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▪ TableParlia-Voting mentaryCountry Affili- strength represen-Name of party ation (%) tationMultifactional warfare from January 1993 — — —Democratic Party CR 55.5 122 (92)Albanian Republican Party CR 5.7 3 (1)Socialist Party x 20.4 10 (38)Greek minority party e 4.0 3 (2)Others — 14.4 2 (7)Interim government since January 1992 — — —National DemocraticGrouping and allies CL ... 15Others and independents — ... 13Popular Liberation Movement of Angola–Labour Party (MPLA–PT) x 53.7 129 (203)Others — 12.2 21 —Antigua Labour Party C 54.4 11 (15)United Progressive Party C 43.7 5 (1)Barbuda People's Movement e 1.4 1 (1)Radical Civic Union C 21.7 69 (83)Front for a Country in Solidarity (Frepaso coalition) CL 21.0 26 (13)Others — 14.2 26 (36)Armenian National Movement and allies — 42.7 119Women's organization — 16.9 8Democratic Party x 12.1 7Others and independents — 28.3 56National Party of Australia R 8.2 18 (16)Liberal Party of Australia C 38.7 76 (49)Australian Labor Party L 38.7 49 (80)Others and independents — 14.4 5 (2)Austrian Freedom Party R 21.9 40 (42)Liberal Forum — 5.5 10 (11)Austrian People's Party C 28.3 53 (52)Austrian Social Democratic Party SD 38.1 71 (65)The Green Alternative Lg 4.8 9 (13)New Azerbaijan Party p ... 67Others — ... 12Independents — ... 46Progressive Liberal Party C 44.7 15 (31)Free National Movement C 55.0 34 (16)Others — 0.3 0 (2)Consultative Council (advisory body) — — —Bangladesh Nationalist Party CR ... 113 (212)Awami League SD ... 176 *Islamic Assembly r ... 3 *Others — ... 5 (2)Democratic Labour Party C 38.8 8 (18)National Democratic Party — 12.1 1 (0)Barbados Labour Party SD 48.8 19 (10)Constitutional parliament abolished November 1996Liberals Flemish CR 13.1 21 (26)FrenchCR 10.3 18 (20)Social Christians Flemish C 17.2 29 (39)French C 7.7 12 (18)Socialists Flemish SD 12.6 20 (28)French SD 11.9 21 (35)Greens Flemish g 4.4 5 (7)French g 4.0 6 (10)Others — 4.0 0 (6)United Democratic Party R 48.8 16 (13)People's United Party C 51.2 13 (15)Government party and allies — ... 32Opposition parties — ... 50National Assembly, non-party — — 105Civic Solidarity Union R 13.3 19 —Nationalist Revolutionary Movement CR 35.1 51 (40)Conscience of the Fatherland CL 12.5 13 (9)Free Bolivia Movement L 5.3 7 —Others — 12.6 4 (10)Muslim-nationalist party er 37.8 19Serb-nationalist party er 24.0 9Croat-nationalist party er 14.0 8Pro multi-ethnic parties — 11.3 4Others — 12.9 2Botswana Democratic Party C 54.4 27 (31)Botswana National Front CL 37.1 13 (3)Progressive Renewal Party CR ... 52 (22)Social Democrats and allies C ... 192 (177)Brazilian Democratic Movement CL ... 107 (109)Workers' Party and ally L ... 66 (46)Democratic Labour Party L ... 34 (46)Others — ... 62 (103)Bulgarian Business Bloc R 4.7 13 (0)People's Union CR 6.5 18 —Union of Democratic Forces — 24.2 69 (110)Bulgarian Socialist Party x 43.5 125 (106)Government coalition ... ... 84Opposition parties ... ... 23Burundi Democratic Front — 72.6 65Unity for National Progress — 21.9 16Funcinpec CR 45.5 58Buddhist Liberal Democrats L 3.8 10Cambodian People's Party x 38.2 51Others — 12.5 1People's Democratic Movement and allied party — ... 