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Country Chamber Number of ordinary sessions of parliament per year
Afghanistan
House of the People (Suspended) Two
Albania Parliament Two
Algeria National People's Assembly Two
Andorra General Council Two
Angola National Assembly Other
Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives Other
Argentina Chamber of Deputies Other
Armenia National Assembly Two
Australia House of Representatives Three
Austria National Council One
Azerbaijan National Assembly Other
Bahamas House of Assembly No information available
Bahrain Council of Representatives One
Bangladesh Parliament Five
Barbados House of Assembly No information available
Belarus House of Representatives One
Belgium House of Representatives One
Belize House of Representatives One
Benin National Assembly Two
Bhutan National Assembly Two
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Chamber of Deputies Other
Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives Other
Botswana National Assembly Three
Brazil Chamber of Deputies One
Brunei Darussalam Legislative Council One
Bulgaria National Assembly Three
Burkina Faso Transitional Legislative Assembly Two
Burundi National Assembly Three
Cabo Verde National Assembly Other
Cambodia National Assembly Two
Cameroon National Assembly Three
Canada House of Commons Other
Central African Republic National Assembly No information available
Chad Transitional National Council Two
Chile Chamber of Deputies Other
China National People's Congress One
Colombia House of Representatives Two
Comoros Assembly of the Union Two
Congo National Assembly Three
Costa Rica Legislative Assembly Two
Croatia Croatian Parliament One
Cuba National Assembly of the People's Power Two
Cyprus House of Representatives One
Czechia Chamber of Deputies Other
Côte d'Ivoire National Assembly One
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Supreme People's Assembly No information available
Democratic Republic of the Congo National Assembly Two
Denmark The Danish Parliament One
Djibouti National Assembly Two
Dominica House of Assembly One
Dominican Republic Chamber of Deputies Other
Ecuador National Assembly Two
Egypt House of Representatives One
El Salvador Legislative Assembly Other
Equatorial Guinea Chamber of Deputies Two
Eritrea National Assembly No information available
Estonia The Estonian Parliament Two
Eswatini House of Assembly One
Ethiopia House of Peoples' Representatives No information available
Fiji Parliament Other
Finland Parliament One
France National Assembly One
Gabon Transitional National Assembly Two
Gambia (The) National Assembly Four
Georgia Parliament Two
Germany German Bundestag Other
Ghana Parliament Three
Greece Hellenic Parliament One
Grenada House of Representatives Other
Guatemala Congress of the Republic Other
Guinea Transitional National Council Two
Guinea-Bissau People's National Assembly Four
Guyana National Assembly No information available
Haiti Chamber of Deputies Two
Honduras National Congress One
Hungary National Assembly Two
Iceland Parliament One
India House of the People Three
Indonesia House of Representatives Four
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Islamic Parliament of Iran Other
Iraq Council of Representatives of Iraq Other
Ireland House of Representatives Three
Israel Parliament Two
Italy Chamber of Deputies Other
Jamaica House of Representatives Other
Japan House of Representatives One
Jordan House of Representatives One
Kazakhstan House of Representatives One
Kenya National Assembly One
Kiribati House of Assembly Three
Kuwait National Assembly Other
Kyrgyzstan Supreme Council One
Lao People's Democratic Republic National Assembly Two
Latvia Parliament Three
Lebanon National Assembly Two
Lesotho National Assembly Other
Liberia House of Representatives One
Libya House of Representatives Other
Liechtenstein Diet Other
Lithuania Parliament Two
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies One
Madagascar National Assembly Two
Malawi National Assembly Two
Malaysia House of Representatives Three
Maldives People's Majlis Three
Mali Transitional National Council Two
Malta House of Representatives One
Marshall Islands Parliament One
Mauritania National Assembly Two
Mauritius National Assembly Other
Mexico Chamber of Deputies Two
Micronesia (Federated States of) Congress Three
Monaco National Council Two
Mongolia State Great Hural Two
Montenegro Parliament Two
Morocco House of Representatives Two
Mozambique Assembly of the Republic Two
Myanmar
House of Representatives (Suspended) Three
Namibia National Assembly Two
Nauru Parliament Other
Nepal House of Representatives Two
Netherlands House of Representatives Other
New Zealand House of Representatives One
Nicaragua National Assembly Four
Niger National Assembly Two
Nigeria House of Representatives One
North Macedonia Assembly of the Republic Other
Norway Parliament One
Oman Shura Council Other
Pakistan National Assembly Three
Palau House of Delegates Four
Panama National Assembly Two
Papua New Guinea National Parliament Four
Paraguay Chamber of Deputies Other
Peru Congress of the Republic Other
Philippines House of Representatives Three
Poland Sejm Other
Portugal Assembly of the Republic One
Qatar Shura Council One
Republic of Korea National Assembly One
Republic of Moldova Parliament Two
Romania Chamber of Deputies Two
Russian Federation State Duma Two
Rwanda Chamber of Deputies Three
Saint Kitts and Nevis National Assembly No information available
Saint Lucia House of Assembly No information available
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines House of Assembly One
Samoa Legislative Assembly No information available
San Marino Great and General Council Other
Sao Tome and Principe National Assembly Two
Saudi Arabia Shura Council No information available
Senegal National Assembly One
Serbia National Assembly Two
Seychelles National Assembly Three
Sierra Leone Parliament One
Singapore Parliament One
Slovakia National Council No information available
Slovenia National Assembly Other
Solomon Islands National Parliament Other
Somalia House of the People Two
South Africa National Assembly Four
South Sudan Transitional National Legislative Assembly No information available
Spain Congress of Deputies Two
Sri Lanka Parliament No information available
Sudan
National Assembly (Suspended) Three
Suriname National Assembly No information available
Sweden Parliament One
Switzerland National Council Four
Syrian Arab Republic People's Assembly No information available
Tajikistan House of Representatives One
Thailand House of Representatives Two
Timor-Leste National Parliament Other
Togo National Assembly Two
Tonga Legislative Assembly One
Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives One
Tunisia Assembly of People's Representatives One
Turkmenistan Assembly Two
Tuvalu Parliament of Tuvalu Three
Türkiye Grand National Assembly of Türkiye Two
Uganda Parliament Three
Ukraine Parliament Two
United Arab Emirates Federal National Council One
United Kingdom House of Commons One
United Republic of Tanzania National Assembly No information available
United States of America House of Representatives One
Uruguay House of Representatives Other
Uzbekistan Legislative Chamber One
Vanuatu Parliament Two
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) National Assembly Two
Viet Nam National Assembly Two
Yemen House of Representatives Two
Zambia National Assembly Three
Zimbabwe National Assembly One