d entitling them to a proportional share of
the 225 party list seats - KPRF 24.29%, Unity 23.32%, OVR 13.33%,
Union of Right Forces 8.52%, LDPR 5.98%, Yabloko 5.93%; seats by
party - KPRF 113, Unity 72, OVR 67, Union of Rightist Forces 29,
LDPR 17, Yabloko 21, other 16, independents 106, repeat election
required 8, vacant 1
Rwanda:
unicameral Transitional National Assembly or Assemblee
Nationale de Transition (a power-sharing body with 70 seats
established on 12 December 1994 following a multiparty protocol of
understanding; members were named by their parties, number of seats
per party predetermined by the Arusha peace accord)
note: four additional seats, two for women and two for youth, added
in 2001
elections: the last national legislative elections were held 16
December 1988 for the National Development Council (the legislature
prior to the advent of the Transitional National Assembly); no
elections have been held for the Transitional National Assembly as
the distribution of seats was predetermined by the Arusha peace
accord
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
FPR 13, MDR 13, PSD 13, PL 13, PDC 6, RPA 6, PSR 2, PDI 2, UDPR 2;
note - the distribution of seats was predetermined, four additional
seats (two for women and two for youth) added in 2001
Saint Helena:
unicameral Legislative Council (15 seats, including
the speaker, 3 ex officio and 12 elected members; members are
elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 9 July 1997 (next to be held NA August 2001)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 15
Saint Kitts and Nevis:
unicameral National Assembly (14 seats, 3
appointed and 11 popularly elected from single-member
constituencies; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 6 March 2000 (next to be held by July 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
SKNLP 8, CCM 2, NRP 1
Saint Lucia:
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (11 seats;
six members appointed on the advice of the prime minister, three on
the advice of the leader of the opposition, and two after
consultation with religious, economic, and social groups) and the
House of Assembly (17 seats; members are elected by popular vote
from single-member constituencies to serve five-year terms)
elections: House of Assembly
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