National Assembly of Carloso

National Assembly of Carloso Asamblea Nacional de Cárloso
43rd National Assembly of Carloso
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	National Assembly
Structure
Seats	859
Political groups	Government (506)   National Salvation (506) Opposition (352)   Conservative Party (183)   Democratic Party (68)   Socialist Republicans (30)   Synarchist Union (24)   Communist Party (18)   Independent (29) Chairman (1)   James Moran (1)
Elections
Voting system	Single transferable vote with elimination transfers only
Last election	11 November 2015
Next election	11 November 2020
Meeting place
House of the National Assembly, Madrigal, Carloso

The National Assembly of Carloso (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional de Cárloso) is the unicameral legislature of Carloso. While its current form dates to the enactment of the new Constitution of Carloso in 1956, the National Assembly itself can be traced back to independence in 1581. Historically, the Carlosian Parliament was divided between the House of Commons and the House of Lords; later the National Assembly and Senate in the Republican period, however the 1956 constitution abolished the upper house and replaced them and with a unicameral National Assembly.

The last general election in Carloso was held in 2015. The next will be held in 2020.

Elections

Single transferable vote

The system of the single transferable vote with elimination transfers only (STV-ETO) often penalises parties who field popular candidates in a constituency, as if their votes exceed the quota and they are elected, any surplus votes beyond that quota cannot be redistributed to other candidates running under that party. This resulted in the largely three-party system (Conservative, Democratic, Socialist Republican) that dominated Carlosian politics up until relatively recently. There is a fierce tradition in Carlosian politics of transfer pacts and complex political strategy in almost every constituency. If a party wishes to run two candidates in a constituency, posters and other election literature will direct voters to vote for a particular candidate depending on their geographic location. As such, the strength and discipline of the grassroots are vital to electoral success.

Carloso uses the Hare quota method.

Note: In many cases, each party will run more than one candidate in each constituency. This example presumes that only one candidate has been put forward.

Candidate							Result
Count 1	50,000	25,000	20,000	15,000	5,000	4,500	Each candidate must get 33.33% of the vote to get elected. Here, the total votes is 120,000 so 40,000 votes is the quota. The National Salvation candidate is deemed elected as they have exceeded the quota on the first count. The Communist Party candidate is eliminated as they have the least number of votes. Their ballots are recounted and their votes are transferred to the second preference candidates as marked by the voter. Preferences are not transferred to elected or eliminated candidates but withheld for later on if their lower preferences go to candidates that are still eligible for a seat.
Count 2	50,000	25,000	20,500	18,000	5,000		The Synarchist Union candidate is eliminated and their votes are distributed to their second preference. The third preference votes of the Communist Party voters are also distributed.
Count 3	50,000	27,000	20,500	18,500			The Socialist Republicans candidate is eliminated and the votes are distributed to their second preference. The third preference votes of the Synarchist Union voters are also distributed, as are the fourth preference votes of the Communist Party supporters.
Count 4	50,000	30,500	32,500				As only two candidates and two seats are left, they are deemed elected despite not reaching the quota. In total, 17,000 votes were 'wasted' as the National Salvation candidate was 10,000 over the quota and 7,000 votes were left untransferred from eliminated candidates.

Composition

Party		Ideology	Position	Leader	Seats
	National Salvation	National conservatism	Right-wing	Cárlos Tobón	507 / 859
	Conservative Party	Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	Ferdinand Casares	183 / 859
	Democratic Party	Liberalism	Centre-left	Eric O'Neill	68 / 859
	Socialist Republicans	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	Maria Chambers	30 / 859
	Synarchist Union	Neo-fascism	Far-right	Damián Torrero	24 / 859
	Communist Party	Marxism-Leninism	Far-left	Thomas Bates	18 / 859
	Independent	N/A	N/A	N/A	29 / 859

NS   Con   Dem   SR   SU   Com   GA   PC   Ind
1995–2000	463 186 79 Every other party
2000–2005	302 293 126 52 29 14 7 36
2005–2010	349 255 95 79 41 40
2010–2015	423 122 87 77 26 18 106
2015–2020	507 183 68 30 24 18 29