94 (180)Opposition parties — ... 86 —Reform R 18.1 52 —Progressive Conservative CR 16.1 2 (170)Liberal C 41.6 177 (82)New Democratic SD 6.6 9 (43)Bloc Québécois e 13.9 54 —Others and independents — 3.7 1 (0)Movement for Democracy — 61.3 50 (56)African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde — 29.8 21 (23)Democratic Convergence Party — 6.7 1 —Central African People's Liberation Movement — ... 34Others — ... 51Transitional legislature from April 1993 — — —Independent Democratic Union ER ... 15 (11)National Renovation and allied party R ... 31 (29)Centre-right independents CR ... 4 (8)Christian Democratic Party C ... 37 (38)Leftist parties and independent CL–L ... 33 (34)National People's Congress K ... 2,978Social Conservative Party R ... 56 (15)Other rightist parties R ... 2 (24)Liberal Party C ... 89 (86)Democratic Alliance–April 19 Movement L ... 2 (15)Others — ... 14 (21)Government party p ... 36 (24)Opposition coalition — ... * (18)National Front for Justice r ... 3 —Independents — ... 4 —Presidential Tendency — ... 66 (69)Opposition Coalition — ... 57 (49)Others — ... 0 (7)Social Christian Unity Party CR 40.4 25 (29)National Liberation Party CL 44.6 28 (25)Others — 15.0 4 (3)Côte d'Ivoire (December 1996)Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire — ... 149 (147)Rally of Republicans C ... 13 (14)Ivorian Popular Front SD ... 13 (10)Croatian Party of Rights ERe 5.0 4 (5)Croatian Democratic Union Re 45.2 75 (85)Moderate opposition coalition R–C 18.3 20 (6)Croatian Social-Liberal Party CL 11.6 11 (14)Social Democratic Party x 8.9 9 (11)Others and independents — 11.0 8 (17)Greek Zone (May 1996)Democratic Rally/Liberals R 34.5 20 (20)Democratic Party CR 16.4 10 (11)EDEK–SK (Socialists) CL 8.1 5 (7)Free Democrats Movement CL 3.7 2 —Progressive Party of the Working People L 33.0 19 (18)Turkish Zone (December 1993)National Unity Party CR 29.9 17Democrat Party — 29.2 15Communal Liberation Party CL 13.3 5Republican Turkish Party S 24.2 13Association for the Republic–Czech Republican Party ER 8.0 18 (14)Governing coalition R–CR 44.1 99 (105)Czech Social Democratic Party SD 26.4 61 (16)Left Bloc K 1.8 0Others — 9.4 0 (14)Progress ER 6.4 11 (12)Liberal R 23.3 42 (29)Conservative People's R 15.0 27 (30)Christian People's CR 1.8 0 (4)Centre Democrats C 2.8 5 (9)Radical Liberal C 4.6 8 (7)Social Democrats CL 34.6 62 (69)Socialist People's L 7.3 13 (15)Red-Green Unity List Lg 3.1 6 (0)Faroe Islands and Greenland — — 4 (4)Independents — 1.0 1 (0)Popular Rally for Progress — 74.6 65 (65)New Democratic Party — 25.4 0 —Dominica Freedom Party CR 35.8 5 (11)Dominica United Workers' Party CL 34.4 11 (6)Labour Party L 29.6 5 (4)Independents/others — 0.2 0 (1)Social Christian Reformist Party CR 39.7 50 (40)Dominican Revolutionary Party and allies L 42.7 57 (36)Dominican Liberation Party L 16.1 13 (44)Social Christian Party CR 30.7 27 (26)Popular Democracy C 10.4 12 (4)Roldosist Party C 19.9 19 (11)Democratic Left SD 6.3 4 (8)Alfarist Radical Front L 6.8 3 (2)Democratic Popular Movement EL 4.4 2 (8)New Country–Pachakutik Movement (indigenous interests) e 10.9 8 —Others — 10.6 7 (18)New Wafd Party R ... 6 —National Democratic Party CR ... 