A Parliament is the center of any democracy, government. Each country has its own parliament. Here is list of Different countries with their parliament names.

Parliament Names of All countries

According to United Nations there are a total of 195 countries in the world. 193 countries are members are United Nations. Other two countries are non member observer states . These two countries are Holy See and The State of Palestine.

In the World each and every state have its parliament. Here are the names of the parliament of the countries in a group of continents like Asia, Europe, Africa, North America and South America.

Indian Parliament

The Parliament of Indian is Bhartiya Sansad. The Indian Parliament have two house – Upper House ( Rajya Sabha) and Lower House ( Lok Sabha) .

Parliament Names of Asian Countries

There are a total of 48 countries in Asia . The name of parliament of all the countries of Asia are mentioned in table below:

Country Name [ Asian Country ]	Parliament Name	Type of Government
India	Bharatiya Sansad [ Rajya Sabha ] [ Lok Sabha ]	Bicameral
China	National People’s Congress	Unicameral
Indonesia	People’s Consultative Assembly	Bicameral
Pakistan	Pakistan Consultative Assembly [ Senate ] [ National Assembly ]	Bicameral
Bangladesh	Jatiya Sangsad (Bengali) House of Nation (English)	Unicameral
Japan	Diet Kokkai [ in Japanese ]	Bicameral
Philippines	The Congress of the Philippines	Bicameral
Vietnam	National Assembly	Unicameral
Turkey	Grand National Assembly	Unicameral
Iran	Islamic Consultative Assembly ( Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī )	Unicameral
Thailand	National Assembly ( Ratthasapha )	Bicameral
Myanmar	Assembly of Union (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw )	Bicameral
South Korea	National Assembly ( Daehanminguk Gukhoe )	Unicameral
Iraq	Council of Representatives ( Majlis an-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy )	Unicameral
Afghanistan	Wolesi Jirga House of People	Bicameral
Uzbekistan	The Oliy Majlis
Saudi Arabia	Majlis al-Shura, or Consultative Council	Unicameral
Yemen	Majlis al-Nuwaab ( lower house ) Shura Council ( the upper house )	—
North Korea	Supreme People’s Assembly	Unicameral
Kazakhstan	Parliament Respubliki Kazakhstan	Bicameral
Cambodia	Parliament of Cambodia (Khmer ) – Senate and National Assembly	Bicameral
Jordan	Majlis Al-Umma ( Jordanian Parliament )	Bicameral
Azerbaijan	Milli Mejlis (National Assembly)	Unicameral
Tajikistan	Majlisi namoyandagon Majlisi Oli (Supreme Assembly )	Bicameral
Israel	The Knesset	Unicameral
Laos	National Assembly	Unicameral
Lebanon	Lebanese Parliament ( Chambre des députés )	Unicameral
United Arab Emirates	Federal National Council	Quasi-parliamentary body
Syria	People’s Assembly	Unicameral
Sri Lanka	Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	Unicameral
Nepal	Federal Parliament of Nepal	Bicameral
Malaysia	Dewan Negara [ Upper House ] Dewan Rakyat [ Lower House ]	Bicameral
Kyrgyzstan	The Supreme Council	Unicameral
Singapore	Parliament of Singapore	Unicameral
Turkmenistan	The National Council	Bicameral
Oman	The Council of Oman	Bicameral
Kuwait	The National Assembly ( Majlis al-ʾUmma al-Kuwaytiyy )	Unicameral
State of Palestine	The Palestinian National Council ( Palestinian Legislative Council )	Unicameral
Georgia	Parliament of Georgia	Unicameral
Mongolia	The State Great Khural	Unicameral
Armenia	The National Assembly	Unicameral
Bahrain	National Assembly	Bicameral
Timor-Leste	National Parliament	Unicameral
Cyprus	The House of Representatives	Unicameral
Bhutan	The National Council [ Upper house ] The National Assembly [ Lower House ]	Bicameral
Maldives	The People’s Majlis	Unicameral
Brunei	Jabatan Majlis-Majlis Mesyuarat.	Unicameral

India : The Parliament of India is known as Bhartiya Sansad or simply Sansad. In India, Sansad is the supreme legislative body . India has a bicameral legislature. There are two houses in the Indian parliament system namely – Rajya Sabha and Lower Sabha. The Indian legislature has a total of 788 members in which 245 members are of Rajya Sabha and 543 member of Lok Sabha. The Indian Parliament is located in New Delhi.

Bhutan : Bhutan is the neighbouring country of India. Bhutan also have a bicameral legislature . There are two houses in the parliament of Bhutan namely – The National Council [ Upper house ] and The National Assembly [ Lower House ]. The Bhutan legislature has a total of 72 members in which 25 members are from National Council and 47 members are from The National Assembly. The Bhutan Parliament is located in Thimpu.

