Electoral Systems of the World

method of election of unicameral legislature or lower house of bicameral legislature

country	electoral system	type	# reps
Afghanistan	first-past-the-post	plurality	205
Albania	parallel: two-round system	semi-proportional	140
Algeria	party list	proportional	430
American Samoa (USA)	first-past-the-post	plurality	20
Andorra	parallel: block	semi-proportional	28
Angola	party list	proportional	220
Antigua and Barbuda	first-past-the-post	plurality	17
Argentina	party list	proportional	257
Armenia	parallel: first-past-the-post	semi-proportional	189
Aruba (Netherlands)	first-past-the-post	plurality	21
Australia	alternative vote	majority	148
Austria	party list	proportional	183
Azerbaijan	parallel: two-round system	semi-proportional	125
Bahamas	first-past-the-post	plurality	49
Bahrain	first-past-the-post-block	plurality	30
Bangladesh	first-past-the-post	plurality	300
Barbados	first-past-the-post	plurality	28
Belarus	two-round system	majority	260
Belgium	party list	proportional	150
Belize	first-past-the-post	plurality	29
Benin	party list	proportional	83
Bermuda	block	plurality	40
Bhutan	first-past-the-post	plurality	150
Bolivia	mixed member	proportional	130
Bosnia and Herzegovina	party list	proportional	240
Botswana	first-past-the-post	plurality	47
Brazil	party list	proportional	513
Brunei	no direct election	--	--
Bulgaria	party list	proportional	240
Burkina faso	party list	proportional	111
Burma	first-past-the-post	plurality	485
Burundi	party list	proportional	81
Cambodia	party list	proportional	120
Cameroon	parallel: first-past-the-post	semi-proportional	180
Canada	first-past-the-post	plurality	295
Cape Verde Islands	party list	proportional	79
Cayman Islands	first-past-the-post	plurality	19
Central African Republic	two-round system	majority	85
Chad	two-round system	majority	125
Chile	party list	proportional	120
China	no direct election	--	--
Colombia	party list	proportional	168
Comoros Islands	two-round system	majority	42
Congo (Brazzaville)	two-round system	majority	125
Congo (Democratic Republic)	first-past-the-post	plurality	210
Cook Islands (NZ)	first-past-the-post	plurality	25
Costa Rica	party list	proportional	57
Cuba	two-round system	majority	589
Cyprus	party list	proportional	80
Czech Republic	party list	proportional	200
Denmark	party list	proportional	179
Djibouti	party block	plurality	65
Dominica	first-past-the-post	plurality	31
Dominican Republic	party list	proportional	120
Ecuador	parallel: party block	semi-proportional	77
Egypt	two-round system	majority	444
El Salvador	party list	proportional	84
Equatorial Guinea	party list	proportional	80
Eritrea	party list	proportional	130
Estonia	party list	proportional	101
Ethiopia	first-past-the-post	plurality	547
Federated States of Micronesia	first-past-the-post	plurality	14
Fiji	block-first-past-the-post	plurality	70
Finland	party list	proportional	200
France	two-round system	majority	577
French Guiana	two-round system	majority	19
French Polynesia	party list	proportional	41
Gabon	two-round system	majority	120
Gambia	first-past-the-post	plurality	36
Georgia	parallel: two-round system	semi-proportional	235
Germany	mixed member	proportional	656
Ghana	first-past-the-post	plurality	200
Greece	party list	proportional	300
Grenada	first-past-the-post	plurality	15
Guadeloupe (France)	two-round system	majority	42
Guam (USA)	first-past-the-post	plurality	21
Guatemala	parallel: first-past-the-post	semi-proportional	80
Guernsey (UK)	first-past-the-post	plurality	33
Guinea	parallel: first-past-the-post	semi-proportional	114
Guinea-Bissau	party list	proportional	100
Guyana	party list	proportional	53
Haiti	two-round system	majority	83
Honduras	party list	proportional	128
Hungary	mixed member	proportional	386
Iceland	party list	proportional	63
India	first-past-the-post	plurality	543
Indonesia	party list	proportional	425
Iran	two-round system	majority	270
Iraq	two-round system	majority	250
Ireland	single transferable vote	proportional	166
Isle of Man (UK)	first-past-the-post	plurality	24
Israel	party list	proportional	120
Italy	mixed member	proportional	630
Ivory Coast	first-past-the-post-block	plurality	175
Jamaica	first-past-the-post	plurality	60
Japan	parallel: first-past-the-post	semi-proportional	500
Jersey (UK)	first-past-the-post	plurality	53
Jordan	single non-transferable vote	semi-proportional	80
Kazakhstan	first-past-the-post	plurality	67
Kenya	first-past-the-post	plurality	188
Kiribati	two-round system	majority	39
Korea (North)	first-past-the-post	plurality	687
Korea (South)	parallel: first-past-the-post	semi-proportional	299
Kuwait	block	plurality	50
Kyrgyzstan	two-round system	majority	35
Laos	block	plurality	85
Latvia	party list	proportional	100
Lebanon	party block	plurality	128
Lesotho	first-past-the-post	plurality	65
Liberia	party list	proportional	64
Lybia	no direct election	--	--
Liechstenstein	party list	proportional	25
Lithuania	parallel: two-round system	semi-proportional	141
Luxembourg	party list	proportional	60
