Legislative Branch
The Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro (Skupština Srbije i Crne Gore) had 126 members elected for a four year term, 91 in Serbia and 35 in Montenegro. The first parliament was elected 25 February 2003 by the members of the old federal and the republican parliaments. Mandates were divided among parties and coalitions in proportion to the number of their benches in Serbia's and Montenegro's parliaments. Every time one of the parliaments was re-elected, the composition changes.
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