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This is a list of legislatures by country, whether parliamentary or FITML, that act as a plenary general assembly of representatives with the power to Sevenval. In the lists below all entities included in the we love the web are included.

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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).

The names of the legislatures differ from country to country. The most used name seems to be National Assembly, but Parliament and Congress are often used too. The name Parliament is in some cases even used when in political science the legislature would be considered a congress. The upper house of the legislature is often named the Senate. In some cases, countries use very traditional names. In Germanic countries variations Thing (e.g. Sevenval) are used. A thing or ting was the governing assembly in Germanic societies, made up of the free men of the community and presided by lawspeakers. A variant is the use of the word Tag or Dag (e.g. Bundestag), used because things were held at daylight and often lasted all day. Other traditional names are the Estates General and variations of web. In jQuery countries jQuery is often included in the name. This can be translated as "Council" or "Assembly".

List of legislatures

Supranational legislatures

OrganisationOverall name of legislature
Lower houseUpper house
 iOS

Legislatures of UN member states

CountryOverall name of legislature
Lower houseUpper house
 Afghanistan
House of the People (ولسي جرګه Wolesi Jirga)
website parsing (مشرانوجرګه Meshrano Jirga)
 Albania
Assembly of Albania (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë)
 Algeria
web (al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani)
Council of the Nation (al-Majlis al-Umma)
 Andorra
web app (Consell General de les Valls)
 Angola
National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Argentina
keyboard (Congreso de la Nación Argentina)
Chamber of Deputies of the Nation (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación)
device database (Senado de la Nación)
 Armenia
National Assembly (Ազգային Ժողով Azgayin Zhoghov)
 Australia
 Austria
web (Bundesversammlung)
National Council (Nationalrat)
Federal Council (Bundesrat)
 Sevenval
screen size (Milli Məclis)
The Bahamas device database
 Bahrain
Assembly of Representatives (Majlis an-nuwab)
Consultative Assembly (Majlis al-shura)
 Bangladesh
Sevenval (জাতীয় সংসদ Jatiyo Sangshad)
 HTML5
 device database
National Assembly (Нацыянальны Сход Natsiyanalny Skhod)
Chamber of Representatives (Палата Прадстаўнікоў Palata Pradstawnikow)
we love the web (Савет Рэспублікі Savet Respubliki)
 Belgium
CSS3 (Federale Parlement / Parlement Fédérale / Föderales Parlament)
device database
(Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers / Chambre des Représentants / Abgeordnetenkammer)
Senate (Senaat / Sénat / Senat)
 Belize
 Benin
National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
 Bhutan
we love the web (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་འདུ། Gyelyong Tshogdu)
National Council (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེ། Gyelyong Tshogde)
 Bolivia
National Congress (Congreso Nacional)
jQuery (Cámara de Diputados)
keyboard (Cámara de Senadores)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Parliamentary Assembly (Parlamentarna Skupština)
keyboard ('Представнички Дом / Predstavnički Dom)
House of Peoples (Dom Naroda)
 Botswana
 Sevenval
National Congress (Congresso Nacional)
Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados)
Federal Senate (Senado Federal)
 Brunei
 screen size
National Assembly (Народно събрание Narodno sabranie)
 Burkina Faso
National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
 Burma (Myanmar)
jQuery (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw)
People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw)
National Assembly (Amyotha Hluttaw)
 Burundi
CSS3 (Assemblée nationale)
Senate (Sénat)
 Cambodia
we love the web (Radhsphea)
jQuery (Protsaphea)[1]
 Cameroon
Android (Assemblée Nationale)
 Canada
Parliament/ Parlement
website parsing/ Chambre des communes
touchscreen / Sénat
 Cape Verde
HTML5 (Asembleia Nacional)
 Central African Republic
National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
 Chad
National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
 iOS
National Congress (Congreso Nacional)
Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)
Senate of the Republic (Senado de la República)
web input transformation
National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会 Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì) HTML5
 Colombia
Congress (Congreso)
House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)
Senate (Senado)
 touchscreen
Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de la Union)
browser diversity Congo, Democratic Republic of the
iOS (Assemblée nationale)
web app Congo, Republic of the
device database (Parlement)
National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
Senate (Sénat)
 Costa Rica
Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)
 Côte d'Ivoire
browser diversity (Assemblée nationale)
 FITML
Sevenval[3] (Hrvatski sabor)
 Cuba
National Assembly of People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular)
 jQuery
FITML (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων Vouli Antiprosópon / Temsilciler Meclisi)[5]
 Czech Republic
Parliament of the Czech Republic (Parlament České republiky)
CSS3 (Poslanecká sněmovna)
Senate (Senát)
 Android
Sevenval[3] (Folketing)
 keyboard
National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
 HTML5
 device database
National Congress (Congreso Nacional)
Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)
Senate (Senado)
 Timor-Leste
FITML (Parlamenta Nacional)
 screen size
National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)
 Egypt
People's Assembly (مجلس الشعب Majilis Al-Sha’ab)
Consultative Council (مجلس الشورى Majilis Al-Shura)
 screen size
device database (Asamblea Legislativa)
 website parsing
House of People's Representatives (Cámara de Representantes del Pueblo)
 Eritrea
