were held in two rounds - the first
round on 9 May 2003 and the second round on 14 May 2003 (next to be
held by November 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
BTK 17, MTM 16, independents 7, other 2 (includes attorney general)

Korea, North
unicameral Supreme People's Assembly or Ch'oego Inmin
Hoeui (687 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year
terms)
elections: last held 3 August 2003 (next to be held in August 2008)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
NA; ruling party approves a list of candidates who are elected
without opposition; some seats are held by minor parties

Korea, South
unicameral National Assembly or Kukhoe (299 seats -
members elected for four-year terms; 243 in single-seat
constituencies, 56 by proportional representation)
elections: last held 15 April 2004 (next to be held in April 2008;
byelections held to fill vacant seats)
election results: percent of vote by party - Uri 51%, GNP 41%, DLP
3%, DP 3%, others 2%; seats by party - Uri 141, GNP 127, DP 12, DLP
9, PFP 5, independents 5
note: percent of vote is for 2004 general election; seats by party
reflect results of 2005 and 2006 byelections; MDP became DP in May
2005; United Liberal Democrats (ULD) merged with GNP in February 2006

Kuwait
unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Umma (50 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms; all
cabinet ministers are also ex officio voting members of the National
Assembly)
elections: last held 29 June 2006 (next election to be held in 2010)
election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - NA

Kyrgyzstan
unicameral Supreme Council or Jorgorku Kenesh (75 seats;
members are elected by popular vote to serve five year terms); note
- the November 2006 constitution calls for 90 seats
elections: elections for the new unicameral body or Jorgorku Kenesh
were held 27 February 2005, but the vast majority of positions
remained undecided and were contested in a runoff election on 13
March 2005; election irregularities caused widespread protests that
resulted in the president being forced to flee the country
election results: Supreme Council - percent of vote by party - NA;
seats by party - NA

Laos
unicameral National Assembly (115 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 30 April 200