45 seats; 543 elected by popular
vote, 2 appointed by the president; members serve five-year terms)

elections: People's Assembly - last held 5 September through 3
October 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)

election results: People's Assembly - percent of vote by party -
BJP alliance 40.8%, Congress alliance 33.8%, other 25.4%; seats by
party - BJP alliance 304, Congress alliance 134, other 107

Indonesia:
unicameral House of Representatives or Dewan Perwakilan
Rakyat (DPR) (500 seats; 462 elected by popular vote, 38 are
appointed military representatives; members serve five-year terms)

elections: last held 7 June 1999 (next to be held NA June 2004)

election results: percent of vote by party - PDI-P 37.4%, Golkar
20.9%, PKB 17.4%, PPP 10.7%, PAN 7.3%, PBB 1.8%, other 4.5%; seats
by party - PDI-P 154, Golkar 120, PPP 58, PKB 51, PAN 35, PBB 14,
other 30

Iran:
unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly or
Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami (290 seats, note - changed from 270 seats
with the 18 February 2000 election; members elected by popular vote
to serve four-year terms)

elections: last held 18 February-NA April 2000 (next to be held NA
2004)

election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats by party - reformers
170, conservatives 45, and independents 10; 65 seats were up for
runoff election on 5 May 2000 (reformers 52, conservatives 10,
independents 3)

Iraq:
unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Watani (250 seats;
30 appointed by the president to represent the three northern
provinces of Dahuk, Arbil, and As Sulaymaniyah; 220 elected by
popular vote; members serve four-year terms)

elections: last held 27 March 2000 (next to be held NA March 2004)

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

Ireland:
bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of the Senate
or Seanad Eireann (60 seats - 49 elected by the universities and
from candidates put forward by five vocational panels, 11 are
nominated by the prime minister; members serve five-year terms) and
the House of Representatives or Dail Eireann (166 seats; members are
elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation
to serve five-year terms)

elections: Senate - last held NA August 1997 (next to be held NA
2002); House of Representatives - last held 6 June 1997 (next to be
held NA 2002)

election results: Senate - perc