317 (348)National Progressive Unionist L ... 5 (6)Other parties — ... 3 —Independents — ... 113 (83)National Conciliation Party R ... 4 (9)Christian Democratic Party CR 16 18 (26)Democratic Convergence L ... 1 (8)Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front L 29 21 —Others — ... 1 (2)Democratic Party — ... 68 (41)Principal opposition parties — — * —Others — ... 12 —Transitional government from May 1993 — — —Republican and Conservative People's Party R 5.0 5 —Estonian Reform Party CR 16.2 19 —Estonian Centre Party CL 14.2 16 —Coalition and Rural People's Union CL/x 32.2 41 (17)Moderates SD 6.0 6 (12)Our Home is Estonia (pro-Russian alliance) e 5.9 6 —Others — 12.6 0 (43)Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ... ... 493Major opposition parties — — *Others and independents — ... 54Ethnic Fijian seats e ... 37 (37)Ethnic Indian seats e ... 27 (27)Chinese/European seats e ... 4 (4)Multiracial seat e ... 1 (1)Rotuma Island e ... 1 (1)Finnish Christian Union R 3.0 7 (8)National Coalition CR 17.9 39 (40)Swedish People's Party e 5.1 12 (12)Finnish Centre C 19.9 44 (55)Social Democratic Party S 28.3 63 (48)Left-Wing Alliance L–K 11.2 22 (19)Green Union g 6.5 9 (10)Others — 8.1 4 (8)National Front ER 12.4 0 (1)Rally for the Republic (RPR) R 20.4 247 (127)Other right-wing parties R 4.7 24 (16)Union for French Democracy (UDF) CR 19.1 213 (129)Socialist Party S 17.6 54 (260)Other left-wing parties L 4.5 16 (16)Communist Party K 9.2 23 (27)Others — 12.1 0 (1)Gabonese Democratic Party — ... 76 (66)National Rally of Woodcutters e ... 12 (17)Gabonese Progress Party — ... 6 (19)Others and independents — ... 18 (18)Gambia, TheHouse of Representatives dissolved July 1994 — — —All Georgian Union of Revival CR 6.8 32 —National Democratic Party CR 8.0 34 (12)Citizens of Georgia Union — 23.7 106 —Others and independents — 61.5 63 (228)Christian Social Union R 7.3 50 (51)Christian Democratic Union CR 34.2 244 (268)Free Democratic Party C 6.9 47 (79)Social Democratic Party SD 36.4 252 (239)Party of Democratic Socialism x 4.4 30 (17)Greens/Alliance '90 g 7.3 49 (8)Others — 3.5 0 (0)National Democratic Congress p ... 133 (189)New Patriotic Party — ... 60 (0)Others — ... 6 (11)Political Spring CR 2.9 0 (10)New Democracy CR 38.1 108 (111)Panhellenic Socialist Movement (Pasok) S 41.5 162 (170)Democratic Renewal Movement L 4.4 9Progressive Left Coalition L–K 5.1 10 (0)Communist Party K–EL 5.6 11 (9)Grenada United Labour Party R 26.8 2 (4)National Democratic Congress C 31.1 5 (7)New National Party C 32.7 8 (2)Others — 9.4 0 (2)National Advancement Party Rp 34.7 43 (24)Guatemalan Republican Front Rp 19.5 21 (32)Other rightist parties R 8.7 3 (3)National Alliance C 13.0 7 (21)New Guatemala Democratic Front CL 8.5 6 —Presidential party and allies — ... 76Opposition parties — ... 38African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde L 46.0 62 (150)Guinea-Bissau Resistance — 19.2 19 —Other opposition parties — 34.8 19 —United Force CR 1.2 1 (2)People's National Congress Se 43.6 31 (42)People's Progressive Party Se 52.3 32 (8)Working People's Alliance L 1.7 1 (1)Lavalas movement C–L ... 68Others and independents — ... 