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▪ TableParlia-Voting mentaryCountry Affili- strength represen-Name of party ation (%) tationMultifactional warfarefrom January 1993 — — —Albania (March 1992)Democratic Party CR 62.1 92 (75)Social Democratic Party SD 4.4 7 —Socialist Party x 25.7 38 (169)Other — 7.8 3 (6)Interim governmentsince January 1992 — — —Andorra (December 1993)National DemocraticGrouping and allies ... ... 15Others and independents ... ... 13Angola (September 1992)Popular Liberation Movement ofAngola-Labour Party (MPLA-PT) x 53.7 129 (203)National Union for the TotalIndependence of Angola (UNITA) — 34.1 70 —Others — 12.2 21 —Antigua and Barbuda (March 1994)Antigua Labour Party C 54.4 11 (15)United Progressive Party C 43.7 5 (1)Barbuda People's Movement e 1.4 1 (1)Argentina (May 1995)Justicialist National Movement(Peronist) CR-CL 43.1 136 (125)Radical Civic Union C 21.7 69 (83)Front for a Country inSolidarity (Frepaso coalition) CL 21.0 26 (13)Others — 14.2 26 (36)Armenia (July 1995)Armenian NationalMovement and allies — 42.7 119Women's organization — 16.9 8Armenian Communist Party K 12.1 7Others and independents — 28.3 56Australia (March 1993)National R 7.5 16 (14)Liberal C 36.8 49 (55)Labor L 44.9 80 (78)Others and independents — 10.8 2 (1)Austria (December 1995)Austrian Freedom Party R 21.9 40 (42)Austrian People's Party C 28.3 53 (52)Austrian Social Democratic Party SD 38.1 71 (65)Liberal Forum — 5.5 10 (11)Greens Lg 4.8 9 (13)Azerbaijan (November 1995)Parliament — — 109Bahamas, The (August 1992)Progressive Liberal Party C 44.7 15 (31)Free National Movement C 55.0 34 (16)Others — 0.3 0 (2)Consultative Council(advisory body) — — —Bangladesh (February 1991)Bangladesh Nationalist Party CR 31 166 (18)National Party (coalition) — 11 35 (251)Awami League SD 31 89 —Islamic Assembly r 12 21 (5)Others — 15 19 (25)Barbados (September 1994)Democratic Labour Party C 38.8 8 (18)National Democratic Party — 12.1 1 (0)Barbados Labour Party SD 48.8 19 (10)Belarus (May-December 1995)Communist Party K ... 42Agrarian Party ... 33Other parties — ... 28Independents — ... 95Belgium (May 1995)National Front (French) ERe 2.3 2 (1)Vlaams Blok (Flemish) ERe 7.8 11 (12)Volksunie (Flemish) Re 4.7 5 (10)Flemish CR 13.1 21 (26)LiberalsFrench CR 10.3 18 (20)Flemish C 17.2 29 (39)Social ChristiansFrench C 7.7 12 (18)Flemish SD 12.6 20 (28)SocialistsFrench SD 11.9 21 (35)Flemish g 4.4 5 (7)GreensFrench g 4.0 6 (10)Others — 4.0 0 (6)Belize (June 1993)United Democratic Party R 48.8 16 (13)People's United Party C 51.2 13 (15)Benin (March-May 1995)Government party and allies — ... 32Opposition parties — ... 51National Assembly, no parties — — 105Bolivia (June 1993)Civic Solidarity Union R ... 20 —Nationalist RevolutionaryMovement CR 36 52 (40)Patriotic Accord (coalition) — 21 35 (71)Conscience of the Fatherland CL ... 13 (9)Free Bolivia Movement L ... 7 —Others — ... 3 (10)normal legislative operationsin abeyance from 1992Botswana (October 1994)Botswana Democratic Party C 54.4 27 (31)Botswana National Front CL 37.1 13 (3)Brazil (October 1994)Progressive Renewal Party CR ... 52 (22)Social Democracy and allies C ... 192 (177)Brazilian Democratic Movement CL ... 107 (109)Workers' Party and ally L ... 66 (46)Democratic Labour Party L ... 34 (46)Others — ... 62 (103)Legislative Council (nonelected) — — —Bulgaria (December 1994)Bulgarian Business Bloc R 4.7 13 (0)People's Union CR 6.5 18 —Union of Democratic Forces — 24.2 69 (110)Bulgarian Socialist Party x 43.5 125 (106)Movement for Rights andFreedoms (Turkish) e 5.4 15 (24)Burkina Faso (May 1992)Government coalition ... ... 84Opposition parties ... ... 