Parliament of Sel Appa

Parliament of Sel Appa Parlement du Sel Appa
5th Parliament (2020)
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	2005
Preceded by	House of Earls
Leadership
Chancellor	François Tourmont, Liberal since 2010
Leader of the Opposition	Kristina Leno, DSU since 2010
Structure
Seats	351
Political groups	Government (146)   Liberal (125)   Green (21) Opposition (138)   DSU (119)   Independent Liberals (31)   Monarchist (3) Vacant   Vacant (67)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
First election	2005
Last election	2020
Next election	On or before 2025
Meeting place
Parliament Building

The Parliament of Sel Appa (French: Parlement du Sel Appa) is the national legislature of Sel Appa, seated at the Parliament Building in Nemnenait.

History

The Parliament of Sel Appa was founded in 2005 after the end of the John Alexander dictatorship. It essentially replaced the House of Earls during the monarchy period.

Membership

Parliament has 351 representatives, ten for every province, and one for the capital. However, they are elected from national proportional lists.

Elections

Originally, elections were scheduled to be held every seven years. However, after the new constitution was passed in 2010, this was changed to five years, unless Parliament is dissolved early. Parties are voted for on national lists based on proportional representation.

After an election, the sitting Chancellor presides over the new Parliament, even if they are not a member. Typically, parties have pre-opening agreements to form a coalition government. If they have been unable to do so by the Opening of Parliament, the Chancellor gavels out, and the party delegations return to their respective chambers. Each party leader appoints a number of deputies to negotiate a coalition with other parties. Once a sufficient number of parties sign pre-coalition agreements, a coalition can be formed. If a majority is obtained, they form the Government. The largest party in the minority leads the Opposition. It is permissible to have a minority government supported by a party not in the coalition agreement.

Current composition

The Liberal Party initially elected 156 representatives, however 31 were expelled by party leader Tourmont after voting against him at a no confidence vote. They subsequently formed a bloc known as Independent Liberals and sat in Opposition. After the Russians voted for independence in 2022, their representatives were rarely present and would abstain during votes. In 2023, the Communist Party voted to joined DSU. In 2024, when the Russian region became independent, their seats were declared vacant and with Russkiy Golosa defunct, the seats could not be filled. Thus, Parliament only had 284 members for the rest of the term.

colspan="2" Party	Ideology	Leader	Seats	Elected in 2020
Liberal	Center	François Tourmont	125	156
DSU	Left	Kristina Leno	104	90
Independent Liberals	Center		31	0
Green	Center	Mackenzie Tate	21	21
Monarchist	Right	Reginald Patrick	3	3
Vacant	-	-	67	0

Historical composition

Notes: For the 2010 election, the Communist Party rebranded as the Authoritarian Socialist Party, the Socialist Party became Democratic Socialists United (DemSoc United or DSU), and the Nationalist Party became the Monarchist Party. For the 2011 election, the AutSocs reverted back to Communist. The Fizroe National Party was founded in 2024 and is not a direct successor to the Monarchist Party, however they are led and supported by largely the same people, and thus have been combined here. Additionally, the Reconstitution Party is not a direct successor to the Conservative Party and is a splinter from the Liberal Party, however they have largely similar ideologies, and thus have been combined here.

Bold indicates a general election. Italics indicates party status changes during a term.