15National Party R 43.0 55 (71)Liberal Party CR 53.0 71 (55)Others — 4.0 2 (2)Independent Smallholders R 8.8 26 (43)Hungarian Democratic Forum CR 11.7 37 (165)Christian Democratic People's Party CR 7.1 22 (21)Alliance of Free Democrats CL 19.8 70 (92)Federation of Young Democrats L 7.0 20 (21)Hungarian Socialist Party x 33.0 209 (33)Others and independents — 12.6 2 (11)Independence Party R 37.1 25 (26)Progressive Party C 23.3 15 (13)Women's Alliance CL 4.9 3 (5)People's Movement CL 7.2 4 (10)Social Democratic Party SD 11.4 7People's Alliance L 14.3 9 (9)Bharatiya Janata Party Rr 23.5 161 (119)Allied parties Rr ... 34 (4)Congress (I) C 29.8 136 (226)Allied parties C ... 5 (17)Janata Dal and leftist allies CL–K ... 112 (115)Allied regional parties e ... 58 (16)Others (includes vacant seats) — ... 37 (46)Golkar (Functional Groups) — 68 281 (299)United Development Party r 17 63 (61)Indonesian Democratic Party — 15 56 (40)Society of Combatant Clergy "group" ERr ... 110 (155†)Servants of Iran's Construction "group" Rr ... 80 (115†)Others — ... 58Ba'th Party — ... 160 (250)Allied independents — ... 60Progressive Democrats R 4.7 10 (5)Fine Gael (United Ireland) C 24.5 45 (55)Labour Party SD 19.3 33 (16)Democratic Left S 2.8 4 (7)Green Alliance g 1.4 1 (1)Others — 8.2 5 (5)Moledet ER ... 2 (3)National Religious Party r 7.8 9 (6)Likud and allies R 24.8 32 (40)The Third Way C ... 4 —Israel Labor Party SD 26.6 34 (44)Meretz CL 7.3 9 (12)United Arab List e ... 4 (2)Hadash L 4.4 5 (3)Northern League Re 10.1 59 (366)Right-wing alliance R 44.0 246National Alliance R 15.7 ... (109)Forza Italia R 20.6 ... (112)Centrist parties C 43.4 319 (46)Left-wing pact/alliance L (213)Democratic Party of the Left SD 21.1 ... (114)Green List g 2.5 ... (11)Communist Refoundation Party K 8.6 ... (41)Others — 2.5 6 (5)Jamaica Labour Party CL 39 8 (15)People's National Party L 61 52 (45)Liberal-Democratic Party R ... 239 (223)Democratic Party — ... 52 —New Frontier Party (Shinshinto) R–SD ... 156 (160)Social Democratic Party SD ... 15 (70)Japan Communist Party L ... 26 (15)Others and independents — ... 12 (43)Islamic Action Front r ... 16 (20)Independent Islamic fundamentalists r ... 5 (12)Tribal/traditional candidates C ... 49 (17)Independent centrists C ... 3Leftists L ... 7 (11)Pro-presidential parties — ... 53Opposition independents — ... 14Kenya African National Union — ... 100 (188)Forum for Restoration of Democracy (2 wings) — ... 62 —Democratic Party — ... 23 —Others — ... 3 —Christian Democratic Party p ... 13Gilbertese National Progressive Party p ... 7Independents — ... 19Korean Workers' Party K 99.8 687United Liberal Democrats R 16.2 50 —New Korea Party (former Liberal Democrats) CR 34.5 139 (149)Democratic Party CL 11.2 15 (97)National Congress for New Politics CL 25.3 79 —Others and independents — 12.8 16 (53)Islamic fundamentalists r ... 16 (19)Government supporters — ... 30 (15)Liberal opposition — ... 4 (6)Pro-government independents — ... 90Others — ... 