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Legislature
- English(1) HUNGARY’s supreme representative organ shall be the National Assembly.
… (The State, Art. 1) - Hungarian(1) MAGYARORSZÁG legfőbb népképviseleti szerve az Országgyűlés.
… (Az Állam, 1. cikk)
Legislature
- EnglishThe legislative power, delegated by the people, is exercised by a Parliament composed of two assemblies, the National Assembly and the Senate.
The members of the National Assembly have the title of deputy and those of the Senate have the title of Senator. (Art. 51) - FrenchLe pouvoir législatif, délégué par le Peuple, est exercé par un Parlement composé de deux assemblées : l'Assemblée nationale et le Sénat.
Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale portent le titre de député et ceux du Sénat portent le titre de sénateur. (Art. 51)
Legislature
- English1. The Senate shall consist of twenty-one persons who being qualified for appointment as Senators in accordance with this Constitution have been so appointed in accordance with the provisions of this section.
2. Thirteen Senators shall be appointed by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, by instrument under the Broad Seal.
3. The remaining eight Senators shall be appointed by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition, by instrument under the Broad Seal. (Sec. 35)
Legislature
- English1 1° The National Parliament shall be called and known, and is in this Constitution generally referred to, as the Oireachtas.
2° The Oireachtas shall consist of the President and two Houses, viz.: a House of Representatives to be called Dáil Éireann and a Senate to be called Seanad Éireann.
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2 1° The sole and exclusive power of making laws for the State is hereby vested in the Oireachtas: no other legislative authority has power to make laws for the State.
… (Art. 15) - Irish Gaelic1 1° An tOireachtas is ainm don Pharlaimint Náisiúnta, agus sin é a bheirtear uirthi de ghnáth sa Bhunreacht seo.
2° An tUachtarán agus dhá Theach atá san Oireachtas: Teach Ionadóirí ar a dtugtar Dáil Éireann, agus Seanad ar a dtugtar Seanad Éireann.
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2 1° Bheirtear don Oireachtas amháin leis seo an t-aon chumhacht chun dlíthe a dhéanamh don Stát; níl cumhacht ag údarás reachtaíochta ar bith eile chun dlíthe a dhéanamh don Stát.
… (Airteagal 15)
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 Chamber of Deputies will be composed of 300 deputies [feminine] and deputies [masculine] elected according to the principle of relative majority voting, within a system of uninomial electoral districts, as well as 200 deputies [feminine] and deputies [masculine] who will be elected according to the principle of proportional representation, within the System of Regional Lists [Sistema de Listas Regionales], voting in plurinomial circumscriptions. (Art. 52)
- SpanishLa Cámara de Diputados estará integrada por 300 diputadas y diputados electos según el principio de votación mayoritaria relativa, mediante el sistema de distritos electorales uninominales, así como por 200 diputadas y diputados que serán electos según el principio de representación proporcional, mediante el Sistema de Listas Regionales, votadas en circunscripciones plurinominales. (Art. 52)
Legislature
- English
(1) The House of Representatives shall consist of a total of two hundred and seventy five members, as follows :-
(a) One hundred and sixty-five members to be elected through the first past the post electoral system, with one being elected from each of one hundred and sixty-five election constituencies delimited in Nepal on the basis of population and geographical convenience and specificity;
(b) One hundred and ten members to be elected through the proportional electoral system where voters vote for political parties, with the whole country being considered as a single election constituency.
(2) The federal law shall provide that in filing candidacy by political parties for the election to the House of Representatives under the proportional electoral system, representation shall be ensured on the basis of a closed list also from women, Dalit, indigenous nationalities (Aadibasi Janajati) Khas Arya, Madhesi, Tharu, Muslims and backward regions, on the basis of population. In so filing candidacy, regard shall also be had to geography and regional balance.
Explanation: For the purposes of this clause, "Khas Arya" means Kshetri, Brahmin, Thakuri, Sanyasi (Dashnami) communities.
(3) In filing candidacy pursuant to clause (2), political parties shall provide for representation of the persons with disabilities as well.
(4) Election to the House of Representatives referred to in clause (1) shall be held through secret ballots in accordance with law.
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(6) A person who is qualified pursuant to Article 87 and entitled to vote in an election to the members of the House of Representatives may, subject to the federal law, be a candidate in any election constituency.
Provided that a person shall not be a candidate in more than one election constituencies at the same time.
(7) In case the seat of any member of the House of Representatives falls vacant while its term still remains for more than six months, the vacancy shall be fulfilled in the same manner of electoral system as in which such seat was fulfilled.
(8) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Part, at least one third of the total number of members elected from each political party representing in the Federal Parliament shall be women. In case women are not so elected as to constitute one third of the elected members of any political party pursuant to subclause (a) of clause (1) and sub-clause (a) of clause (2) of Article 86, such political party must, in electing members under sub-clause (b) of clause (1), so elect that women members constitute at least one third of the total number of members elected to the Federal Parliament from that party.
