ent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - Fianna Fail 29, Fine Gael 16, Labor Party 4, Progressive
Democrats 4, others 7; House of Representatives - percent of vote by
party - NA%; seats by party - Fianna Fail 76, Fine Gael 53, Labor
Party 19, Progressive Democrats 4, Democratic Left 4, Green Alliance
2, Sinn Fein 1, independents 7; note - seats by party in the House
of Representatives as of 1 January 2001 were as follows: Fianna Fail
76, Fine Gael 54, Labor Party 21, Progressive Democrats 4, Green
Alliance 2, Socialist Party 1, Sinn Fein 1, independents 7

Israel:
unicameral Knesset or parliament (120 seats; members elected
by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

elections: last held 17 May 1999 (next to be held NA November 2003)

election results: percent of vote by party - One Israel 20.2%,
Likud Party 14.1%, Shas 13%, MERETZ 7.6%, Yisra'el Ba'Aliya 5.1%,
Shinui 5%, Center Party 5%, National Religious Party 4.2%, United
Torah Judaism 3.7%, United Arab List 3.4%, National Union 3%, Hadash
2.6%, Yisra'el Beiteinu 2.6%, Balad 1.9%, One Nation 1.9%,
Democratic Movement NA (party formed after election, members elected
under Yisra'el Ba'Aliya list); seats by party - One Israel 26, Likud
Party 19, Shas 17, MERETZ 10, Yisra'el Ba'Aliya 4, Shinui 6, Center
Party 6, National Religious Party 5, United Torah Judaism 5, United
Arab List 5, National Union 4, Hadash 3, Yisra'el Beiteinu 4,
Democratic Movement 2 (party formed after election, members elected
under Yisra'el Ba'Aliya list), Balad 2, One Nation 2

Italy:
bicameral Parliament or Parlamento consists of the Senate or
Senato della Repubblica (315 seats elected by popular vote of which
232 are directly elected and 83 are elected by regional proportional
representation plus, in addition, there are a small number of
senators-for-life including former presidents of the republic;
members serve five-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camera
dei Deputati (630 seats; 475 are directly elected, 155 by regional
proportional representation; members serve five-year terms)

elections: Senate - last held 13 May 2001 (next to be held NA
2006); Chamber of Deputies - last held 13 May 2001 (next to be held
NA 2006)

election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - House of Liberties 177 (Forza Italia 82, National Alliance
46, CCD-CDU 29, Northern League 17, others 3),