ectoral panel if no women are elected
elections: Chamber of Deputies - last held 17 June 2003 (next to be
held in 2007)
election results: Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party -
independents and other 84.6%, IAF 15.4%; seats by party -
independents and other 88, IAF 16; note - six women were appointed
to fill the woman's quota seats, including one female member of the
IAF; two IAF members were expelled from the Chamber of Deputies in
2006

Kazakhstan
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (39 seats; 7
senators are appointed by the president; other members are elected
by local government bodies, 2 from each of the 14 oblasts, the
capital of Astana, and the city of Almaty, to serve six-year terms;
note - formerly composed of 47 seats) and the Mazhilis (77 seats; 10
out of the 77 Mazhilis members are elected from the winning party's
lists; members are popularly elected to serve five-year terms)
elections: Senate - (indirect) last held December 2005; next to be
held in 2011; Mazhilis - last held 19 September and 3 October 2004
(next to be held in September 2009)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
party - NA; candidates nominated by local councils; Mazhilis -
percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Otan 42, AIST 11,
ASAR (All Together) 4, Aq Zhol (Bright Path) 1, Democratic Party 1
(party refused to take the seat due to criticism of the election and
seat remained unoccupied), independent 18; note - most independent
candidates are affiliated with parastatal enterprises and other
pro-government institutions

Kenya
unicameral National Assembly or Bunge (224 seats; 210 members
elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms, 12 so-called
"nominated" members who are appointed by the president but selected
by the parties in proportion to their parliamentary vote totals, 2
ex-officio members)
elections: last held 27 December 2002 (next to be held December 2007)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
NARC 125, KANU 64, FORD-P 14, other 7; ex-officio 2; seats appointed
by the president - NARC 7, KANU 4, FORD-P 1

Kiribati
unicameral House of Parliament or Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (42
seats; 39 elected by popular vote, 1 ex officio member - the
attorney general, 1 appointed to represent Banaba, and 1 other;
members serve four-year terms)
elections: legislative elections