Sri Lanka : The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the supreme legislative body of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has a unicameral legislature. It consists of 225 members . The parliament of Sri Lanka is located in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka

China : The Parliament of China is known as National People’s Congress. In China, National People’s Congress is the supreme legislative body. China has a unicameral Legislature. Chinese parliament have 2980 members .It is the largest legislative body in the world.

Japan : The parliament of Japan is known as Diet. Japan have bicameral legislatures. It have House of Representatives [ Lower house ] and House of Councillors [ Upper House ] . The National Diet have 710 members seat in which 245 are for House of Councillors and 465 are for House of Representatives.

South Korea : The parliament of South Korea is known as ” National Assembly”. It is a unicameral legislature. It is the supreme legislative body in South Korea. The National Assembly of South Korea have 300 members seats.

Pakistan : The parliament of Pakistan is known as “Pakistan Consultative Assembly
” . It is supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is bicameral legislature. The Pakistan Consultative Assembly comprises of the Senate and National Assembly. Then Pakistan Consultative Assembly consists of a total 442 members seats in which 100 members are from the Senate and 342 members seats from National Assembly.

Israel : The parliament of Israel is known as “The Knesset”. The Knesset is the supreme legislative body in Israel. Israel have a unicameral legislature. There are a total of 120 members seats in th Knesset.

Bangladesh : The parliament of Bangladesh is known as “Jatiya Sangsad” or “House of Nation”. The Jatiya Sangsad is the highest legislative body in Bangladesh. It is a unicameral legislature. The Jatiya Sangsad have a total of 350 members seats.

United Arab Emirates : The parliament of United Arab Emirates in known as ” Federal National Council”. It is an advisory quasi-parliamentary body in United Arab Emirates. It is a unicameral legislature. There are a total of 40 seats in the Federal National Council of United Arab Emirates.

Bahrain : The parliament of Bahrain is known as ” National Assembly”. It is the bicameral legislature. The national Assembly of Bahrain comprises of Council of Representative [ Lower House ] and Consultative Council [ Upper House] .There are a total of 80 members seats in National Assembly of Bahrain in which 40 members are from each of the house( lower and upper house )

Parliament Names of European Countries

According to the United Nations, there are a total of 44 countries in the Europe continent. The full list is shown below with the parliament name of each European countries.

Country Name [ Asian Country ]	Parliament Name	Type of Government
Russia	Federation Assembly [ Federation Council ] [ State Duma ]	Bicameral
Germany	The Bundestag [ Lower House ] Bundesrat [ Upper House ]	—
United Kigdom	House of Lords & House of Commons	Bicameral
France	Senate and National Assembly	Bicameral
Italy	Senate of the Republic and Chamber of Deputies	Bicameral
Ukraine	Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine or Rada	Unicameral
Spain	Cortes Generales [ Senate and Congress of Deputies ]	Bicameral
Poland	Senate [ Upper House ] Sejm [ Lower House ]	Bicameral
Romania	Senate and Chamber of Disputes	Bicameral
Netherlands	States General	Bicameral
Belgium	Federal Parliament of Belgium	Bicameral
Czech Republic	Senate and Chamber of Deputies	Bicameral
Greece	Hellenic Parliament	Unicameral
Portugal	National Assembly	Unicameral
Sweden	Riksdag	Unicameral
Hungary	National Assembly	Unicameral
Belarus	National Assembly	Bicameral
Austria	National Council and Federal Council	Bicameral
Serbia	National Assembly	Unicameral
Switzerland	Federal Assembly	Bicameral
Bulgaria	National Assembly	Unicameral
Finland	Parliament of Finland ( Finlands riksdag )	Unicameral
Slovakia	National Council of the Slovak Republic	Unicameral
Ireland	Oireachtas	Bicameral
Croatia	Sabor	Unicameral
Moldova	Parliament of the Republic of Moldova	Unicameral
Bosnia and Herzegovina	House of Peoples [ Upper house ] House of Representative [ Lower House ]	Bicameral
Albania	Kuvendi	Unicameral
Lithuania	Seimas	Unicameral
North Macedonia	Sobranie	Unicameral
Slovenia	National Assembly and National Council	Bicameral
Latvia	Saeima	Unicameral
Estonia	Riigikogu	Unicameral
Montenegro	Parliament of Montenegro	Unicameral
Luxembourg	Chamber of Deputies	Unicameral
Malta	Parliament of Malta	Unicameral
Iceland	Alþingi ( Althingi or Althing )	Unicameral
Andorra	General Council	Unicameral
Monaco	National Council	Unicameral
Liechtenstein	Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein	Unicameral
San Marino	Grand and General Council	Unicameral

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