23Burundi (June 1993)Burundi Democratic Front — 72.6 65Unity for National Progress — 21.9 16Cambodia (May 1993)Funcinpec CR 45.5 58Buddhist Liberal Democrats L 3.8 10Cambodian People's Party x 38.2 51Others — 12.5 1Cameroon (March 1992)People's Democratic Movementand allied party — ... 94 (180)Opposition parties — ... 86 —Canada (October 1993)Reform R 18.1 52 —Progressive Conservative CR 16.1 2 (170)Liberal C 41.6 177 (82)New Democratic SD 6.6 9 (43)Bloc Québécois e 13.9 54 —Others and independents — 3.7 1 (0)Cape Verde (December 1995)Movement for Democracy — 61.3 50 (56)African Party for the Independenceof Cape Verde — 29.8 21 (23)Democratic Convergence Party — 6.7 1 —(August-September 1993)Central African People'sLiberation Movement — ... 34Others — ... 51Transitional governmentsince March 1991 — — —Chile (December 1993)Independent Democratic Union ER ... 15 (11)National Renovation and allied party R ... 31 (29)Centre-right independents CR ... 4 (8)Christian Democratic Party C ... 37 (38)Leftist parties and independent CL-L ... 33 (34)China (September 1992-March 1993)National People's Congress K ... 2,978Colombia (March 1994)Social Conservative Party R ... 56 (15)Other rightist parties R ... 2 (24)Liberal Party C ... 89 (86)Democratic Alliance-April 19 Movement L ... 2 (15)Others — ... 14 (21)Comoros (December 1993)Government supporters — ... 24 (17)Opposition parties — ... 18 (25)Congo (May 1993-April 1995)Presidential Tendency — ... 66 (69)Opposition Coalition — ... 57 (49)Others — ... 0 (7)Costa Rica (February 1994)Social Christian Unity Party CR 40.4 25 (29)National Liberation Party CL 44.6 28 (25)Others — 15.0 4 (3)Côte d'Ivoire (November 1995)Democratic Party — ... 147 (163)Rally of Democratic Forces — ... 14 —Popular Front SD ... 10 (9)Others and independents — ... 0 (3)Croatia (October 1995)Croatian Party of Rights ERe 5.0 4 (5)Croatian Democratic Union Re 45.2 75 (85)Moderate opposition coalition R-C 18.3 20 (6)Croatian Social-Liberal Party CL 11.6 11 (14)Social Democratic Party x 8.9 9 (11)Others and independents — 11.0 8 (17)Cuba (February 1993)Communist Party K ... 589 (499)Greek Zone (May 1991)Democratic Rally R 35.8 20 (19)Democratic Party (DIKO) CR 19.5 11 (16)Socialist Party (EDEK) CL 10.9 7 (6)Progressive Party of theWorking People K 30.6 18 (15)Turkish Zone (December 1993)National Unity Party CR 29.9 17Democrat Party — 29.2 15Communal Liberation Party CL 13.3 5Republican Turkish Party S 24.2 13Czech Republic (June 1992)Association for the Republic-Czech Republican Party ER 6.0 14Governing coalition R-CR 41.9 105Czech Social Democratic Party SD 6.5 16Liberal Social Union (coalition) L 6.5 16Left Bloc x 14.1 35Moravia/Silesia regional party e 5.9 14Others — 19.1 0Denmark (September 1994)Progress ER 6.4 11 (12)Liberal R 23.3 42 (29)Conservative People's R 15.0 27 (30)Christian People's CR 1.8 0 (4)Centre Democrats C 2.8 5 (9)Radical Liberal C 4.6 8 (7)Social Democrats CL 34.6 62 (69)Socialist People's L 7.3 13 (15)Red-Green Unity List Lg 3.1 6 (0)Faroe Islands and Greenland — — 4 (4)Independents — 1.0 1 (0)Djibouti (December 1992)Popular Rally for Progress — 74.6 65 (65)New Democratic Party — 25.4 0 —Dominica (June 1995)Dominica Freedom Party CR ... 5 (11)Dominica United Workers' Party CL ... 11 (6)Labour Party L ... 5 (4)Independents — ... 0 (1)Dominican Republic (May 1994)Social Christian Reformist Party CR ... 50 (40)Dominican Revolutionary Partyand allies L ... 57 (36)Dominican Liberation Party L ... 13 (44)Ecuador (May 1994)Conservative Party R ... 6 (6)Republican Unity Party CR ... 3 (12)Social Christian Party CR ... 26 (21)Popular Democracy C ... 4 (5)Roldosist Party — ... 