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Legislature
- English
1. The Jogorku Kenesh, the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic, is the highest representative body exercising legislative power and control functions within its authority.
2. The Jogorku Kenesh consists of 90 deputies and is elected for a 5-year term.
A citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic who is 25 years old on election day and has the right to vote may be elected deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh.
The procedure for electing deputies to the Jogorku Kenesh is determined by constitutional law.
… (Art. 76) - Russian
1. Жогорку Кенеш – парламент Кыргызской Республики является высшим представительным органом, осуществляющим законодательную власть и контрольные функции в пределах своих полномочий.
2. Жогорку Кенеш состоит из 90 депутатов и избирается сроком на 5 лет.
Депутатом Жогорку Кенеша может быть избран гражданин Кыргызской Республики, достигший на день выборов 25 лет, обладающий избирательным правом.
Порядок избрания депутатов Жогорку Кенеша определяется конституционным законом.
... (Статья 76) - Kyrgyz
1. Жогорку Кеңеш – Кыргыз Республикасынын парламенти – мыйзам чыгаруу бийлигин жана өз ыйгарым укуктарынын чегинде контролдук функцияларын жүзөгө ашыруучу жогорку өкүлчүлүктүү орган.
2. Жогорку Кеңеш 90 депутаттан турат жана 5 жылдык мөөнөткө шайланат.
Шайлоо күнүнө карата 25 жашка толгон жана шайлануу укугуна ээ болгон Кыргыз Республикасынын жараны Жогорку Кеңештин депутаты болуп шайлана алат.
Жогорку Кеңештин депутаттарын шайлоонун тартиби конституциялык мыйзам менен аныкталат.
… (76-берене)
Legislature
- EnglishA person shall be qualified to be a candidate for election as a member of a Communal Chamber if at the time of the election that person—
a. is a citizen of the Republic and is registered in the respective communal electoral list;
b. has attained the age of twenty-five years,
c. has not been, on or after the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution, convicted of an offence involving dishonesty or moral turpitude or is not under any disqualification imposed by a competent court for an electoral offence,
d. is not suffering from a mental disease incapacitating such person from acting as a member of a Communal Chamber. (Art. 95) - GreekΠαν άτομον δικαιούται να υποβάλει υποψηφιότητα διά την εκλογήν αυτού ως μέλους Κοινοτικής Συνελεύσεως, εφ’ όσον κατά τον χρόνον της εκλογής:
(α) είναι πολίτης της Δημοκρατίας, εγγεγραμμένος εις τον αντίστοιχον κοινοτικόν εκλογικόν κατάλογον,
(β) έχει συμπληρώσει το εικοστόν πέμπτον έτος της ηλικίας αυτού,
(γ) δεν έχει καταδικασθεί κατά την ημέραν της ενάρξεως της ισχύος του Συντάγματος ή μετ’ αυτήν δι’ αδίκημα ατιμωτικόν ή ηθικής αισχρότητος ή δεν έχει στερηθεί της εκλογιμότητος κατόπιν αποφάσεως αρμοδίου δικαστηρίου λόγω οιουδήποτε εκλογικού αδικήματος και
(δ) δεν πάσχει εκ διανοητικής νόσου καθιστώσης αυτό ανίκανον να ασκήσει τα καθήκοντα αυτού ως μέλους Κοινοτικής Συνελεύσεως. (Αρθρον 95) - TurkishSeçim zamanında aşağıdaki vasıflara sahip olan her şahıs bir Cemaat Meclisi üyeliği seçiminde aday olabilir:
a. Cumhuriyet vatandaşı olmak ve ilgili cemaat seçim listesinde kayıtlı olmak;
b. yirmi beş yaşını doldurmuş olmak;
c. bu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihte veya ondan sonra, yüz kızartıcı veya ahlaka aykırı bir suçtan hüküm giymemiş veya herhangi bir seçim suçundan dolayı yetkili bir mahkemece ehliyetsiz kılınmamış olmak;
d. bir Cemaat Meclisi üyesi olarak görev görmesine engel bir akıl hastalığı bulunmamak. (Madde 95)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Pyidaungsu Hluttaw comprises of the following two Hluttaws :
(a) in accord with the provisions of Section 109, the Pyithu Hluttaw formed with Hluttaw representatives elected on the basis of township as well as population and Hluttaw representatives being the Defence Services Personnel nominated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services;
(b) in accord with the provisions of Section 141, the Amyotha Hluttaw formed with Hluttaw representatives elected in equal numbers from Regions and States and Hluttaw representatives being the Defence Services Personnel nominated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services. (Sec. 74) - Burmeseပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော်တွင် အောက်ပါလွှတ်တော်နှစ်ရပ်ပါဝင်သည် -
(က) ပုဒ်မ-၁၀၉ ပါ ပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့်အညီ မြို့နယ်ကို အခြေခံ၍လည်းကောင်း၊ လူဦးရေကို အခြေခံ၍လည်းကောင်း ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်သည့် လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ် နှင့် တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်က အမည်စာရင်းတင်သွင်းသော တပ်မတော်သား လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များဖြင့် ဖွဲ့စည်းသည့် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်၊
(ခ) ပုဒ်မ-၁၄၁ ပါ ပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့်အညီ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးများနှင့် ပြည်နယ်များမှ ဦးရေတူညီစွာ ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်သည့် လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များနှင့် တပ်မတော် ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်က အမည်စာရင်းတင်သွင်းသော တပ်မတော်သား လွှတ်တော် ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များဖြင့် ဖွဲ့စည်းသည့် အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၇၄)
Legislature
- English(1) The Senate shall consist of [ninety-six] members, of whom,--
(a) fourteen shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly;
…
(c) two on general seats, and one woman and one technocrat including aalim shall be elected from the Federal Capital in such manner as the President may, by Order, prescribe;
(d) four women shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly;
(e) four technocrats including ulema shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly; and
(f) four non-Muslims, one from each Province, shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly:
Provided that paragraph (f) shall be effective from the next Senate election after the commencement of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010.
