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Afghanistan last held 18 September 2005 (next to be held for the Wolesi Jirga by September 2009; next to be held for the provincial councils to the Meshrano Jirga by September 2008)
Albania last held 3 July 2005 (next to be held in 2009)
Algeria National People's Assembly - last held 17 May 2007 (next to be held in 2012); Council of Nations (Senate) - last held 28 December 2006 (next to be held in 2009)
American Samoa House of Representatives - last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held in November 2008); Senate - last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held in November 2008)
Andorra last held on 24 April 2005 (next to be held in March-April 2009)
Angola last held 29-30 September 1992 (next to be held in September 2008)
Anguilla last held 21 February 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives - last held 23 March 2004 (next to be held in 2009)
Argentina Senate - last held 23 October 2005 (next to be held in 2007); Chamber of Deputies - last held last held 23 October 2005 (next to be held in 2007)
Armenia last held 12 May 2007 (next to be held in the spring of 2011)
Aruba last held 23 September 2005 (next to be held in 2009)
Australia Senate - last held 9 October 2004 (next to be held no later than June 2008); House of Representatives - last held 9 October 2004 (next to be called no later than November 2007)
Austria National Council - last held 1 October 2006 (next scheduled for the fall of 2010)
Azerbaijan last held 6 November 2005 (next to be held in November 2010)
Bahamas, The last held 2 May 2007 (next to be called by May 2012)
Bahrain Council of Representatives - last held November-December 2006 (next election to be held in 2010)
Bangladesh last held 1 October 2001 (the scheduled January 2007 election has been postponed)
Barbados House of Assembly - last held 21 May 2003 (next to be held by May 2008)
Belarus last held 17 and 31 October 2004; international observers widely denounced the elections as flawed and undemocratic based on massive government falsification; pro-LUKASHENKO candidates won every seat after many opposition candidates were disqualified for technical reasons
Belgium Senate and Chamber of Deputies - last held 10 June 2007 (next to be held June 2011)
Belize House of Representatives - last held 5 March 2003 (next to be held in March 2008)
Benin last held 31 March 2007 (next to be held by March 2011)
Bermuda last general election held 24 July 2003 (next to be held not later than July 2008)
Bhutan first election to be held in 2008; note - local elections last held August 2005 (next to be held in 2008)
Bolivia Chamber of Senators and Chamber of Deputies - last held 18 December 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
Bosnia and Herzegovina national House of Representatives - elections last held 1 October 2006 (next to be held in 2010); House of Peoples - last constituted in January 2003 (next to be constituted in 2007)
Botswana National Assembly elections last held 30 October 2004 (next to be held in October 2009)
Brazil Federal Senate - last held 1 October 2006 for one-third of the Senate (next to be held in October 2010 for two-thirds of the Senate); Chamber of Deputies - last held 1 October 2006 (next to be held in October 2010)
British Virgin Islands last held 16 May 2003 (next to be held in 2007)
Brunei last held in March 1962 (date of next election NA)
Bulgaria last held 25 June 2005 (next to be held in June 2009)
Burkina Faso National Assembly election last held 6 May 2007 (next to be held in May 2012)
Burma last held 27 May 1990, but Assembly never allowed by junta to convene
Burundi National Assembly - last held 4 July 2005 (next to be held in 2010); Senate - last held 29 July 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
Cambodia National Assembly - last held 27 July 2003 (next to be held in July 2008); Senate - last held 22 January 2006 (next to be held in January 2011)
Cameroon last held 23 June 2002 (next to be held in June 2007)
Canada House of Commons - last held 23 January 2006 (next to be held in 2011)
Cape Verde last held 22 January 2006 (next to be held in January 2011)
Cayman Islands last held 11 May 2005 (next to be held in 2009)
Central African Republic last held 13 March 2005 and 8 May 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
Chad National Assembly - last held 21 April 2002 (next to be held by 2007)
Chile Senate - last held 11 December 2005 (next to be held in December 2009); Chamber of Deputies - last held 11 December 2005 (next to be held in December 2009)
China last held December 2002-February 2003 (next to be held in late 2007-February 2008)
Christmas Island held every two years with half the members standing for election; last held in May 2005 (next to be held in May 2007)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands held every two years with half the members standing for election; last held in May 2005 (next to be held in May 2007)
Colombia Senate - last held 12 March 2006 (next to be held in March 2010); House of Representatives - last held 12 March 2006 (next to be held in March 2010)
