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Legislature
Suriname
- EnglishEligible are the inhabitants who have Suriname nationality, who have reached the age of twenty-one and have not been deprived of the right to vote on the grounds mentioned in the previous article under (a) and (c). (Art. 59)
- DutchVerkiesbaar zijn de ingezetenen die de Surinaamse nationaliteit bezitten, de leeftijd van eenentwintig jaren hebben bereikt en niet op de in het vorige artikel onder a en c genoemde gronden van de uitoefening van het kiesrecht zijn uitgesloten. (Art. 59)
Legislature
Thailand
- EnglishMembers of the House of Representatives who are elected on a constituency basis shall be elected by direct suffrage and secret ballot. ... (Sec. 85)
- Thaiสมาชิกสภาผู้แทนราษฎรซึ่งมาจากการเลือกตั้งแบบแบ่งเขตเลือกตั้ง ให้ใช้วิธีออกเสียงลงคะแนนโดยตรงและลับ … (มาตรา ๘๕)
Legislature
Sweden
- EnglishThe Riksdag is appointed by means of free, secret and direct elections.
Voting in such elections is by party, with an option for the voter to express a personal preference vote.
Party denotes any association or group of voters which runs for election under a particular designation. (Instrument of Government, Chapter 3, Art. 1) - SwedishRiksdagen utses genom fria, hemliga och direkta val.
Vid sådant val sker röstning på parti med möjlighet för väljarna att lämna särskild personröst.
Med parti avses varje sammanslutning eller grupp av väljare, som uppträder i val under särskild beteckning. (Kungörelse (1974:152) om beslutad ny regeringsform, 3 kap, 1§)
Legislature
Angola
- English1. Members shall be elected by universal, free, equal, direct, secret and periodic suffrage by national citizens aged over eighteen who are resident in national territory, including Angolan citizens resident abroad for the purposes of work, study, illness or similar reasons.
2. Members shall be elected according to the system of proportional representation for a five-year term of office, under the terms of the law. (Art. 143) - Portuguese1. Os Deputados são eleitos por sufrágio universal, livre, igual, directo, secreto e periódico pelos cidadãos nacionais maiores de dezoito anos de idade residentes no território nacional, considerando-se igualmente como tal os cidadãos angolanos residentes no estrangeiro por razões de serviço, estudo, doença ou similares.
2. Os Deputados são eleitos segundo o sistema de representação proporcional, para um mandato de cinco anos, nos termos da lei. (Art. 143)
Legislature
Bahamas
- English1. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may make laws for the peace, order and good government of The Bahamas.
… (Art. 52)
Legislature
Seychelles
- EnglishA person is qualified to be elected as a member of the National Assembly if-
(a) the person is qualified to vote at a Presidential or National Assembly election under this Constitution; and
(b) the person does not hold or act in any office the functions of which involve-
(i) any responsibility for, or in connection with, the conduct of the National Assembly election for which the person wishes to stand; or
(ii) any responsibility for the compilation or revision of an electoral register for that National Assembly election. (Art. 80)
Legislature
Uruguay
- EnglishTo be a Representative it is necessary to be a natural citizen in full exercise of civil rights, or a legal citizen who has exercised his civil rights for five years, and in both cases, to have attained twenty-five years of age. (Art. 90)
- SpanishPara ser Representante se necesita ciudadanía natural en ejercicio, o legal con cinco años de ejercicio, y, en ambos casos, veinticinco años cumplidos de edad. (Art . 90)
Legislature
Turkmenistan
- EnglishElections shall be direct and the elected persons shall be elected directly by the citizens. (Art. 121)
- RussianВыборы являются прямыми и выборные лица избираются гражданами непосредственно. (Статья 121)
- TurkmenSaýlawlar göni saýlawlardyr we saýlanylýan adamlar raýatlar tarapyndan gös-göni saýlanýarlar. (121-nji madda)
Legislature
Australia
- EnglishThe qualifications of a senator shall be the same as those of a member of the House of Representatives. (Sec. 16)
Legislature
Burundi
- EnglishThe elections of the Deputies take place following the ballot of bloc lists [listes bloquées] by proportional representation. These lists must have a multi-ethnic character and take into account the equilibrium between men and women. For three candidates registered together [inscrits à la suite] on a list, only two may belong to the same ethnic group, and at least one in three must be a woman. (Art. 173)
- KirundiAmatora y’abashingamateka ashingira ku rutonde rwugaye rw’amazina rwashikirijwe, bagatorwa hisunzwe amajwi baronse. Urutonde rwose rw’ayo mazina rutegerezwa kurangwa n’uko amoko yose yaserukiwe kandi hakaba harimwo abagabo n’abakenyezi. Ku bitoza batatu bari ku rutonde rumwe, babiri gusa ni bo baba basangiye ubwoko kandi n’imiburiburi umwe kuri batatu ategerezwa kuba ari umugore. (Ingingo ya 173)
- FrenchLes élections des députés se déroulement suivant le scrutin des listes bloquées à la représentation proportionnelle. Ces listes doivent avoir un caractère multiethnique et tenir compte de l’équilibre entre les hommes et les femmes. Pour trois candidats inscrits à la suite sur une liste, deux seulement peuvent appartenir au même groupe ethnique, et au moins un sur trois doit être une femme. (Art. 173)