11 (13)Democratic Left SD ... 8 (7)Democratic Popular Movement EL ... 8 (4)Others — ... 11 (9)Egypt (November-December 1995)New Wafd Party R ... 6 —National Democratic Party CR ... 317 (348)National Progressive Unionist L ... 5 (6)Other parties — ... 3 —Independents — ... 113 (83)El Salvador (March 1994)Nationalist Republican Alliance(Arena) R 45 39 (39)National Conciliation Party R ... 4 (9)Christian Democratic Party CR 16 18 (26)Democratic Convergence L ... 1 (8)Farabundo Martí NationalLiberation Front L 29 21 —Others — ... 1 (2)Equatorial Guinea (November 1993)Democratic Party — ... 68 (41)Principal opposition parties — (Boycotted) —Others — ... 12 —Transitional governmentfrom May 1993 — — —Estonia (March 1995)Republican and ConservativePeople's Party R 5.0 5 —Pro Patria ("Fatherland") Coalition CR 7.9 8 (29)Estonian Reform Party CR 16.2 19 —Estonian Centre Party CL 14.2 16 —Coalition and Rural People's Union CL/x 32.2 41 (17)Moderates SD 6.0 6 (12)Our Home is Estonia(pro-Russian alliance) e 5.9 6 —Others — 12.6 0 (43)Ethiopia (May-June 1995)Ethiopian People's RevolutionaryDemocratic Front ... ... 493Major opposition parties (Boycotted)Others and independents — ... 54Fiji (February 1994)Ethnic Fijian seats e ... 37 (37)Ethnic Indian seats e ... 27 (27)Chinese/European seats e ... 4 (4)Multiracial seat e ... 1 (1)Rotuma Island e ... 1 (1)Finland (March 1995)Finnish Christian Union R 3.0 7 (8)National Coalition CR 17.9 39 (40)Swedish People's Party e 5.1 12 (12)Finnish Centre C 19.9 44 (55)Social Democratic Party S 28.3 63 (48)Left-Wing Alliance L-K 11.2 22 (19)Green Union g 6.5 9 (10)Others — 8.1 4 (8)France (March 1993; 1st round %s)National Front ER 12.4 0 (1)Rally for the Republic (RPR) R 20.4 247 (127)Other right-wing parties R 4.7 24 (16)Union for French Democracy (UDF) CR 19.1 213 (129)Socialist Party S 17.6 54 (260)Other left-wing parties L 4.5 16 (16)Communist Party K 9.2 23 (27)Others — 12.1 0 (1)Gabon (September 1990-March 1991)Gabonese Democratic Party — ... 66 (111)Progress Party — ... 19 —Rally of Woodcutters — ... 17 —Others — ... 18 —Gambia, TheMilitary governmentsince July 1994 — — —Georgia (November 1995; partial results)All Georgian Union of Revival CR 6.8 —National Democratic Party CR 7.9 59 (12)Citizens of Georgia Union — 23.7 91 —Others and independents — 61.6 ... (228)Germany (October 1994)Christian Social Union R 7.3 50 (51)Christian Democratic Union CR 34.2 244 (268)Free Democratic Party C 6.9 47 (79)Social Democratic Party SD 36.4 252 (239)Party of Democratic Socialism x 4.4 30 (17)Greens/Alliance '90 g 7.3 49 (8)Others — 3.5 0 (0)Ghana (December 1992)National Democratic Congress — ... 189Others — ... 11Greece (October 1993)Political Spring CR 4.9 10 —New Democracy CR 39.3 111 (152)Panhellenic Socialist Movement(Pasok) S 46.9 170 (124)Progressive Left Coalition L-K 2.9 0Communist Party K 4.5 9 (21)Others — 1.5 0 (3)Grenada (June 1995)Grenada United Labour Party R ... 2 (4)National Democratic Congress C ... 5 (7)National Party C ... 0 (2)New National Party C ... 8 (2)Guatemala (November 1995)National Advancement Party Rp ... 43 (24)Guatemalan Republican Front Rp ... 21 (32)Christian Democratic Party Cp ... 4 (13)National Centre Union Cp ... 3 (8)New Guatemala Democratic Front CL ... 6 —Others — ... 3 (3)Guinea (June 1995)Presidential party and allies — ... 76Opposition parties — ... 38Guinea-Bissau (July 1994)African Party for the Independenceof Guinea and Cape Verde L 46.0 62 (150)Guinea-Bissau Resistance — 19.2 19 —Other opposition parties — 34.8 19 —Guyana (October 1992)United Force CR 1.2 1 (2)People's National Congress Se 43.6 31 (42)People's Progressive Party Se 52.3 32 (8)Working Peoples Alliance L 1.7 1 (1)Haiti (June-September 1995)Lavalas movement L ... 