European legislatures
editRows marked in yellow signify countries with RS databases of MPs. Those in green are countries which have complete, reliably sourced lists of legislators already.
Legislatures of sovereign states (Member and observer states of the United Nations)
editName | Legislature | Type | Upper Chamber/Only Chamber | UC Database(s) | Lower Chamber | LC Database(s) |
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Albania | Parliament (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë) | Unicam | Parliament (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë) | List of members elected to legislatures since 1920. | N/A | |
Andorra | General Council (Consell General de les Valls) | Unicam | General Council (Consell General de les Valls) | N/A | ||
Armenia [j] | National Assembly (Ազգային Ժողով Azgayin Zhoghov) | Unicam | National Assembly (Ազգային Ժողով Azgayin Zhoghov) | N/A | ||
Austria | Austrian Parliament | Bicam | Federal Council (Bundesrat) | Official database, 1920 to present, with biographies. | National Council (Nationalrat) | Official database, 1918 to present, with biographies. |
Azerbaijan [k] | National Assembly (Milli Məclis) | Unicam | National Assembly (Milli Məclis) | N/A | ||
Belarus | National Assembly (Нацыянальны сход Nacyjanaĺny schod) | Bicam | Council of the Republic (Савет Рэспублікі Saviet Respubliki) | House of Representatives (Палата прадстаўнікоў Palata pradstaŭnikoŭ) | ||
Belgium | Federal Parliament (Federaal Parlement / Parlement fédéral / Föderales Parlament) | Bicam | Senate (Senaat / Sénat / Senat) | Chamber of Representatives(Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers / Chambre des Représentants / Abgeordnetenkammer) | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Parliamentary Assembly (Parlamentarna skupština / Парламентарна скупштина) | Bicam | House of Peoples (Dom naroda / Дом народa) | House of Representatives (Predstavnički dom / Zastupnički dom / Представнички дом) | ||
Bulgaria | National Assembly (Народно събрание Narodno sabranie) | Unicam | National Assembly (Народно събрание Narodno sabranie) | N/A | ||
Croatia | Croatian Assembly[1] (Hrvatski sabor) | Unicam | Croatian Assembly[2] (Hrvatski sabor) | N/A | ||
Cyprus [d] | House of Representatives (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων Vouli Antiprosópon / Temsilciler Meclisi)[3] | Unicam | House of Representatives (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων Vouli Antiprosópon / Temsilciler Meclisi)[4] | N/A | ||
Czech Republic | Parliament of the Czech Republic (Parlament České republiky) | Bicam | Senate (Senát) | Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna) | ||
Denmark | Parliament[5] (Folketing) | Unicam | Parliament[6] (Folketing) | Offline source: Emil Elberling and Victor Elberling, Rigsdagens Medlemmer gennem hundrede Aar 1848-1948 [Members of Parliament For the Hundred Years 1848-1948], 3 vols (Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz, 1949-50). | N/A | |
Estonia | State Assembly[7] (Riigikogu) | Unicam | State Assembly[8] (Riigikogu) | N/A | ||
Finland | Parliament (Eduskunta)[9] | Unicam | Parliament (Eduskunta)[10] | Official database of MPs, 1907 to 2014, all with biographical details. | N/A | |
France [g] | Parliament (Parlement) | Bicam | Senate (Sénat) | Official database (Second Empire; Third, Fourth, Fifth Republics) | National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) | Official database (1789–present) |
Georgia [l] | Parliament of Georgia (საქართველოს პარლამენტი Sak'art'velos Parlamenti) | Unicam | Parliament of Georgia (საქართველოს პარლამენტი Sak'art'velos Parlamenti) | N/A | ||
Germany | – | Bicam | Federal Council[11] (Bundesrat) | Federal Diet[12] (Bundestag) | ||
Greece | Hellenic Parliament[13] (Βουλή των Ελλήνων Vouli ton Ellinon) | Unicam | Hellenic Parliament[14] (Βουλή των Ελλήνων Vouli ton Ellinon) | N/A | ||
Hungary | National Assembly (Országgyűlés) | Unicam | National Assembly (Országgyűlés) | N/A | ||
Iceland | Assembly of All[15] (Alþingi) | Unicam | Assembly of All[16] (Alþingi) | N/A | ||
Ireland | Parliament[17] (Oireachtas) | Bicam | Senate of Ireland[18] (Seanad Éireann) | House of Representatives of Ireland (Dáil Éireann)[19] | ||
Italy | Parliament (Parlamento) | Bicam | Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica) | Official database (1848–present) | Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) | |
Kazakhstan [i] | Parliament (Parlamenti) | Bicam | Senate | Assembly[20] (Mazhilis) | ||
Latvia | Parliament[21] (Saeima) | Unicam | Parliament[22] (Saeima) | Official histories of each legislative session with lists of members (since 1918). | N/A | |
Liechtenstein | Diet[23] (Landtag) | Unicam | Diet[24] (Landtag) |
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N/A | |
Lithuania | Parliament[25] (Seimas) | Unicam | Parliament[26] (Seimas) | Official histories of each legislative session, including biographies of all past members (1905 to present). (This is an archived page; the webpages are still live but the index is apparently not). | N/A | |
Luxembourg | Chamber of Deputies (D'Chamber)[27] | Unicam | Chamber of Deputies (D'Chamber)[28] | N/A | ||
Macedonia | Assembly (Собрание Sobranie) | Unicam | Assembly (Собрание Sobranie) | N/A | ||
Malta | Parliament of Malta | Unicam | House of Representatives (Kamra tad-Deputati) | N/A | ||
Moldova [a] | Parliament (Parlamentul) | Unicam | Parliament (Parlamentul) | N/A | ||
Monaco | National Council (Conseil National) | Unicam | National Council (Conseil National) | N/A | ||
Montenegro | Assembly (Skupština / Скупштина) | Unicam | Assembly (Skupština / Скупштина) | N/A | ||