(9) Election to the House of Representatives and other matters pertaining thereto shall be as provided for in the federal law. (Art. 84) - Nepali
(१) प्रतिनिधि सभामा देहाय बमोजिमका दुई सय पचहत्तर सदस्य रहनेछन्ः–
(क) नेपाललाई जनसंख्या र भौगोलिक अनुकुलता तथा विशिष्टताका आधारमा एक सय पैंसठ्ठी निर्वाचन क्षेत्र कायम गरी प्रत्येक निर्वाचन क्षेत्रबाट एक जना रहने गरी पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने निर्वाचन प्रणाली बमोजिम निर्वाचित हुने एक सय पैंसठ्ठी सदस्य,
(ख) सम्पूर्ण देशलाई एक निर्वाचन क्षेत्र मानी राजनीतिक दललाई मत दिने समानुपातिक निर्वाचन प्रणाली बमोजिम निर्वाचित हुने एक सय दश सदस्य ।
(२) समानुपातिक निर्वाचन प्रणाली बमोजिम हुने प्रतिनिधि सभाको निर्वाचनका लागि राजनीतिक दलले उम्मेदवारी दिंदा जनसंख्याको आधारमा महिला, दलित, आदिवासी जनजाति, खस आर्य, मधेसी, थारू, मुस्लिम, पिछडिएको क्षेत्र समेतबाट बन्द सूचीका आधारमा प्रतिनिधित्व गराउने व्यवस्था संघीय कानून बमोजिम हुनेछ । त्यसरी उम्मेदवारी दिंदा भूगोल र प्रादेशिक सन्तुलनलाई समेत ध्यान दिनु पर्नेछ ।
स्पष्टीकरणः यस उपधाराको प्रयोजनका लागि “खस आर्य” भन्नाले क्षेत्री, ब्राम्हण, ठकुरी, संन्यासी (दशनामी) समुदाय सम्झनु पर्छ ।
(३) उपधारा (२) बमोजिम राजनीतिक दलले उम्मेदवारी दिंदा अपांगता भएको व्यक्तिको समेत प्रतिनिधित्व हुने व्यवस्था गर्नु पर्नेछ ।
(४) उपधारा (१) बमोजिम हुने प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्यको निर्वाचन कानून बमोजिम गोप्य मतदानद्वारा हुनेछ ।
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(६) प्रतिनिधि सभाका सदस्यका लागि हुने निर्वाचनमा मतदान गर्न अधिकार पाएको धारा ८७ बमोजिम योग्यता पुगेको व्यक्ति संघीय कानूनको अधीनमा रही कुनै पनि निर्वाचन क्षेत्रबाट उम्मेदवार हुन पाउनेछ । तर एउटै व्यक्ति एकभन्दा बढी निर्वाचन क्षेत्रमा एकै पटक उम्मेदवार हुन पाउने छैन ।
(७) प्रतिनिधि सभाको कार्यकाल छ महीनाभन्दा बढी अवधि बाँकी छँदै कुनै सदस्यको स्थान रिक्त भएमा त्यस्तो स्थान जुन निर्वाचन प्रणालीबाट पूर्ति भएको थियो सोही प्रक्रियाद्वारा पूर्ति गरिनेछ ।
(८) यस भागमा अन्यत्र जुनसुकै कुरा लेखिएको भए तापनि संघीय संसदमा प्रतिनिधित्व गर्ने प्रत्येक राजनीतिक दलबाट निर्वाचित कुल सदस्य संख्याको कम्तीमा एक तिहाइ सदस्य महिला हुनु पर्नेछ । त्यसरी निर्वाचित गर्दा उपधारा (१) को खण्ड (क) र धारा ८६ को उपधारा (२) को खण्ड (क) बमोजिम निर्वाचित सदस्यहरू मध्ये कुनै राजनीतिक दलको एक तिहाइ सदस्य महिला निर्वाचित हुन नसकेमा त्यस्तो राजनीतिक दलले उपधारा (१) को खण्ड (ख) बमोजिम सदस्य निर्वाचित गर्दा आफ्नो दलबाट संघीय संसदमा निर्वाचित हुने कुल सदस्यको कम्तीमा एक तिहाइ महिला सदस्य हुने गरी निर्वाचित गर्नु पर्नेछ ।
(९) प्रतिनिधि सभाको निर्वाचन र तत्सम्बन्धी अन्य विषय संघीय कानून बमोजिम हुनेछ । (धारा ८४)
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
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(2) To be eligible, it is required, amongst other to be domiciliated in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
(3) The jurisdictions may, in the cases specified by the law, declare the prohibition of voting and eligibility rights. (Art. 64)
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)