al representation to serve
five-year terms)

elections: last held 5 September 1998 (next to be held by September
2003)

election results: percent of vote by party - PN 51.8%, MLP 46.9%,
AD 1.2%; seats by party - PN 35, MLP 30

Man, Isle of:
bicameral Tynwald consists of the Legislative Council
(a 11-member body composed of the President of Tynwald, the Lord
Bishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and 8 others
named by the House of Keys) and the House of Keys (24 seats; members
are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections: House of Keys - last held 21 November 1996 (next to be
held NA November 2001)

election results: House of Keys - percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - independents 24

Marshall Islands:
unicameral Parliament or Nitijela (33 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections: last held 15 November 1999 (next to be held NA November
2003)

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

note: the Council of Chiefs is a 12-member body that advises on
matters affecting customary law and practice

Martinique:
unicameral General Council or Conseil General (45 seats;
members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a
unicameral Regional Assembly or Conseil Regional (41 seats; members
are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)

elections: General Council - last held NA March 2000 (next to be
held NA 2006); Regional Assembly - last held on 15 March 1998 (next
to be held by March 2004)

election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - NA; note - the PPM won a plurality; Regional
Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR-UDF
14, MIM 13, PPM 7, left parties 4, PMS 3

note: Martinique elects 2 seats to the French Senate; elections
last held NA September 1998 (next to be held September 2001);
results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PPM 2;
Martinique also elects 4 seats to the French National Assembly;
elections last held 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); results -
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR 2, PS 1,
independent 1

Mauritania:
bicameral legislature consists of the Senate or Majlis
al-Shuyukh (56 seats; 17 up for election every two years; members
elected by municipal leaders to