The Constitution, adopted in January 2004, established an elected presidency and a bicameral National Assembly.

The Parliament of Jamaica is bicameral, consisting of the House of Representatives (Lower House) and the Senate (Upper House).

A new draft of the Constitution was written, which this time proposed the establishment of a bicameral form of government.

Before the Iranian Revolution, the legislature was bicameral, with the senate (upper house) half elected, half appointed by the Shah.

The Federal Assembly () is the name given to a formal joint session of the two houses of the bicameral Austrian Parliament, the National Council and the Federal Council.

Rather than tinkering, perhaps the EU should boldly create an American style bicameral system by turning the parliament into a House of Representatives and electing a Senate to replace the Council of Ministers, with two senators per member state.

At both ends of Lobby are the chambers of Rigsdagen, the former bicameral parliament the Folketing chamber is located at the far end and the Landsting located at the other (the far chamber has been the only one in use since the Folketing became the sole legislative assembly in 1953).

Positive aspects The Committee welcomes the meaningful political, legal and economic reforms on which the State party has embarked, and notes in particular the adoption of the National Action Charter in 2001, the promulgation of the amended Constitution and the creation of the Constitutional Court in 2002, as well as the establishment of a new bicameral parliament with an elected chamber of deputies.