Comoros last held 18 and 25 April 2004 (next to be held in 2009)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the National Assembly - last held 30 July 2006 (next to be held in 2011); Senate - last held 19 January 2007 (next to be held by 2012)
Congo, Republic of the Senate - last held 11 July 2002 (next to be held in July 2007); National Assembly - last held 27 May and 26 June 2002 (next to be held by May 2007)
Cook Islands last held 26 September 2006 (next to be held by 2011)
Costa Rica last held 5 February 2006 (next to be held in February 2010)
Croatia last held 23 November 2003 (next to be held in November 2007)
Cuba last held 19 January 2003 (next to be held in 2008)
Cyprus area under government control: last held 21 May 2006 (next to be held 2011); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: last held 14 December 2003 (next to be held in 2008)
Czech Republic Senate - last held in two rounds 20-21 and 27-28 October 2006 (next to be held in October 2008); Chamber of Deputies - last held 2-3 June 2006 (next to be held by June 2010)
Côte d'Ivoire elections last held 10 December 2000 with by-elections on 14 January 2001 (next to be held by October 2007 after the government postponed the elections in 2005 and 2006)
Denmark last held 8 February 2005 (next to be held in February 2009)
Djibouti last held 10 January 2003 (next to be held in January 2008)
Dominica last held 5 May 2005 (next to be held by 5 August 2010); note - tradition dictates that the election will be held within five years of the last election, but technically it is five years from the first seating of parliament (12 May 2005) plus a 90-day grace period
Dominican Republic Senate - last held 16 May 2006 (next to be held in May 2008); House of Representatives - last held 16 May 2006 (next to be held in May 2008)
East Timor (next to be held on 30 June 2007); direct elections for national parliament were never held; elected delegates to the national convention adopted a constitution and named themselves legislators instead of having elections; hence the exceptional numbers for this term of the national parliament
Ecuador last held 15 October 2006 (next to be held in October 2010)
Egypt People's Assembly - three-phase voting - last held 7 and 20 November, 1 December 2005;(next to be held November-December 2010); Advisory Council - last held May-June 2004 (next to be held May-June 2007)
El Salvador last held 12 March 2006 (next to be held in March 2009)
Equatorial Guinea last held 25 April 2004 (next to be held in 2009)
Eritrea in May 1997, following the adoption of the new constitution, 75 members of the PFDJ Central Committee (the old Central Committee of the EPLF), 60 members of the 527-member Constituent Assembly, which had been established in 1997 to discuss and ratify the new constitution, and 15 representatives of Eritreans living abroad were formed into a Transitional National Assembly to serve as the country's legislative body until countrywide elections to a National Assembly were held; although only 75 of 150 members of the Transitional National Assembly were elected, the constitution stipulates that once past the transition stage, all members of the National Assembly will be elected by secret ballot of all eligible voters; National Assembly elections scheduled for December 2001 were postponed indefinitely
Estonia last held 4 March 2007 (next to be held in March 2011)
Ethiopia last held 15 May 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) last held 17 November 2005 (next to be held in November 2009)
Faroe Islands last held 20 January 2004 (next to be held no later than January 2008)
Fiji House of Representatives - last held 6-13 May 2006 (next to be held in 2011)
Finland last held 18 March 2007 (next to be held March 2011)
France Senate - last held 26 September 2004 (next to be held in September 2008); National Assembly - last held 8-16 June 2002 (next to be held on 10 and 17 June 2007)
French Polynesia last held 23 May 2004 (next to be held in May 2009)
Gabon Senate - last held 26 January and 9 February 2003 (next to be held by January 2009); National Assembly - last held 17 and 24 December 2006 (next to be held in December 2011)
Gambia, The last held 25 January 2007 (next to be held in 2012)
Georgia last held 28 March 2004 (next to be held in spring 2008)
Germany Federal Assembly - last held on 18 September 2005 (next to be held in September 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
Ghana last held 7 December 2004 (next to be held December in 2008)
Gibraltar last held 27 November 2003 (next to be held not later than February 2008)
Greece elections last held 7 March 2004 (next to be held by March 2008)
Greenland last held on 15 November 2005 (next to be held by December 2009)
Grenada last held on 27 November 2003 (next to be held by November 2008)
Guam last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held in November 2008)
Guatemala last held 9 November 2003 (next to be held in September 2007)
Guernsey last held 21 April 2004 (next to be held in 2008)
Guinea last held 30 June 2002 (next to be held in 2007)
Guinea-Bissau last held 28 March 2004 (next to be held in 2008)