68Others — ... 15Honduras (November 1993)National Party R 43.0 55 (71)Liberal Party CR 53.0 71 (55)Others — 4.0 2 (2)Hungary (May 1994)Independent Smallholders R 8.8 26 (43)Hungarian Democratic Forum CR 11.7 37 (165)Christian Democratic People's Party CR 7.1 22 (21)Alliance of Free Democrats CL 19.8 70 (92)Federation of Young Democrats L 7.0 20 (21)Hungarian Socialist Party x 33.0 209 (33)Others and independents — 12.6 2 (11)Iceland (April 1995)Independence Party R 37.1 25 (26)Progressive Party C 23.3 15 (13)Women's Alliance CL 4.9 3 (5)People's Movement CL 7.2 4Social Democratic Party SD 11.4 7 (10)People's Alliance L 14.3 9 (9)India (May 1991-February 1992)Bharatiya Janata Rr ... 121 (88)Congress (I) C ... 245 (192)Janata Dal CL ... 58 (141)Communist parties K ... 49 (43)Others — ... 72 (59)Indonesia (June 1992)Golkar (Functional Groups) — 68 281 (299)United Development Party r 17 63 (61)Indonesian Democratic Party — 15 56 (40)Iran (April-May 1992)Consultative Assembly, no parties — ... 270Iraq (April 1989)Ba'th Party — 64Others — 36 250Ireland (November 1992)Progressive Democrats R 4.7 10 (5)Fianna Fail (Republican) C 39.1 68 (77)Fine Gael (United Ireland) C 24.5 45 (55)Labour Party SD 19.3 33 (16)Democratic Left S 2.8 4 (7)Green Alliance g 1.4 1 (1)Others — 8.2 5 (5)Israel (June 1992)Moledet ER 2.4 3 (2)Tzomet R 6.4 8 (2)United Torah Judaism r 3.3 4 (7)Shas Rr 4.9 6 (6)Likud R 24.9 32 (40)National Religious (Mafdal) CRr 5.0 6 (5)Labour SD 34.6 44 (39)Meretz SD 9.6 12 (10)Arab (Democracy) e 1.6 2 (1)Hadash K 2.4 3 (4)Others — 4.9 0 (4)Italy (March 1994)National Alliance F 13.5 109 (34)Northern League Re 8.4 113 (55)Forza Italia R 21.0 112 —Other rightists R 3.5 32 —Centrist parties (formerlyChristian Democratic Party) C 15.7 46 (206)Democratic Alliance/ItalianSocialists SD/L 3.4 33 (119)The Network (anti-Mafia) L 1.9 8 (12)Democratic Party of the Left x 20.4 114 (107)Communist Refoundation Party K 6.0 41 (35)Green List g 2.7 11 (16)Others — 7.0 11 (46)Jamaica (March 1993)Jamaica Labour Party CL 39 8 (15)People's National Party L 61 52 (45)Japan (July 1993)Liberal-Democratic Party R 36.7 225 (275)Shinseito (Japan Renewal) R 10.1 55 —Japan New Party R 8.1 36 —New Party Sakigake R 2.6 13 —Komeito (Clean Government) C 8.1 52 (45)Democratic Socialist Party SD 3.5 15 (14)United Social Democratic Party SD 0.7 4 (4)Social Democratic Party S 15.4 70 (136)Japan Communist Party L 7.7 15 (16)Others and independents — 7.1 27 (22)Jordan (November 1993)Islamic Action Front r ... 16 (20)Independent Islamicfundamentalists r ... 5 (12)Tribal/traditional candidates C ... 49Independent centrists C ... 3 (17)Leftists L ... 7 (11)Kazakhstan (December 1995)Assembly — ... 43Kenya (December 1992)Kenya African National Union — ... 100 (188)Forum for Restoration ofDemocracy (2 wings) — ... 62 —Democratic Party — ... 23 —Others — ... 3 —Kiribati (July 1994)Christian Democratic Party p ... 13Gilbertese National ProgressiveParty p ... 7Independents — ... 19Korean Workers' Party K 99.8 687United People's Party R 17.3 31Democratic Liberal Party — 38.5 149Democratic Party CL 29.2 97Others and independents — 15.0 22Kuwait (October 1992)Government supporters — ... 19Fundamental opposition r ... 19Liberal opposition — ... 12Kyrgyzstan (February-April 1995)Legislative Assembly — — 35Laos (December 1992)Government Party K ... 