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What is the electoral system for Chamber 2 of the national legislature?


Answers # Countries % Countries Country List
total countries/territories: 120
a. Plurality (FPTP) 10 8.3% Antigua and Barbuda, American Samoa, Brazil, Botswana, Colombia, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, United Republic of, United States of America,
b. Alternative Vote 1 0.8% United States of America,
c. Block Vote 1 0.8% United States of America,
d. Two-Round System 4 3.3% Czech Republic, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna,
e. Parallel (Segmented) (PR Lists and Majoritarian constituencies) 6 5.0% Switzerland, France, Japan, Mexico, Tajikistan,
f. Single Non-Transferable Vote 1 0.8% Afghanistan,
g. List Proportional Representation 6 5.0% Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the, Chile, Italy, Paraguay, Romania, Uruguay,
h. Mixed Member Proportional 0 0.0%
i. Single Transferable Vote 1 0.8% India,
j. By appointment 21 17.5% Afghanistan, Austria, Barbados, Bahrain, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Germany, Egypt, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Saint Lucia, Lesotho, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Yemen, South Africa,
k. The national legislature consists of one chamber only 57 47.5% Armenia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Benin, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Djibouti, Denmark, Dominica, Finland, Micronesia, Federated States of, Georgia, Ghana, Guyana, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Kiribati, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Korea, Republic of, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Marshall Islands, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Malta, Maldives, Malawi, Niger, Norway, Niue, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palestine, Portugal, Serbia, Sudan, Sweden, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Holy See (Vatican City State), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, Samoa,
l. Other 20 16.6% Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belarus, Cameroon, Algeria, Spain, Fiji, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Netherlands, Nepal, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Slovenia, Senegal, Somalia, Zanzibar,


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