Electoral systems in Esquarium

This is a list of electoral systems in Esquarium.

Legislatures

For legislature system colors, see here.

Country	Body	System	Details	Seats per District	Total seats	Threshold
Ainin	House of Deputies	First past the post	n/a	1	451	n/a
	House of Censure	Partly election by electoral college or local legislatures and appointed by head of state	At-large districts correspond to each of the provinces. Provincial censors are nominated by the provincial legislatures and then appointed by the President of Ainin.	10-37	158	n/a
Aucuria	Saeimas	Party-list proportional representation	Constituency borders match provincial borders; d'Hondt method is utilized.	16-34	246	n/a
Katranjiev	National Assembly	Single transferable vote	Until 2017, Katranjiev used first past the post. However, since voting reform laws were passed in 2017, Katranjiev uses STV using the Hare quota.	3	300	n/a
Lecia	Royal Chamber	Party-list proportional representation	Registered citizens over the age of 21 are eligible to vote.	4-15	50	n/a
Mespalia	General Assembly	Party-list proportional representation	Members are elected from 43 constituencies using open list proportional representation with D'Hondt method.	5-12	350	n/a
	Assembly of the Estates	No direct election	Members of the Assembly are ex officio clergy or members of the high nobility.	n/a	628	n/a
	National Assembly	Instant-runoff voting	500 of the 1325 members of the National Assembly are elected from single-member districts using IRV. Other members include members of the Assembly of the Estates and delegates from various professions and interest groups.	1	1325	n/a

Ballots

• AukBallot 2017.png

  Aucuria
  Saeimas ballot
• LecBallot 2016.png

  Lecia
  Royal Chamber ballot

Heads of state

For heads of state system colors, see here. Only applicable if you elect your head of state.

Country	Body	System	Details
Ainin	President of Ainin	Election by legislature	Candidate nominated by the outgoing Speaker of the House of Deputies on the advice of the party leaders and confirmed by the incoming members of the House of Deputies and the outgoing members of the House of Censure.
Aucuria	President of Aucuria	Two-round system	Only citizens registered as voters are eligible to vote. If there is no candidate that reaches 50% on the first round, a second round is organized, with the candidates from the first round who garnered more than 12.5% of the vote participating.
Mespalia	King of Mespalia	Election by electoral college	The King is elected by the National Assembly.
Senria	Prime Minister of Senria	Election by legislature	The prime minister is nominated from the membership of and voted into office by the National Assembly.
Xiaodong	Chairperson of the State Presidium of Xiaodong	Election by legislature	Candidates are nominated by a quarter of presidium delegates (54) and unless running unopposed must reach a supermajoirty of 141 votes to be elected. If no candidate reaches 141 votes in the first round, a second vote is held where the threshold is lowered to a simple majority of 108 votes. If no candidate passes that threshold, the State Presidium must be dissolved and a new election be held to break the parliamentary deadlock.