85 (79)Latvia (October 1995)People's Movement for Latvia ERp 15.1 16 —Fatherland and Freedom ERe 11.6 14 (6)National Conservative Party Re 6.2 8 (15)Farmer's Union and allies CR 6.1 8 (18)Latvia's Way C 14.7 17 (36)Saimnieks ("In Charge") CL 15.3 18 —National Harmony Party(pro-Russian) CL 5.6 6 (13)Unity Party K 7.2 8 —Others — 5.7 5 (12)Lebanon (August-October 1992)Christian members — ... 64Muslim/Druze members — ... 64Lesotho (March 1993)Basotho Congress Party — 74.8 65Basotho National Party — 22.7 0Transitional governmentfrom September 1995 — — —General People's Congress — — 750Liechtenstein (October 1993)Progressive Citizens' Party CR 41.3 11 (12)Fatherland Union C 50.1 13 (11)The Free List g 8.5 1 (2)Lithuania (October-November 1992)Christian Democrats and allies R 12.9 18Reform Movement (Sajudis) CR 21.7 29Social Democratic Party SD 6.2 8Democratic Labour Party x 45.1 74Others and independents — 14.1 14Luxembourg (June 1994)Christian Social People's Party CR 29.3 21 (22)Democratic Party C 11.6 12 (11)Socialist Workers' Party S 33.5 17 (18)Communist Party K 2.8 0 (1)Action Committee for Democracyand Justice — 7.1 5 (4)Green Alternative g 10.2 5 (4)Macedonia (October-November 1994)Alliance of Macedonia x ... 95Party of DemocraticProsperity (Albanian) e ... 10Others and independents — ... 15Madagascar (June 1993)Living Forces coalition — ... 75Others — ... 59Malawi (May 1994)United Democratic Front — 46.4 84 —Malawi Congress Party — 33.6 55 (136)Alliance for Democracy — 18.9 36 —Malaysia (April 1995)Islamic parties CR ... 13 (15)National Front coalition e 64.0 162 (127)Democratic Action Party — ... 9 (20)Others and independents — ... 8 (118)Maldives (December 1994)People's Council, no parties — ... 40Mali (February-March 1992)Alliance for Democracy in Mali — 48.4 76Others — 51.6 40Malta (February 1992)Nationalist Party R 51.8 34 (35)Labour Party SD 46.5 31 (34)Marshall Islands (November 1995)House of Representatives — — 33Mauritania (March 1992)Democratic and SocialRepublican Party R 85 67Others and independents — 15 12Mauritius (December 1995)Mauritian Socialist Movementand allied parties — 19.7 0Mauritian Militant Movement (59)Mauritian Labour Party andallied parties — 65.2 62 (3)Others — 15.1 0 —Mexico (August 1994)National Action Party (PAN) CR 24.0 119 (89)Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) C 48.6 300 (320)Democratic Revolutionary Party CL 16.2 69 (41)Labour Party L 2.6 12 (0)Others — 8.6 0 (50)Micronesia (March 1995)Congress, no parties — ... 14Moldova (February 1994)Popular Front alliance Re 7.5 9Peasants/Intellectuals bloc Ce 9.2 11Agrarian Democratic Party C-x 43.2 56Socialist/Unity bloc (Russian) xe 22.0 28Others — 18.1 0Monaco (January 1993)Campora list p ... 15Others p ... 3Mongolia (June 1992)People's Revolutionary Party x 56.9 71 (33)Others — 43.1 5 (20)Morocco (June-September 1993)Constitutional Union CR ... 54 (83)National Democratic Party CR ... 24 (24)Berber parties CRe ... 76 (47)National Assembly ofIndependents C ... 41 (61)Democratic Bloc CL-EL ... 120 (85)Others and independents — ... 18 (6)Mozambique (October 1994)Mozambique LiberationFront (Frelimo) x 44.3 129 (250)Mozambique NationalResistance (Renamo) — 37.8 112Democratic Union — 5.2 9Military governmentsince September 1988 — — —Namibia (December 1994)Democratic Turnhalle Alliance C 20.8 15 (21)South West Africa People'sOrganization (SWAPO) L 73.9 53 (41)Others — 5.3 4 (10)Nauru (November 1995)Parliament p — 18 (18)Nepal (November 1994)National Democratic parties R 17.9 20 (4)Nepali Congress Party C 33.4 83 (110)Communist parties L 30.9 88 (82)Others and independents — 17.8 14 (9)Netherlands, The (May 1994)Christian Democratic Appeal CR 22.2 34 (54)People's Party for Freedomand Democracy CR 19.9 31 (22)Democrats 66 CL 15.5 24 (12)Labour Party SD 24.0 37 (49)Green Left Lg 3.5 5 (6)General