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81- Laos – National Assembly
The Parliament of Laos is known as National Assembly. The National
assembly is a unicameral legislature of Laos. The
National Assembly was established in its current form by the Lao Constitution
of 1991 replacing the Supreme
People's Assembly. The National assembly building is situated at Vientiane, the capital and largest city
of Laos.
Laos is a one-party state and Lao
People's Revolutionary Party is the sole
legal party in the country. Most of the National Assembly's actions simply rubber stamp the party's decisions. Efforts have been made
to increase the capacity of its members, aiming to strengthen their legislative, oversight, and
representational capacities.
82- Latvia - Saeima
The Parliament
of Latvia is known as Saeima. Saeima is
a unicameral legislature of Latvia. The Saeima traces its origins to the Sejm of the Kingdom of
Poland,
which led to the creation of the Sejm of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later to the creation of the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Latvia,
a part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Saeima, is situated at House of
Livonian Nobel Corporation in Riga, the Capital of Latvia.
The Saiema,unicameral
legislature of Latvia consists of 100 seats. The member of Saiema are elected by propositional
representation. Election for member of Saeima
is held in every 4 year on the
first Saturday of October.
83- Lebanon – The Parliament of Lebanon
The Parliament
of Lebanon is the national legislature of Lebanon. The
Parliament of Lebanon is a
unicameral legislature of Lebanon.
The Parliament of Lebanon is
situated at Beirut, capital and
largest city of Lebanon.
The Parliament
of Lebanon consists 128 members elected for each 4 year of term in a multi member
constituencies. After the TaifAgreement of 1989,
reappointed by the Parliament to provide for equal representation of Christians
and Muslims, with each electing 64
of the 128 Deputies. Of which are 43
Catholics, 27 Sunni, 27 Shiite, 20 Orthodox, 8 Druze, 2 Alawites and 1 Evangelical.
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84- Lesotho – Parliament of Lesotho
The Parliament
of Lesotho is the national
legislature of Lesotho. The
Parliament of Lesotho is a bicameral
legislature of Lesotho. The
Parliament of Lesotho is situated at
Maseru, the capital
and largest city of Lesotho.
The Parliament
of Lesotho consists with 2 chambers,
The Senate (Upper Chamber) and The National Assembly (Lower Chamber).
The Senate has 33 number of members. 22 are
tribal chiefs for the sake of tribal areas in Lesotho and 11 are
nominated by the King
for the election. The member of the Senate
were elected for a 5 year term.
NationalAssembly has a total of
120 members which 80 members are elected in single member constituencies using the simple majority system and 40 members are
elected through proportional
representation. The members of National
Assembly serve 5 year terms.
85- Liberia - Legislature of Liberia
The Parliament
of Liberia is the national
legislature of Liberia. The
Parliament of Liberia is a bicameral
legislature of Liberia. The
Parliament of Liberia is situated at
Monrovia, the capital and largest
city of Liberia.
The Parliament
of Liberia consists of 2 house, The Senate (Upper House) and the House of Representative (Lower House).
The House of Representatives contains 73
seats, with each county being apportioned a
number of seats based on its population. The Senate has 30 members, with two senators, who won the first and second position, serving from each
county elected based on popular vote.
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86- Libya – House of Representatives
The Parliament
of Libya is the national legislature
of Libya. The
Parliament of Libya known as The House of Representative. The Parliament
of Libya is situated at Tripoli, the capital
and largest city of Libya consists 3
million population.
The Libyan House of Representatives
officially became a legislative body on 4 August 2014, following an election on 25 June 2014, replacing the General National Congress. Because of
security process concerns no voting took place in some of locations.
87-
Liechtenstein - Landtag of Liechtenstein
The Parliament of Liechtenstein is known
as the Landtag of the principality
of Liechtenstein. The Parliament of Liechtenstein is
the unicameral legislature of the Liechtenstein. Landtag is situated at Vaduz, the capital
and famous city of Liechtenstein.