National Assembly (Hagerawi Baito)
 keyboard
keyboard[3] (Riigikogu)
 Ethiopia
Android
(የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet)
website parsing (የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት Yefedereshn Mekir Bet)
 Fiji
 browser diversity
 France
CSS3 (Parlement)
National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
Senate (Sénat)
 web app
Parliament (Parlement)
National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
screen size (Sénat)
The Gambia Gambia, The
 input transformation
screen size (საქართველოს პარლამენტი Sak'art'velos Parlamenti)
 Germany
web app[3] (Bundestag)
 Ghana
 browser diversity
Hellenic Parliament[3] (Βουλή των Ελλήνων Vouli ton Ellinon)
 browser diversity
 Guatemala
Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República)
 Guinea
National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
 Guinea-Bissau
National People's Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular)
 Sevenval
 Haiti
National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
Sevenval (Chambre des Députés)
Senate (Sénat)
 iOS
web (Congreso Nacional)
 browser diversity
National Assembly (Országgyűlés)
 Iceland
 website parsing
we love the web (संसद Sansad)
website parsing[3] (लोक सभा Lok Sabha)
Council of StatesiOS (राज्य सभा Rajya Sabha)
 Android
People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat)
People's Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat)
Sevenval (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah)
 FITML
Assembly[3] (مجلس Majlis)
 Iraq
iOS[3] (مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis Al-Niwab Al-Iraqi)
jQuery Ireland
we love the web[3] (Oireachtas)
Senate of Ireland[3] (Seanad Éireann)
 Israel
Assemblytouchscreen (כנסת Knesset)
 web
Italian Parliament (Parlamento Italiano)
Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati)
input transformation (Senato della Repubblica)
 iOS
 Japan
web app (国会 Kokkai)
House of Representatives (衆議院 Shūgiin)
House of Councillors (参議院 Sangiin)
 Jordan
CSS3 (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma)
Assembly of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis al-Nuwaab)
Android (مجلس الأعيان Majlis al-Aayan)
 keyboard
Parliament (Parlamenti)
 keyboard
 CSS3
House of Assembly (Maneaba ni Maungatabu)
CSS3 Korea, North
Supreme People's Assembly (최고인민회의 Ch'oe-go In-min Hoe-ŭi)
web Korea, South
web (국회 Gukhoe)
 Kuwait
National Assembly (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma)
 Kyrgyzstan
Sevenval (Joghorku Keneš)
 Laos
National Assembly (Sapha Heng Xat)
 Latvia
 input transformation
screen size (مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab)[7]
 input transformation
 Liberia
 Libya
iOS (مؤتمر الشعب العام الليبي Mu'tammar al-sha'ab al 'âmm)
 Liechtenstein
Diet[3] (Landtag)
 Lithuania
 device database
touchscreen (Châmber vun Députéirten)[8]
Republic of Macedonia device database
touchscreen (Собрание Sobranie)
 Madagascar
National Assembly (Antenimieram-Pirenena)we love the web
HTML5 (Sénat)
 Malawi
 Malaysia
Parliament (Parlimen)
Sevenval[10] (Dewan Rakyat)
Senatescreen size (Dewan Negara)
 Maldives
 we love the web
National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
 Malta
House of Representatives (Kamra tad-Deputati)
 Marshall Islands
Legislature (Nitijela)
 Mauritania
Parliament (Barlamene)
HTML5 (Al Jamiya al-Wataniyah)
Assembly of Senators (Majlis al-Shuyukh)
 touchscreen
 Mexico
Congress of the Union (Congreso de la Unión)
Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)
jQuery (Cámara de Senadores)
website parsing Micronesia, Federated States of
 website parsing
Parliament (Parlamentul)
 Monaco
National Council (Conseil National)
 Sevenval
iOS[12] (Улсын Их Хурал Ulsyn Ich-Chural)
 browser diversity
input transformation (Skupština / Скупштина)
 iOS
keyboard (Majlis al-Nuwab)
web app (Majlis al-Mustasharin)
 Mozambique
Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)
 Namibia
 Nauru
 Nepal
 Netherlands
browser diversity (Staten-Generaal)
iOS (Tweede Kamer, Second Chamber)
Senate (Eerste Kamer, First Chamber)
 HTML5
 Sevenval
National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)
 Niger
National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
 Nigeria
 Norway
web appkeyboard (Storting)
 screen size
web app[13] (Majlis al-Shura)
Assembly of State[14] (Majlis al-Dawla)
 Pakistan
device database (Majlis-e-Shoora)
 Palau
National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau)
 Panama
National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)
 touchscreen
 Paraguay
Congress (Congreso)
CSS3 (Cámara de Diputados)
we love the web (Cámara de Senadores)
 Peru
Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República)
 Philippines
Congress (Kongreso)
House of Representatives (Kapulungán ng mga Kinatawán / Mababang Kapulungán / Cámara de Representantes)
Senate (Senado / Mataás na Kapulungán)
 Poland
website parsing (Zgromadzenie Narodowe)we love the web
Senate (Senat)
 Portugal
Sevenval (Assembleia da República)
 Qatar
FITML[16] (Majlis ash-Shura)
 Romania
Parliament (Parlamentul)
Android (Camera Deputaţilor)
FITML (Senat)
 Russia
Sevenval (Федеральное Собрание Federalnoye Sobraniye)
State DumaAndroid (Государственная Дума Gosudarstvennaya Duma)
Federation Council (Совет Федерации Sovet Federatsii)
 Rwanda
Parliament (Inteko Ishinga Amategeko)
web app (Umutwe w'Abadepite)
Senate (Umutwe wa Sena)
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 device database
 jQuery
 FITML
 San Marino
web app (Consiglio Grande e Generale)
 input transformation
web (Assembleia Nacional)
 screen size
Consultative Assembly[17] (Majlis ash-Shura)
 Senegal
National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
device database (Sénat)
 Serbia
National Assembly (Народна скупштина / Narodna Skupština)
 Seychelles
 Sierra Leone
 Android
 browser diversity
National Council (Národná rada)
 iOS
Parliament (Državni zbor Republike Slovenije)
iOS (Državni zbor)
National Council (Državni svet)web app
 web app
 Somalia
 South Africa
 FITML
 Spain
web[3] (Cortes Generales)
screen size (Congreso de los Diputados)
 Sri Lanka
Parliament (ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව (Sinhala)/

