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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMB’s and Partner Organisations of A-WEB

S. Country Body System Seats per District Total seats Threshold
No.

President FPTP
53 + 24
79 Rwanda Closed-list proportional elected by
Chamber of Deputies 53 provincial 5%
representation system
councils + 3
appointed
80 Saint Lucia House of Assembly FPTP 1 17

coexistence: FPTP (35 seats) / Bloc
81 Samoa Fono 1 / 2 49
voting (14 seats)
São Tomé and President Two-round system
82
Príncipe National Assembly Party list: closed lists (7 districts) 7.9 (average) 55
President Two-round system
83 Senegal Parallel voting: 60 by PR, 90 by
National Assembly 150
majority
President Two-round system
84 Serbia 5% (0.4% for
National Assembly Proportional Representation 250 250
minorities)
President Two-round system

85 Sierra Leone 112 + 12
Parliament FPTP 1 Paramount 12.5%
chiefs

Federal Parliament 54
86 Somalia
House of People 275
Party list PR: Closed lists
87 South Africa National Assembly 400 400
Proportional System
President
Council of States 50
88 South Sudan
National Legislative
Assembly 332
President Sri Lankan contingent vote
89 Sri Lanka Open List Proportional
Parliament 4-20 225
Representation
National Assembly of
90 Suriname Proportional Representation 2-17 51
Suriname
President FPTP
Taiwan
91 (Republic of Parallel: FPTP (73 seats) / Party- 1
China) Legislative Yuan list PR (Hare quota) (34 seats) Aboriginal 113 5%
Aboriginal seats: SNTV (6 seats) constituencies: 3
President Two-round system
Parallel: Party list (113 seats)
92 Tanzania / FPTP (264 seats) + 5 Elected
National Assembly Indirectly by Zanzibar’s Legislature 113/1/5/6 324
+ 5 Appointed by the President + 1
Ex-officio

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