list of national legislatures

This is a list of national legislatures, whether parliamentary or congressional, that act as a plenary general assembly of representatives with the power to legislate.

owspan=2\|Country	colspan=3\|Legislature
verall name	Lower house	Upper house
a href="/encyclopedia/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan	colspan=3\|n/a
a href="/encyclopedia/Albania" title="Albania">Albania	colspan=3\|People's Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria	Parliament	National People's Assembly	Council of the Nation
a href="/encyclopedia/Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra	colspan=3\|General Council of the Valleys
a href="/encyclopedia/Angola" title="Angola">Angola	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Antigua-and-Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda	Parliament	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina	National Congress	Chamber of Deputies	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Australia" title="Australia">Australia	Parliament	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Austria" title="Austria">Austria (note 2)	Parliament	National Council	Federal Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Bahamas" title="Bahamas">Bahamas	Parliament	House of Assembly	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain	\|House of Deputies \|Shura Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh	colspan=3\|House of the Nation
a href="/encyclopedia/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados	Parliament	House of Assembly	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus	Parliament	Chamber of Representatives	Council of the Republic
a href="/encyclopedia/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium (note 2)	Parliament	Chamber of Deputies	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Belize" title="Belize">Belize	National Assembly	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Benin" title="Benin">Benin	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia	National Congress	Chamber of Deputies	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina	Parliamentary Assembly	House of Representatives	House of Peoples
a href="/encyclopedia/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana	Parliament	National Assembly	House of Chiefs
a href="/encyclopedia/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil	National Congress	Chamber of Deputies	Federal Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei	colspan=3\|Legislative Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Burkina-Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso	Parliament	National Assembly	Chamber of Representatives
a href="/encyclopedia/Burma" title="Burma">Burma	colspan=3\|People's Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Burundi" title="Burundi">Burundi	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia	Parliament	National Assembly	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Canada" title="Canada">Canada	Parliament	House of Commons	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Cape-Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Central-African-Republic" title="Central African Republic">Central African Republic	colspan=3\|n/a
a href="/encyclopedia/Chad" title="Chad">Chad	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Chile" title="Chile">Chile	National Congress	Chamber of Deputies	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/People's-Republic-of-China" title="People's Republic of China">China (PRC)	colspan=3\|National People's Congress
a href="/encyclopedia/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia	Congress	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Cook-Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands	colspan=3\|Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Congo-Brazzaville" title="Congo-Brazzaville">Congo-Brazzaville	colspan=3\|National Transitional Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Congo-Kinshasa" title="Congo-Kinshasa">Congo-Kinshasa	colspan=3\|n/a
a href="/encyclopedia/Costa-Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica	colspan=3\|Legislative Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Cte-d'Ivoire" title="Cte d'Ivoire">Cte d'Ivoire	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia	colspan=3\|Sabor
a href="/encyclopedia/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba	colspan=3\|National Assembly of People's Power
a href="/encyclopedia/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus (note 2)	colspan=3\|House of Representatives
a href="/encyclopedia/Czech-Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic (note 2)	Parliament	Chamber of Deputies	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark (note 2)	colspan=3\|Folketing
a href="/encyclopedia/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti	colspan=3\|Chamber of Deputies
a href="/encyclopedia/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica	colspan=3\|House of Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Dominican-Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic (note 1)	Congress	Chamber of Deputies	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/East-Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor	colspan=3\|National Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador	colspan=3\|National Congress
a href="/encyclopedia/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt	\|People's Assembly \|Shura Council
a href="/encyclopedia/El-Salvador" title="El Salvador">El Salvador (note 1)	colspan=3\|Legislative Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Equatorial-Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea	colspan=3\|House of People's Representatives
a href="/encyclopedia/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia (note 2)	colspan=3\|Riigikogu
a href="/encyclopedia/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia	Parliament	House of People's Representatives	House of Federation
a href="/encyclopedia/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji	Parliament	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Finland" title="Finland">Finland (note 2)	colspan=3\|Eduskunta, Riksdag
a href="/encyclopedia/France" title="France">France (note 2)	Parliament	National Assembly	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon	Parliament	National Assembly	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Gambia" title="Gambia">Gambia	National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Georgia-(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia	Supreme Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Germany" title="Germany">Germany (note 2)	\|Bundestag \|Bundesrat
a href="/encyclopedia/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana	colspan=3\|Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Greece" title="Greece">Greece (note 2)	Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada	Parliament	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala (note 1)	colspan=3\|Congress of the Republic
a href="/encyclopedia/Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey	States	\|
a href="/encyclopedia/Guinea" title="Guinea">Guinea	colspan=3\|People's National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau	colspan=3\|People's National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti	National Assembly	Chamber of Deputies	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras (note 1)	colspan=3\|National Congress
a href="/encyclopedia/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary (note 2)	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland	colspan=3\|Althing
a href="/encyclopedia/India" title="India">India	Parliament	Lok Sabha	Rajya Sabha
a href="/encyclopedia/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia	colspan=3\|House of Representatives
a href="/encyclopedia/Iran" title="Iran">Iran	colspan=3\|Islamic Consultative Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq	colspan=3\|n/a
a href="/encyclopedia/Republic-of-Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland, Republic of (note 2)	Oireachtas	Dil ireann	Seanad ireann
a href="/encyclopedia/Isle-of-Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man	Tynwald	House of Keys	Legislative Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Israel" title="Israel">Israel	colspan=3\|Knesset
a href="/encyclopedia/Italy" title="Italy">Italy (note 2)	Parliament	Chamber of Deputies	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica	Parliament	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Japan" title="Japan">Japan	Diet	House of Representatives	House of Councillors
a href="/encyclopedia/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey	States	\|
a href="/encyclopedia/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan	National Assembly	Chamber of Deputies	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Kazakstan" title="Kazakstan">Kazakstan	Parliament	Majilis	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati	colspan=3\|Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/North-Korea" title="North Korea">Korea (DPRK)	colspan=3\|Supreme People's Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/South-Korea" title="South Korea">Korea (ROK)	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan	Supreme Council	Assembly of People's Representatives	Legisative Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Laos" title="Laos">Laos	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia (note 2)	colspan=3\|Saeima
a href="/encyclopedia/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho	Parliament	Assembly	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia	National Assembly	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Libya" title="Libya">Libya	colspan=3\|General People's Congress
a href="/encyclopedia/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein	colspan=3\|Landtag
a href="/encyclopedia/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania (note 2)	colspan=3\|Seimas
a href="/encyclopedia/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg (note 2)	colspan=3\|Chamber of Deputies
YRO Macedonia	colspan=3\|Sobranje
a href="/encyclopedia/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar	Parliament	National Assembly	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia	Parliament	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives	colspan=3\|Majlis
a href="/encyclopedia/Mali" title="Mali">Mali	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Malta" title="Malta">Malta (note 2)	colspan=3\|House of Representatives
a href="/encyclopedia/Marshall-Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands	colspan=3\|Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania	Parliament	National Assembly	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius	National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico	Congress of the Union	Chamber of Deputies	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Federated-States-of-Micronesia" title="Federated States of Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia	colspan=3\|Congress
a href="/encyclopedia/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova	colspan=3\|Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco	colspan=3\|National Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia	colspan=3\|State Great Hural
a href="/encyclopedia/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco	Parliament	Chamber of Representatives	Chamber of Councillors
a href="/encyclopedia/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique	colspan=3\|Assembly of the Republic
a href="/encyclopedia/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia	Parliament	National Assembly	National Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru	colspan=3\|Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal	Parliament	House of Representatives	National Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands (note 2)	States-General	Second Chamber	First Chamber
a href="/encyclopedia/New-Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand	colspan=3\|Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua (note 1)	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Niger" title="Niger">Niger	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria	National Assembly	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Niue" title="Niue">Niue	colspan=3\|Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Norway" title="Norway">Norway	colspan=3\|Storting
a href="/encyclopedia/Oman" title="Oman">Oman	Majlis Oman	Majlis ash-Shura	Majlis ad-Dawla
