House of Representatives of Atmora

House of Representatives of Atmora Huis van Afgevaardigden van Atmora
54th parliament
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Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of Atmora
Leadership
House Speaker	Jurrian Grieshof, Volks Belang since 5 April 2091
Chancellor	Lysithea van Hresvelg, Conservative Party since 17 March 2091
Leader of the Official Opposition	Willem Goeseling, Liberal Party of Atmora since 17 March 2091
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons	Joeri Bloemendal, Conservative Party since 21 March 2091
Opposition House Leader	Florens Anderson, Liberal Party since 7 November 2075
Structure
Seats	528 MPs
Political groups	HM Government   Conservative (177)   Volksbelang (98) HM Loyal Opposition   Liberal (118) Other Parties   New Democratic (68)   Social Democratic (38)   Independents (29)
Salary	ƒ65,000 ($‭115,700‬)/per anum
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	4 November 2080
Next election	21 October 2085
Meeting place
Palace of the Nation, Parliament Hill, Katherinenburg
Website
www.parl.gov.at

The House of Representatives of Atmora (Iravian: Huis van Afgevaardigden van Atmora) is a component of the Parliament of Atmora, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Representatives chamber is located in the Centre Block of the parliament buildings on Parliament Hill in Alexandria.

The House is an elected body consisting of 1130 members known as Members of Parliament (MPs). Members are elected to represent constituencies by first-past-the-post and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved.

Seats in the House of Representatives are distributed roughly in proportion to the population of each state. However, some ridings are more populous than others, and the Atmoran constitution contains some special provisions regarding state representation. As a result, there is some interstate and regional malapportionment relative to population.

The House of Representatives was established in 1796, when the Anthold Constitution created foundation of the Atmoran Confederation, and was modelled on the Lieseltanian House of Commons. The lower of the two houses making up the parliament, the House of Representatives in practice holds far more power than the upper house, the Senate. Although the approval of both Houses is necessary for legislation, the Senate very rarely rejects bills passed by the commons (though the Senate does occasionally amend bills). Moreover, the Cabinet is responsible solely to the House of Representatives. The chancellor stays in office only as long as they retain the support, or "confidence", of the lower house.