Parliament names of different Countries, Legislature and Seats

Parliament names of different countries – In any democratic form of government the supreme legislative body is called as Parliament. It is also the executive governing body of the country. Parliament, Congress, National Assembly etc are the common names used to represent this legislative body. Most of the Islamic countries use “Shora” or “Majlis” as the name of their parliament. The Legislature can be Unicameral or Bicameral. Samller countries with small constituencies may prefer Unicameral legislature but bigger countries generally have Bicameral type legislature. In Bicameral legislature the Parliament have two houses- the Lower House and the Upper House. The members of lower house are generally directly elected from citizens while members of Upper house are generally nominated. The term of service of Lower and Upper houses may or may not be same.

Following list explains Parliament names of different countries of world. It also represents type of legislature of Parliament – weather it is Unicameral or bicameral and number of seats in each house.

Parliament Names of different Countries of Asia-Oceania 

List of Parliament Names of different Countries of Europe

Parliament Names of different Countries of Americas

List of Parliament Names of Different Countries of Africa

Also read : List of countries by continents, with capital, currency, official language

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