Senate (Tengaria)

Senate Сенат Senatus
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	State Council Chamber of Deputies
History
Founded	November 14, 1868 (1868-11-14)
Structure
Seats	475 Senators 95 Councilors 380 Deputies
State Council political groups	Officially non-partisan Unofficial Groups:   Independent (54)   Patriotic Union (32)   Clergy (9)
Chamber of Deputies political groups	Officially non-partisan Unofficial Groups:   Patriotic Union (330)   Democratic Front (12)   Social Reform Front (5)   Independent (33)
Length of term	Lifetime (State Council) 6 Years (Deputies)
Elections
State Council voting system	Appointed
Chamber of Deputies voting system	First-past-the-post voting
Last election	August 16, 2018
Next election	August 16, 2024
Meeting place
Palace of the Senate, Lenovo

The Senate (Tengarian: Сенат or Senat, Solarian: Senatus), more commonly known as the Senate of Tengaria or the Tengarian Senate (Tengarian: Сенат на Тенгария or Senat na Tengariya), is the bicameral legislature of Tengaria. It is comprised of two houses, the State Council, appointed by the President for life-terms, and the popularly elected Chamber of Deputies.

The Senate claims descent from the Solarian Senate, which was preserved in various forms through the Empire of Arciluco, although over time its authority greatly declined and served. After the translation of the Imperial Power to Tengaria in the formulation of the Empire of Tengaria, the Imperial institution of the Senate was carried over to the Empire. For most of the Empire's history, it served largely a ceremonial and advisory role to the monarchs, until the Green Revolution of 1868 forced the monarchy to adopt certain democratic elements into its governance. The Senate was formally established as the Empire's legislature in 1868, for the first time formally adopting the division in houses and becoming a set institution. It further changed during the establishment of the Tengarian Republic, and was greatly involved in the poltical crisis of the 1940s and 50s. After the Tengarian Civil War, the Senate was again reformed by Simeon Kovachev into the current institution.

The Senate is notable for being an explicitly non-partisan legislature, and differs from many other national legislatures in that political parties are formally banned, with the notable exception of organisations such as the Patriotic Union, which itself does not claim to the be a political party. Despite the Patriotic Union and a few other political movements having its members in the legislature, as there are no parties there is no official majority government nor official establishment of a working majority. The building which the Senate meets in, the Palace of the Senate, is one of Tengaria's most famous structures, and is a prominent landmark in the capital city of Lenovo.

Historical Composition of the Chamber of Deputies

Imperial Era

SLP

PP

TNVP

KP

VS

Independent

I-V (1868-1898)

200

VI (1898-1904)

45

125

35

VII (1904-1910)

5

30

45

110

10

VIII (1910-1916)

5

30

45

110

10

IX (1916-1922)

5

30

45

110

10

X (1922-1928)

5

30

5

30

110

10

XI (1928-1930)

5

30

5

30

110

10

Tengarian Republic

TSMR

ZRS

NF

SP

RP

PP

ZS

TNP

AKA

EDP

TNVP

VS

FNS

Independent

XIII (1935–1940)

1

44

164

1

1

1

21

93

33

9

XIV (1940–1945)

1

44

164

1

1

1

1

21

21

93

33

1

9

XV (1945–1950)

1

44

164

1

1

1

1

21

21

93

33

1

9

XVI (1950–1955)

1

44

164

1

1

1

1

21

93

33

9

XVII (1955–1957)

1

209

1

1

21

93

33

9