Union of the Elderly — 4.5 6 —Others — 10.4 13 (7)New Zealand (November 1993)New Zealand First — 8.4 2 —National Party CR 35.0 50 (67)Labour Party CL 34.7 45 (29)The Alliance (coalition) CL 18.2 2 (1)Nicaragua (February 1990)National Opposition Union CR 54.7 51Sandinista National Liberation Front L 40.8 39Others — 4.5 2Niger (January 1995)Government Coalition — 49.5 40 (50)National Movement for a DevelopingSociety (former single party) — 32.3 29 (29)Others — 18.2 14 (4)Military government since 1993 — — —Norway (September 1993)Progress Party R 6.3 10 (22)Conservative Party R 16.9 28 (37)Christian People's Party CR 7.9 13 (14)Centre Party CR 16.8 32 (11)Labour Party SD 37.0 67 (63)Socialist Left S 7.9 13 (17)Others — 7.2 2 (1)Consultative Council (advisory body) — — —Pakistan (October 1993)Religious parties Rr ... 10 (6)Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) — 41.0 73Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo) — ... 6 (105)Pakistan People's Party CL 38.0 86 (45)Mohajir Qaumi Movement e (Boycotted) (15)Other and independents — ... 26 (30)Palau (November 1992)House of Delegates — — 14Panama (May 1994)Democratic Revolutionary Partyand allies — ... 31 (12)Others — ... 41 (55)Papua New Guinea (June 1992)United Party (Pangu Pati) p ... 22 (26)People's Democratic Movement p ... 15 (18)Others p ... 40 (41)Independents — ... 31 (21)Paraguay (May 1993)Colorado Party R 43.0 38 (48)Authentic Radical Liberal Party CL 35.1 33 (19)National Encounter coalition — 17.1 9 —Others — 4.8 0 (5)Peru (April 1995)Popular Christian Party R 3.1 3 (8)Popular Action CR 3.3 4 —Change 90-New Majority p 52.1 67 (44)Union for Peru p 14.0 17 —Independent Moralizing Front — 4.9 6 (7)American Popular RevolutionaryAlliance CL 6.5 8 —Others — 16.1 15 (21)Philippines (May 1995)National People's Coalition R 9.3 23 (48)Liberal Party C 1.2 7 (15)People Power-National Unionof Christian Democrats p 50.0 142 (51)Democratic Filipino Struggle — 9.7 21 (87)Others and independents — 29.8 10 (0)Poland (September 1993)Confederation for anIndependent Poland R 5.8 22 (46)Non-Party Bloc to Support Reform R 5.4 16 —Democratic Union CL 10.6 74 (62)Labour Union L 7.3 41 (4)Democratic Left Alliance x 20.4 171 (60)Polish Peasant Party x 15.4 132 (48)German minority organizations e 0.5 4 (7)Others — 34.6 0 (233)Portugal (October 1995)Popular Party R 9.1 15 (5)Social Democratic Party CR 34.0 88 (135)Socialist Party CL 43.9 112 (72)Unified Democratic Coalition L-K 8.6 15 (17)Others — 4.4 0 (1)Consultative Council (advisory body) — — —Romania (September 1992)Romanian National Unity Party ERe 7.7 30Greater Romania e 3.9 16Democratic Convention of Romania CR 20.0 82Democratic National Salvation Front x 27.7 117National Salvation Front x 10.2 43Hungarian Democratic Union e 7.5 27Others — 23.0 13Russia (December 1995)Liberal Democratic Party ERe 11.2 51 (64)Congress of Russian Communities R/CLe 4.3 5 —Our Home is Russia CR 10.1 55 —Forward Russia! C 4.0 1 —Russia's Democratic Choice CL 3.9 9 (76)Yabloko (Bloc of Three) CL 6.9 45 (28)Women of Russia CL 4.6 3 (24)Communist Party L 22.3 157 (45)Agrarian Party L 3.8 20 (55)Power to the People Le 1.6 9 —Workers' Russia EL 4.5 1 (0)Other parties — ... 17 (137)Independents — ... 77 (21)Transitional governmentfrom July 1994 — — —Saint Kitts and Nevis (July 1995)People's Action Movement CL ... 1 (4)Nevis Reformation Party CL ... 1 (1)St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party L ... 7 (4)Concerned Citizens' Movement — ... 