Vinalian Parliament

Vinalian Parliament
Сенат Союзу (Senat Soyuzu)
Leadership
President	Ersnt Rupold, Conservative Party
Minister-President	Omelyan Pavlov, Unionist Party
Structure
Seats	222
Length of term	2 years
Elections
Voting system	closed list Proportional representation
Last election	18 January 2020
Next election	18 January 2022
Meeting place
Vinalian Parliment Vinalinsk
Website
VNP.gov.VN

Vinalia is a federal, parlimentary, representative republic. Made up of the two constituent states of North and South Vinalia. Federal legislative power is vested on the Vinalian Parliament made up of the Senate of the Union (Upper House), and the House of the People (Lower House). The Senate picks the President, while the House picks the Minister-President

The multilateral system has, since 1993, been dominated by the Unionist Party, Conservative Party, and Workers Party,. The judiciary of Vinalia is independent of the executive and the legislature, while it is common for leading members of the executive to be members of the legislature as well. The political system is laid out in the 1993 constitution, the Tsyvilʹne Pravo (Civil Law), has been mantained since the year 1993, as established in the Treaty of Vinalian Reunification (TVR).

Electoral Process

Voters elect using the closed list Proportional representation method, each province/federal district is slotted at the minimum one seat, with seats being added in relation to the province/district with the smallest population (currently the province of Juyu Ruwach South with 134,600 people). The largest province by population and seats is that of Red Bay with 43 seats followed by Vevetsia with 35 seats. For a party to seat a member in that province/district they must gain a necessary % of votes with parties in Juyu Ruwach South only requiring 51% of the vote to win a seat, while in Red Bay for every 2.33% of the vote won a candidate is seated. Elections are held every two years, with seats being assigned every 10 years following a census (the Federal district of Vinalinsk had a census performed in 2019, adding two more seats into the district.) Elections are by law held on the 18th of January with members taking their seats the 20th.

Elections for the Senate are similar to House elections with the exception that all provinces/districts elect 3 members regardless of population, a 33% of the vote is required for a party to sit a member, although this is hard to achieve. As with the house, the party with the largest % of the vote gets seated, if the vote is split and the threshold can not be reached. This has lead to some calls to reform the body.

Senate of the Union

Senate of the Union
Сенат Союзу (Senat Soyuzu)
Type
Type	Upper House of the Vinalian Senate
Leadership
President	Ersnt Rupold, Conservative Party
Speaker of the Senate	Omelyan Pavlov, Unionist Party
Structure
Seats	39
Political groups	Government (32)   Unionist Party (14)   Workers Party (10)   Conservative Party (8) Opposition (7)   Freedom Party (5)   Nationalist Party (1)   Green Party (1)
Length of term	2 years
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Last election	18 January 2020
Next election	18 January 2022
Meeting place
East Wing of the Vinalian Parliament Vinalinsk
Website
VSU.gov.VN

The Senate of the Union, or just the Senate is the upper house of the Vinalian Parliament and is made up of 39 members, 3 per province/district regardless of population. The senate's main role is in passing legislation and electing the president, Which by law may not be from the same constituent state as the Minister-President. Currently Ersnt Rupold (Northerner) of the Conservative Party is the president of the Senate and has been since 2008. The Senate is meant to create an equal playing field for both of the constituents, as all provinces and districts are represented equally regardless of population.

The Senate meets in the East Wing of the Vinalian Parliament, and requires that all it's members previously serve a term as members of the House before joining the Senate. The leader of the Senate, the President is elected alongside a speaker, unlike with the House. The Speaker of the Senate is not the leader of the chamber, the post is given to those understood to be Vice-President or the Minister-President if they're a member of the Senate, currently the post is held by current Minister-President Omelyan Pavlov of the Unionist Party.

2020 Elections

The 2020 Elections saw the Unionist Party control over the Senate maintained with further Conservative losses to the Unionist, and the Freedom Parties, as it has struggled to deal with separation of the Freedom Party.

	Party	Position	Party leader(s)	Seats	Status
	Unionist Party Юніоністична партія (Yunionistychna Partiya)	Vinalian Unionism	Omelyan Pavlov	14 / 39	In government
	Workers Party Робітнича партія (Robitnycha Partiya)	Left	Artur Vsevolodovych	10 / 39	In government
	Conservative Party Консервативна партія (Konservatyvna Partiya)	Centre-Right	Ersnt Rupold	8 / 39	In government

House of the People

blah blah, The Minister-President is elected by the House, but they're not necessarily the leader of the chamber as is the case with the Senate where the leader is the President. Leadership of the House falls to the Speaker of the House, currently Rayisa Bohdanivna of the Unionist Party is the Speaker. Ulyana Hryhorivna was the last Minister-President to also be Speaker of the House.

2020 Elections

House of the People
Будинок народу (Budynok Narodu)
Type
Type	Lower House of the Vinalian House
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Rayisa Bohdanivna, Unionist Party
Vice President	Petro Voloshchuk, Workers Party
Structure
Seats	183
Political groups	Government (134)   Unionist Party (69)   Workers Party (37)   Conservative Party (28) Opposition (49)   Freedom Party (25)   Nationlist Party (11)   Green Party (8)   Red Party (5)
Length of term	2 years
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Last election	18 January 2020
Next election	18 January 2022
Meeting place
West Wing of the Vinalian Parliment Vinalinsk
Website
VHP.fov.VN