Here are two interesting facts:
- Althing, the parliament of Iceland, is the world’s oldest surviving parliament. It was founded way back in 930.
- The Tynwald, located on the Isle of Man, is known as the oldest continuous parliament in the world.
List of Countries and their Parliament Names
National Congress
Sl. No | Country | Parliament Name |
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1 | Bolivia | National Congress |
2 | Ecuador | National Congress |
3 | Brazil | National Congress |
4 | Argentina | National Congress |
Congress
Sl. No | Country | Parliament Name |
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1 | Libya | General People’s Congress |
2 | Colombia | Congress |
3 | USA | Congress |
4 | Philippines | The Congress |
National People’s Assembly
Sl. No | Country | Parliament Name |
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1 | Algeria | National People’s Assembly |
2 | Angola | National People’s Assembly |
3 | China | National People’s Assembly |
People’s Assembly
Sl. No | Country | Parliament Name |
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1 | Albania | People’s Assembly |
2 | Mozambique | People’s Assembly |
3 | Egypt | People’s Assembly |
National Assembly
Sl. No | Country | Parliament Name |
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1 | Austria | National Assembly |
2 | Belize | National Assembly |
3 | Chad | National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) |
4 | Botswana | National Assembly |
5 | France | National Assembly |
6 | Cambodia | National Assembly |
7 | Guyana | National Assembly |
8 | Hungary | National Assembly |
9 | Iraq | National Assembly |
10 | Jordan | National Assembly |
11 | South Korea | National Assembly |
12 | Vietnam | National Assembly |
13 | Zambia | National Assembly |
14 | Kuwait | National Assembly |
15 | Lebanon | National Assembly |
16 | Cameroon | National Assembly |
17 | Sudan | National Assembly |
18 | Belarus | National Assembly |
19 | Thailand | National Assembly |
20 | Bahrain | National Assembly |
21 | Zimbabwe | National Assembly |
General Assembly
Sl No | Country | Parliament Name |
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1 | Bahamas | General Assembly |
2 | Uruguay | General Assembly |
Majilis
Sl No | Country | Parliament Name |
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1 | Maldives | People’s Majlis |
2 | Kazakhstan | Mazhilis (Lower House) & Senate (Upper House) |
3 | Iran | Majilis |
4 | Azerbaijan | Melli Majlis |
5 | Uzbekistan | Oliy Majlis |
6 | Saudi Arabia | Majlis Al Shura |
7 | Brunei | Majlis Mesyuarat |
Parliament
Sl. No | Country | Parliament Name |
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1 | Australia | Federal Parliament |
2 | Bangladesh | Jatia Parliament |
3 | Canada | Parliament |
4 | South Africa | Parliament |
6 | Sri Lanka | Parliament |
6 | Great Britain | Parliament |
7 | New Zealand | Parliament (House Of Representative |
8 | Britain | Parliament (House Of Common’s And House Of Lords) |
9 | Papua New Guinea | National Parliament |
10 | Finland | Eduskusta (Parliament) |
Legislative Council and Senate
Sl No | Country | Parliament Name |
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1 | Comoros | Legislative Council And Senate |
2 | Costa Rice | Legislative Council And Senate |
Miscellaneous name of Parliament
Sl No | Country | Parliament Name |
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1 | Romania | Great National Assembly |
2 | Turkey | Grand National Assembly |
3 | Pakistan | National Assembly & Senate |
4 | Cuba | National Assembly Of People’s Power |
5 | East Timor | Constituent Assembly |
6 | El Salvador | Legislative Assembly |
7 | Indonesia | People’s Consultative Assembly |
8 | Laos | People’s Supreme Assembly |
9 | North Korea | Supreme People’s Assembly |
10 | Lesotho | National Assembly And Senate |
11 | Madagascar | National People’s Assembly |
12 | Montenegro | Federal Assembly |
13 | Afghanistan | Shora |
14 | Bhutan | Tsogdu |
15 | Bulgaria | Narodno Sobranie |
16 | Croatia | Hrvatski sabor |
17 | Denmark | Folketing |
18 | Fiji Islands | Senate & House Of Representative |
19 | Germany | Bundestag (Lower House) & Bundesrat (Upper House) |
20 | Greece | Chamber Of Deputies |
21 | Iceland | Althing |
22 | India | Sansad |
23 | Ireland | Oireachtas |
24 | Israel | The Knesset |
25 | Italy | Chamber Of Deputies And Senate |
26 | Japan | Diet |
27 | Latvia | Saeima |
28 | Lithuania | Seimas |
29 | Luxembourg | Chamber Of Deputies |
30 | Mongolia | Great People’s Khural |
31 | Myanmar (Burma) | Pyidaungsu Hluttaw |
32 | Nepal | Rashtriya Panchayat |
33 | Netherlands | States General (Staten-General) |
34 | Norway | Storting |
35 | Malaysia | Dewan Rakyat |
36 | Paraguay | Senate & Chamber Of Deputies |
37 | Poland | Sejm |
38 | Spain | Cortes Generales |
39 | Taiwan | Yuan |
40 | Andorra | General Council |
41 | Cyprus | House of Representative |
42 | Ethiopia | Federal Council and House of Representative |
43 | Russia | Duma & Federal Council |
44 | Congo Democratic | Rep. Of National Legislative Council |
45 | Sweden | Riksdag |
46 | Oman | Consultative Assembly |
47 | Liechtenstein | Landtag |
48 | Switzerland | Federal Assembly |
49 | Qatar | Consultative Assembly / Shura Council |
50 | UAE | al-Majlis al-Watani al-Ittihadi |