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Parliamentary term (years)	Number of countries
0 - 3	8
4	72
5	99
6	4

Excluding 3 parliaments where all chambers are suspended

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Country	Chamber	Parliamentary term (years)
Afghanistan	House of the People (Suspended)	5
Albania	Parliament	4
Algeria	National People's Assembly	5
Andorra	General Council	4
Angola	National Assembly	5
Antigua and Barbuda	House of Representatives	5
Argentina	Chamber of Deputies	4
Armenia	National Assembly	5
Australia	House of Representatives	3
Austria	National Council	5
Azerbaijan	National Assembly	5
Bahamas	House of Assembly	5
Bahrain	Council of Representatives	4
Bangladesh	Parliament	5
Barbados	House of Assembly	5
Belarus	House of Representatives	5
Belgium	House of Representatives	5
Belize	House of Representatives	5
Benin	National Assembly	4
Bhutan	National Assembly	5
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Chamber of Deputies	5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	House of Representatives	4
Botswana	National Assembly	5
Brazil	Chamber of Deputies	4
Brunei Darussalam	Legislative Council	5
Bulgaria	National Assembly	4
Burkina Faso	Transitional Legislative Assembly	No information available
Burundi	National Assembly	5
Cabo Verde	National Assembly	5
Cambodia	National Assembly	5
Cameroon	National Assembly	5
Canada	House of Commons	4
Central African Republic	National Assembly	5
Chad	Transitional National Council	No information available
Chile	Chamber of Deputies	4
China	National People's Congress	5
Colombia	House of Representatives	4
Comoros	Assembly of the Union	5
Congo	National Assembly	5
Costa Rica	Legislative Assembly	4
Croatia	Croatian Parliament	4
Cuba	National Assembly of the People's Power	5
Cyprus	House of Representatives	5
Czechia	Chamber of Deputies	4
Côte d'Ivoire	National Assembly	5
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Supreme People's Assembly	5
Democratic Republic of the Congo	National Assembly	5
Denmark	The Danish Parliament	4
Djibouti	National Assembly	5
Dominica	House of Assembly	5
Dominican Republic	Chamber of Deputies	4
Ecuador	National Assembly	4
Egypt	House of Representatives	5
El Salvador	Legislative Assembly	3
Equatorial Guinea	Chamber of Deputies	5
Eritrea	National Assembly	4
Estonia	The Estonian Parliament	4
Eswatini	House of Assembly	5
Ethiopia	House of Peoples' Representatives	5
Fiji	Parliament	4
Finland	Parliament	4
France	National Assembly	5
Gabon	Transitional National Assembly	No information available
Gambia (The)	National Assembly	5
Georgia	Parliament	4
Germany	German Bundestag	4
Ghana	Parliament	4
Greece	Hellenic Parliament	4
Grenada	House of Representatives	5
Guatemala	Congress of the Republic	4
Guinea	Transitional National Council	No information available
Guinea-Bissau	People's National Assembly	4
Guyana	National Assembly	5
Haiti	Chamber of Deputies	4
Honduras	National Congress	4
Hungary	National Assembly	4
Iceland	Parliament	4
India	House of the People	5
Indonesia	House of Representatives	5
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Islamic Parliament of Iran	4
Iraq	Council of Representatives of Iraq	4
Ireland	House of Representatives	5
Israel	Parliament	4
Italy	Chamber of Deputies	5
Jamaica	House of Representatives	5
Japan	House of Representatives	4
Jordan	House of Representatives	4
Kazakhstan	House of Representatives	5
Kenya	National Assembly	5
Kiribati	House of Assembly	4
Kuwait	National Assembly	4
Kyrgyzstan	Supreme Council	5
Lao People's Democratic Republic	National Assembly	5
Latvia	Parliament	4
Lebanon	National Assembly	4
Lesotho	National Assembly	5
Liberia	House of Representatives	6
Libya	House of Representatives	No information available
Liechtenstein	Diet	4
Lithuania	Parliament	4
Luxembourg	Chamber of Deputies	5
Madagascar	National Assembly	5
Malawi	National Assembly	5
Malaysia	House of Representatives	5
Maldives	People's Majlis	5
Mali	Transitional National Council	No information available
Malta	House of Representatives	5
Marshall Islands	Parliament	4
Mauritania	National Assembly	5
Mauritius	National Assembly	5
Mexico	Chamber of Deputies	3
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Congress	2
Monaco	National Council	5
Mongolia	State Great Hural	4
Montenegro	Parliament	4
Morocco	House of Representatives	5
Mozambique	Assembly of the Republic	5
Myanmar	House of Representatives (Suspended)	5
Namibia	National Assembly	5
Nauru	Parliament	3
Nepal	House of Representatives	5
Netherlands	House of Representatives	4
New Zealand	House of Representatives	3
Nicaragua	National Assembly	5
Niger	National Assembly	5
Nigeria	House of Representatives	4
North Macedonia	Assembly of the Republic	4
Norway	Parliament	4
Oman	Shura Council	4
Pakistan	National Assembly	5
Palau	House of Delegates	4
Panama	National Assembly	5
Papua New Guinea	National Parliament	5
Paraguay	Chamber of Deputies	5
Peru	Congress of the Republic	5
Philippines	House of Representatives	3
Poland	Sejm	4
Portugal	Assembly of the Republic	4
Qatar	Shura Council	4
Republic of Korea	National Assembly	4
Republic of Moldova	Parliament	4
Romania	Chamber of Deputies	4
Russian Federation	State Duma	5
Rwanda	Chamber of Deputies	5
Saint Kitts and Nevis	National Assembly	5
Saint Lucia	House of Assembly	5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	House of Assembly	5
Samoa	Legislative Assembly	5
San Marino	Great and General Council	5
Sao Tome and Principe	National Assembly	4
Saudi Arabia	Shura Council	4
Senegal	National Assembly	5
Serbia	National Assembly	4
Seychelles	National Assembly	5
Sierra Leone	Parliament	5
Singapore	Parliament	5
Slovakia	National Council	4
Slovenia	National Assembly	4
Solomon Islands	National Parliament	4
Somalia	House of the People	5
South Africa	National Assembly	5
South Sudan	Transitional National Legislative Assembly	No information available
Spain	Congress of Deputies	4
Sri Lanka	Parliament	6
Sudan	National Assembly (Suspended)	5
Suriname	National Assembly	5
Sweden	Parliament	4
Switzerland	National Council	4
Syrian Arab Republic	People's Assembly	4
Tajikistan	House of Representatives	5
Thailand	House of Representatives	4
Timor-Leste	National Parliament	5
Togo	National Assembly	6
Tonga	Legislative Assembly	4
Trinidad and Tobago	House of Representatives	5
Tunisia	Assembly of People's Representatives	5
Turkmenistan	Assembly	5
Tuvalu	Parliament of Tuvalu	4
Türkiye	Grand National Assembly of Türkiye	5
Uganda	Parliament	5
Ukraine	Parliament	5
United Arab Emirates	Federal National Council	4
United Kingdom	House of Commons	5
United Republic of Tanzania	National Assembly	5
United States of America	House of Representatives	2
Uruguay	House of Representatives	5
Uzbekistan	Legislative Chamber	5
Vanuatu	Parliament	4
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	National Assembly	5
Viet Nam	National Assembly	5
Yemen	House of Representatives	6
Zambia	National Assembly	5
Zimbabwe	National Assembly	5