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Names of legislatures
The legislatures are listed with their names in English and the name in the (most-used) native language of the country.The names of the legislatures differ per country. The most used name seems to be National Assembly, but Parliament and Congress are often used too. The name Parliament is in some cases even used when in political science the legislature would be considered a congress. The upper house of the legislature is often named Senate. In some cases, countries use very traditional names. In Germanic countries variations Thing (e.g. Folketing) are used. A thing or ting was the governing assembly in Germanic societies, made up of the free men of the community and presided by lawspeakers. A variant is the use of the word Tag or Dag (e.g. Bundestag), used because things were held at daylight and often lasted all day. Other traditional names are the Estates General and variations of Sejm. In Islamic countries Majlis is often included in the name. This can be translated as "Council" or "Assembly".
List of legislatures
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Notes
1. ^ Native name not available
2. ^ The head of state is a constituent part of the parliament too.
3. ^ The native name is also used in English.
4. ^ The PRC has also a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议 Zhōngguó RénmÃn Zhèngzhì Xiéshāng Huìyì), which is a political advisory body but not a legislature.
5. ^ Also: Temsilciler Meclisi
6. ^ Also: Riksdag
7. ^ Also: National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
8. ^ Also: Chambre des Députés
9. ^ Also: Assemblée nationale
10. ^ Transliterally, People's Hall
11. ^ Transliterally, Nation's Hall
12. ^ In English State Great Khural is used too.
13. ^ The elected People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw) never convened, so didn't became the legislature.
14. ^ The Consultative Assembly has only consultative tasks
15. ^ The Assembly of State has only consultative tasks
16. ^ Name used only on those rare occasions when both houses sit together
17. ^ The Consultative Assembly has only consultative task
18. ^ The appointed Consultative Assembly has only legislative tasks
19. ^ Also: Assemblée fédérale and Assemblea federale
20. ^ Also: Conseil National and Consiglio Nazionale
21. ^ Also: Conseil des Etats and Consiglio degli Stati
22. ^ Also: Landsting
23. ^ The Legislative Council of Hong Kong is known as 立法會 in Chinese. Lìfǎ Huì is its Pinyin romanization based on Mandarin, and Laap Faat Wui is its Jyutping romanization based on Cantonese.
24. ^ Also: Skupština Kosova
25. ^ The Legislative Assembly of Macao is known as 立法會 in Chinese. Lìfǎ Huì is its Pinyin romanization based on Mandarin, and Laap Faat Wui is its Jyutping romanization based on Cantonese.
2. ^ The head of state is a constituent part of the parliament too.
3. ^ The native name is also used in English.
4. ^ The PRC has also a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议 Zhōngguó RénmÃn Zhèngzhì Xiéshāng Huìyì), which is a political advisory body but not a legislature.
5. ^ Also: Temsilciler Meclisi
6. ^ Also: Riksdag
7. ^ Also: National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
8. ^ Also: Chambre des Députés
9. ^ Also: Assemblée nationale
10. ^ Transliterally, People's Hall
11. ^ Transliterally, Nation's Hall
12. ^ In English State Great Khural is used too.
13. ^ The elected People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw) never convened, so didn't became the legislature.
14. ^ The Consultative Assembly has only consultative tasks
15. ^ The Assembly of State has only consultative tasks
16. ^ Name used only on those rare occasions when both houses sit together
17. ^ The Consultative Assembly has only consultative task
18. ^ The appointed Consultative Assembly has only legislative tasks
19. ^ Also: Assemblée fédérale and Assemblea federale
20. ^ Also: Conseil National and Consiglio Nazionale
21. ^ Also: Conseil des Etats and Consiglio degli Stati
22. ^ Also: Landsting
23. ^ The Legislative Council of Hong Kong is known as 立法會 in Chinese. Lìfǎ Huì is its Pinyin romanization based on Mandarin, and Laap Faat Wui is its Jyutping romanization based on Cantonese.
24. ^ Also: Skupština Kosova
25. ^ The Legislative Assembly of Macao is known as 立法會 in Chinese. Lìfǎ Huì is its Pinyin romanization based on Mandarin, and Laap Faat Wui is its Jyutping romanization based on Cantonese.
See also
- List of national governments
- List of national leaders
- List of state legislatures of the United States
- Legislative Assemblies of Canada's provinces and territories
- Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
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