Name of Parliaments of the famous countries in the World

Parliament names of different countries – In any democratic form of government the supreme
legislative body is called as Parliament. It is also the executive governing body of the country.
Parliament, Congress, National Assembly etc are the common names used to represent this
legislative body. Most of the Islamic countries use “Shora” or “Majlis” as the name of their
parliament. The Legislature can be Unicameral or Bicameral. Samller countries with small
constituencies may prefer Unicameral legislature but bigger countries generally have Bicameral
type legislature. In Bicameral legislature the Parliament have two houses- the Lower House and
the Upper House. The members of lower house are generally directly elected from citizens while
members of Upper house are generally nominated. The term of service of Lower and Upper
houses may or may not be same.

Name of parliaments of all famous countries in the World.

Country Name of Parliament

Afghanistan Shoora

Andorra General Council

Albania People’s Assembly

Azerbaijan Melli Majlis

Algeria National People’s Assembly

Angola National People’s Assembly

Argentina National Congress

Australia Federal Parliament

Austria National Assembly

Bahamas General Assembly

Bahrain Consultative Council

Bangladesh Jatiya Sansad

Belize National Assembly

Bhutan Tshogdu

Bolivia National Congress

Brazil National Congress

Brunei National Assembly

Botswana National Assembly

Britain Parliment (House of Common’s & House of Lords)

Bulgaria Narodno Subranie.

Cambodia National Assembly

Country Name of Parliament

Congo Democratic Rep. of National Legislative Council

Colombia Congress

Canada Parliament

China National People’s Congress

Chile Chamber of Deputies and Senate

Comoros Legislative Council and Senate

Costa Rice Legislative Council and Senate

Crotia Sabor

Cuba National Assembly of People’s Power

Czech Republic Chamber of Deputies and Senate

Denmark Folketing

Ecuador Natinal Congress

El Salvador Legislative Assembly

East Timor Constituent Assembly

Ethiopia Federal Council and House of Representative

Egypt People’s Assembly

Fiji Islands Senate & House of Representative

France National Assembly

Finland Eduskusta (Parliament)

Germany Bundestag(LowerHouse),Bundesrat(UpperHouse)

Guyana National Assembly

Greece Chamber of Deputies

Hungary National Assembly

Iceland Althing

India Parliament

Indonesia People’s Consultative Assembly

Iran Majlis

Iraq National Assembly

Israel Knesset

Italy Chamber of Deputies and Senate

Country Name of Parliament

Japan Diet

Jordan National Assembly

Korea(North) Supreme People’s Assembly

Korea(South) National Assembly

Kuwait National Assembly

Kenya National Assembly

Laos People’s Supreme Assembly

Labanon National Assembly

Lesotho National Assembly and Senate

Lithuania Seimas

Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies

Liberia National Assembly

Libya General People’s Congress

Malaysia Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara

Maldives Majlis Madagascar-National People’s Assembly

Mongolia Great People’s Khural

Montenegro Federal Assembly

Mozambique People’s Assembly

Myanmar Pyithu Hluttaw

Nepal National Panchayat

Netherlands The State General

Norway Storting

New Zealand Parliament (House of Representative)

Oman Monarchy

Pakistan National Assembly & Senate

Paraguay Senate & Chamber of Deputies

Philippines The Congress

Papua New Guinea National Parliament

Poland Sejm

Romania Great National Assembly

 Country Name of Parliament

Russia Duma & Federal Council

Serbia Federal Assembly

Senegal National Assembly

Seychelles People’s Assembly

Somalia People’s Assembly

South Africa Rep. House of Assembly

Spain Cortes

Sweden Riksdag

Saudi Arabia Majlis Al Shura

Sudan National Assembly

Switzerland Federal Assembly

Syria People’s Council

Turkey Grand National Assembly

Tunisia National Assembly

USA Congress

Vietnam National Assembly

Venezuela National Congress

Zaire National Legislative Council

Zambia National Assembly