word | | Legislative branch |
| members | Romania | bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate or Senat (137 seats; members elected by popular vote in a mixed electoral system to serve four-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies ... |
| members | Russia | ... or Federalnoye Sobraniye consists of an upper house, the Federation Council or Sovet Federatsii (166 seats; members appointed by the top executive and legislative officials in each of the 83 federal administrative ... |
| members | Rwanda | bicameral Parliament consists of Senate (26 seats; 12 members elected by local councils, 8 appointed by the president, 4 appointed by the Political Organizations Forum, 2 represent institutions of higher learning; members ... |
| members | Saint Barthelemy | unicameral Territorial Council (19 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 1 and 8 July 2007 (next to be held in July 2012) election ... |
| members | Saint Helena | ... Legislative Council (17 seats, including a speaker and deputy speaker, 12 elected, and three ex officio members; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) note: the Constitution Order provides ... |
| members | Saint Kitts and Nevis | unicameral National Assembly (14 seats, 3 appointed and 11 popularly elected from single-member constituencies; members serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 25 January 2010 (next to be held by ... |
| members | Saint Lucia | bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (11 seats; six members appointed on the advice of the prime minister, three on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and two after consultation ... |
| members | Saint Martin | unicameral Territorial Council (23 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 1 and 8 July 2007 (next to be held in July 2012 ... |
| members | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | ... unicameral Territorial Council or Conseil Territorial (19 seats, 15 from Saint Pierre and four from Miquelon; members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) elections: elections last held on 19 ... |
| members | Samoa | unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fono (49 seats, 47 members elected by voters affiliated with traditional village-based electoral districts, 2 elected by independent, mostly non-Samoan or part-Samoan, voters who cannot ... |