a href="/encyclopedia/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan	Parliament	National Assembly	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Palau" title="Palau">Palau	National Congress	House of Delegates	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Panama" title="Panama">Panama (note 1)	colspan=3\|Legislative Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Papua-New-Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea	colspan=3\|National Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay	Congress	Chamber of Deputies	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Peru" title="Peru">Peru	colspan=3\|Congress
a href="/encyclopedia/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines	Congress	House of Represenatatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Poland" title="Poland">Poland (note 2)	National Assembly	Sejm	Senat
a href="/encyclopedia/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal (note 2)	colspan=3\|Assembly of the Republic
a href="/encyclopedia/Puerto-Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico	Legislative Assembly	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar	colspan=3\|Majlis al-Shura
a href="/encyclopedia/Romania" title="Romania">Romania	Parliament	Chamber of Deputies	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Russia" title="Russia">Russia	Federal Assembly	Duma	Federation Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda	colspan=3\|Transitional National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Saint-Kitts-and-Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Saint-Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia	Parliament	House of Assembly	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Saint-Vincent-and-the-Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	colspan=3\|House of Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa	colspan=3\|Fono
a href="/encyclopedia/San-Marino" title="San Marino">San Marino	colspan=3\|Grand and General Council
a href="/encyclopedia/So-Tom-and-Prncipe" title="So Tom and Prncipe">So Tom and Prncipe	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Saudi-Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia	colspan=3\|Consultative Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Serbia-and-Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Serbia and Montenegro (note 3)	colspan=3\|Skupština
a href="/encyclopedia/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Sierra-Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone	colspan=3\|Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore	colspan=3\|Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia (note 2)	colspan=3\|National Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia (note 2)	Parliament	National Assembly	National Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Solomon-Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands	colspan=3\|Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia	colspan=3\|n/a
a href="/encyclopedia/South-Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa	Parliament	National Assembly	National Council of Provinces
a href="/encyclopedia/Spain" title="Spain">Spain (note 2)	Cortes Generales	Congress of Deputies	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Sri-Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka	colspan=3\|Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Swaziland" title="Swaziland">Swaziland	Parliament	House of Assembly	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden (note 2)	colspan=3\|Riksdag
a href="/encyclopedia/Syria" title="Syria">Syria	colspan=3\|People's Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland	Federal Assembly	National Council	Council of States
a href="/encyclopedia/Republic-of-China" title="Republic of China">Taiwan (ROC)	colspan=3\|Legislative Yuan
a href="/encyclopedia/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan	Supreme Assembly	Assembly of Representatives	National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand	National Assembly	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Togo" title="Togo">Togo	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Trinidad-and-Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad & Tobago	Parliament	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia	colspan=3\|Chamber of Deputies
a href="/encyclopedia/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey	colspan=3\|Grand National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan	\|People's Council \|Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu	colspan=3\|Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine	colspan=3\|Verkhovna Rada
a href="/encyclopedia/United-Arab-Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates	colspan=3\|Federal National Council
a href="/encyclopedia/United-Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom (note 2)	Parliament	House of Commons	House of Lords
a href="/encyclopedia/United-States" title="United States">United States	Congress	House of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay	General Assembly	Chamber of Representatives	Senate
a href="/encyclopedia/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan	colspan=3\|Supreme Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu	colspan=3\|Parliament
a href="/encyclopedia/Vatican-City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City	colspan=3\|n/a
a href="/encyclopedia/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen	\|House of Representatives \|Shura Council
a href="/encyclopedia/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia	colspan=3\|National Assembly
a href="/encyclopedia/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe	colspan=3\|House of Assembly

Notes

In addition to their unicameral national parliaments, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama and also return directly elected deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament. Since acceding to the Parliament in February 2004, the Dominican Republic will also shortly be sending a delegation of deputies.
In addition to their national parliaments, the nations of the European Union also return directly elected members to the supranational European Parliament. The most recent elections—and the first elections for the newly acceded countries—were held in June 2004. See European Parliament election, 2004.
The Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro will be merged combination of independently elected National Assembly of Serbia and National Assembly of Montenegro for next two years.

List Of National Legislatures

Notes

See also