15People's Movement for Latvia ERp 15.1 16 —Fatherland and Freedom ERe 11.6 14 (6)National Conservative Party Re 6.2 8 (15)Farmer's Union and allies CR 6.1 8 (18)Latvia's Way C 14.7 17 (36)Saimnieks ("In Charge") CL 15.3 18 —Unity Party K 7.2 8 —Others — 5.7 5 (12)Christian — — 64Maronite — — 34Greek Orthodox — — 14Greek Catholic — — 8Armenian Orthodox — — 5Others — — 3Muslim/Druze — — 64Sunnite — — 27Shi'ite — — 27Druze — — 8'Alawite — — 2Basotho Congress Party — 74.8 65Basotho National Party — 22.7 0Transitional government from September 1995 — — —General People's Congress — — 750Progressive Citizens' Party CR 41.3 11 (12)Fatherland Union C 50.1 13 (11)The Free List g 8.5 1 (2)Christian Democrats CR 12.2 16 (13)Homeland Union CR 29.8 70 —Reform Movement (Sajudis) CR — — (29)Centre Union — 8.2 13 —Social Democratic Party SD 6.6 12 (8)Democratic Labour Party x 9.5 12 (74)Others and independents — 33.7 18 (17)Christian Social People's Party CR 29.3 21 (22)Democratic Party C 11.6 12 (11)Socialist Workers' Party S 33.5 17 (18)Communist Party K 2.8 0 (1)Action Committee for Democracy and Justice — 7.1 5 (4)Green Alternative g 10.2 5 (4)Alliance of Macedonia x ... 95Pro-government Albanian party e ... 10Anti-government Albanian party e ... 4Other opposition — ... 11Living Forces coalition — ... 75Others — ... 59United Democratic Front — 46.4 84 —Malawi Congress Party — 33.6 55 (136)Alliance for Democracy — 18.9 36 —Islamic parties CR 17.4 13 (15)National Front coalition e 64.0 162 (127)Democratic Action Party SD 12.1 9 (20)Others and independents — 6.5 8 (18)People's Council, non-party — ... 40Alliance for Democracy in Mali — 48.4 76Others — 51.6 40Nationalist Party R 47.8 34 (34)Malta Labour Party SD 50.7 35 (31)House of Representatives, non-party — — 33Government party R ... 70 (67)Principal opposition parties ... ... 1 (*)Others and independents — ... 8 (12)Mauritian Socialist Movement and allied parties — 19.7 0 (59)Mauritian Militant MovementMauritian Labour Party and allied parties — 65.2 62 (3)Others — 15.1 0 —Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) C 48.7 300 (320)Democratic Revolutionary Party CL 16.6 71 (41)Labour Party L 2.7 10 (0)Others — 6.1 0 (50)Congress, non-party — ... 14Popular Front alliance Re 7.5 9Peasants/Intellectuals bloc Ce 9.2 11Agrarian Democratic Party C–x 43.2 56Others — 18.1 0Campora list p ... 15Others p ... 3Democratic Union coalition C–SD 47.0 50 (5)United Heritage Party — 1.6 1 —People's Revolutionary Party x 40.5 25 (71)Constitutional Union CR ... 54 (83)National Democratic Party CR ... 24 (24)Berber parties CRe ... 76 (47)National Assembly of Independents C ... 41 (61)Democratic Bloc CL–EL ... 120 (85)Others and independents — ... 18 (6)Democratic Union — 5.2 9Military government since September 1988 — — —Democratic Turnhalle Alliance C 20.8 15 (21)South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) L 73.9 53 (41)Others — 5.3 4 (10)Parliament, non-party p — 18 (18)National Democratic Party R 17.9 20 (4)Nepali Congress Party C 33.4 83 (110)Communist parties K 30.9 88 (82)Others and independents — 17.8 14 (9)Christian Democratic Appeal CR 22.2 34 (54)People's Party for Freedom and Democracy CR 19.9 31 (22)Democrats 66 CL 15.5 24 (12)Labour Party SD 24.0 37 (49)Green Left Lg 3.5 5 (6)General Union of the Elderly — 4.5 6 —Others — 10.4 13 (7)ACT New Zealand CR 6.2 8 —National Party CR 34.1 44 (50)United New Zealand C 0.9 1 —New Zealand First C 13.1 17 (2)Labour Party CL 28.3 37 (45)National Opposition Union — — — (51)Liberal Alliance coalition R–C 46.0 42 —Sandinista National Liberation Front CL–EL 36.5 37 (39)Others — 17.5 14 (2)Government party — ... 