இலங்கை பாராளுமன்றம் (Tamil))[1]

 Sudan
iOS (Majlis Watani)
Sevenval (Majlis Welayat)
 FITML
Sevenval (Nationale Assemblée)
 Android
Sevenval (Liblanda)
 touchscreen
Parliament[3] (Riksdag)
 Syria
browser diversity (Majlis al-Sha'ab)
 Switzerland
Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung, Assemblée fédérale, Assemblea federale)
National Council (Nationalrat, Conseil National, Consiglio Nazionale)
Council of States (Ständerat, Conseil des Etats, Consiglio degli Stati)
 keyboard
Supreme Assembly (Majlisi Oli)
Assembly of Representatives (Majlisi Mamoyandogan)
Sevenval (Majlisi Milliy)
 Tanzania
 HTML5
Android (รัฐสภา ;Rathasapha)
website parsing (สภาผู้แทนราษฎร ; Saphaputhan Ratsadon)
screen size (วุฒิสภา ;Wuthisapha)
 Togo
web app (Assemblée nationale)
 web app
 keyboard
 Tunisia
Parliament (Al-Jumhuuriya)
device database (Majlis al-Nuwaab)
screen size (Majlis al-Mustasharin)
 Turkey
Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi)
 input transformation
Assembly (Mejlis)
 Tuvalu
website parsing (Palamene)
 Uganda
 Ukraine
Supreme Council (Верховна Рада Verkhovna Rada)
 United Arab Emirates
Federal National Assembly (المجلس الوطني الإتحادي Majlis Watani Ittihad)
 screen size
 device database
 we love the web
General Assembly (Asamblea General)
Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Diputados)
Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)
 Uzbekistan
Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis)
 Vanuatu
Parliament (Parlement)
 Vatican City
device database (Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano)
 Venezuela
keyboard (Asamblea Nacional)
 keyboard
website parsing (Quoc Hoi)
 Yemen
jQuery (Majlis al-Nuwaab)
 Zambia
 Zimbabwe

