.16%, Peru
Possible 23.34%, FIM 7.56%, Somos Peru 7.2%, APRA 5.5%, others
14.24%; seats by party - Peru 2000 52, Peru Possible 29, FIM 9,
others 30
Philippines:
bicameral Congress or Kongreso consists of the Senate
or Senado (24 seats - one-half elected every three years; members
elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the House of
Representatives or Kapulungan Ng Mga Kinatawan (204 seats; members
elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; note - additional
members may be appointed by the president but the Constitution
prohibits the House of Representatives from having more than 250
members)
elections: Senate - last held 11 May 1998 (next to be held 14 May
2001); House of Representatives - elections last held 11 May 1998
(next to be held 14 May 2001)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - LAMP 12, Lakas 5, PRP 2, LP 1, other 3; note - the Senate
now has only 22 members with one seat vacated when Gloria
MACAPAGAL-ARROYO became vice president and another seat vacated upon
a senator's death; the two seats can only be filled by election and
will remain open until the next regular election in May 2001; House
of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party
- LAMP 135, Lakas 37, LP 13, Aksyon Demokratiko 1, other 35
Pitcairn Islands:
unicameral Island Council (10 seats - 6 elected by
popular vote, 1 appointed by the 6 elected members, 2 appointed by
the governor, and 1 seat for the Island Secretary; members serve
one-year terms)
elections: take place each December; last held NA December 2000
(next to be held NA December 2001)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents
Poland:
bicameral National Assembly or Zgromadzenie Narodowe
consists of the Sejm (460 seats; members are elected under a complex
system of proportional representation to serve four-year terms) and
the Senate or Senat (100 seats; members are elected by a majority
vote on a provincial basis to serve four-year terms)
elections: Sejm elections last held 21 September 1997 (next to be
held by NA September 2001); Senate - last held 21 September 1997
(next to be held by NA September 2001)
election results: Sejm - percent of vote by party - AWS 33.8%, SLD
27.1%, UW 13.4%, PSL 7.3%, ROP 5.6%, MNSO 0.4%, other 12.4%; seats
by party - AWS 201, SLD 164, UW 60, PSL 27,
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