d by the chief
executive; to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 25 September 2005 (next in September 2009)
election results: percent of vote - New Democratic Macau Association
18.8%, Macau United Citizens' Association 16.6%, Union for
Development 13.3%, Union for Promoting Progress 9.6%, Macau
Development Alliance 9.3%, others 32.4%; seats by political group -
New Democratic Macau Association 2, Macau United Citizens'
Association 2, Union for Development 2, Union for Promoting Progress
2, Macau Development Alliance 1, others 3; 10 seats filled by
professional and business groups; seven members appointed by chief
executive

Macedonia
unicameral Assembly or Sobranie (120 seats; members
elected by popular vote from party lists based on the percentage of
the overall vote the parties gain in each of six electoral
districts; serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 1 June 2008 (next to be held by July 2012)
election results: percent of vote by party - For a Better Macedonia
48.80%, Sun-Coalition for Europe 23.65%, Democratic Union for
Integration 12.77%, Democratic Party of Albanians 8.48%, Party for
European Future 1.47%, other 4.83%; seats by party - For a Better
Macedonia 63, Sun-Coalition for Europe 27, Democratic Union for
Integration 18, Democratic Party of Albanians 11, Party for European
Future 1

Madagascar
bicameral legislature consists of a National Assembly or
Assemblee Nationale (127 seats - reduced from 160 seats by an April
2007 national referendum; members are elected by popular vote to
serve four-year terms) and a Senate or Senat (100 seats; two-thirds
of the seats filled by regional assemblies; the remaining one-third
of seats appointed by the president; to serve four-year terms)
elections: National Assembly - last held 23 September 2007 (next to
be held in 2011)
election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA;
seats by party - TIM 106, LEADER/Fanilo 1, independents 20

Malawi
unicameral National Assembly (193 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 20 May 2004 (next to be held in May 2009)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
MCP 56, UDF 49, independents 39, RP 15, others 25, vacancies 8

Malaysia
bicameral Parliament or Parlimen consists of Senate or
Dewan Negara (70 seats; 44 appointed by paramount ruler, 26 el