58 —Allied parties — ... 11 (83)Others and independents — ... 14Military government since 1993 — — —Progress Party R 6.3 10 (22)Conservative Party R 16.9 28 (37)Christian People's Party CR 7.9 13 (14)Centre Party CR 16.8 32 (11)Labour Party SD 37.0 67 (63)Socialist Left S 7.9 13 (17)Others — 7.2 2 (1)Consultative Council (advisory body) — — —Religious parties Rr ... 10 (6)Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) — 41.0 73 (105)Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo) — ... 6Pakistan People's Party CL 38.0 86 (45)Mohajir Qaumi Movement e ... * (15)Others and independents — ... 26 (30)House of Delegates, non-party — — 16Democratic Revolutionary Party and allies — ... 31 (12)Others — ... 41 (55)United Party (Pangu Pati) p ... 22 (26)People's Democratic Movement p ... 15 (18)Others p ... 40 (41)Independents — ... 31 (21)Colorado Party R 43.0 38 (48)Authentic Radical Liberal Party CL 35.1 33 (19)National Encounter coalition — 17.1 9 —Others — 4.8 0 (5)Popular Christian Party R 3.1 3 (8)Popular Action CR 3.3 4 —Change 90-New Majority (coalition of independents) p 52.1 67 (44)Union for Peru p 14.0 17 —Independent Moralizing Front p 4.9 6 (7)American Popular Revolutionary Alliance CL 6.5 8 —Others — 16.1 15 (21)National People's Coalition R ... 28 (48)Centrist parties C ... 13 (15)People Power–National Union of Christian Democrats p ... 126 (51)Democratic Filipino Struggle — ... 28 (87)Others and independents — ... 9 (0)Confederation for an Independent Poland R 5.8 22 (46)Non-Party Bloc to Support Reform R 5.4 16 —Democratic Union CL 10.6 74 (62)Labour Union L 7.3 41 (4)Democratic Left Alliance x 20.4 171 (60)Polish Peasant Party x 15.4 132 (48)German minority organizations e 0.5 4 (7)Others — 34.6 0 (233)Popular Party R 9.1 15 (5)Social Democratic Party CR 34.0 88 (135)Socialist Party CL 43.9 112 (72)Unified Democratic Coalition L–K 8.6 15 (17)Others — 4.4 0 (1)Consultative Council (advisory body) — — —Romanian National Unity Party Re 4.4 18 (30)Greater Romania Party Re 4.5 19 (16)Democratic Convention of Romania CR 30.2 122 (82)Social Democratic Union SD 12.9 53 (43)Social Democracy Party x 21.5 91 (117)Hungarian Democratic Union e 6.6 25 (27)Others — 19.9 0 (13)Liberal Democratic Party ERe 11.2 51 (64)Congress of Russian Communities R/CLe 4.3 5 —Our Home is Russia CR 10.1 55 —Forward Russia! C 4.0 1 —Russia's Democratic Choice CL 3.9 9 (76)Yabloko (Bloc of Three) CL 6.9 45 (28)Women of Russia CL 4.6 3 (24)Communist Party L 22.3 157 (45)Agrarian Party L 3.8 20 (55)Power to the People Le 1.6 9 —Workers' Russia EL 4.5 1 (0)Other parties — ... 17 (137)Independents — ... 77 (21)Transitional government from July 1994 — — —People's Action Movement CL ... 1 (4)St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party L ... 7 (4)Concerned Citizens' Movement e ... 2 (2)Nevis Reformation Party (pro-secessionist) e ... 