(2) Election to fill seats in the Senate allocated to each Province shall be held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
(3) The Senate shall not be subject to dissolution but the term of its members, who shall retire as follows, shall be six years:-
(a) of the members referred to in paragraph (a) of clause (1), seven shall retire after the expiration of the first three years and seven shall retire after the expiration of the next three years;
…
(c) of the members referred to in paragraph (c) of the aforesaid clause,-
(i) one elected on general seat shall retire after the expiration of the first three years and the other one shall retire after the expiration of the next three years; and
(ii) one elected on the seat reserved for technocrat shall retire after first three years and the one elected on the seat reserved for women shall retire after the expiration of the next three years;
(d) of the members referred to in paragraph (d) of the aforesaid clause, two shall retire after the expiration of the first three years and two shall retire after the expiration of the next three years;
(e) of the members referred to in paragraph (e) of the aforesaid clause, two shall retire after the expiration of the first three years and two shall retire after the expiration of the next three years; and
(f) of the members referred to in paragraph (f) of the aforesaid clause, two shall retire after the expiration of first three years and two shall retire after the expiration of next three years:
Provided that the Election Commission for the first term of seats for non-Muslims shall draw a lot as to which two members shall retire after the first three years.
… (Art. 59) - Urdu(ا) سینٹ چھیانوے ارکان پر مشتمل ہوگی جن میں سے--
(الف) چودہ ہر ایک صوبائ اسمبلی کے ارکان منتخب کریں گے؛
(ج) دو عام نشستوں پر اور ایک ٹیکنوکریٹ بشمول عالم وفاقی دارالحکومت سے ایسے طریقے سے منتخب کئے جائیں گے جو صدر فرمان کے ذریعے مقرر کرے؛
(د) چار خواتین ہر ایک صوبائ اسمبلی کے ارکان منتخب کریں گے؛
(ہ) چار ٹیکنوکریٹ بشمول علماء ہر ایک صوبائ اسمبلی کے ارکان منتخب کریں گے؛ اور
(و) چار غیر مسلم، ہر صوبے سے ایک، ہر ایک صوبائ اسمبلی کے ارکان منتخب کریں گے:
مگر شرط یہ ہے کہ پیرا (و) دستور (اٹھارویں ترمیم) ایکٹ ۲۰۱۰ء کے آغاض نفاذ کے بعد سینیٹ کے اگلے الیکشن سے موثر ہوگا۔
(۲) سینٹ میں ہر صوبے کے لئے متعین نشستوں کو پٌر کرنے کے لئے انتخاب، واحد قابل انتقال ووٹ کے ذریعے تناسب نمائندگی کے نظام کے مطابق منعقد کیا جائے گا۔
(۳) سینٹ تحلیل کے تابع نہیں ہوگی لیکن اس کے ارکان کا میعاد جو بحسب ذیل سبکدوش ہوں گے چھ سال ہوگی:-
(الف) شق (ا) کے پیرا (الف) میں محولہ ارکان مین سے، سات پہلے تین سال کے اختتام کے بعد سبکدوش ہو جائیں گے اور سات اگلے تین سال کے اختتام کے بعد سبکدوش ہو جائیں گے؛
(ج) مذکورہ بالاشق کے پیرا (ج) میں محولہ ارکان میں سے،-
(اوّل) عام نشست پر منتخب ہونے والا ایک رکن پہلے تین سال کے اختتام کے بعد سبکدوش ہو جائے گا اور دوسرا اگلے تین سال کے اختتام کے بعد سبکدوش ہو جائے کا؛ اور
(دوم) ٹیکنوکریٹ کے لیے مغصوص نشست پر منتخب ہونے والا ایک رکن پہلے تین سال کے اختتام کے بعد سبکدوش ہو جائے گا اور خواتین کے لئے مخصوص نشست پر منتخب ہونے والی ایک رکن اگلے تین سال کے اختتام پرسبکدوش ہو جائے گی؛
(د) مذکورہ بالاشق کے پیرا (د) میں محولہ ارکان میں سے، دو پہلے تین سال کے اختتام پر سبکدوش ہو جائیں گے اور دو اگلے تین سال کے اختتام پر سبکدوش ھو جائیں گے؛
(ہ) مذکورہ بالاشق کے پیرا (ہ) میں محولہ ارکان میں سے، دو پہلے تین سال کے اختتام پر سبکدوش ہو جائیں گے اور دو اگلے تین سال کے اختتام کے بعد سبکدوش ھو جائیں گے؛ اور
(و) مذکورہ بالاشق کے پیرا (و) میں محولہ ارکان میں سے دو پہلے تین سال کے اختتام پر سبکدوش ہو جائیں گے اور دو اگلے تین سال کے اختتام پر سبکدوش ھو جائیں گے:
