Countries and their Parliaments Names and details for General Knowledge Part-6
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101- Micronesia - Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
The Parliament of Micronesia is called as Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia.
The Congress of Micronesia is a
unicameral legislature body of the Micronesia.
The Parliament of Micronesia is
situated at Palikir, the capital city of
the Federated States
ofMicronesia located in the western Pacific
Ocean.
The Congress
of the Federated States of Micronesia has 14 non-partisan members called as Senators. But there is some laws
in the Parliament of Micronesia to elect Senators.
The mode of vote for senators is First-past-the-post
or by voting by People. Ten
members elected for a two-year term
in ten single-seat constituencies and four members elected for a four-year term, one from
each state at-large.
102- Moldova
– Parliament of the Republic of Moldova
The Parliament of Moldova is known as Supreme representative body of the Republic ofMoldova. It is the
only State legislative authority and a unicameral body of the republic of Moldova. The Parliament of Moldova is situated at Chisinau also known as Kishinev, the capital and the largest
city of the Republic of Moldova.
The Parliament of Moldova is composed of
101 elected deputies on lists, for a period of 4 years. Parliament is
elected by universalvote as equal
directly and freely expressed. The President
of the Parliament of Moldova is elected by the Parliament. The President of Moldova needs a minimum of 52 votes to elect.
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103- Monaco – National council
The
Parliament of Monaco is called as National Council of Principality
of Monaco. The Parliament of Monaco
is a unicameral legislature of Principality
of Monaco. The NationalCouncil
is situated at Monaco City, the
south-central ward of the Principality
of Monaco.
National
Council is composed of twenty-four members, who are elected from
lists by universal
suffrage. Councillors serve for five-year terms, and though it may act
independently of the Prince, he may dissolve it at any time, provided that new elections be held within three
months.
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Mongolia -State Great Khural
The Parliament
of Mongolia is called as The State Great
Khural, also State Great Hural, and IkhKhura. It means States
Great assembly. It is a unicameral body of the legislature of the Mongolia.
The State Great Khurul is situated at Government Palace,Khoroo
District, Ulaanbaatarand State of Mongolia.
The State Great Khural is consists of 76 members. With 57
of total members of the StateGreat Khural, the parliament shall be
considered in existence of its powers. A member of the State Great Hural
shall be an envoy of the people and shall represent and the interests of all
the citizens. The mandate of a member of the State Great Khural
shall begin with an oath taken before the State Emblem and expire when newly
electoral members of the State Great Khuralare win.
105- Montenegro
– The Parliament of Montenegro
The Parliament
of Montenegro is the Supreme legislature of the Montenegro.
It is a unicameral body of the Montenegro. The Parliament of Montenegro
is situated at Podgorica, the capital and largest city of Montenegro.
The Parliament currently has 81
members. Each of the members are being elected for a 4-year term. After
the 2006 independence referendum, Montenegro declared and
ratified the independence on 3rd June 2006. Members of the Parliament of
Montenegro are elected using proportional representation.
106- Morocco - The
Parliament of Morocco
The Parliament
of Morocco is a bicameral legislature of the Morocco.
Parliament of the Morocco is situated at Rabat, the capital and
the 7th largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco.
Since 1996, the national legislature has become bicameral and has therefore two parliamentary chambers, the House of Representatives and the House of Councillor’s.
The House
of Representative (Lower House) consists of 395 members elected directly for 5 year of term.
The House of Councillor’sconsists of 120
members are elected indirectly for a six-year
term by two sets of electoral
colleges.
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Mozambique – Assembly of the Republic Mozambique
The
Parliament of the Mozambique is known as Assembly of the Republic Mozambique. Assembly of Republic is a unicameral legislative body of the Mozambique established in 1977. The Parliament of Mozambique
is situated at Maputo, officially named Lourenço Marques until
1976, is the capital and most populous city of Mozambique.
The parliament
of Mozambique has composed of250 members. The members of the Mozambique parliament are directly elected through a system
of party-list
proportionalrepresentation. The tenure of members are offive-year terms. Parties must receive
at least five percent of the vote nationally to gain parliamentary
representation. Parliamentary debates and business are conducted entirely inPortuguese. Three
parties are represented in the parliament: FRELIMO, RENAMO and the Democratic Movement of Mozambique.
108- Myanmar
(Burma) - PyidaungsuHluttaw
The
Parliament of Myanmar is known as PyidaungsuHluttaw or
Assembly of the union. PyidaungsuHluttaw is a national level
bicameral legislature body of the Myanmar.
The PyidaungsuHluttaw is housed in a
31-building parliamentary complex
located in Naypyidaw, the
capital and 3rd largest
city of Myanmar. PyidaungsuHluttaw is
believe to represent the 31 planes
of existence in Buddhist cosmology.
PyidaungsuHluttaw is
consists of 2 Houses, the AmyothaHluttaw (House of
Nationalities) known as Upper house and PyithuHluttaw (House of Representatives) known as lower
house.
The AmyothaHluttaw is the upper house of the PyidaungsuHluttaw, with of the 224 seats in the house and the The PyithuHluttaw is the
lower house of thePyidaungsuHluttaw,
with of the 440 seats in this body.
109- Namibia
– The Parliament of Namibia
The
Parliament of Namibia is the lawmaker body of Namibia legislature. The Parliament of the Namibia is a bicameral legislature. The Parliament of Namibia is situated at Tintenpalast in Windhoek, the capital and the largest city of Namibia.
The Parliament
of Namibia consists of 2 chamber the National Council (Upper Chamber) and the National assembly (Lower Chamber).
There are 42 representatives of the Regional
Councils in The National Council;
every Regional Council in the 14
regions of Namibia elects 3 representatives.
The National Assembly initiates and
approves laws. The National assembly
consists of 104 members in which 96 are elected by parliamentary
election and 8 member of the National Assembly are appointed by the
president of Namibia.
110- Nauru
– The Parliament of Nauru
The
Parliament of Nauru is established with the country's independence
on 31 January 1968. The Parliament
of Nauru is a unicameral legislature
body of Republic of Nauru. The
Parliament Building of Nauru is
situated at Yaren, most famous
district of the Nauru.
The
Parliament of Nauru consists of 19
members. The members of Parliaments elected for a 3 year term in multi-seat constituencies. The Member of Parliament
elected The President of Nauru. In 2013 elections the number of seats was
increased to 19. Positional Voting System is the
procedure of election in Nauru
Parliament. The Speaker is an MP
elected by the MPs is the presiding
officer of Parliament.
111-
Nepal - Federal Parliament of Nepal (SanghiyaSansada
Nepal)
The
parliament of Nepal is called as the Federal Parliament of Nepal or in local language SanghiyaSansada Nepal. The Federal
Parliament of Nepal is a bicameral
and supreme legislative body of the Nepal.
The parliament of Nepal is situated
at Kathmandu, the capital and the
largest city of Nepal also known as Temple city.
By Constitution of Nepal 2015, Nepal has consists of 2 chamber Parliament, the House of Representatives andthe National Assembly. The President of Nepal is appointed as
their head.
The
House of Representatives has 275
members, with165 members are elected
from single-member constituencies by
first-past-the-post voting and 110 elected through proportional electoral system. The
tenure of the Member of the House are for 5
years.
The
National Assembly has composed with 59 members in which 8
members are elected from each of the 7
provinces by an electoral college of every province, and 3 are appointed by the President
after recommendation by the government. The member of Nationalassembly elected for 6
years.
112-
Netherlands - The States General
of the Netherlands
The
parliament of Netherlands is known as The States General of Netherlands. The Parliament of Netherlands is a bicameral legislative
body of Netherlands. The Parliament
of Netherlands situated at the Binnenhof
in The Hague, a famous city and
municipality of Netherlands.
The Parliament of the Netherlands is the bicameral legislature of the Netherlands
consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The Senate is the upper house of The States General consists of 75 members. The members of Senate are elected on lists by the
members of the 12 States-Provincial
and 3 Caribbean electoral colleges
for a 4 years of term.
The
House of Representatives is the lower house of the State General consists of 150
seats.
The election
procedure of the house of Representative using a party-list proportional representation.
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New Zealand – Parliament of New Zealand
The Parliament
of New Zealand is the supreme unicameral legislative body of the Island
nation New Zealand. The Parliament
of New Zealand is situated at
Wellington, the famous and the capital city of New Zealand.