Netherlands [h] | States General (Staten-Generaal) | Bicam | Senate (Eerste Kamer, First Chamber) | University of Leiden database for both chambers (1796–present) | House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer, Second Chamber) | University of Leiden database for both chambers (1796–present) |
Norway | Great Assembly[29] (Storting) | Unicam | Official biographical database, from at least the 1920s to present. | N/A | ||
Poland | Parliament of Poland
National Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe)[30] |
Bicam | Senate (Senat) | Sejm[31] (Sejm) | ||
Portugal [e] | Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) | Unicam | Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) | N/A | ||
Romania | Parliament (Parlamentul) | Bicam | Senate (Senat) | Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaţilor) | ||
Russia [b] | Federal Assembly (Федеральное Собрание Federalnoye Sobraniye) | Bicam | Federation Council (Совет Федерации Sovet Federatsii) | State Duma[32] (Государственная Дума Gosudarstvennaya Duma) | ||
San Marino | Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale) | Unicam | Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale) | N/A | ||
Serbia [f] | National Assembly (Народна скупштина / Narodna Skupština) | Unicam | National Assembly (Народна скупштина / Narodna Skupština) | N/A | ||
Slovakia | National Council (Národná rada) | Unicam | National Council (Národná rada) | N/A | ||
Slovenia | Parliament (Državni zbor Republike Slovenije) | Bicam | National Council (Državni svet)[33] | National Assembly (Državni zbor) | ||
Spain | General Courts[34] (Cortes Generales) | Bicam | Senate (Senado) | Official database (1834–present) | Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados) | Official database (1810–present) |
Sweden | The Riksdag | Unicam | The Riksdag | N/A | ||
Switzerland | Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung, Assemblée fédérale, Assemblea federale) | Bicam | Council of States (Ständerat, Conseil des Etats, Consiglio degli Stati) | National Council (Nationalrat, Conseil National, Consiglio Nazionale) | ||
Turkey [m] | Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi) | Unicam | Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi) | N/A | ||
Ukraine | Supreme Council (Верховна Рада Verkhovna Rada) | Unicam | Supreme Council (Верховна Рада Verkhovna Rada) | N/A | ||
United Kingdom | Parliament | Bicam | House of Lords | House of Commons | ||
Vatican City | Pontifical Commission (Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano) | N/A |
Legislatures of non-sovereign countries, dependencies and other territories
editName | Legislature | Type | Upper House/Only House | Database(s) | Lower House | Database(s) |
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Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
Åland (Finland) | Unicam | Legislative Assembly[35] (Lagtinget) | N/A | |||
Alderney (UK) | Unicam | States (États) | N/A | |||
Azores (Portugal) | Unicam | Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa) | N/A | |||
Bailiwick of Guernsey [c] (UK) | Unicam | States (États) | N/A | |||
Bailiwick of Jersey [c] (UK) | Unicam | States (États) | N/A | |||
Canary Islands (Spain) | Unicam | Parliament (Parlamento de Canarias) | N/A | |||
Crimea | Unicam | Supreme Council (Верховна Рада / Верховный Совет / Yuqarı Radası) | N/A | |||
Faroe Islands (Denmark) | Unicam | Law Assembly[36] (Løgtingið) | N/A | |||
Galicia (Spain) | Unicam | Parliament (Parlamento da Galiza/Galicia) | N/A | |||
Gibraltar (UK) | Unicam | Parliament | N/A | |||
Greenland (Denmark) [r] | Unicam | Parliament (Inatsisartut)[37] | N/A | |||
Isle of Man [c] (UK) | Tynwald (Tinvaal) | Bicam | Legislative Council (Yn Choonceil Slattyssagh) | House of Keys (Kiare as Feed) | ||
Madeira (Portugal) | Unicam | Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa) | N/A | |||
Northern Ireland (UK) | Unicam | Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann) | N/A | |||
Sark (UK) | Unicam | Chief Pleas | N/A | |||
Scotland (UK) | Unicam | Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, Scots Pairliament) | N/A | |||
South Tyrol (Italy) | Unicam | Landtag | N/A | |||
Svalbard (Norway) | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
Wales (UK) | Unicam | National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) | N/A |
- ^ The native name is also used in English.
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- ^ Also: Temsilciler Meclisi
- ^ Also: Temsilciler Meclisi
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- ^ Also: Riksdag
- ^ Also: Riksdag
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- ^ The native name is also used in English.
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- ^ Also: Chambre des Députés
- ^ Also: Chambre des Députés
- ^ The native name is also used in English.
- ^ Name used only on those rare occasions when both houses sit together
- ^ The native name is also used in English.
- ^ The native name is also used in English.
- ^ Lakota, Igor (2006). Sistem nepopolne dvodomnosti v slovenskem parlamentu (diplomska naloga) [The system of incomplete bicameralism in the Slovenian Parliament (diploma thesis)] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. p. 62. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
Opinions differ, however the majority of domestic experts agree that the National Council may be regarded as the upper house, but the bicameralism is distinctively incomplete.
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- ^ Also: Landsting