2 (2)Saint Lucia (April 1992)United Workers' Party C 54.9 11 (9)St. Lucia Labour Party CL 41.9 6 (8)Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (February 1994)New Democratic Party C 54.6 12 (15)St. Vincent Labour Party SD 26.0 2 (0)Movement for National Unity L 17.3 1 (0)San Marino (May 1993)Christian Democrats CR 41.4 26 (27)Socialist Party S 23.7 14 (7)Progressive Democratic Party x 18.6 11 (18)Popular Democratic Alliance — 7.7 4 —Other parties — 8.6 5 (8)São Tomé and Príncipe (October 1994)Party of DemocraticConvergence C 17 14 (33)Movement for Liberationof São Tomé and Príncipe L 43 27 (21)Independent Democratic Action — 26 14 —Others — 4 0 (1)Consultative Council (advisory body) — — —Senegal (May 1993)Socialist Party SD 56.6 84 (103)Senegalese Democratic Party — 30.2 27 (17)Let Us Unite Senegal EL 4.9 3 —Other parties — 8.3 6 —Seychelles (July 1993)People's Progressive Front L 57.5 28 (23)Others — 42.5 5 —Military governmentsince May 1992 — — —Singapore (August 1991)People's Action Party CR 61 77 (80)Democratic Party CL 12 3 (1)Workers' Party L 14 1 (0)Slovakia (September-October 1994)Slovak National Party Re 5.4 9 (15)Movement for a DemocraticSlovakia CR 35.0 61 (74)Democratic Union C 8.6 15 —Christian Democratic Movement CL 10.1 17 (18)Common Choice coalition CL-x 10.4 18 (29)Hungarian minority coalition e 10.2 17 (14)Others — 20.3 13 (0)Slovenia (December 1992)Slovenian National Party ER 10.2 12Slovenian People's Party R 8.7 10Christian Democrats CR 14.5 15Associated List coalition — 13.6 14Democratic Party C 5.1 6Liberal Democratic Party CL 23.5 22Social Democratic Party SD 3.3 4Greens of Slovenia g 3.7 5Others — 17.4 0Solomon Islands (May 1993)Government Alliance p ... 24Opposition party p ... 23No government since 1991 — — —South Africa (April 1994)Freedom Front ER 2.2 9National Party CR 20.4 82Inkatha Freedom Party e 10.5 43Democratic Party C 1.7 7African National Congress CL 62.7 252Pan-Africanist Congress EL 1.2 5Others — 1.3 2Spain (June 1993)Popular Party R 34.8 141 (107)Democratic and Social Centre C 1.7 0 (14)Basque Nationalist Party Ce 1.2 5 (5)Canary Islands coalition Ce 0.9 4 —Convergence and Union (Catalan) CLe 5.0 17 (18)Socialist Workers' Party S 38.7 159 (175)United Left L-K 9.6 18 (17)Herri Batasuna (Basque radicals) ELe 0.9 2 (4)Others — 7.2 4 (10)Sri Lanka (August 1994)United National Party CR 44.0 94 (125)People's Alliance CL 48.9 105Others and independents — 3.6 14 (86)Sri Lanka Muslim Congress r 1.8 7 (4)Tamil United Liberation Front e 1.7 5 (10)Sudan, TheTransitional governmentsince February 1992 — — —Suriname (May 1991)National Democratic Party — 21.8 12 (3)Front for Democracy and Development(four-party coalition) — 54.2 30 (42)Democratic Alternative '91 — 16.7 9 —Swaziland (September-October 1993)House of Assembly, no parties — — 55Sweden (September 1994)New Democracy R 1.2 0 (24)Christian Democrats R 4.1 15 (27)Moderate Coalition Party CR 22.4 80 (80)Centre Party CR 7.7 27 (31)Liberal People's Party C 7.2 26 (33)Social Democrats S 45.3 161 (138)Left Party x 6.2 22 (16)Greens g 5.0 18 (0)Switzerland (October 1995)Swiss People's Party R 14.9 29 (25)Christian Democrats CR 17.0 34 (36)Liberal Party CR 2.7 7 (10)Radical Democrats C 20.2 45 (44)Social Democrats SD 21.8 54 (42)Green Party g 5.0 9 (14)Freedom Party — 4.0 7 (8)Others — 14.4 15 (21)Syria (August 1994)Ba'th Party and allies — ... 167 (166)Independents — ... 83 (84)Taiwan (December 1995)New Party (pro-unification) R 12.9 21 —Nationalist (Kuomintang) — 46.1 85 (96)Democratic ProgressiveParty (pro-independence) — 33.2 54 (50)Others and independents — 7.8 4 (15)Tajikistan (February-March 1995)Communist Party K ... 60Others and independents — ... 119Western/Islamic parties (Banned)Tanzania (October-November 1995)Civic United Front — ... 