- United Kingdom Parliament - http://www.parliament.uk/
Composed of the House of Commons, elected by single-member plurality for a period of not more than five years, and the appointed (and for a few members inherited) House of Lords.
- Irish Parliament - http://www.irlgov.ie/oireachtas/
Also knowns as the Houses of the Oireachtas; composed of Dáil Éireann (House of Deputies) and Seanad Éireann (Senate).
- Denmark - Folketinget - http://www.folketinget.dk/
Danish parliament of 179 members elected by a variant of an additional member system.
- Norwegian Parliament - http://www.stortinget.no/english/
The Stortinget of 165 members, of which 157 are from constituencies and 8 are additional members.
- Austrian Parliament - http://www.parlinkom.gv.at/
Österreichisches Parlament, consisting of the Nationalrat (National Council) and the Bundesrat (Federal Council).
- Poland - Sejm - http://www.sejm.gov.pl/english.html
Main chamber of the parliament.
- Poland - Senate - http://www.senat.gov.pl/indexe.htm
Chamber of the parliament.
- India - Parliament of India - http://ParliamentofIndia.nic.in/
Composed of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People).
- India - Rajya Sabha - http://rajyasabha.nic.in/
The Council of States elected by the states' assemblies.
- Georgia - http://www.parliament.ge/
Parliament.
- Spain - Senate - http://www.senado.es/home_i.html
House of territorial representation of the Cortes Generales, with most provinces electing four senators.
- Jersey - The States of Jersey - http://www.statesassembly.gov.je/
Originally composed of the three estates, the Jurats (justices), the Connétables (the heads of the parishes) and the Rectors (from the churches).
- Isle of Man - Manx Parliament - http://www.tynwald.org.im/
The Tynwald, dating back to the eighth century, and composed of the House of Keys and the Legislative Council.
- Portugal - http://www.parlamento.pt/ingles/index.html
Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República).
- France - National Assembly - http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/
Consists of 577 deputies, each of whom is elected in a constituency either with an absolute majority of votes (more than half the votes) at the first ballot or a relative majority (the largest number of votes) at the second ballot.
- France - Senate - http://www.senat.fr/
Upper house of the French parliament.
- Albanian Parliament - http://www.parlament.al/
Single-chamber parliament elected for four years under additional-member system.
- Canada - Parliament of Canada - http://www.parl.gc.ca/
Composed of the Queen, represented by the Governor General, the appointed Senate, and the elected House of Commons.
- Estonia - Riigikogu - http://www.riigikogu.ee/
The Parliament of the Republic of Estonia, elected by proportional representation with a 5% cutoff.
- Faroe Islands - Føroya Løgting - http://www.logting.fo/
Single-chamber elected from seven constituencies, with powers under Denmark's Home Rule Act 1948.
- Finland - Suomen Eduskunta - http://www.eduskunta.fI/
The Parliament of Finland, a unicameral body of 200 members elected on a proportional basis.
- Germany - Bundesrat - http://www.bundesrat.de/
The Federal Council is the Chamber of the Länder, the federal states, such that only one member votes on behalf of each state, casting all the state's votes.
- Germany - Bundestag - http://www.bundestag.de/
The Federal Diet, composed of at least 598 Members, of whom 299 are elected in the constituencies and a further 299 via a list-based additional member system with a 5% cutoff.
- Hong Kong Legislative Council - http://www.legco.gov.hk/
Consisting of 60 Members, with 24 Members elected from geographical constituencies, 30 Members by functional constituencies, and 6 Members by an Election Committee comprising 800 elected representatives of the community.
- Iceland - Alþingi - http://www.althingi.is/
The Icelandic parliament dates back to 930AD, now having 63 members from eight constituencies.
- Latvia - Saeima - http://www.saeima.lv/
Unicameral parliament of 100 members elected by proportional representation.
- Lithuania - Seimas - http://www.lrs.lt/
Composed of 141 members elected for a four-year term.
- Romania - Senate - http://www.senat.ro/
One hundred and forty-three member body elected using a proportional list system. With more content in Romanian.
- Sweden - Riksdag - http://www.riksdagen.se/
Unicameral body containing 349 members from 29 different constituencies.
- Switzerland - Parliament - http://www.parliament.ch/
Bicameral system consisting of 200-member National Council and 46-member Council of States.
- Thailand - Senate - http://www.senate.go.th/
With lists of committee members and more information in Thai.
- Spain - Congress - http://www.congreso.es/ingles/
Primary chamber of the Cortes Generales elected by a proportional system.
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