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Couverture_Ang:Mise en page 1 27.3.2008 14:33 Page 1 Print ISSN: 1994-0963 Electronic ISSN: 1994-098X INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION CHRONICLE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 2007 CHRONICLE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS VOLUME 41 Published annually in English and French since 1967, the Chronicle of Parliamen tary Elections reports on all national legislative elections held throughout the world during a given year. It includes information on the electoral system, the background and outcome of each election as well as statistics on the results, distribution of votes and distribution of seats according to political group, sex and age. The information contained in the Chronicle can also be found in the IPU’s database on national parliaments, PARLINE. PARLINE is accessible on the IPU web site (http://www.ipu.org) and is continually updated. Inter-Parliamentary Union VOLUME 41 5, chemin du Pommier Case postale 330 CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex Geneva – Switzerland Tel.: +41 22 919 41 50 Fax: +41 22 919 41 60 2007 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ipu.org 2007 Chronicle of Parliamentary Elections VOLUME 41 1 January - 31 December 2007 © Inter-Parliamentary Union 2008 Print ISSN: 1994-0963 Electronic ISSN: 1994-098X Photo credits Front cover: Photo AFP/Pascal Pavani Back cover: Photo AFP/Tugela Ridley Inter-Parliamentary Union Office of the Permanent Observer of 5, chemin du Pommier the IPU to the United Nations Case postale 330 220 East 42nd Street CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex Suite 3002 Geneva — Switzerland New York, N.Y. 10017 USA Tel.: + 41 22 919 41 50 Tel.: +1 212 557 58 80 Fax: + 41 22 919 41 60 Fax: +1 212 557 39 54 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ipu.org Table of Contents Introduction.................................................................................................................4 Algeria: Parliament National People's Assembly......................................................................8 Argentina: National Congress Chamber of Deputies ..............................................................................13 Senate .......................................................................................................19 Armenia: National Assembly...................................................................................24 Australia: Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia House of Representatives........................................................................29 Senate .......................................................................................................33 Bahamas: Parliament House of Assembly ...................................................................................38 Belgium: Federal Chambers House of Representatives........................................................................42 Senate .......................................................................................................48 Benin: National Assembly ........................................................................................54 Bhutan: Parliament National Council ......................................................................................58 Burkina Faso: National Assembly............................................................................63 Cameroon: National Assembly...............................................................................67 Congo: Parliament National Assembly....................................................................................71 Croatia: Croatian Parliament..................................................................................77 Denmark: The Danish Parliament ...........................................................................83 Egypt: Shoura Assembly ......................................................................................88 Estonia: The Estonian Parliament ............................................................................94 Finland: Parliament...................................................................................................99 France: Parliament National Assembly..................................................................................103 Gambia (The): National Assembly........................................................................110 Greece: Hellenic Parliament.................................................................................113 Guatemala: Congress of the Republic ................................................................118 Iceland: Parliament................................................................................................122 Ireland: Parliament House of Representatives......................................................................126 Chronicle 41 - January-December 2007 1 Table of Contents Jamaica: Parliament House of Representatives......................................................................130 Japan: National Diet House of Councillors ..............................................................................134 Jordan: National Assembly House of Representatives......................................................................141 Kazakhstan: Parliament House of Representatives......................................................................145 Kenya: National Assembly ...................................................................................149 Kiribati: House of Assembly....................................................................................155 Kyrgyzstan: Supreme Council ...............................................................................159 Lesotho: Parliament National Assembly..................................................................................164 Madagascar: National Assembly..................................................................................168 Mali: National Assembly ........................................................................................173 Marshall Islands: Parliament..................................................................................178 Micronesia (Federated States of): Congress .......................................................181 Morocco: Parliament House of Representatives......................................................................184 Nauru: Parliament...................................................................................................189 Nigeria: National Assembly House of Representatives......................................................................192 Senate .....................................................................................................197 Oman: Consultative Council .............................................................................202 Papua New Guinea: National Parliament ...........................................................206 Philippines: Congress House of Representatives......................................................................211 Senate .....................................................................................................215 Poland: Sejm .........................................................................................................220 Senate .....................................................................................................226 Russian Federation: Federal Assembly State Duma.............................................................................................231 Senegal: Parliament National Assembly..................................................................................236 Serbia: National Assembly.....................................................................................241 2 Chronicle 41 - January-December 2007 Table of Contents Seychelles: National Assembly .............................................................................247 Sierra Leone: Parliament........................................................................................250 Switzerland: National Council ....................................................................................255 Council of States ....................................................................................261 Syrian Arab Republic: People's Assembly ...........................................................267 Thailand: National Assembly House of Representatives......................................................................271 Timor-Leste: National Parliament..........................................................................277 Togo: National Assembly .......................................................................................281 Trinidad and Tobago: Parliament House of Representatives......................................................................285 Turkey: Grand National Assembly of Turkey........................................................289 Ukraine: Parliament................................................................................................295 Viet Nam: National Assembly................................................................................300 Chronicle 41 - January-December 2007 3 Introduction An unusually large number of parliamentary elections were held in 2007 - 62 parliamentary chambers in 55 countries were renewed in direct elections, compared to an average of 49 chambers in 43 countries in each of the past five years. This is due primarily to elections in countries emerging from conflicts