مگر شرط یہ ہے کہ الیکشن کمیشن غیر مسلموں کی نشستوں کی پہلی میعاد کے لیے قرعہاندازی کرے گا کہ کون سے دہ ارکان پہلے تین سال کے بعد سبکدوش ہو جائیں گے-
... (آرٹیکل ۵۹)
Legislature
- EnglishThe Senate shall be composed of twenty-four Senators who shall be elected at large by the qualified voters of the Philippines, as may be provided by law. (Art. VI, Sec. 2)
- FilipinoAng Senado ay dapat buuin ng dalawampu't apat na Senador na dapat ihalal sa kalahatan ng mga kwalipikadong botante ng Pilipinas, ayon sa maaaring itadhana ng batas. (Art. VI, Seksyon 2)
Legislature
- English(1) Members of Parliament shall be persons qualified for election or for appointment in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and elected in the manner provided by or under any law for the time being in force in Singapore or appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Schedule.
(2) A person shall be qualified to be elected or appointed as a Member of Parliament if —
(a) he is a citizen of Singapore;
(b) he is of the age of 21 years or above on the day of nomination;
(c) his name appears in a current register of electors;
(d) he is resident in Singapore at the date of his nomination for election and has been so resident for periods amounting in the aggregate to not less than 10 years prior to that date;
(e) he is able, with a degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of Parliament, to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read and write at least one of the following languages, that is to say, English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil; and
(f) he is not disqualified from being a Member of Parliament under Article 45.
… (Art. 44)
Legislature
- EnglishA candidate in an election of a Member of the House of Representatives on a constituency basis, must be a person nominated by a political party of which he or she is a member, and shall not stand for election in more than one constituency. … (Sec. 87)
- Thaiผู้สมัครรับเลือกตั้งสมาชิกสภาผู้แทนราษฎรแบบแบ่งเขตเลือกตั้ง จะต้องเป็นผู้ซึ่งพรรคการเมืองที่ตนเป็นสมาชิกส่งสมัครรับเลือกตั้ง และจะสมัครรับเลือกตั้งเกินหนึ่งเขตมิได้ … (มาตรา ๘๗)
Legislature
- EnglishVoting in elections shall be by secret ballot, manipulation of the will of the voters during voting shall not be permitted. (Art. 122)
- RussianГолосование на выборах является тайным, контроль за волеизъявлением избирателей в ходе голосования не допускается. (Статья 122)
- TurkmenSaýlawlarda ses bermek gizlindir, ses bermegiň barşynda saýlawçylaryň öz erk-islegini beýan edişine gözegçilik edilmegine ýol berilmeýär. (122-nji madda)
Legislature
- EnglishThe National Assembly consists of two houses: House of People and House of Elders.
… (Art. 82) - Dariشورای ملی متشكل از دو مجلس: ولسی جرگه و مشرانو جرگه می باشد.
... (مادۀ ۸۲) - Pashtoملي شورى له دوو مجلسونو: ولسي جرگې او مشرانو جرگې څخه جوړه ده.
...(۸۲ ماده)
Legislature
- EnglishA legislative council shall be established named the “Federation Council,” to include representatives from the regions and the governorates that are not organized in a region. A law, enacted by a two-thirds majority of the members of the Council of Representatives, shall regulate the formation of the Federation Council, its membership conditions, its competencies, and all that is connected with it. (Art. 65)
- Arabicيتم انشاء مجلسٍ تشريعي يُدعى بـ (مجلس الاتحاد) يضم ممثلين عن الاقاليم والمحافظات غير المنتظمة في أقليم، وينظم تكوينه، وشروط العضوية فيه، واختصاصاته، وكل ما يتعلق به، بقانونٍ يسن بأغلبية ثلثيّ أعضاء مجلس النواب. (المادّة 65)