seats; members are
elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections: last held 7 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2003)

election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -
Center Party 28, Union of Pro Patria (Fatherland League) 18, Reform
Party 18, Moderates 17, Country People's Party (Agrarians) 7,
Coalition Party 7, UPPE 6

Ethiopia:
bicameral Parliament consists of the House of Federation
or upper chamber (108 seats; members are chosen by state assemblies
to serve five-year terms) and the House of People's Representatives
or lower chamber (548 seats; members are directly elected by popular
vote from single-member districts to serve five-year terms)

elections: last held 14 May 2000 (next to be held NA May 2005)

election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - OPDO 177, ANDM
134, TPLF 38, WGGPDO 27, EPRDF 19, SPDO 18, GNDM 15, KSPDO 10, ANDP
8, GPRDF 7, SOPDM 7, BGPDUF 6, BMPDO 5, KAT 4, other regional
political groupings 22, independents 8; note - 43 seats unconfirmed

note: irregularities and violence at a number of polling stations
necessitated the rescheduling of voting in certain constituencies;
voting postponed in Somali regional state because of severe drought

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
unicameral Legislative Council
(10 seats - 2 ex officio, 8 elected by popular vote, members serve
four-year terms) presided over by the governor

elections: last held 9 October 1997 (next to be held NA October
2001)

election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 8

Faroe Islands:
unicameral Faroese Parliament or Logting (32 seats;
members are elected by popular vote on a proportional basis from the
seven constituencies to serve four-year terms)

elections: last held 30 April 1998 (next to be held not later than
April 2002)

election results: percent of vote by party - Republican Party
23.8%, People's Party 21.3%, Social Democratic Party 21.9%, Union
Party 18%, Home Rue Party 7.7%, Center Party 4.1%; seats by party -
Republican Party 8, People's Party 8, Social Democratic Party 7,
Union Party 6, Home Rule Party 2, Center Party 1

note: election of 2 seats to the Danish Parliament was last held on
11 March 1998 (next to be held not later than March 2002); results -
percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Social Democratic
Party 1, People's Party 1

Fiji: