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PARLINE: Search Modules At a glance   Structure   Seats   Term   Presidents   Women parliamentarians   Electoral systems   Mode of designation Recent elections New in PARLINE Toolbox Photo gallery About News feeds Related sections: Promoting democracy Women parliamentarians Women in politics database Questions and comments	HOME -> PARLINE -> AT A GLANCE -> SEATS     Parliaments at a glance:   Seats The statutory number of seats in a parliamentary chamber (defined in the constitution, electoral law or other statutory text) is not always identical to the current number of members of parliament. The current number may be lower for historical reasons: for example, in Cyprus the 24 seats reserved for the Turkish-Cypriot community remain vacant since the 1960s. It may also be higher than the statutory number where "overhang" seats are foreseen to respect balance in a proportional representation system. Overhang seats can be observed in Germany and New Zealand, for example. CURRENT QUERY: All regions, all parliamentary structures Copyright © 2016 Inter-Parliamentary Union   Dataset Range Number of countries <50 57 50-99 64 100-199 81 200-299 27 300-399 17 400-499 11 >500 14 Export details (help) EXCEL CSV REFINE THE QUERY Region or sub-region: All regions  - Africa  - Americas  - Asia  - Europe  - Oceania All sub-regions  - Caribbean countries  - Central Africa  - Central America  - Central Asia  - East Africa  - East Asia  - Europe  - Middle East  - North Africa  - North America  - Oceania  - South America  - South Asia  - South East Asia  - Southern Africa  - West Africa   (see definition of regions) Filter by structure of parliament: all parliamentary structures only unicameral parliaments only bicameral parliaments only lower chambers only upper chambers lower chambers and unicameral parliaments More options for exporting data from PARLINE are available in the Toolbox. See the "How to ..." section for help on exporting data.
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