Olive Tree 128
(Democrats of the Left 62, Daisy Alliance 42, Sunflower Alliance 16,
Italian Communist Party 3, independents 5), non-affiliated with
either coalition 10, senators for life 9; Chamber of Deputies -
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - House of Liberties
367 (Forza Italia 189, National Alliance 96, CCD-CDU 40, Northern
League 30, others 12), Olive Tree 248 (Democrats of the Left 138,
Daisy Alliance 76, Sunflower Alliance 18, Italian Communist Party 9,
independents 7), non-affiliated with either coalition 15

Jamaica:
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 21-member
body appointed by the governor general on the recommendations of the
prime minister and the leader of the opposition; ruling party is
allocated 13 seats, and the opposition is allocated eight seats) and
the House of Representatives (60 seats; members are elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections: last held 18 December 1997 (next to be held by March
2002)

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
PNP 50, JLP 10

Japan:
bicameral Diet or Kokkai consists of the House of Councillors
or Sangi-in (252 seats; one-half of the members elected every three
years - 76 seats of which are elected from the 47 multi-seat
prefectural districts and 50 of which are elected from a single
nationwide list; members elected by popular vote to serve six-year
terms) and the House of Representatives or Shugi-in (480 seats - 180
of which are elected from 11 regional blocks on a proportional
representation basis and 300 of which are elected from 300
single-seat districts; members elected by popular vote to serve
four-year terms)

elections: House of Councillors - last held 12 July 1998 (next to
be held NA July 2001); House of Representatives - last held 25 June
2000 (next to be held by June 2004)

election results: House of Councillors - percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - LDP 102, DPJ 47, JCP 23, Komeito 22, SDP 13,
Liberal Party 12, independents 26, others 7; note - the distribution
of seats as of February 2001 is as follows - LDP 112, DPJ 58,
Komeito 24, JCP 23, SDP 13, Liberal Party 5, independents 7, others
10; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats
by party - LDP 233, DPJ 127, Komeito 31, Liberal Party 22, JCP 20,
SDP 19, other 28; note - the distribution of seats as of Febru