Under the Constitution of 1921, a constitutional amendment approved in a 1988
referendumincrease
the size of seats from 15 to 25, starting with the 1989 elections. Each of the 25
members is elected for a 4-year term
by open list proportional
representation from 2 constituencies, Oberland with
15 seats and Unterland with 10 seats.
88- Lithuania - Seimas
The Parliament of Lithuania is known
as the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. The
Parliament of Lithuania is
the unicameral legislature of the Lithuania. Seimasis situated atVilnius, the capital
and largest city of Lithuania.
The Seimas 141 members are elected for a
4-year of term. By 141 members 71 elected in individual constituencies, and 70
elected in a nationwide vote based
on proportional representation.
The Seimas constitutes the legislative body
of government in Lithuania. It has
the power to enacting laws and amendments for the Constitution. The Seimas
also release the budget with the Prime
Minister and the Government and
controlling by their activity.
89- Luxembourg – The Chamber of Deputies
The Parliament
of Luxembourg is known as
theChamber of Deputies. The Parliament of Luxembourg is the unicameral legislature of the Luxembourg. The Chamber of Deputiesis
situated at Krautmaart in the Luxembourg City.
The Chamber of Deputies have 60 seats.
The Deputies are elected to serve
5-year terms by proportional representation in four seat constituencieswhich
are each a combination of at least two cantons.
Each constituency of Luxembourg
elects number of deputies proportionate
to its population, with the largest electing 23 and the smallest electing 7
member. Voters may vote for as many candidates as the constituency elects deputies.
90- Macau – Legislative Assembly of Macau
The Parliament of Macau is known as
theLegislative Assembly of Macau.
The Parliament of Macau is the unicameral legislature of the Macau. The Legislative Assembly is situated
at Sé, a southeast civil parish in the Macau
Peninsula of Macau.
The Legislative Assembly of Macau consists of a 33-member body. It is comprising with Fourteen directly elected members, Tweleve indirectly elected members representing functional constituencies and Seven members appointed by the chief executive.
91- Madagascar – Parliament of Madagascar
The Parliament of Madagascar is known as
thenational legislature of the Madagascar.
The Parliament of Madagascar is the
bicameral legislature of the Madagascar.
The Parliament of Madagascar is situated at Antananarivo, the capital and largest
city of Madagascar.
The Parliament
of Madagascar have 2 Chambers, the Senate and the National assembly.
The Senatehas 33 members in which 22 are
elected from every district of Madagascar,
and 11 more are appointed by the President, all for
five-year terms. And the National
assembly has 151 members, elected for 5 year terms in sole member and two-member constituencies.
92- Malawi – National Assembly
The parliament
of Malawi is known as the National assembly of the Supreme legislative body of Malawi. The National assembly is a unicameral
body of the legislature of Malawi.
National Assembly is situated at Lilongwe, the Capital
and the most populous city of the African country of the Malawi.
The National Assembly has 193 Members of
Parliament (MPs) who are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the simple
majoritysystem. The Member of Parliament
of Malawi are elected for 5year terms. The National Assembly solely possesses legislative supremacy and the
limited power over all other political bodies in Malawi. Speaker is the
head of the House who is elected by his or her peers.
93- Malaysia – Malaysia Parliament
The Parliament of Malaysia is the
national legislature body of the Malaysia.
The Parliament of Malaysia is based
on Westminster Model. Malaysian Houses of Parliament situated
at, Kuala Lumpur referred to as KL, is a federal territory and the capital city of Malaysia.
The Parliament
of Malaysia is a bicameral
Parliament consists of 2 chamber, the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) andthe Dewan Negara (Senate) andthe Yang di-PertuanAgong is the
King and the Head of State is the 3rd component of Parliament.
The Dewan Rakyat consists of 222 members of
Parliament elected from sole member constituenciestaken on population in a general election using the first-past-the-post system.
The Dewan Negara consists of 70 members
called as Senators, 26 are elected by the 13 state assemblies,
4 are appointed by the Yang
di-PertuanAgong to face the three federal
territories. The rest 40 members are appointed by the Yang di-PertuanAgong on the advice of
the PM.
94- Maldives – The People's Majlis
The Parliament
of Maldives is also known as the People's
Majlis. In Maldivian language Majlis is also known as Dhivehi.