1 (1)United Workers' Party C 54.9 11 (9)St. Lucia Labour Party CL 41.9 6 (8)New Democratic Party C 54.6 12 (15)St. Vincent Labour Party SD 26.0 2 (0)Movement for National Unity L 17.3 1 (0)Christian Democrats CR 41.4 26 (27)Socialist Party S 23.7 14 (7)Progressive Democratic Party x 18.6 11 (18)Popular Democratic Alliance — 7.7 4 —Other parties — 8.6 5 (8)São Tomé and Príncipe (October 1994)Party of Democratic Convergence C 17 14 (33)Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe L 43 27 (21)Independent Democratic Action — 26 14 —Others — 4 0 (1)Consultative Council (advisory body) — — —Socialist Party SD 56.6 84 (103)Senegalese Democratic Party — 30.2 27 (17)Let Us Unite Senegal EL 4.9 3 —Other parties — 8.3 6 —People's Progressive Front L 57.5 28 (23)Others — 42.5 5 —Sierra Leone People's Party pe 36.1 27United National People's Party pe 21.6 17Four other regional parties pe 31.1 24Paramount chiefs (non-party) — — 12People's Action Party CR 61 77 (80)Democratic Party CL 12 3 (1)Workers' Party L 14 1 (0)Slovak National Party Re 5.4 9 (15)Movement for a Democratic Slovakia CR 35.0 61 (74)Democratic Union C 8.6 15 —Christian Democratic Movement CL 10.1 17 (18)Common Choice coalition CL–x 10.4 18 (29)Hungarian minority coalition e 10.2 17 (14)Others — 20.3 13 (0)Slovenian National Party ER 3.2 4 (12)Slovenian People's Party R 19.4 19 (10)Slovenian Christian Democrats CR 9.6 10 (15)Social Democratic Party C–SD 16.1 16 (4)Liberal Democracy of Slovenia CL 27.0 25 —Centre-left parties CL — — (33)United List of Social Democrats x 9.0 9 (14)Pensioner's party — 4.3 5Hungarian/Italian minorities e — 2 (2)Government Alliance p ... 24Opposition party p ... 23No government since 1991 — — —Freedom Front ER 2.2 9National Party CR 20.4 82Inkatha Freedom Party e 10.5 43Democratic Party C 1.7 7African National Congress CL 62.7 252Pan-Africanist Congress EL 1.2 5Others — 1.3 2Popular Party CR 38.9 156 (141)Basque Nationalist Party Ce 1.3 5 (5)Canarian coalition Ce 0.9 4 (4)Spanish Socialist Workers' Party SD 37.5 141 (159)United Left L–K 10.6 21 (18)Galician Nationalist Bloc Le 0.9 2 (0)Herri Batasuna (Basque radicals) ELe 0.7 2 (2)Other regional parties e 1.6 3 (4)United National Party CR 44.0 94 (125)People's Alliance CL 48.9 105 (86)Others and independents — 3.6 14Sri Lanka Muslim Congress r 1.8 7 (4)Tamil United Liberation Front e 1.7 5 (10)Government supporters — ... 264Principal opposition forces — — *National Democratic Party p 25.6 16 (12)Democratic Alternative '91 SD 12.4 4 (9)Pendana Lima (Javan party) e 10.0 4New Front coalition CLe 41.4 24 (30)Alliance — 9.3 3 —House of Assembly, non-party — — 55New Democracy R 1.2 0 (24)Christian Democrats R 4.1 15 (27)Moderate Coalition Party CR 22.4 80 (80)Centre Party CR 7.7 27 (31)Liberal People's Party C 7.2 26 (33)Social Democrats S 45.3 161 (138)Left Party x 6.2 22 (16)Greens g 5.0 18 (0)Freedom Party R 4.0 7 (8)Swiss People's Party R 14.9 29 (25)Christian Democrats CR 17.0 34 (36)Liberal Party CR 2.7 7 (10)Radical Democrats C 20.2 45 (44)Social Democrats SD 21.8 54 (42)Green Party g 5.0 9 (14)Others — 14.4 15 (21)Ba'th Party and allies — ... 167 (166)Independents — ... 83 (84)New Party (pro-unification) R 12.9 21 —Democratic Progressive Party (pro-independence) — 33.2 54 (50)Others and independents — 7.8 4 (15)Communist Party K ... 