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Table II A. Central European States
| Country | Districts | ||||||||||
| Election Year | Chamber Structure | Chamber Names | Number | Type | Size | Total Seats | Vote Method | Electoral Threshold | |||
| Poland | |||||||||||
| 1989 | Bicameral | Sejm | 108 | MM | 2 to 5 | 425 | Maj | N/A | |||
| 1 | NL | 35 | 35 | Maj | N/A | ||||||
| Total Seats | 460 | ||||||||||
| Senat | 49 | MM | 2 to 3 | 100 | Maj | N/A | |||||
| 1991 | Sejm | 37 | MM | 7 to 17 | 391 | PR | N/A | ||||
| 1 | NL | 69 | 69 | PR | 5% | ||||||
| Total Seats | 460 | ||||||||||
| Senat | 49 | MM | 2 to 3 | 100 | Plur | N/A | |||||
| 1993 | Sejm | 37 | MM | 3 to 17 | 391 | PR | 5% | ||||
| 1 | NL | 69 | 69 | PR | 7% | ||||||
| Total Seats | 460 | ||||||||||
| Senat | 49 | MM | 2 to 3 | 100 | Plur | N/A | |||||
| 1997 | Sejm | 52 | MM | 3 to 17 | 391 | PR | 5% | ||||
| 1 | NL | 69 | 69 | PR | 7% | ||||||
| Total Seats | 460 | ||||||||||
| Senat | 49 | MM | 2 to 3 | 100 | Plur | N/A | |||||
| Czech Republic | |||||||||||
| 1990 | Unicameral | Chamber of Deputies | 8 | MM | 8 to 32 | 200 | PR | 5% | |||
| & 1992 | |||||||||||
| 1996 | Bicameral | Chamber of Deputies | 8 | MM | 8 to 32 | 200 | PR | 5% | |||
| &1998 | Senate | 81 | SM | 1 | 81 | Maj | N/A | ||||
| Slovak Republic | |||||||||||
| 1990 | Unicameral | National Council | 4 | MM | 12 to 50 | 150 | PR | 3% | |||
| 1992 | National Council | 4 | MM | 12 to 50 | 150 | PR | 5% | ||||
| & 1994 | |||||||||||
| 1998 | National Council | 1 | MM | 150 | 150 | PR | 5% | ||||
| Hungary | |||||||||||
| 1990 | Unicameral | National Assembly | 176 | SM | 1 | 176 | Maj | N/A | |||
| 20 | MM | 4 to 28 | 152 | PR | 4% | ||||||
| 1 | NL | 58 | 58 | PR | 4% | ||||||
| Total Seats | 386 | ||||||||||
| 1994 | National Assembly | 176 | SM | 1 | 176 | Maj | N/A | ||||
| &1998 | 20 | MM | 4 to 28 | 152 | PR | 5% | |||||
| 1 | NL | 58 | 58 | PR | 5% | ||||||
| Total Seats | 386 | ||||||||||
Legend
Districts: MM = Multi-Member, SM = Single Member, NL = National List
Vote Method: PR = Proportional Representation, Maj = Majority, Plur = Plurality
Sources
Inter-Parliamentary Union, "PARLINE Database," at http://www.ipu.org
K. Jasiewicz, "Elections and Political Change," in White, Batt and Lewis, eds., Developments in East European Politics (1993)
D. Olson, "Compartmentalized Competition," The Journal of Politics, vol55 no2 1993
Parliament of the Czech Republic, at http://www.psp.cz
Parliament of Hungary, at http://www.mkogy.hu
Parliament of the Republic of Poland, at http://www.sejm.gov.pl and at http://www.senat.gov.pl