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Parliament's Name of the Famous countries

A parliament is a legislature. The name is derived from the French parliament, the action of parlor (to speak): a parliament is a talk, a discussion, hence a meeting, where people discuss matters. Below is the list of Parliament's name in some of the Famous countries of the world.

Country Name	Parliament Name
Afghanistan	Shora
Australia	Parliament
Bangladesh	Jatia Parliament
Bhutan	Tasongadu
Canada	Parliament
China	National People Congress
Denmark	Folketing
Egypt	People's Assembly
France	Parlement
Germany	Bundestag
Great Britain	Parliament
Hungary	Országgyűlés
Iceland	Althing
India	Sansad
Iran	Majilis
Ireland	Oireachtas
Israel	The Knesset
Italy	Parlamento Italiano
Japan	Diet
Kuwait	Majlis-al-Umma
Lativa	Saeima
Malaysia	Majilis
Maldives	Majilis
Magnolia	Khural
Nepal	Rashtriya Panchayat
Netherlands	States General (Staten-Generaal)
Norway	Storting
Oman	Majlis
Pakistan	Majlis-e-Shoora
Poland	Scym
Russia	Duma
Spain	Crotes
Sweden	Riksdag
South Africa	Parliament
Switzerland	Federal Assembly
Taiwan	Yuan
Turkey	Grand National Assembly
USA	Congress
Uzbekistan	Oliy Majlis

Explained Parliaments of the World

Country	Name of House(s)	House Level	Term (years)	Seats
Afghanistan	House of the People (ولسي جرګه Wolesi Jirga)	Lower	5	249
	House of Elders (مشرانوجرګه Meshrano Jirga	Upper	3 4 and 5	102
Algeria	People's National Assembly (al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani)	Lower	6	462
	Council of the Nation (al-Majlis al-Umma)	Upper	5	144
Antigua and Barbuda	House of Representatives	Lower	5	19
	Senate	Upper	5	17
Argentina	Chamber of Deputies of the Nation (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación)	Lower	4	257
	Senate of the Nation (Senado de la Nación)	Upper	6	72
Australia	House of Representatives	Lower	3	150
	Senate	Upper	6	76
Austria	National Council (Nationalrat)	Lower	5	183
	Federal Council (Bundesrat)	Upper	5 and 6	62
Azerbaijan	National Assembly (Milli Məclis)	Unicameral	5	125
Bahamas, The	House of Assembly	Lower	5	38
	Senate	Upper	5	16
Bahrain	Council of Representatives (Majlis an-nuwab)	Lower	4	40
	Consultative Council (Majlis al-shura)	Upper	4	40
Bangladesh	National Parliament (জাতীয় সংসদ Jatiyo Sangsad)	Unicameral	5	350
Barbados	House of Assembly	Lower	5	30
	Senate	Upper	5	21
Belgium	Chamber of Representatives (Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers / Chambre des Représentants / Abgeordnetenkammer)	Lower	5	150
	Senate (Senaat / Sénat / Senat)	Upper	5	60
Bhutan	National Assembly (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་འདུ། Gyelyong Tshogdu)	Lower	5	47
	National Council (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེ། Gyelyong Tshogde)	Upper	4	25
Brazil	Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados)	Lower	4	513
	Federal Senate (Senado Federal)	Upper	8	81
Canada	House of Commons (Chambre des communes)	Lower	4 years, unless elections are called earlier	338
	Senate (Sénat)	Upper	Until age 75, or resigns.	105
People's Republic of China	National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会 Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì)[7]	Unicameral	5	2,987
Colombia	Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	4	166
	Senate (Senado)	Upper	4	102
Cuba	National Assembly of People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular)	Unicameral	5	612
Denmark	Parliament[5] (Folketing)	Unicameral	4	179
Egypt	House of Representatives (مجلس النواب Majilis Al-Nuwab)	Unicameral	5	596
Finland	Parliament (Eduskunta)	Unicameral	4	200
France	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	577
	Senate (Sénat)	Upper	6	348
Georgia	Parliament of Georgia (საქართველოს პარლამენტი Sak'art'velos Parlamenti)	Unicameral	4	150
Germany	Federal Diet[5] (Bundestag)	N/A (unofficially Lower house)	4	630
	Federal Council[5] (Bundesrat)	N/A (unofficially Upper house)	Delegated from state governments	69
Ghana	Parliament	Unicameral	4	228
Greece	Hellenic Parliament[5] (Βουλή των Ελλήνων Vouli ton Ellinon)	Unicameral	4	300
India	House of the People[5] (लोक सभा Lok Sabha)	Lower	5	545
	Council of States[5] (राज्य सभा Rajya Sabha)	Upper	6	245
Indonesia	People's Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat)	Lower	5	560
	Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah)	Upper	5	132
Iran	Islamic Consultative Assembly[5] (مجلس شورای اسلامی Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī)	Unicameral	4	290
Iraq	Council of Representatives of Iraq (مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis Al-Niwab Al-Iraqi)	Unicameral	4	325