60Others and independents — ... 119Western/Islamic parties ‡NCCR–Maguezi C ... 16 —Government party S ... 186 (216)Civic United Front (pro-Zanzibar autonomy) e ... 24 —Others — ... 6 —Thai Nation R ... 39 (92)Thai Citizens Rp ... 18 (18)National Development Party Rp ... 52 (53)Social Action Party CR ... 20 (22)New Aspiration Party p ... 125 (57)Democrat Party C ... 123 (86)Others — ... 16 (63)Rally of the Togolese People p ... 40Allied party and independents — ... 3Action Committee for Renewal — ... 33Union for Democracy — ... 5Noble representatives — — 9 (9)People's Party (pro-democracy commoners) — ... 6 (6)Other commoners — ... 3 (3)People's National Movement C 48.8 17 (21)National Alliance for Reconstruction C 4.8 2 (2)United National Congress SD 45.7 17 (13)Government party CL 97.7 144 (141)Opposition parties — 2.3 19 (0)Nationalist Action Party ER 8.2 0 (62)Welfare (Refah) Party Rr 21.4 158True Path Party CR 19.3 135 (178)Motherland Party CR 19.8 132 (115)Democratic Left Party CL 14.7 75 (7)Republican People's Party CL 10.8 50 —Other leftist CL–L ... 0 (88)Parliament, non-party — — 12National Assembly, non-party — — 276Extreme nationalist parties ERe ... 5Less extreme nationalist parties CRe ... 15Ukrainian Popular Movement (Rukh) Ce ... 21Centrist parties C ... 17Communist Party and allies K–EL ... 132Independents — ... 230Federal National Council (advisory body) — — —Democratic Unionists Re 0.3 3 (3)Conservative Party CR 41.9 336 (375)Liberal Democrats CL 17.9 20 (22)Labour Party L 34.4 271 (229)Scottish National Party e 1.9 3 (3)Plaid Cymru (Welsh Nationalists) e 0.5 4 (3)Ulster Unionists — 0.8 9 (9)Other — 1.5 1 (2)Republican R–CR ... 227 (175)Democratic C–L ... 207 (259)Other L ... 1 (1)National (Blanco) Party C 31.4 31 (39)Colorado Party C 32.5 32 (30)New Space CL 5.1 5 (9)Progressive Encounter L 30.8 31 —Broad Front L — — (21)People's Democratic Party and allies x 100.0 250Opposition parties ‡Union of Moderate Parties CR ... 17 ( 19 )Vanuatu National United Party CR ... 9 (10)Unity Front coalition — ... 20 (16)Others and independents — ... 4 (1)COPEI (Social Christians) CR–CL 22.8 54 (67)Democratic Action SD 23.9 55 (97)National Convergence L 24.4 50 —Movement to Socialism (18)The Radical Cause EL 21.1 40 (3)Others — 7.8 0 (16)Human Rights Protection Party — 43.5 24 (30)National Development Party — 26.1 11 (14)Independents and other — 30.4 14 (3)Yemeni Alliance for Reform Rr ... 62General People's Congress — ... 123Yemeni Socialist Party K ... 56Others and independents — ... 60Serbian Radical Party ERe 18.5 16 (34)Zajedno (Together)(four-party coalition) CR–CLe 23.9 22Serbian Democratic Movement Ce (20)Democratic Party C (5)Socialist Party of Serbia and allies xe 48.1 64 (47)Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro xe ... 20 (17)People's Party (Montenegrin pro-Serbian) e ... 8 (4)Others — ... 8 (11)Transitional government from April 1994 — — —Movement for Multiparty Democracy — 60.8 127 (125)Others and independents — 39.2 20 (25)Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front — 82.3 118 (117)Others and independents — 17.7 2 (3)See as table:*Boycotted. 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