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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.
Afghanistan Shoora
Bhutan Tshogdu
Colombia Congress
Canada Parliament
Crotia Sabor
Denmark Folketing
Germany Bundestag(LowerHouse),Bundesrat(UpperHouse)
Iceland Althing
India Parliament
Iran Majlis
Israel Knesset
Japan Diet
Lithuania Seimas
Norway Storting
Oman Monarchy
Poland Sejm
Spain Cortes
Sweden Riksdag
USA Congress