Legislative branch: bicameral Federal Parliament consists of the
Senate (76 seats; 12 members from each of the six states and 2
from each of the two mainland territories; one-half of state
members are elected every three years by popular vote to serve
six-year terms while all territory members are elected every
three years) and the House of Representatives (150 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve terms of up to three-
years; no state can have fewer than 5 representatives)
Definition: This entry contains information on the structure
(unicameral, bicameral, tricameral), formal name, number of
seats, and term of office. Elections includes the nature of
election process or accession to power, date of the last
election, and date of the next election. Election results
includes the percent of vote and/or number of seats held by each
party in the last election. Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless
otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of
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