last held 5 December and 19 December 1999 (next to be
held NA December 2004)

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
NDP 48, Self-Sacrificers Party 34, Fatherland Progress Party 20,
Adolat Social Democratic Party 11, MTP 10, citizens' groups 16,
local government 110, vacant 1

note: not all seats in the last Supreme Assembly election were
contested; all parties in the Supreme Assembly support President
KARIMOV

Vanuatu:
unicameral Parliament (52 seats; members elected by popular
vote to serve four-year terms)

elections: last held 6 March 1998 (next to be held NA 2002)

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
VP 18, UMP 12, NUP 11, other and independent 11; note - political
party associations are fluid; there have been four changes of
government since the November 1995 elections

note: the National Council of Chiefs advises on matters of custom
and land

Venezuela:
unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional; 165
seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms;
three seats reserved for the indigenous peoples of Venezuela

elections: last held 30 July 2000 (next to be held NA 2005)

election results: Pro-government: percent of vote by party - NA%;
seats by party - MVR 92, MAS 6, indigenous 3, other parties 7;
Opposition: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - AD 33,
COPEI 6, Justice First 5, other parties 13

Vietnam:
unicameral National Assembly or Quoc-Hoi (450 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections: last held 20 July 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)

election results: percent of vote by party - CPV 92%, other 8% (the
8% are not CPV members but are approved by the CPV to stand for
election); seats by party - CPV or CPV-approved 450

Virgin Islands:
unicameral Senate (15 seats; members are elected by
popular vote to serve two-year terms)

elections: last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November
2002)

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
Democratic Party 6, ICM 2, independents 7

note: the Virgin Islands elects one non-voting representative to
the US House of Representatives; election last held 7 November 2000
(next to be held NA November 2002); results - Donna M.
CHRISTIAN-CHRISTENSON (Democrat) elected

Wallis and Futuna:
unicameral Territ