se members are appointed to serve until reaching 75
years of age by the governor general and selected on the advice of
the prime minister; its normal limit is 104 senators) and the House
of Commons or Chambre des Communes (301 seats; members elected by
direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections: House of Commons - last held 27 November 2000 (next to
be held 2005)

election results: percent of vote by party as of January 2001 -
Liberal Party 42%, Canadian Alliance 22%, Bloc Quebecois 13%, New
Democratic Party 4%, Progressive Conservative Party 4%; seats by
party as of January 2001 - Liberal Party 172, Canadian Alliance 66,
Bloc Quebecois 38, New Democratic Party 13, Progressive Conservative
Party 12

Cape Verde:
unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (72
seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections: last held 14 January 2001 (next to be held NA December
2005)

election results: percent of vote by party - PAICV 47.3%, MPD
39.8%, ADM 6%, other 6.9%; seats by party - PAICV 40, MPD 30, ADM 2

Cayman Islands:
unicameral Legislative Assembly (18 seats, three
appointed members and 15 elected by popular vote; members serve
four-year terms)

elections: last held 8 November 2000 (next to be held NA November
2004)

election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - NA

Central African Republic:
unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee
Nationale (109 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
five-year terms; note - there were 85 seats in the National Assembly
before the 1998 election)

elections: last held 22-23 November and 13 December 1998 (next to
be held NA 2003)

election results: percent of vote by party - MLPC 43%, RDC 18%, MDD
9%, FPP 6%, PSD 5%, ADP 4%, PUN 3%, FODEM 2%, PLD 2%, UPR 1%, FC 1%,
independents 6%; seats by party - MLPC 47, RDC 20, MDD 8, FPP 7, PSD
6, ADP 5, PUN 3, FODEM 2, PLD 2, UPR 1, FC 1, independents 7

note: the National Assembly is advised by the Economic and Regional
Council or Conseil Economique et Regional; when they sit together
they are called the Congress or Congres

Chad:
unicameral National Assembly (125 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve four-year terms); replaces the Higher
Transitional Council or the Conseil Superieur de Transition

elections: National Assembly - last held in two rounds on 5 Januar