The unicameral legislature of New Zealand,
consisting of the Queen of New Zealand and the New
Zealand House of Representatives.
The
Queen of New Zealand is usually represented by her governor-general in the Parliament.
The
House of Representatives normally consists of 120 members of Parliament (MPs),
though sometimes more due to overhang seats. There are 72 MPs elected directly in electorates while the remainder of seats are assigned to list
MPs based on each party's share of the total party vote. The tenure of the MPs
are 3 years.
114- Nicaragua
– National Assembly
The
Parliament of Nicaragua is known as the National Assembly. The Parliament of Nicaragua is the unicameral legislative branch of the Republic of Nicaragua. The National
Assembly of the Nicaragua is
situated at Managua, the capital and
the largest city of Nicaragua.
The
Parliament of Nicaragua consists of 2 chambers. The Nicaraguan
legislature is a unicameral body made up of
92 deputies, 90 of whom are
elected by popular vote on a proportional
representation basis from party lists: 20
nationally, and 70 representing the
country's departments and autonomous regions. The President of the Republic who served the immediately previous
presidential term is entitled to sit in the Assembly as a deputy, as is the runner-up in the most recent presidential election. Both the President and the National Assembly serve for 5-yearterms.
115- Niger
– National Assembly
The
Parliament of Niger is known as the National Assembly. The Parliament of Niger is the unicameral legislative branch of the Republic of Niger. The National Assembly of the Niger is situated at Niamey, the capital and the largest
city of Niger.
The
National Assemblyhas composed of 171 members. The members of National
Assembly elected for a5-year
term. The multi-seat constituency members are elected using a party-list proportional representation
system. The remaining 8 seats
are single constituency, elected by a
first-past-the-post system.
116- Nigeria
–National Assembly
The Parliament
of Nigeria is known as National Assembly.
The Parliament of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature the National
Assembly of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria. National Assembly of Nigeria is situated at Abuja,
the capital and largest city of Nigeria.
National
Assembly of Nigeria is composed with 2chambers,
the Senate and the House of representatives. The Senate
consists of 109 members and the House of Representative is
consists with 360 members. The National Assembly is modelled after
the federal Congress of the United States.
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Niue – Niue Parliament
The Parliament
of Niue is a unicameral legislature body
of the Government of Niue. The Parliament of Niue is situated at Alofi,
the capital and the most famous city of the Niue. The Parliament of Niue
consists of 20 members; 14 representatives of the villages
and 6 elected on a common roll. Members of the Niue Parliament are
elected by universal suffrage, and serve a 3 year term. National
assembly of Niue follows the Westminster Process of government, with the
elected by the Assembly and the Cabinet drawn from it.
118- North
Macedonia - Assembly ofNorth Macedonia
The Parliament
of North Macedonia is known as Assembly
of North Macedonia. The Parliament of North Macedonia is a
unicameral legislature of the country. The Assembly of North Macedonia is
situated at Skopje, the capital and the largest city of North
Macedonia.
The Assembly
have between 120 and 140 MPs (currently 120), elected by proportional representation from 6 electoral districts, each
contributing 20MPs, and there are
also 3 reserved seats elected from
the Macedoniandiaspora which are
awarded only if the voter turnout was sufficient.
119- Norway
– Storting
The
Parliament of Norway is known as Storting. Storting is
the supreme legislative body of the
Kingdom of Norway. The Parliament of Norway
is situated at Oslo, the capital and
most populous city of the Norway.
The unicameral parliamentStorting
has consists of169 members. The
member of Storting elected every 4 years based on party-list proportional representation in 19 multi-seat constituencies. A member of Stortinget is known in Norwegian
as literally "Stortingrepresentative".
120-
Oman – Council of Oman
The
Parliament of Oman is known as Council of Oman. The Council of Oman is a bicameral parliament and it consists of theState Council and the Consultation Council. The
Parliament of Oman is situated at Muscat, the capital and most populous
city of the Oman.
The Council meets at the request of the Sultan of Oman to study and discuss matters raised by him. All the decision of the Council passed on the basis of a majority vote. The Sultan addresses all the members of this council on an annual basis. There are 15 women members among the 167 members of the parliament.
Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar,
Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue,
North Macedonia, Norway, Oman,
