bers
serve five-year terms)

elections: last held 3 March 2000 (next to be held NA March 2005)

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
UF 4, AUM 2, independent 1

Antigua and Barbuda:
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate
(17-member body appointed by the governor general) and the House of
Representatives (17 seats; members are elected by proportional
representation to serve five-year terms)

elections: House of Representatives - last held 9 March 1999 (next
to be held NA March 2004)

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
ALP 12, UPP 4, independent 1

Argentina:
bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists
of the Senate (72 seats; formerly, three members appointed by each
of the provincial legislatures; presently transitioning to one-third
of the members being elected every two years to six-year terms) and
the Chamber of Deputies (257 seats; one-half of the members elected
every two years to four-year terms)

elections: Senate - transition phase will begin in the 2001
elections when all seats will be fully contested; winners will
randomly draw to determine whether they will serve a two-year,
four-year, or full six-year term, beginning a rotating cycle
renovating one-third of the body every two years; Chamber of
Deputies - last held 24 October 1999 (next to be held NA October
2001)

election results: Senate - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA%;
seats by bloc or party - Peronist 40, UCR 20, Frepaso 1, other 11;
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA%; seats
by bloc or party - Alliance 124 (UCR 85, Frepaso 36, others 3),
Peronist 101, AR 12, other 20

Armenia:
unicameral National Assembly (Parliament) or Azgayin
Zhoghov (131 seats; members serve four-year terms)

elections: last held 30 May 1999 (next to be held in the spring of
2003)

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
unity bloc 61 (Republican Party 41, People's Party of Armenia 20),
Stability Group (independent Armenian deputies who have formed a
bloc) 21, ACP 10, ARF (Dashnak) 8, Law and Unity Party 7, NDU 6,
Law-Governed Party 6, independents 10, unfilled 2; note - seats by
party change frequently

Aruba:
unicameral Legislature or Staten (21 seats; members elected
by direct, popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections