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Table IIC. Baltic States
| Country | Districts | ||||||||||
| Election Year | Chamber Structure | Chamber Names | Number | Type | Size | Total Seats | Vote Method | Electoral Threshold | |||
| Estonia | |||||||||||
| 1990 | Unicameral | Supreme Council | 11 | SM | 8 to 11 | 105 | STV | N/A | |||
| 1992, 1995 | Unicameral | State Assembly | 11 | MM | 8 to 11 | 101 | PR | 5% | |||
| & 1999 | |||||||||||
| Latvia | |||||||||||
| 1990 | Unicameral | Supreme Council | 201 | SM | 1 | 201 | Maj | N/A | |||
| 1993 | Unicameral | Saeima | 5 | MM | 14 to 27 | 100 | PR | 4% | |||
| 1995 | Unicameral | Saeima | 5 | MM | 14 to 27 | 100 | PR | 5% | |||
| & 1999 | |||||||||||
| Lithuania | |||||||||||
| 1990 | Unicameral | Supreme Soviet | 141 | SM | 1 | 141 | Maj | N/A | |||
| 1992 | Unicameral | Seimas | 71 | SM | 1 | 71 | Maj | N/A | |||
| & 1996 | 1 | NL | 70 | 70 | PR | 4% | |||||
| Total Seats | 141 | ||||||||||
Legend
Districts: MM = Multi-Member, SM = Single Member, NL = National List
Vote Method: PR = Proportional Representation, Maj = Majority, STV = Single Transferable Vote
Sources
Estonian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, at http://www.vm.ee
Inter-Parliamentary Union, "PARLINE Datatbase," at http://www.ipu.org
K. Jasiewicz, "Elections and Political Change," in White, Batt and Lewis, eds.,
Developments in East European Politics (1993)
Latvian Saeima, at http://www.saeima.lanet.lv