n December 2006; general election to
be held in February 2008)
election results: percent of vote - NA; seats by party -
conservatives/Islamists 190, reformers 50, independents 43,
religious minorities 5, and 2 seats unaccounted for

Iraq
bicameral Council of Representatives (consisting of 275 members
elected by a closed-list, proportional representation system) and a
Federation Council (membership not established and authorities
undefined)
elections: held 15 December 2005 to elect a 275-member Council of
Representatives; the Council of Representatives elected the
Presidency Council and approved the Prime Minister
election results: Council of Representatives - percent of vote by
party - Unified Iraqi Alliance 41%, Kurdistan Alliance 22%, Tawafuq
Coalition 15%, Iraqi National List 8%, Iraqi Front for National
Dialogue 4%, others 10%; number of seats by party - Unified Iraqi
Alliance 128, Kurdistan Alliance 53, Tawafuq Coalition 44, Iraqi
National List 25, Iraqi Front for National Dialogue 11, others 14

Ireland
bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of the Senate or
Seanad Eireann (60 seats - 49 elected by the universities and from
candidates put forward by five vocational panels, 11 are nominated
by the prime minister; members serve five-year terms) and the House
of Representatives or Dail Eireann (166 seats; members are elected
by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve
five-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 16 and 17 July 2002 (next to be held
by July 2007); House of Representatives - last held 17 May 2002
(next to be held by May 2007)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
party - Fianna Fail 30, Fine Gael 15, Labor Party 5, Progressive
Democrats 4, independents and other 6; House of Representatives -
percent of vote by party - Fianna Fail 41.5%, Fine Gael 22.5%, Labor
Party 10.8%, Sinn Fein 6.5%, Progressive Democrats 4.0%, Green Party
3.8%, other 10.9%; seats by party - Fianna Fail 81, Fine Gael 31,
Labor Party 21, Sinn Fein 5, Progressive Democrats 8, Green Party 6,
other 14

Isle of Man
bicameral Tynwald consists of the Legislative Council
(an 11-member body composed of the President of Tynwald, the Lord
Bishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and eight
others named by the House of Keys) and the House of Keys (24 seats;
members are elected by pop