Ireland	House of Representatives of Ireland (Dáil Éireann)	Lower	5	166
	Senate of Ireland (Seanad Éireann)	Upper	5	60
Israel	Assembly (כנסת Knesset)	Unicameral	4	120
Italy	Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati)	Lower	5	630
	Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica)	Upper	5	315
Japan	House of Representatives (衆議院 Shūgiin)	Lower	4	475
	House of Councillors (参議院 Sangiin)	Upper	6	242
Jordan	Assembly of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis al-Nuwaab)	Lower	4	150
	Senate (مجلس الأعيان Majlis al-Aayan)	Upper	6	75
Kazakhstan	Assembly[5] (Mazhilis)	Lower	5	98
	Senate	Upper	6	47
Kenya	National Assembly	Lower	5	349
	Senate	Upper	5	67
Kiribati	House of Assembly (Maneaba ni Maungatabu)	Unicameral	4	46
Korea, North	Supreme People's Assembly (최고인민회의 Ch'oe-go In-min Hoe-ŭi)	Unicameral	5	687
Korea, South	National Assembly (국회 Gukhoe)	Unicameral	4	300
Kuwait	National Assembly (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma)	Unicameral	4	50
Kyrgyzstan	Supreme Council (Joghorku Keneš)	Unicameral	5	120
Latvia	Parliament[5] (Saeima)	Unicameral	4	100
Lebanon	Chamber of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab)[10]	Unicameral	4	128
Lesotho	National Assembly	Lower	5	120
	Senate	Upper	5	33
Liberia	House of Representatives	Lower	6	73
	Senate	Upper	9	30
Libya	House of Representatives ( مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab)	Unicameral		200
Liechtenstein	Diet (Landtag)	Unicameral	4	25
Lithuania	Parliament (Seimas)	Unicameral	4	141
Luxembourg	Chamber of Deputie(D'Chamber)	Unicameral	5	60
Macedonia, Republic of	Assembly (Собрание Sobranie)	Unicameral	4	123
Madagascar	National Assembly (Antenimieram-Pirenena)	Lower	5	160
	Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5	33
Malawi	National Assembly	Unicameral	5	194
Malaysia	House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat)	Lower	5	222
	Senate (Dewan Negara)	Upper	3	70
Maldives	Assembly (Majlis)	Unicameral	5	85
Mali	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	4	160
Malta	House of Representative(Kamra tad-Deputati)	Unicameral	5	69
Marshall Islands	Legislature (Nitijela)	Unicameral	4	33
Mauritania	National Assembly (Al Jamiya al-Wataniyah)	Lower	5	146
	Assembly of Senators (Majlis al-Shuyukh)	Upper	6	56
Mauritius	National Assembly	Unicameral	5	70
Mexico	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	3	500
	Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	6	128
Moldova	Parliament (Parlamentul)	Unicameral	4	101
Monaco	National Council (Conseil National)	Unicameral	5	24
Mongolia	State Great Assembly (Улсын Их Хурал Ulsyn Ich-Chural)	Unicameral	4	76
Montenegro	Assembly (Skupština / Скупштина)	Unicameral	4	81
Morocco	House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwab)	Lower	5	395
	House of Councillors (Majlis al-Mustasharin)	Upper	9	270
Mozambique	Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)	Unicameral	5	250
Myanmar (Burma)	House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw)	Lower	5	440
	House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw)	Upper	5	224
Namibia	National Assembly	Lower	5	78
	National Council	Upper	6	26
Nauru	Parliament	Unicameral	3	18
Nepal	Parliament	Unicameral	4	601
Netherlands	House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer, Second Chamber)	Lower	4	150
	Senate (Eerste Kamer, First Chamber)	Upper	4	75
New Zealand	House of Representatives	Unicameral	3	120
Nicaragua	National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)	Unicameral	5	92
Niger	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5	171
Nigeria	House of Representatives	Lower	4	360
	Senate	Upper	4	109
Norway	Great Assembly (Storting)	Unicameral	4	169
Oman	Consultative Assembly[ (Majlis al-Shura)	Lower		84
	Assembly of State (Majlis al-Dawla)	Upper		83
Pakistan	National Assembly (ایوان زیریں پاکستان)	Lower	5	342
	Senate (ایوانِ بالا)	Upper	6	104
Palau	House of Delegates	Lower	4	16
	Senate[2]	Upper	4	9
State of Palestine	Legislative Council (Palestinian National Authority)	Unicameral		132
Panama	National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)	Unicameral	5	71
Papua New Guinea	National Parliament	Unicameral	5	109
Paraguay	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	5	80
	Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	5	45
Peru	Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República)	Unicameral	5	130
Philippines	House of Representatives (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan / Mababang Kapulungan / Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	3	292
