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Legislature
- EnglishA law establishes the conditions and the modalities of election of each of the categories of the members of the Assembly of the Union, mentioned in the Article above as well as their number.
… (Art. 67) - Arabicيضع القانون شروط وطرائق انتخاب كل من فئات أعضاء برلمان الاتحاد المذكورة في المادة أعلاه إلى جانب عددهم
... (المادة 67) - FrenchUne loi fixe les conditions et les modalités d’élection de chacune des catégories des membres de l’Assemblée de l’Union, mentionnés à l’article ci-dessus ainsi que leur nombre.
… (Art. 67)
Legislature
- English
The members of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People are elected by universal, free, direct and secret suffrage, for a mandate of five years in the course of the last three months of the legislature, in accordance with the electoral law. (Art. 60)
- Arabic
يتمّ انتخاب أعضاء مجلس نوّاب الشّعب انتخابا عامّا حرّا مباشرا سرّيا لمدّة خمس سنوات خلال الأشهر الثّلاثة الأخيرة من المدّة النّيابيّة وفق ما يضبطه القانون الانتخابيّ. (الفصل 60)
- French
Les membres de l'Assemblée des représentants du peuple sont élus au suffrage universel, libre, direct et secret pour un mandat de cinq ans au cours des trois derniers mois de la législature, conformément à la loi électorale. (Art. 60)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Senate is a body composed of members elected by direct suffrage of the citizens and charged with exercising on their behalf, in concert with the Chamber of Deputies, the duties of the Legislative Power. (Art. 94)
- FrenchLe Sénat est un Corps composé de membres élus au suffrage direct par les citoyens et chargé d'exercer en leur nom, de concert avec la Chambre des Députés, les attributions du Pouvoir législatif. (Art. 94)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Legislative Authority shall be vested in Al-Shoura Council as prescribed in this Constitution. (Art. 61)
- Arabicالسلطة التشريعية يتولاها مجلس الشورى على الوجه المبين في هذا الدستور. (المادّة 61)
Legislature
- English
In each constituency, a seat at large shall be allotted to one Member of the Storting on the basis of the number of votes cast in the entire realm. Direct seats are allotted to the other Members of the Storting in the constituency on the basis of the number of votes cast in the constituency.
The directly elected Members of the Storting are elected from each constituency by proportional representation according to the Sainte-Laguë method, with 1.4 as the first distribution figure. ...
The seats at large are distributed among the registered political parties which have put up lists in all the constituencies and which have received at least four per cent of the approved votes in the entire realm.
… (Art. 59) - Norwegian
I hvert valgdistrikt skal én representant tildeles utjevningsmandat på grunnlag av stemmetallet i hele riket. De andre representantene i valgdistriktet tildeles direktemandater på grunnlag av stemmetallet i valgdistriktet.
De direktevalgte representantene velges fra hvert valgdistrikt ved forholdstallsvalg etter Sainte-Laguës metode med 1,4 som det første delingstallet. ...
Utjevningsmandatene fordeles mellom de registrerte politiske partiene som har stilt liste i alle valgdistriktene og har fått minst fire prosent av de godkjente stemmene i hele riket.
... (§ 59)
Legislature
- EnglishNo one may be a candidate [to] membership in the Senate if they do not fulfill the conditions as follows:
1. to be Congolese;
2. to be 30 years of age at least;
3. to enjoy full civil and political rights;
4. to not be subject to one of the causes of exclusion specified by the electoral law. (Art. 106) - FrenchNul ne peut être candidat membre du Sénat s’il ne remplit les conditions ci-après:
1. être Congolais;
2. être âgé de 30 ans au moins;
3. jouir de la plénitude de ses droits civils et politiques;
4. ne pas se trouver dans un des cas d’exclusion prévus par la loi électorale. (Art. 106)
Legislature
- English(1) A person is qualified for election as a Member of the National Assembly if he or she—
(a) is registered as a voter; and
(b) is at least twenty-one years of age;
unless he or she is disqualified under subsection (2) or (3).
… (Sec. 125)
Legislature
- English
The Legislative Power is exercised by the National Assembly by delegation and mandate of the people. The National Assembly is integrated by ninety Deputies with their respective substitutes elected by universal, equal, direct, free, and secret vote through the system of proportional representation.
... (Art. 132) - Spanish
El Poder Legislativo lo ejerce la Asamblea Nacional por delegación y mandato del pueblo. La Asamblea Nacional está integrada por noventa Diputados con sus respectivos suplentes, elegidos por voto universal, igual, directo, libre y secreto, mediante el sistema de representación proporcional.
... (Art. 132)
Legislature
- EnglishNo person shall be qualified to be an elector at an election of the President, or of the Members of Parliament or to vote at any Referendum, if he is subject to any of the following disqualifications, namely –
(a) if he is not a citizen of Sri Lanka ;
(b) if he has not attained the age of eighteen years on the qualifying date specified by law under the provisions of Article 101 ;
(c) if he is under any law in force in Sri Lanka found or declared to be of unsound mind;
… (Art. 89) - Sinhala(අ) යම්කිසි තැනැත්තෙක් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියෙක් නොවේ නම්,
(ආ) යම්කිසි තැනැත්තෙක් 101 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන යටතේ නීතියෙන් නිශ්චය කොට ඇති සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ දිනයේ දී අටළොස් විය සම්පූර්ණ කර නොමැති නම්,
(ඇ) යම්කිසි තැනැත්තෙක් සිහිවිකල තැනැත්තකු ලෙස ශ්රී ලංකාවේ බලපවත්නා යම්කිසි නීතියක් යටතේ තීරණය කරනු ලැබ සිටී නම් හෝ විනිශ්චය කරනු ලැබ සිටී නම්
– ඒ තැනැත්තා ජනාධිපතිවරයා තෝරා පත් කිරීමේ ඡන්ද විමසීමක දී හෝ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයන් තෝරා පත් කිරීමේ මැතිවරණයක දී හෝ ඡන්ද හිමියකු වීමට හෝ ජනමත විචාරණයක දී ඡන්දය දීමට හෝ සුදුස්සෙක් නොවන්නේ ය.
… (89 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Legislature
- English
1. In addition to the conditions of voting by Articles 1 and 2 of this Act, the prerequisites to be eligible are:
- Be 21 years of age by election day;
- Be domiciled in the Republic;
… (Electoral Law 1996, Art. 18)5 - Italian
1. Oltre alle condizioni per essere elettori, contemplate dagli articoli 1 e 2 della presente legge, sono requisiti indispensabili per essere eleggibili:
- aver compiuto 21 anni di età entro il giorno delle elezioni;
- avere domicilio sul territorio della Repubblica;
… (Legge Elettorale 1996, Art. 18)