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Legislature
- English
1. The State Great Khural shall have one chamber and consist of 126 members. The election of the State Great Khural shall be conducted by a mixed electoral system. 78 members of the State Great Khural shall be elected by majority vote, and 48 members shall be elected by proportional representation.3
2. The members of the State Great Khural shall be elected by citizens eligible to vote in the election, on the basis of universal, free, direct suffrage by secret ballot for a term of four years.
3. Citizens of Mongolia who have reached the age of twenty-five years and are eligible to vote in the elections shall be elected to the State Great Khural.
4. The election procedure of the State Great Khural shall be determined by law. It is prohibited to approve and amend the Law on the Election of the State Great Khural within one year prior to the regular election of the Parliament/State Great Khural. (Art. 21) - Mongolian
1. Улсын Их Хурал нэг танхимтай, нэг зуун хорин зургаан гишүүнтэй байна. Улсын Их Хурлын сонгуулийг сонгуулийн холимог тогтолцоогоор явуулна. Улсын Их Хурлын далан найман гишүүнийг олныг төлөөлөх, дөчин найман гишүүнийг хувь тэнцүүлэн төлөөлөх аргаар сонгоно.
2. Улсын Их Хурлын гишүүнийг Монгол Улсын сонгуулийн эрх бүхий иргэд нийтээрээ, чөлөөтэй, шууд сонгох эрхийн үндсэн дээр саналаа нууцаар гаргаж, дөрвөн жилийн хугацаагаар сонгоно.
3. Улсын Их Хурлын гишүүнээр Монгол Улсын хорин таван нас хүрсэн, сонгуулийн эрх бүхий иргэнийг сонгоно.
4. Улсын Их Хурлын сонгуулийн журмыг хуулиар тогтооно. Улсын Их Хурлын ээлжит сонгууль явуулахын өмнөх нэг жилийн дотор Улсын Их Хурлын сонгуулийн тухай хууль батлах, түүнд нэмэлт, өөрчлөлт оруулахыг хориглоно. (Хорин нэгдүгээр зүйл)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Saeima, and also the people, have the right to legislate, in accordance with the procedures, and to the extent, provided for by this Constitution. (Art. 64)
- LatvianLikumdošanas tiesības pieder Saeimai, kā arī tautai šinī Satversmē paredzētā kārtībā un apmēros. (Art. 64)
Legislature
- English1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 55 of this Constitution, a person who has attained the age of 21 years shall be qualified to be elected as an elected member of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu for an electoral district comprising or including Banaba if he is a citizen of Kiribati or a Banaban.
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3. A person shall be entitled to be registered as an elector on Banaba if he is Banaban or a citizen of Kiribati and is otherwise entitled under section 64 of this Constitution to be registered as an elector in that place.
… (Sec. 118)
Legislature
- English(1) Unless disqualified under clause (2), a person is eligible for election as a member of Parliament if the person—
(a) is registered as a voter;
(b) satisfies any educational, moral and ethical requirements prescribed by this Constitution or by an Act of Parliament; and
(c) is nominated by a political party, or is an independent candidate who is supported—
(i) in the case of election to the National Assembly, by at least one thousand registered voters in the constituency; or
(ii) in the case of election to the Senate, by at least two thousand registered voters in the county.
… (Art. 99) - Swahili(1) Isipokuwa kama hana sifa chini ya ibara ya (2), mtu anastahili kuchaguliwa kama mbunge ikiwa mtu huyo—
(a) ameandikishwa kama mpiga kura;
(b) anakidhi matakwa yoyote ya kielimu, ya kiadili na kimaadili yaliyowekwa na Katiba hii au na Sheria ya Bunge; na
(c) ameteuliwa na chama cha siasa, au ni mgombea huru anayeungwa mkono—
(i) katika suala la uchaguzi wa Bunge la Kitaifa na wapiga kura angalau elfu moja walioandikishwa katika jimbo hilo la uchaguzi; au
(ii) katika suala la uchaguzi wa Seneti, na angalau wapiga kura elfu mbili walioandikishwa katika kaunti husika.
… (Kifungu cha 99)
Legislature
- EnglishThe House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. … (Art. I, Sec. 2)