	Senate (Senado / Mataas na Kapulungan)	Upper	6	24
Poland	Sejm[5] (Sejm)	Lower	4	460
	Senate (Senat)	Upper	4	100
Portugal	Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)	Unicameral	4	230
Qatar	Consultative Assembly (Majlis ash-Shura)	Unicameral		35
Romania	Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaţilor)	Lower	4	329
	Senate (Senat)	Upper	4	137
Russia	State Duma (Государственная Дума Gosudarstvennaya Duma)	Lower	5	450
	Federation Council (Совет Федерации Sovet Federatsii)	Upper	dependant on individual elections in the federal subjects (4 or 5)	170
Rwanda	Chamber of Deputies (Umutwe w'Abadepite)	Lower	5	80
	Senate (Umutwe wa Sena)	Upper	8	26
Saint Kitts and Nevis	National Assembly	Unicameral	5	15
Saint Lucia	House of Assembly	Lower	5	17
	Senate	Upper		11
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	House of Assembly	Unicameral	5	21
Samoa	Legislative Assembly (Fono)	Unicameral	5	49
San Marino	Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale)	Unicameral	5	60
São Tomé and Príncipe	National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)	Unicameral	4	55
Saudi Arabia	Consultative Assembly (Majlis ash-Shura)	Unicameral		150
Senegal	National Assembly	Unicameral	5	150
Serbia	National Assembly (Народна скупштина / Narodna Skupština)	Unicameral	4	250
Seychelles	National Assembly	Unicameral	5	31
Sierra Leone	Parliament	Unicameral	5	124
Singapore	Parliament	Unicameral	5	99
Slovakia	National Council (Národná rada)	Unicameral	4	150
Slovenia	National Assembly (Državni zbor)	Lower	4	90
	National Council (Državni svet)[22]	Upper		40
Solomon Islands	National Parliament	Unicameral	4	50
Somalia	House of the People	Lower		275
	Upper House	Upper		56
South Africa	National Assembly	Lower	5	400
	National Council of Provinces	Upper		90
South Sudan	National Legislature Assembly	Lower		170
	Council of States	Upper		50
Spain	Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados)	Lower	4, unless elections are called earlier.	350
	Senate (Senado)	Upper	4, unless elections are called earlier (212 are appointed through general election and 58 when regional legislatures are renewed, which not always happens at the same date).	266
Sri Lanka	Parliament (ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව (Sinhala) / இலங்கை பாராளுமன்றம் (Tamil))	Unicameral	5	225
Sudan	National Assembly (Majlis Watani)	Lower	6	426
	Council of States (Majlis Welayat)	Upper	6	50
Suriname	National Assembly (Nationale Assemblée)	Unicameral	5	51
Swaziland	House of Assembly	Lower	5	55
	Senate[2]	Upper		30
Sweden	The Riksdag	Unicameral	4	349
Syria	People's Assembly (Majlis al-Sha'ab)	Unicameral		250
Switzerland	National Council (Nationalrat, Conseil National, Consiglio Nazionale)	Lower	4	200
	Council of States (Ständerat, Conseil des Etats, Consiglio degli Stati)	Upper	4	46
Tajikistan	Assembly of Representatives (Majlisi Mamoyandogan)	Lower	5	63
	National Assembly (Majlisi Milliy)	Upper	5	33
Tanzania	National Assembly (Bunge)	Unicameral	5	384
Thailand	National Legislative Assembly	Unicameral		250
Togo	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5	81
Tonga	Legislative Assembly	Unicameral		26
Trinidad and Tobago	House of Representatives	Lower	5	41
	Senate	Upper		31
Tunisia	Assembly of the Representatives of the People (مجلس نواب الشعب Majless Noweb al Shaab)	Unicameral	5	217
Turkey	Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi)	Unicameral	4	550
Turkmenistan	Assembly (Mejlis)	Unicameral	5	125
Tuvalu	Parliament (Palamene)	Unicameral	4	15
Uganda	Parliament	Unicameral	5	426
Ukraine	Supreme Council (Верховна Рада Verkhovna Rada)	Unicameral	5	450
United Arab Emirates	Federal National Assembly (المجلس الوطني الإتحادي Majlis Watani Ittihad)	Unicameral		40
United Kingdom	House of Commons	Lower	5	650
	House of Lords	Upper	Life	822
United States	House of Representatives	Lower	2	435
	Senate	Upper	6	100
Uruguay	Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	5	99
	Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	5	30
Uzbekistan	Legislative Chamber	Lower	5	150
	Senate	Upper	5	100
Vanuatu	Parliament (Parlement)	Unicameral	4	52
Vatican City	Pontifical Commission (Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano)	Unicameral	5	7
Venezuela	National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)	Unicameral	5	165
Vietnam	National Assembly (Quốc hội)	Unicameral	5	498
Yemen	House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwaab)	Unicameral	6	301
Zambia	National Assembly	Unicameral	5	150
Zimbabwe	House of Assembly	Lower	5	210
	Senate	Upper	5	40