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and 23 February 1997 (next to be held in late 2001); in the first
round of voting some candidates won clear victories by receiving 50%
or more of the vote; where that did not happen, the two highest
scoring candidates stood for a second round of voting

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
MPS 65, URD 29, UNDR 15, RDP 3, others 13

Chile:
bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of
the Senate or Senado (48 seats, 38 elected by popular vote and 10
appointed (all former presidents who served 6 years are senators for
life); members serve eight-year terms - one-half elected every four
years) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (120
seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections: Senate - last held 11 December 1997 (next to be held NA
December 2001); Chamber of Deputies - last held 11 December 1997
(next to be held NA December 2001)

election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - CPD (PDC 14, PS 4, PPD 2), RN 7, UDI 10, UCCP 1,
independents 10; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party -
CPD 50.55% (PDC 22.98%, PS 11.10%, PPD 12.55%, PRSD 3.13%), RN
16.78%, UDI 14.43%; seats by party - CPD 70 (PDC 39, PPD 16, PRSD 4,
PS 11), RN 24, UDI 21, Socialist Party 1, right-wing independents 4

China:
unicameral National People's Congress or Quanguo Renmin
Daibiao Dahui (2,979 seats; members elected by municipal, regional,
and provincial people's congresses to serve five-year terms)

elections: last held NA December 1997-NA February 1998 (next to be
held late 2002-NA March 2003)

election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - NA

Christmas Island:
unicameral Christmas Island Shire Council (9
seats; members elected by popular vote to serve one-year terms)

elections: last held NA December 2000 (next to be held NA December
2001)

election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire
Council (NA seats)

Colombia:
bicameral Congress or Congreso consists of the Senate or
Senado (102 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
four-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Camara de
Representantes (163 seats; members are elected by popular vote to
serve four-year terms)

elections: Senate - last held 8 March 1998