Guyana last held 28 August 2006 (next to be held by August 2011)
Haiti Senate - last held 21 April 2006 with run-off elections on 3 December 2006 (next regular election, for one third of seats, to be held in 2008); Chamber of Deputies - last held 21 April 2006 with run-off elections on 3 December 2006 (next regular election to be held in 2010)
Honduras last held 27 November 2005 (next to be held in November 2009)
Hong Kong last held 12 September 2004 (next to be held in September 2008)
Hungary last held 9 and 23 April 2006 (next to be held in April 2010)
Iceland last held 12 May 2007 (next to be held by May 2011)
India People's Assembly - last held 20 April through 10 May 2004 (next must be held before May 2009)
Indonesia last held 5 April 2004 (next to be held in 2009)
Iran last held 20 February 2004 with a runoff held 7 May 2004 (next to be held in February 2008)
Iraq held 15 December 2005 to elect a 275-member Council of Representatives; the Council of Representatives elected the Presidency Council and approved the Prime Minister
Ireland Senate - last held 16 and 17 July 2002 (next to be held by July 2007); House of Representatives - last held 24 May 2007 (next to be held by May 2012)
Israel last held 28 March 2006 (next scheduled to be held in 2010)
Italy Senate - last held 10 April 2006 (next to be held in 2011); Chamber of Deputies - last held 10 April 2006 (next to be held in May 2011)
Jamaica last held 16 October 2002 (next to be held no later than October 2007)
Japan House of Councillors - last held 11 July 2004 (next to be held in July 2007); House of Representatives - last held 11 September 2005 (next election by September 2009)
Jersey last held 19 October 2005 for senators and 23 November 2005 for deputies (next to be held in 2008)
Jordan Chamber of Deputies - last held 17 June 2003 (next to be held in 2007)
Kazakhstan Senate - (indirect) last held December 2005; next to be held in 2011; Mazhilis - last held 19 September and 3 October 2004 (next to be held in September 2009)
Kenya last held 27 December 2002 (next to be held in December 2007)
Kiribati legislative elections were held in two rounds - the first round on 9 May 2003 and the second round on 14 May 2003 (next to be held by November 2006)
Korea, North last held 3 August 2003 (next to be held in August 2008)
Korea, South last held 15 April 2004 (next to be held in April 2008)
Kuwait last held 29 June 2006 (next election to be held in 2010)
Kyrgyzstan elections for the new unicameral body or Jorgorku Kenesh were held 27 February 2005, but the vast majority of positions remained undecided and were contested in a runoff election on 13 March 2005; election irregularities caused widespread protests that resulted in the president being forced to flee the country
Laos last held 30 April 2006 (next to be held in 2011)
Latvia last held 7 October 2006 (next to be held in October 2010)
Lebanon last held in four rounds on 29 May, 5, 12, 19 June 2005 (next to be held 2009)
Lesotho last held 17 February 2007 (next to be held in 2012)
Liberia Senate - last held 11 October 2005 (next to be held in 2011); House of Representatives - last held 11 October 2005 (next to be held in 2011)
Liechtenstein last held 11 and 13 March 2005 (next to be held by 2009)
Lithuania last held 10 and 24 October 2004 (next to be held in October 2008)
Luxembourg last held 13 June 2004 (next to be held by June 2009)
Macau last held 25 September 2005 (next in September 2009)
Macedonia, Republic of last held 5 July 2006 (next to be held by July 2010)
Madagascar National Assembly - last held 15 December 2002 (next to be held in 2007)
Malawi last held 20 May 2004 (next to be held in May 2009)
Malaysia House of Representatives - last held on 21 March 2004 (next must be held by 2009)
Maldives last held 22 January 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
Mali last held 14 and 28 July 2002 (next to be held in July 2007)
Malta last held 12 April 2003 (next to be held by August 2008)
Man, Isle of House of Keys - last held 23 November 2006 (next to be held in November 2011)
Marshall Islands last held 17 November 2003 (next to be held by November 2007)
Mauritania Senate - last held 21 January and 4 February 2007 (next to be held 2009); National Assembly - last held 19 November and 3 December 2006 (next to be held in 2011)
Mauritius last held on 3 July 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
Mayotte last held 21 and 28 March 2004 (next to be held in 2007)
Mexico Senate - last held 2 July 2006 for all of the seats (next to be held 1 July 2012); Chamber of Deputies - last held 2 July 2006 (next to be held 5 July 2009)
Micronesia, Federated States of last held 6 March 2007 (next to be held in March 2009)
Moldova last held 6 March 2005 (next to be held in 2009)
Monaco last held 9 February 2003 (next to be held February 2008)
Mongolia last held 27 June 2004 (next to be held in June 2008)
Montserrat last held 31 May 2006 (next to be held by 2011)
Morocco Chamber of Counselors - last held 6 October 2003 (election moved to 2007); Chamber of Representatives - last held 27 September 2002 (next to be held in 2007)
Mozambique last held 1-2 December 2004 (next to be held in December 2009)
Namibia National Council - elections for regional councils to determine members of the National Council held 29-30 November 2004 (next to be held in November 2010); National Assembly - last held 15-16 November 2004 (next to be held in November 2009)
Nauru last held 23 October 2004 (next to be held not later than 2007)
Nepal elections are planned for June 2007
Netherlands First Chamber - last held 25 May 2003 (next to be held in May 2007); Second Chamber - last held 22 November 2006 (next to be held by early 2011)
Netherlands Antilles last held 27 January 2006 (next to be held in 2010)
New Caledonia last held 9 May 2004 (next to be held in 2009)
New Zealand last held 17 September 2005 (next to be held not later than 15 November 2008)
Nicaragua last held 5 November 2006 (next to be held by November 2011)
Niger last held 4 December 2004 (next to be held in December 2009)
Nigeria Senate - last held 21 April 2007 (next to be held in April 2011); House of Representatives - last held 21 April 2007 (next to be held in April 2011)
Niue last held 30 April 2005 (next to be held in April 2008)
Norfolk Island last held 20 October 2004 (next to be held by December 2007)
Northern Mariana Islands Senate - last held 5 November 2005 (next to be held in November 2009); House of Representatives - last held 5 November 2005 (next to be held in November 2007)
Norway last held 12 September 2005 (next to be held in September 2009)
Oman last held 4 October 2003 (next to be held in October 2007)
Pakistan Senate - last held in March 2006 (next to be held in March 2009); National Assembly - last held 10 October 2002 (next to be held in 2007)
Palau Senate - last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held in November 2008); House of Delegates - last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held in November 2008)
Panama last held 2 May 2004 (next to be held 3 May 2009)
Papua New Guinea last held 15-29 June 2002 and April and May 2003; completed in May 2003 (voting in the Southern Highlands was not completed during the June 2002 election period); next to be held not later than June 2007
Paraguay Chamber of Senators - last held 27 April 2003 (next to be held in April 2008); Chamber of Deputies - last held 27 April 2003 (next to be held in April 2008)
Peru last held 9 April 2006 (next to be held in April 2011)
Philippines Senate - last held on 10 May 2004 (next to be held on 14 May 2007); House of Representatives - elections last held on 10 May 2004 (next to be held on 14 May 2007)
Pitcairn Islands last held 24 December 2006 (next to be held in December 2007)
Poland Senate - last held 25 September 2005 (next to be held by September 2009); Sejm elections last held 25 September 2005 (next to be held by September 2009)
Portugal last held 20 February 2005 (next to be held in February 2009)
Puerto Rico Senate - last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held November 2008); House of Representatives - last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held in November 2008)
Romania Senate - last held 28 November 2004 (next expected to be held in November 2008); Chamber of Deputies - last held 28 November 2004 (next expected to be held November 2008)
Russia State Duma - last held 7 December 2003 (next to be held in December 2007)
Rwanda Senate - members appointed as part of the transitional government (next to be held in 2011); Chamber of Deputies - last held 29 September 2003 (next to be held in 2008)
Saint Helena last held 31 August 2005 (next to be held in 2009)
Saint Kitts and Nevis last held 25 October 2004 (next to be held by 2009)
Saint Lucia House of Assembly - last held 11 December 2006 (next to be held in December 2011)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon elections last held 19 and 26 in March 2006 (next to be held in March 2012)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines last held 7 December 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
Samoa election last held 31 March 2006 (next election to be held not later than March 2011)
San Marino last held 4 June 2006 (next to be held by June 2011)
Senegal last held on 29 April 2001; note - the National Assembly in December 2005 voted to postpone legislative elections originally scheduled for 2006; parliamentary elections were rescheduled to coincide with the 25 February 2007 presidential elections but have been rescheduled once again
Serbia and Montenegro last held on 21 January 2007 (next to be held in 2011); Kosovo - last held on 23 October 2004 (next to be held in 2007)
Seychelles last held 10-12 May 2007 (next to be held in 2012)
Sierra Leone last held on 14 May 2002 (next to be held on 28 July 2007)
Singapore last held on 6 May 2006 (next to be held in 2011)
Slovakia last held 17 June 2006 (next to be held in 2010)
Slovenia National Assembly - last held 3 October 2004 (next to be held in October 2008)
Solomon Islands last held on 5 April 2006 (next to be held in 2010)
South Africa National Assembly and National Council of Provinces - last held on 14 April 2004 (next to be held in 2009)