24 —NCCR-Mageuzi — ... 16 —Revolutionary Party of Tanzania S ... 186 (216)Others — ... 6 —Thailand (July 1995)Government coalition:Thai Nation — ... 92 (77)New Aspiration Party — ... 57 (51)Righteous Force — ... 23 (47)Social Action Party — ... 22 (22)Others — ... 39 (7)Opposition:Democrat Party — ... 86 (79)National Development Party — ... 53 (60)Others — ... 19 (17)Togo (February 1994)Rally of the Togolese People(former single party) — ... 35Action Committee for Renewal — ... 34Union for Democracy — ... 6Others — ... 3Tonga (February 1993)Pro-Democracy Movement — ... 6 (6)Others — ... 3 (3)Trinidad and Tobago (November 1995)People's National Movement C 50 17 (21)National Alliance for Reconstruction C ... 2 (2)United National Congress — 45 17 (13)Tunisia (March 1994)Government party CL 97.7 144 (141)Others — 2.3 19 (0)Turkey (December 1995)Nationalist Action Party ER 8.2 0Welfare (Refah) Party Rr 21.4 158 (62)True Path Party CR 19.2 135 (178)Motherland Party CR 19.7 132 (115)Democratic Left Party CL 14.6 76 (7)Republican People's Party CL 10.7 49 —Other leftist CL-L ... 0 (88)Turkmenistan (December 1994)Democratic Party ofTurkmenistan x — 50Tuvalu (November 1993)Parliament, no parties — — 12Military regime from July 1985 — — —Ukraine (March 1994-December 1995)Extreme nationalist parties ERe ... 5Less extreme nationalist parties CRe ... 15Ukrainian Popular Movement (Rukh) Ce ... 21Centrist parties C ... 17Communist Party and allies K-EL ... 132Independents — ... 229Federal National Council(advisory body) — — —United Kingdom (April 1992)Democratic Unionists Re 0.3 3 (3)Conservative Party CR 41.9 336 (375)Liberal Democrats CL 17.9 20 (22)Labour Party L 34.4 271 (229)Scottish National Party e 1.9 3 (3)Plaid Cymru (Welsh Nationalists) e 0.5 4 (3)Ulster Unionists — 0.8 9 (9)Social Democratic and LabourParty (Northern Ireland) CLe 0.6 4 (3)Sinn Fein (Northern Ireland) ELe 0.2 0 (1)Others — 1.5 1 (2)United States (November 1994)Republican CR 52.4 230 (175)Democratic C 45.4 204 (259)Others — 2.2 1 (1)Uruguay (November 1994)National (Blanco) Party C 31.4 31 (39)Colorado Party C 32.5 32 (30)New Space CL 5.1 5 (9)Progressive Encounter L 30.8 31 —Broad Front L ... — (21)Uzbekistan (December 1994-January 1995)People's Democratic Partyand allies x 100.0 250Opposition parties (Banned)Vanuatu (November 1995)Union of Moderate Parties CR ... 17 (19)Vanuatu National United Party CR ... 9 (10)Unity Front coalition — ... 20 (16)Others and independents — ... 4 (1)Venezuela (December 1993)COPEI (Social Christians) CR-CL ... 54 (67)Democratic Action SD ... 55 (97)National Convergence —Movement to Socialism L ... 50 (18)The Radical Cause EL ... 40 (3)Others — ... 0 (16)Vietnam (July 1992)Vietnam Fatherland Front — ... 395Western Samoa (April 1991)Human Rights Protection Party — ... 30 (27)National Development Party — ... 14 (19)Independents — ... 3 (1)Yemen (April 1993)Yemeni Alliance for Reform Rr ... 62General People's Congress — ... 123Yemeni Socialist Party K ... 56Others and independents — ... 60Yugoslavia (December 1992)Serbian Radical Party Fe 24.4 34 (33)Serbian Democratic Movement C 18.7 20 —Democratic Party C 6.5 5 —Socialist Party of Serbia xe 34.2 47 (73)Democratic Party of Socialistsof Montenegro xe 3.0 17 (23)Democratic Community (Hungarian) e 2.4 3 (2)Others — 10.8 12 (6)Transitional governmentfrom April 1994 — — —Zambia (October 1991)Movement for MultipartyDemocracy — 75.8 125 —United National Independence — 24.2 25 (125)Zimbabwe (April 1995)Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front — 82.3 118 (117)Others and independents — 17.7 2 (3)
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