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es that act as a plenary general

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of representatives and that have the power to

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Names of legislatures

The legislatures are listed with their names in English and the name in the (most-used) native language of the country (or the official name in the second-most used native language in cases where English is the majority "native" language)

List of legislatures

Supranational legislatures

Legislatures of sovereign states (Member and observer states of the United Nations)

Legislatures of autonomous regions, dependencies and other territories

Legislatures of non-UN states (including unrecognized and disputed territories)

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: ) , Unicameral , 4 , , 120 , 15,493 , - , , colspan="2" align="center", Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi) , Unicameral , 5 , , 50 , 5,898 , - , , colspan="2" align="center",

Sahrawi National Council The Sahrawi National Council (SNC) or Sahrawi Parliament is the legislature of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Its structure and competences are guided by the Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The present speaker ...

(المجلس الوطني الصحراوي ''Al-Majlis al-Watani al-Sahrawi'') , Unicameral , 2 , , 53 , , - , rowspan=2, , rowspan=2,

Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

(''Baarlamaanka'') ,

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...

(''Golaha Wakiilada'') ,

Lower Lower may refer to: *Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) *Lower Wick Lower Wick is a small hamlet located in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated about five miles south west of Dursley, eight ...

, 5 , , 82 , 42,682 , - ,

House of Elders House of Elders could refer to: * House of Elders (Afghanistan) * House of Elders (Somaliland) See also * Elder (disambiguation) An elder is someone with a degree of seniority or authority. Elder or elders may refer to: Positions Administra ...

(''Golaha Guurtida'') , Upper , 6 , , 82 , 42,682 , - , , colspan="2" align="center",

, Unicameral , 5 , , 34 , 2,117 , - ,

Central Tibetan Administration The Central Tibetan Administration (, , ), often referred to as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, is a non-profit political organization based in Dharamshala, India. Its organization is modeled after an elective parliamentary government, compo ...

(in exile) , colspan="2" align="center",

Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration The Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE), officially the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, is the unicameral and highest legislative organ of the Central Tibetan Administration, the government-in-exile of the Tibet Autonomous Reg ...

(''གྲོས་ཚོགས་ཐོག་གསུང་བཤད།'') , Unicameral , 5 ,

First-past-the-post voting In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...

, 43 , 73,953 , - , , colspan="2" align="center", Supreme Council (Верховный Совет, ''Verkhovny Sovet'') , Unicameral , 5 , , 43 , 12,062

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Legislatures A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...