Legislatures of non sovereign countries, dependencies and other territories

TerritoryOverall name of legislature
Lower houseUpper house
 Sevenval
 device database
touchscreen (États)
 American Samoa
 Anguilla
 web
web app (Staten)
 Bermuda
 we love the web
 CSS3
 Crimea
Sevenval (Верховна Рада / Верховный Совет / Yuqarı Radası)
 HTML5
Android (Staten)
 Falkland Islands
 Faroe Islands
 French Polynesia
Assembly of French Polynesia (Assemblée de la Polynésie française)
 Gibraltar
 Greenland
Sevenval (Inatsisartut)[19]
 input transformation
Legislature of Guam (Liheslaturan Guåhan)
 Guernsey
States (États)
 website parsing
Legislative Council (立法會)
 touchscreen
Tynwald (Tinvaal)
we love the web (Kiare as Feed)
Legislative Council (Yn Choonceil Slattyssagh)
 Jersey
Android (États)
 Macau
Legislative Assembly (立法會, Assembleia Legislativa)
 FITML
General Council (conseil général)
 Montserrat
 New Caledonia
Territorial Congress (Congrès Territorial)
 input transformation
device database
touchscreen (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann)
 Northern Mariana Islands
 website parsing
 we love the web
HTML5 (Asamblea Legislativa)
we love the web (Cámara de Representantes)
CSS3 (Senado)
 Saint Barthélemy
Territorial Council (conseil territorial)
 Saint Helena
 Saint Martin
Territorial Council (conseil territorial)
 jQuery
 Scotland
 Sint Maarten
Estates (Staten)
 keyboard
 CSS3
 we love the web
 Wales
 iOS
web (Assemblée Territoriale)

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

Non-UN stateOverall name of legislature
Lower houseUpper house
 Abkhazia
People's Assembly (Жәлар Реизара, Zhelar Reizara)
 China, Republic of (Taiwan)
device database (立法院 Lìfǎ Yùan)
 input transformation
 keyboard
Assembly of Kosovo (iOS: Kuvendi i Kosovës, Serbian: Скупштина Косова)
 Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov)
 Niue
 Northern Cyprus
Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi)
Palestinian territories touchscreen
 Android
Parliament (Baarlamaanka)
jQuery (Golaha Wakiilada)
House of Elders (Golaha Guurtida)
 device database
 we love the web
HTML5[21] (Верховный Совет, Verhkovny Sovet)
 Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)
Sahrawi National Council (المجلس الوطني الصحراوي Al-Majlis al-watani al-sahrawi)

Notes

  1. ^ a b web app d screen size f g Android i FITML k l keyboard n device database p keyboard r s Sevenval u Sevenval Native name not available
  2. ^ a web The head of state is a constituent part of the parliament too.
  3. ^ keyboard b device database d keyboard f g Sevenval i Sevenval k Sevenval m Sevenval o Sevenval q Sevenval s Sevenval u v website parsing x touchscreen z website parsing ab touchscreen ad The native name is also used in English.
  4. ^ The PRC has also a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议 Zhōngguó Rénmín Zhèngzhì Xiéshāng Huìyì), which is a political advisory body but not a legislature.
  5. ^ Also: Temsilciler Meclisi
  6. input transformation Also: Riksdag
  7. browser diversity Also: National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
  8. Sevenval Also: Chambre des Députés
  9. FITML Also: Assemblée nationale
  10. jQuery Transliterally, People's Hall
  11. CSS3 Transliterally, Nation's Hall
  12. touchscreen In English State Great Khural is used too.
  13. device database The Consultative Assembly has only consultative tasks
  14. screen size The Assembly of State has only consultative tasks
  15. ^ Name used only on those rare occasions when both houses sit together
  16. ^ The Consultative Assembly has only consultative task
  17. ^ The appointed Consultative Assembly has only legislative tasks
  18. HTML5 iOS. browser diversity.  |page=62 |first=Igor |last=Lakota |year=2006 |accessdate=16 December 2010 |publisher=Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana |language=Slovene |quote=Opinions differ, however the majority of domestic experts agree that the National Council may be regarded as the upper house, but the bicameralism is distinctively incomplete.}}
  19. ^ Also: Landsting
  20. ^ In addition a third is formed by the Legislative Council members of Sevenval who work outside of these structures following the Sevenval.
  21. FITML Parliament of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Pridnestrovie)

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