, LKS 1

note: New Caledonia elects 1 seat to the French Senate; elections
last held 27 September 1992 (next to be held NA September 2001);
results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 1; New
Caledonia also elects 2 seats to the French National Assembly;
elections last held 25 May-1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002);
results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 2

New Zealand:
unicameral House of Representatives - commonly called
Parliament (120 seats; members elected by popular vote in
single-member constituencies to serve three-year terms)

elections: last held 27 November 1999 (next must be called by
November 2002)

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NZLP 49, NP 39, Alliance 10, ACT New Zealand 9, Green Party 7, NZFP
5, UNZ 1

note: NZLP and Alliance formed the government coalition; the
National Party became the opposition party

Nicaragua:
unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (93
seats; members are elected by proportional representation to serve
five-year terms)

elections: last held 20 October 1996 (next to be held 4 November
2001)

election results: percent of vote by party - Liberal Alliance
(ruling party - includes PLC, PALI, PLIUN, and PUCA) 46.03%, FSLN
36.55%, PCCN 3.73%, PCN 2.12%, MRS 1.33%; seats by party - Liberal
Alliance 42, FSLN 36, PCCN 4, PCN 3, PRONAL 2, MRS 1, PRN 1, PC 1,
PLI 1, AU 1, UNO-96 Alliance 1

Niger:
unicameral National Assembly (83 seats, members elected by
popular vote for five-year terms)

elections: last held 24 November 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
MNSD-Nassara 38, CDS-Rahama 17, PNDS-Tarayya 16, RDP-Jama'a 8,
ANDPS-Zaman Lahiya 4

Nigeria:
bicameral National Assembly consists of Senate (109 seats,
three from each state and one from the Federal Capital Territory;
members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and House
of Representatives (360 seats, members elected by popular vote to
serve four-year terms)

elections: Senate - last held 20-24 February 1999 (next to be held
NA 2003); House of Representatives - last held 20-24 February 1999
(next to be held NA 2003)

election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - PDP 58%, APP
23%, AD 19%; seats by party - PDP 67, APP 23, AD 19; House of
Representative