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

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. Folketinget) 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 Sejm. In Islamic countries Majlis is often included in the name. This can be translated as "Council" or "Assembly".

List of legislatures

Supranational legislatures
Organisation	Overall name of legislature
	Lower house	Upper house
European Union
	European Parliament	Council of the European Union
Legislatures of UN member states
Country	Overall name of legislature
	Lower house	Upper house
Afghanistan	National Assembly[1]
	House of the People (ولسي جرګه Wolesi Jirga)	House of Elders (مشرانوجرګه Meshrano Jirga)
Albania	Assembly of Albania (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë)
Algeria	Parliament[1]
	National People's Assembly (al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani)	Council of the Nation (al-Majlis al-Umma)
Andorra	General Council of the Valleys (Consell General de les Valls)
Angola	National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)
Antigua and Barbuda	Parliament[2]
	House of Representatives	Senate
Argentina	Argentine National Congress (Congreso de la Nación Argentina)
	Chamber of Deputies of the Nation (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación)	Senate of the Nation (Senado de la Nación)
Armenia	National Assembly (Ազգային Ժողով Azgayin Zhoghov)
Australia	Federal Parliament[2]
	House of Representatives	Senate
Austria	Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung)
	National Council (Nationalrat)	Federal Council (Bundesrat)
Azerbaijan	National Assembly (Milli Məclis)
Bahamas, The	Parliament
	House of Assembly	Senate
Bahrain	National Assembly[1]
	Assembly of Representatives (Majlis an-nuwab)	Consultative Assembly (Majlis al-shura)
Bangladesh	House of the Nation (জাতীয় সংসদ Jatiyo Sangshad)
Barbados	Parliament
	House of Assembly	Senate
Belarus	National Assembly (Нацыянальны Сход Natsiyanalny Skhod)
	Chamber of Representatives (Палата Прадстаўнікоў Palata Pradstawnikow)	Council of the Republic (Савет Рэспублікі Savet Respubliki)
Belgium	Federal Parliament (Federale Parlement / Parlement Fédérale / Föderales Parlament)
	Chamber of People's Representatives (Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers / Chambre des Représentants / Abgeordnetenkammer)	Senate (Senaat / Sénat / Senat)
Belize	National Assembly
	House of Representatives	Senate
Benin	National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
Bhutan	Parliament of Bhutan[3]
	National Assembly (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་འདུ། Gyelyong Tshogdu)	National Council (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེ། Gyelyong Tshogde)
Bolivia	National Congress (Congreso Nacional)
	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Parliamentary Assembly (Parlamentarna Skupština)
	House of Representatives ('Представнички Дом / Predstavnički Dom)	House of Peoples (Dom Naroda)
Botswana	Parliament
	National Assembly	House of Chiefs
Brazil	National Congress (Congresso Nacional)
	Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados)	Federal Senate (Senado Federal)
Brunei	Legislative Council[1]
Bulgaria	National Assembly (Народно събрание Narodno sabranie)
Burkina Faso	National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
Burma (Myanmar)	Union Assembly (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw)
	People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw)	National Assembly (Amyotha Hluttaw)
Burundi	Parliament[1]
	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Senate (Sénat)
Cambodia	Parliament[1]
	National Assembly (Radhsphea)	Senate (Protsaphea)[1]
Cameroon	National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
Canada	Parliament/ Parlement
	House of Commons/ Chambre des communes	Senate / Sénat
Cape Verde	National Assembly (Asembleia Nacional)
Central African Republic	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
Chad	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
Chile	National Congress (Congreso Nacional)
	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Senate of the Republic (Senado de la República)
China, People's Republic of	National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会 Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì) [4]
Colombia	Congress (Congreso)
	House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)	Senate (Senado)
Comoros	Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de la Union)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Parliament[1]
	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Senate (Sénat)
Congo, Republic of the	Parliament (Parlement)
	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Senate (Sénat)
Costa Rica	Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)
Côte d'Ivoire	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
Croatia	Croatian Assembly[3] (Hrvatski sabor)
Cuba	National Assembly of People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular)
Cyprus	House of Representatives (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων Vouli Antiprosópon / Temsilciler Meclisi)[5]