The People’s Majlis is a unicameral legislature of the Republic of
Maldives. The People’s Majlis is situated at Malé, is the
capital and most populous city in the Republic of Maldives.
The Majlis is composed of 87 members and The Majlis has the
authority to enact, amend and revise laws for the constitution of Maldives.
2 members are elected from every administrative atoll under the present
constitution. Another 2 members are elected from the capital Male’ of
the Republic of Maldives. The president selects 8 members to the Majlis
Also the annual budget of the state of Maldives is also passed by The
People’s Majlis.
95- Mali – National assembly
The Parliament of Mali is also known as National Assembly. The Parliament of Mali
is a unicameral legislative body of the Republic of Mali. National assembly of Mali is situated at Bamako, the capital and largest city of Mali.
Members of the National assembly is also known as Deputies
are elected by direct universal suffrage for a five-year term, during
which they enjoy parliamentaryimmunity. The Assembly normally meets twice
a year, on the first Monday in October for no more than 75 days and the first
Monday in April for no more than 90 days but Prime Minister or
Majority of the National assembly member can call on an extra session
for the People of Mali.
96- Malta – The
Parliament of Malta
The Parliament
of Malta is the constitutional legislative body of the Republic of Malta. The parliament of Malta
is a unicameral legislature of the Malta.
The Parliament House of Malta is situated at Valletta, the capital
and most populous city of Malta.
The Parliament
of Malta is a unicameral composed
with democratically elected House of Representatives and
the President
of Malta.
By Constitutional law, all government
ministers, including the Prime Minister,
must be members of the House of
Representatives.
97-Marshall
Islands – Legislature of the Marshall Island (Nitijela)
The
Parliament of the Marshall Island is also known as Legislature of the Marshall Island or in Local language Nitijela. The Parliament of Marshall Island is a unicameral
legislature of the Republic of Marshall
Island. Nitijela is situated
Capitol Building, Majuro, the
Capital and the largest city of the Marshall
Island.
Nitijela has 33
members, and the elected member of Nitjela
serve a four-year term in single-seat and five multi-seat constituencies. The last election was November 18, 2019. Elections in the Marshall Islands are officially nonpartisan, but there is only 4
Political party in Marshall Island and most members of the Nitjela are affiliated with that four active political parties in the Marshall Islands.
98- Mauritanian
– National assembly
The Parliament
of the Mauritanian is also known as National Assembly. The Parliament of
Mauritanian is a unicameral legislature of the Islamic Republic of Mauritanian.
National assembly is situated Nouakchott, the Capital and the largest city of
the Mauritanian.
The Mauritanian Parliament is composed of a
single chamber, the National Assembly Composed of 157
members. The representatives of National Assembly are elected for a 5 year term
in single-seat constituencies.
99- Mauritius
– National assembly
The
Parliament of the Mauritius is also known as National Assembly. The Parliament of Mauritius is a unicameral legislature which was called the
Legislative Assembly until 1992,
when the country became a republic.
The Parliament House or National
assembly is situated Port Louis, the Capital
and the largest city of the Mauritius.
Mauritius Parliament is
modelled as the Westminster system
of parliamentary democracy, where
members of parliament are elected in
regulargeneral election of the
country, on the basis of a first past
the post system. The Parliament of Mauritius
consists of 70 members, 62 directly elected for 5 year terms in multi-member and 8 additional members,
known as "best losers",
appointed by the ElectoralSupervisory
Commission to make sure of that ethnic
and religious minorities are equally represented.
100 –
Mexico – Congress of the Union
The
Parliament of the Mexico is also known as Congress of the Union or General
Congress of the United Mexican States. The Parliament of Mexicois a bicameral legislature of the
Federal Government of the Mexico.
Congress of the Union building is situated Mexico
City, the Capital and the largest city of theMexico.
The legislature
of the federal government of Mexico consisting
of two chambers: the Senate of the Republic and the Chamber of Deputies. The Senate also
known as upper House have 128 members and the Chamber of Deputies have 500 members known as Deputies.
