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Legislature
- English
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, every Senatorial district or Federal constituency established in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Chapter9 shall return a member who shall be directly elected to the Senate or the House of Representatives in such manner as may be prescribed by an act of the National Assembly.
… (Sec. 77)
Legislature
- English
1. The Assembly consists of 140 deputies, elected according to a system of proportional elections with regional competition and national threshold.
2. Electoral subjects that reach the national threshold partake in the distribution of mandates.
3. Voters enjoy the right to give preferential vote to the candidates of multi-name lists. The criteria and rules for the implementation of the electoral system, for the designation of electoral districts, the national threshold, the number of mandates for each district, the distribution of mandates and the extent of the preferential voting are defined in the law on elections. The law on elections shall guarantee that no less than two-thirds of the multi-name list will be subject to preferential voting and that gender representation is guaranteed. (Art. 64) - Albanian
1. Kuvendi përbëhet nga 140 deputetë, të zgjedhur sipas një sistemi zgjedhjesh proporcional me konkurrim rajonal dhe prag kombëtar.
2. Në shpërndarjen e mandateve marrin pjesë subjektet zgjedhore që arrijnë pragun kombëtar.
3. Zgjedhësit gëzojnë të drejtën për të dhënë votë parapëlqyese për kandidatët e listave shumemërore. Kriteret dhe rregullat për zbatimin e sistemit zgjedhor, për caktimin e zonave zgjedhore, pragun kombëtar, numrin e mandateve për secilën zonë, shpërndarjen e mandateve dhe masën e shtrirjes së votimit parapëlqyes përcaktohen në ligjin për zgjedhjet. Ligji për zgjedhjet garanton që votimit parapëlqyes t’i nënshtrohen jo më pak se dy të tretat e listës shumemërore dhe të sigurojë përfaqësim gjinor. (Neni 64)
Legislature
- English(1) Each of the constituencies established in accordance with the provisions of section 57 of this Constitution shall return one Representative to the House who shall be directly elected in such manner as may, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, be prescribed by or under any law.
… (Sec. 33)
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
- EnglishSubject to the provisions of section 62 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be elected as a Member of the National Assembly if, and shall not be qualified to be so elected unless-
(a) he or she is a citizen of Botswana;
(b) he or she has attained the age of 18 years;
(c) he or she is qualified for registration as a voter for the purposes of the election of the Elected Members of the National Assembly and is so registered; and
(d) he or she is able to speak, and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read English well enough to take an active part in the proceedings of the Assembly. (Sec. 61)
Legislature
- EnglishThe federal legislative power shall consist of the Council of Representatives and the Federation Council. (Art. 48)
- Arabicتكون السلطة التشريعية الاتحادية من مجلس النواب ومجلس الاتحاد. (المادة 48)
Legislature
- English(1) The National Assembly consists of no fewer than 350 and no more than 400 women and men elected as members in terms of an electoral system that–
(a) is prescribed by national legislation;
(b) is based on the national common voters roll;
(c) provides for a minimum voting age of 18 years; and
(d) results, in general, in proportional representation. (Sec. 46)
Legislature
- EnglishIn order to be appointed as a senator, one must:
1° be Belgian;
2° enjoy civil and political rights;
3° have reached the age of eighteen;
4° be resident in Belgium. (Art. 69) - DutchOm tot senator aangewezen te kunnen worden, moet men:
1° Belg zijn;
2° het genot hebben van de burgerlijke en politieke rechten;
3° de volle leeftijd van achttien jaar hebben bereikt;
4° zijn woonplaats hebben in België. (Art. 69) - FrenchPour être désigné sénateur, il faut:
1° être Belge;
2° jouir des droits civils et politiques;
3° être âgé de dix-huit ans accomplis;
4° être domicilié en Belgique. (Art. 69) - GermanZum Senator kann bestimmt werden, wer
1. Belgier ist,
2. die zivilen und politischen Rechte besitzt,
3. das achtzehnte Lebensjahr vollendet hat und
4. seinen Wohnsitz in Belgien hat. (Art. 69)
Legislature
- English(1) The House of Representatives shall consist of such number of members as corresponds with the number of constituencies for the time being established for Grenada under section 56 of this Constitution, who shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of section 32 of this Constitution.
… (Sec. 29)
Legislature
- English(1) Legislative power shall be exercised by the Parliament which shall comprise 2 (two) Houses:
(a) the National Assembly;
(b) the Senate.
… (Art. 14) - French(1) Le pouvoir législatif est exercé par le Parlement qui comprend deux (2) chambres:
- lʼAssemblée Nationale;
- Le Sénat.
… (Art. 14)