Czech Republic	Parliament of the Czech Republic (Parlament České republiky)
	Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna)	Senate (Senát)
Denmark	Parliament[3] (Folketing)
Djibouti	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
Dominica	House of Assembly
Dominican Republic	National Congress (Congreso Nacional)
	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Senate (Senado)
Timor-Leste	National Parliament (Parlamenta Nacional)
Ecuador	National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)
Egypt	Parliament[1]
	People's Assembly (مجلس الشعب Majilis Al-Sha’ab)	Consultative Council (مجلس الشورى Majilis Al-Shura)
El Salvador	Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)
Equatorial Guinea	House of People's Representatives (Cámara de Representantes del Pueblo)
Eritrea	National Assembly (Hagerawi Baito)
Estonia	State Assembly[3] (Riigikogu)
Ethiopia	Parliament[1]
	House of People's Representatives (የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet)	House of Federation (የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት Yefedereshn Mekir Bet)
Fiji	Parliament
	House of Representatives	Senate
Finland	Parliament (Eduskunta)[6]
France	Parliament (Parlement)
	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Senate (Sénat)
Gabon	Parliament (Parlement)
	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Senate (Sénat)
Gambia, The	National Assembly
Georgia	Parliament of Georgia (საქართველოს პარლამენტი Sak'art'velos Parlamenti)
Germany	Federal Diet[3] (Bundestag)	Federal Council[3] (Bundesrat)
Ghana	Parliament
Greece	Hellenic Parliament[3] (Βουλή των Ελλήνων Vouli ton Ellinon)
Grenada	Parliament
	House of Representatives	Senate
Guatemala	Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República)
Guinea	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
Guinea-Bissau	National People's Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular)
Guyana	National Assembly
Haiti	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
	Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Députés)	Senate (Sénat)
Honduras	National Congress (Congreso Nacional)
Hungary	National Assembly (Országgyűlés)
Iceland	Assembly of All[3] (Alþingi)
India	Parliament (संसद Sansad)
	House of the People[3] (लोक सभा Lok Sabha)	Council of States[3] (राज्य सभा Rajya Sabha)
Indonesia	People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat)
	People's Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat)	Regional Representatives Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah)
Iran	Assembly[3] (مجلس Majlis)
Iraq	Council of Representatives of Iraq[3] (مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis Al-Niwab Al-Iraqi)
Ireland	Parliament[3] (Oireachtas)
	House of Representatives of Ireland (Dáil Éireann)[3]	Senate of Ireland[3] (Seanad Éireann)
Israel	Assembly[3] (כנסת Knesset)
Italy	Italian Parliament (Parlamento Italiano)
	Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati)	Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica)
Jamaica	Parliament
	House of Representatives	Senate
Japan	Diet (国会 Kokkai)
	House of Representatives (衆議院 Shūgiin)	House of Councillors (参議院 Sangiin)
Jordan	National Assembly (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma)
	Assembly of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis al-Nuwaab)	Assembly of Senators (مجلس الأعيان Majlis al-Aayan)
Kazakhstan	Parliament (Parlamenti)
	Assembly[3] (Mazhilis)	Senate
Kenya	National Assembly
Kiribati	House of Assembly (Maneaba ni Maungatabu)
Korea, North	Supreme People's Assembly (최고인민회의 Ch'oe-go In-min Hoe-ŭi)
Korea, South	National Assembly (국회 Gukhoe)
Kuwait	National Assembly (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma)
Kyrgyzstan	Supreme Council (Joghorku Keneš)
Laos	National Assembly (Sapha Heng Xat)
Latvia	Parliament[3] (Saeima)
Lebanon	Assembly of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab)[7]
Lesotho	Parliament
	National Assembly	Senate
Liberia	Legislature
	House of Representatives	Senate
Libya	General People's Congress (مؤتمر الشعب العام الليبي Mu'tammar al-sha'ab al 'âmm)
Liechtenstein	Diet[3] (Landtag)
Lithuania	Parliament[3] (Seimas)
Luxembourg	Chamber of Deputies (Châmber vun Députéirten)[8]
Macedonia, Republic of	Assembly (Собрание Sobranie)
Madagascar	Parliament[1]
	National Assembly (Antenimieram-Pirenena)[9]	Senate (Sénat)
Malawi	National Assembly
Malaysia	Parliament (Parlimen)
	House of Representatives[10] (Dewan Rakyat)	Senate[11] (Dewan Negara)
Maldives	Assembly[3] (Majlis)
Mali	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
Malta	House of Representatives (Kamra tad-Deputati)
Marshall Islands	Legislature (Nitijela)
Mauritania	Parliament (Barlamene)
	National Assembly (Al Jamiya al-Wataniyah)	Assembly of Senators (Majlis al-Shuyukh)
Mauritius	National Assembly
Mexico	Congress of the Union (Congreso de la Unión)
	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)
Micronesia, Federated States of	Congress
Moldova	Parliament (Parlamentul)
Monaco	National Council (Conseil National)
