he Senate (33 members -
22 principal chiefs and 11 other members appointed by the ruling
party) and the Assembly (80 seats; members elected by popular vote
for five-year terms); note - number of seats in the Assembly rose
from 65 to 80 in the May 1998 election; on 28 February 2001, the
Senate approved expansion of the Assembly by a further 50 seats in
the next election, which may be held as early as January 2002

elections: last held 23 May 1998 (next to be held NA March 2001)

election results: percent of vote by party - LCD 60.7%, BNP 24.5%,
other 14.8%; seats by party - LCD 79, BNP 1

note: results contested; opposition parties claimed the election
was fraudulent and staged a coup; Southern African Development
Community (SADC) forces intervened in September 1998 and restored
order; the Interim Political Authority (IPA) was set up in December
1998 to create a new electoral system and conduct new elections.

Liberia:
bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (26
seats; members elected by popular vote to serve nine-year terms) and
the House of Representatives (64 seats; members elected by popular
vote to serve six-year terms)

elections: Senate - last held 19 July 1997 (next to be held in NA
2006); House of Representatives - last held 19 July 1997 (next to be
held in NA 2003)

election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - NPP 21, UP 3, ALCOP 2; House of Representatives - percent of
vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NPP 49, UP 7, ALCOP 3,
Alliance of Political Parties 2, UPP 2, LPP 1; note - the Alliance
of Political Parties was a coalition of the LAP and the Liberia
Unification Party or LUP

Libya:
unicameral General People's Congress (NA seats; members
elected indirectly through a hierarchy of people's committees)

Liechtenstein:
unicameral Diet or Landtag (25 seats; members are
elected by direct popular vote under proportional representation to
serve four-year terms)

elections: last held on 9-11 February 2001 (next to be held by NA
2005)

election results: percent of vote by party - FBP 49.90%, VU 41.35%,
FL 8.71%; seats by party - FBP 13, VU 11, FL 1

Lithuania:
unicameral Parliament or Seimas (141 seats, 71 members
are directly elected by popular vote, 70 are elected by proportional
representation; members serve four-year terms)

elections: last held 8 October 2000 (n