Spain Senate - last held on 14 March 2004 (next to be held in March 2008); Congress of Deputies - last held on 14 March 2004 (next to be held in March 2008)
Sri Lanka last held on 2 April 2004 (next to be held by 2010)
Sudan last held 13-22 December 2000 (next to be held in 2008-2009 timeframe)
Suriname last held on 25 May 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
Swaziland House of Assembly - last held 18 October 2003 (next to be held in October 2008)
Sweden last held on 17 September 2006 (next to be held in September 2010)
Switzerland Council of States - last held in most cantons on 19 October 2003 (each canton determines when the next election will be held); National Council - last held on 19 October 2003 (next to be held in October 2007)
Syria last held on 22-23 April 2007 (next to be held in 2011)
São Tomé and Príncipe last held on 26 March 2006 (next to be held in March 2010)
Taiwan Legislative Yuan - last held 11 December 2004 (next to be held in December 2007)
Tajikistan last held 25 March 2005 for the National Assembly (next to be held in February 2010) and 27 February and 13 March 2005 for the Assembly of Representatives (next to be held in February 2010)
Tanzania last held 14 December 2005 (next to be held in December 2010)
Thailand Senate - last held on 19 April 2006; House of Representatives - last valid election held on 6 February 2005; elections held on 2 April 2006 invalidated by court ruling; coup leaders suggest next general election will be held in December 2007
Togo last held on 27 October 2002 (next to be held on 24 June 2007)
Tokelau last held January 2005 (next to be held January 2008)
Tonga last held on 21 March 2005 (next to be held in 2008)
Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives - last held on 7 October 2002 (next to be held by October 2007)
Tunisia Chamber of Deputies - last held on 24 October 2004 (next to be held in October 2009); Chamber of Advisors - last held on 3 July 2005 (next to be held in July 2011)
Turkey last held on 3 November 2002 (next to be held on 4 November 2007); note - a special rerun of the General Election in the province of Siirt on 9 March 2003 resulted in the election of Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN to a seat in parliament, a prerequisite for his becoming prime minister on 14 March 2003
Turkmenistan People's Council - last held in April 2003 (next to be held in December 2008); Mejlis - last held 19 December 2004 (next to be held in December 2008)
Turks and Caicos Islands last held 9 February 2007 (next to be held in 2011)
Tuvalu last held 3 August 2006 (next to be held in 2010)
Uganda last held 23 February 2006 (next to be held in 2011)
Ukraine last held 26 March 2006 (next to be held 30 September 2007); note - pre-term parliamentary elections were scheduled following a political crisis during which the Verkhovna Rada was dissolved by the president
United Arab Emirates elections for one half of the FNC (the other half remains appointed) held in the UAE on 18-20 December 2006; the new electoral college - a body of 6,689 Emiratis (including 1,189 women) appointed by the rulers of the seven emirates - were the only eligible voters and candidates; 456 candidates including 65 women ran for 20 contested FNC seats; one female from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi won a seat
United Kingdom House of Lords - no elections (note - in 1999, as provided by the House of Lords Act, elections were held in the House of Lords to determine the 92 hereditary peers who would remain there; elections are held only as vacancies in the hereditary peerage arise); House of Commons - last held 5 May 2005 (next to be held by May 2010)
United States Senate - last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held November 2008); House of Representatives - last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held November 2008)
Uruguay Chamber of Senators - last held 31 October 2004 (next to be held October 2009); Chamber of Representatives - last held 31 October 2004 (next to be held October 2009)
Uzbekistan last held 26 December 2004 and 9 January 2005 (next to be held December 2009)
Vanuatu last held 6 July 2004 (next to be held 2008)
Venezuela last held 4 December 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
Vietnam last held 20 May 2007 (next to be held in May 2012)
Virgin Islands last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held November 2008)
Wallis and Futuna last held 11 March 2002 (next to be held 22 April 2007)
Yemen last held on 27 April 2003 (next to be held in April 2009)
Zambia last held 28 September 2006 (next to be held in 2011)
Zimbabwe Senate last held 26 November 2005 (next to be held in 2010; House of Assembly last held 31 March 2005 (next to be held in 2010)


DEFINITION: This entry contains information on the structure (unicameral, bicameral, tricameral), formal name, number of seats, and term of office. Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election. Election results includes the percent of vote and/or number of seats held by each party in the last election.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

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