members from The Cabinet;
to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 20 May 2009 (next to be held not later than
May 2013)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
UDP 9, PPM 5, independent 1