The remaining 43 are indirectly elected from five lists covering various social groups and professions.

ECONOMIST: The House of Lords

Another three were indirectly elected by members of neighborhood councils.

CNN: The Shift of Power

One was to reduce the number of elected representatives in the lower house of parliament from 70 to 38, with the number of nominated and indirectly elected members in the upper house to be increased from 35 to 67.

ECONOMIST: Kirgizstan

Some 16, 000 candidates will contest the elections to Parliament's lower house, the Lok Sabha. (The members of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house, are indirectly elected by state assemblies or appointed by the president.) In addition, about 17, 000 candidates will simultaneously contest the elections to the six state legislatures.

CNN: IRST, PRIME MINISTER P.V.