Mongolia	State Great Assembly[12] (Улсын Их Хурал Ulsyn Ich-Chural)
Montenegro	Assembly (Skupština / Скупштина)
Morocco	Parliament[1]
	Assembly of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwab)	Assembly of Councillors (Majlis al-Mustasharin)
Mozambique	Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)
Myanmar	Union Assembly (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw)
	People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw)	National Assembly (Amyotha Hluttaw)
Namibia	Parliament
	National Assembly	National Council
Nauru	Parliament
Nepal	Constituent Assembly
Netherlands	States-General (Staten-Generaal)
	House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer, Second Chamber)	Senate (Eerste Kamer, First Chamber)
New Zealand	House of Representatives
Nicaragua	National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)
Niger	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
Nigeria	National Assembly
	House of Representatives	Senate
Norway	Great Assembly[3] (Storting)
Oman
	Consultative Assembly[13] (Majlis al-Shura)	Assembly of State[14] (Majlis al-Dawla)
Pakistan	Assembly of Councillors (Majlis-e-Shoora)
	National Assembly[1]	Senate[1]
Palau	National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau)
	House of Delegates[1]	Senate[1]
Panama	National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)
Papua New Guinea	National Parliament
Paraguay	Congress (Congreso)
	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)
Peru	Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República)
Philippines	Congress (Kongreso)
	House of Representatives (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan/Mababang Kapulungan)	Senate (Senado/Mataas na Kapulungan)
Poland	National Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe)[15]
	Sejm (Diet)[3] (Sejm)	Senate (Senat)
Portugal	Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)
Qatar	Consultative Assembly[16] (Majlis ash-Shura)
Romania	Parliament (Parlamentul)
	Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaţilor)	Senate (Senat)
Russia	Federal Assembly (Федеральное Собрание Federalnoye Sobraniye)
	State Duma[3] (Государственная Дума Gosudarstvennaya Duma)	Federation Council (Совет Федерации Sovet Federatsii)
Rwanda	Parliament (Inteko Ishinga Amategeko)
	Chamber of Deputies (Umutwe w'Abadepite)	Senate (Umutwe wa Sena)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	National Assembly
Saint Lucia	Parliament
	House of Assembly	Senate
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	House of Assembly
Samoa	Legislative Assembly[3] (Fono)
San Marino	Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale)
São Tomé and Príncipe	National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)
Saudi Arabia	Consultative Assembly[17] (Majlis ash-Shura)
Senegal	Parliament
	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Senate (Sénat)
Serbia	National Assembly (Народна скупштина / Narodna Skupština)
Seychelles	National Assembly
Sierra Leone	Parliament
Singapore	Parliament
Slovakia	National Council (Národná rada)
Slovenia	Parliament (Državni zbor Republike Slovenije)
	National Assembly (Državni zbor)	National Council (Državni svet)[18]
Solomon Islands	National Parliament
Somalia	Transitional Federal Parliament[1]
South Africa	Parliament
	National Assembly	National Council of Provinces
South Sudan	National Legislature
	Council of States	National Legislature Assembly
Spain	General Courts[3] (Cortes Generales)
	Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados)	Senate (Senado)
Sri Lanka	Parliament (ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව (Sinhala)/ இலங்கை பாராளுமன்றம் (Tamil))[1]
Sudan	National Legislature
	National Assembly (Majlis Watani)	Assembly of States (Majlis Welayat)
Suriname	National Assembly (Nationale Assemblée)
Swaziland	Parliament (Liblanda)
	House of Assembly[1]	Senate[1]
Sweden	Parliament[3] (Riksdag)
Syria	People's Assembly (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)
Tajikistan	Supreme Assembly (Majlisi Oli)
	Assembly of Representatives (Majlisi Mamoyandogan)	National Assembly (Majlisi Milliy)
Tanzania	National Assembly (Bunge)
Thailand	National Assembly (รัฐสภา ;Rathasapha)
	House of Representatives (สภาผู้แทนราษฎร ; Saphaputhan Ratsadon)	Senate (วุฒิสภา ;Wuthisapha)
Togo	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)
Tonga	Legislative Assembly
Trinidad and Tobago	Parliament
	House of Representatives	Senate
Tunisia	Parliament (Al-Jumhuuriya)
	Chamber of Deputies (Majlis al-Nuwaab)	Chamber of Councillors (Majlis al-Mustasharin)
Turkey	Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi)
Turkmenistan	Assembly (Mejlis)
Tuvalu	Parliament (Palamene)
Uganda	National Assembly
Ukraine	Supreme Council (Верховна Рада Verkhovna Rada)
United Arab Emirates	Federal National Assembly (المجلس الوطني الإتحادي Majlis Watani Ittihad)
United Kingdom	Parliament
	House of Commons	House of Lords
United States	Congress
	House of Representatives	Senate
Uruguay	General Assembly (Asamblea General)
	Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Diputados)	Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)
Uzbekistan	Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis)
	Legislative Chamber[1]	Senate[1]
Vanuatu	Parliament (Parlement)
Venezuela	National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)
Vietnam	National Assembly (Quoc Hoi)
Yemen	Assembly of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwaab)
Zambia	National Assembly
Zimbabwe	Parliament
	House of Assembly	Senate
Legislatures of non sovereign countries, dependencies and other territories
Territory	Overall name of legislature
	Lower house	Upper house
Åland Islands	Law Assembly[3] (Lagtinget)
Alderney	States (États)
American Samoa	Legislative Assembly[3] (Fono)
	House of Representatives	Senate
Anguilla	House of Assembly
Aruba	Estates (Staten)
Bermuda	Parliament
	House of Assembly	Senate
British Virgin Islands	Legislative Council
Cayman Islands	Legislative Assembly
Crimea	Supreme Council (Верховна Рада / Верховный Совет / Yuqarı Radası)
Curaçao	Estates (Staten)
Falkland Islands	Legislative Assembly
Faroe Islands	Law Assembly[3] (Løgtingið)
French Polynesia	Assembly of French Polynesia (Assemblée de la Polynésie française)
Gibraltar	Parliament
Greenland	Assembly (Inatsisartut)[19]
Guam	Legislature of Guam (Liheslaturan Guåhan)
Guernsey	States (États)
Hong Kong	Legislative Council (立法會)
Isle of Man	Tynwald (Tinvaal)
	House of Keys (Kiare as Feed)	Legislative Council (Yn Choonceil Slattyssagh)
Jersey	States (États)
Macau	Legislative Assembly (立法會, Assembleia Legislativa)
Mayotte	General Council (conseil général)
Montserrat	Legislative Council
New Caledonia	Territorial Congress (Congrès Territorial)
Norfolk Island	Legislative Assembly
Northern Mariana Islands	Commonwealth Legislature
	House of Representatives	Senate
Pitcairn Islands	Island Council
Puerto Rico	Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)
	House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)	Senate (Senado)
Saint Barthélemy	Territorial Council (conseil territorial)
Saint Helena	Legislative Council
Saint Martin	Territorial Council (conseil territorial)
Sark	Chief Pleas
Scotland	Scottish Parliament
Sint Maarten	Estates (Staten)
Tokelau	Parliament
Turks and Caicos Islands	Legislative Council
U.S. Virgin Islands	Legislature
Wales	National Assembly for Wales
Wallis and Futuna	Territorial Assembly (Assemblée Territoriale)
Legislatures of non-UN states (including unrecognized and disputed territories)
Non-UN state	Overall name of legislature
	Lower house	Upper house
Abkhazia	People's Assembly (Жәлар Реизара, Zhelar Reizara)
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Legislative Yuan (立法院 Lìfǎ Yùan)
Cook Islands	Parliament
Kosovo	Assembly of Kosovo (Albanian: Kuvendi i Kosovës, Serbian: Скупштина Косова)
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov)
Niue	Assembly
Northern Cyprus	Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi)
State of Palestine	There are two Palestinian legislatures:[20] National Council (Palestine Liberation Organization) Legislative Council (Palestinian National Authority)
Somaliland	Parliament (Baarlamaanka)
	House of Representatives (Golaha Wakiilada)	House of Elders (Golaha Guurtida)
South Ossetia	Parliament
Transnistria	Supreme Council[21] (Верховный Совет, Verhkovny Sovet)
Vatican City	Pontifical Commission (Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano)
Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)	Sahrawi National Council (المجلس الوطني الصحراوي Al-Majlis al-watani al-sahrawi)

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v} Native name not available
2. ^ ^{a b} The head of state is a constituent part of the parliament too.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac 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. ^ Also: Riksdag
7. ^ Also: National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
8. ^ Also: Chambre des Députés
9. ^ Also: Assemblée nationale
10. ^ Transliterally, People's Hall
11. ^ Transliterally, Nation's Hall
12. ^ In English State Great Khural is used too.
13. ^ The Consultative Assembly has only consultative tasks
14. ^ 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. ^ Lakota, Igor (2006) (in Slovene). Sistem nepopolne dvodomnosti v slovenskem parlamentu (diplomska naloga) [The system of incomplete bicameralism in the Slovenian Parliament (diploma thesis}]. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. p. 62. http://dk.fdv.uni-lj.si/dela/Lakota-Igor.PDF. Retrieved 16 December 2010. "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 Hamas who work outside of these structures following the Fatah-Hamas conflict.
21. ^ Parliament of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Pridnestrovie)

See also

• Elections by country (legislatures elections)
• List of national governments
• List of national leaders
• List of national supreme courts
• List of state legislatures of the United States
• Legislative Assemblies of Canada's provinces and territories
• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• National parliaments of the European Union