Macedonia	two-round system	majority	120
Madagascar	party list	proportional	138
Malawi	first-past-the-post	plurality	177
Malaysia	first-past-the-post	plurality	192
Maldives	block	plurality	40
Mali	two-round system	majority	147
Malta	single transferable vote	proportional	65
Marshall Islands	first-past-the-post	plurality	33
Martinique (France)	two-round system	majority	45
Mauritania	two-round system	majority	79
Mauritius	block	plurality	70
Mayotte (France)	two-round system-first-past-the-post	majority	17
Mexico	mixed member	proportional	500
Moldova	two-round system	majority	104
Monaco	two-round system	majority	18
Mongolia	first-past-the-post	plurality	76
Montserrat	first-past-the-post	plurality	7
Morocco	first-past-the-post	plurality	222
Mozambique	party list	proportional	250
Namibia	party list	proportional	72
Nauru	alternative vote	majority	18
Nepal	first-past-the-post	plurality	205
Netherlands	party list	proportional	150
Netherlands Antilles	party list	proportional	27
New Caledonia (France)	party list	proportional	54
New Zealand	mixed member	proportional	120
Nicaragua	party list	proportional	92
Niger	parallel: first-past-the-post	semi-proportional	83
Nigeria	first-past-the-post	plurality	593
Niue (NZ)	first-past-the-post-block	plurality	20
Northern Mariana Islands (USA)	first-past-the-post	plurality	18
Norway	party list	proportional	165
Oman	no direct election	--	--
Pakistan	first-past-the-post	plurality	217
Palau	first-past-the-post	plurality	30
Palestinian Authority	block	plurality	88
Panama	party list	proportional	72
Papua New Guinea	first-past-the-post	plurality	109
Paraguay	party list	proportional	80
Peru	party list	proportional	120
Philippines	block	plurality	204
Poland	party list	proportional	460
Portugal	party list	proportional	230
Puerto Rico (USA)	first-past-the-post	plurality	53
Qatar	no direct election	--	--
Réunion (France)	two-round system	majority	44
Romania	party list	proportional	328
Russia	parallel: first-past-the-post	semi-proportional	450
Rwanda	first-past-the-post	plurality	70
San Marino	party list	proportional	60
Sao Tomé and Principe	party list	proportional	55
Saudi Arabia	no direct election	--	--
Senegal	parallel: party block	semi-proportional	120
Seychelles	parallel: first-past-the-post	semi-proportional	33
Sierra Leone	party list	proportional	68
Singapore	party block-first-past-the-post	plurality	83
Slovakia	party list	proportional	150
Slovenia	party list	proportional	90
Solomon Islands	first-past-the-post	plurality	47
Somalia	parallel: first-past-the-post	semi-proportional	123
South Africa	party list	proportional	400
Spain	party list	proportional	350
Sri Lanka	party list	proportional	225
St. Kitts and Nevis	first-past-the-post	plurality	11
St. Lucia	first-past-the-post	plurality	17
St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)	two-round system-first-past-the-post	majority	19
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	first-past-the-post	plurality	15
Sudan	first-past-the-post	plurality	275
Suriname	party list	proportional	51
Swaziland	first-past-the-post	plurality	55
Sweden	party list	proportional	349
Switzerland	party list	proportional	200
Syria	first-past-the-post	plurality	250
Taiwan	parallel: single non-transferable vote	semi-proportional	164
Tajikistan	two-round system	majority	181
Tanzania	first-past-the-post	plurality	232
Thailand	block	plurality	391
Togo	two-round system	majority	81
Tonga	first-past-the-post	plurality	9
Trinidad and Tobago	first-past-the-post	plurality	36
Tunisia	parallel: party block	semi-proportional	163
Turkey	party list	proportional	550
Turkmenistan	two-round system	majority	50
Turks and Caicos Islands	first-past-the-post	plurality	13
Tuvalu	first-past-the-post	plurality	12
Uganda	first-past-the-post	plurality	214
Ukraine	half plurality; half nationwide party-list PR	semi-proportional	450
United Arab Emirates	no direct election	--	--
United Kingdom	first-past-the-post	plurality	659
United States of America	first-past-the-post	plurality	435
Uruguay	party list	proportional	99
Uzbekistan	two-round system	majority	250
Vanuatu	single non-transferable vote	semi-proportional	50
Venezuela	mixed member	proportional	203
Vietnam	two-round system	majority	393
Virgin Islands (UK)	first-past-the-post	plurality	9
Virgin Islands (USA)	block	plurality	15
Wallis and Futuna (France)	party list	proportional	20
Western Samoa	first-past-the-post-block	plurality	47
Yemen	first-past-the-post	plurality	301
Yugoslavia (Serbia-Montenegro)	party list	proportional	138
Zambia	first-past-the-post	plurality	150
Zimbabwe	first-past-the-post	plurality	120

No comment is being made on the state of democracy. Categorizations are based on the electoral law, or the last competitive election held.

Sources: Handbook of Electoral System Design (Stockholm, Sweden: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, 1997)

; Ukraine from Article 1(2) of Law on Parliamentary Elections (1997)

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