Parliament of the Republic of Zhenia

Parliament of the Republic of Zhenia 진화민국의회
81st Parliament
Type
Type	Bicameral
Leadership
Speaker of the Sangseowon	Kim Junghun, Nationalist Party since 2018 general election
Speaker of the National Assembly	Jinhwan Park, Confederation of Neo-Republicanism since 2018 general election
Structure
Seats	170 Sangseowon Assemblymen, 900 Federal Representatives
Sangseowon political groups	Confederation of Neo-Republicanism: 60 seats   New Nationalist Party: 49 seats   Liberal Democratic Party: 20 seats   Liberty Future Party: 17 seats   People's Action Party: 16 seats   Zhenian Liberation Front: 4 seats   Other/Unaligned: 4 seats
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National Assembly political groups	Confederation of Neo-Republicanism: 363 seats   New Nationalist Party: 314 seats   Liberal Democratic Party: 66 seats   Liberty Future Party: 74 seats   People's Action Party: 42 seats   Zhenian Liberation Front: 13 seats   Other/Unaligned: 28 seats
Elections
Sangseowon voting system	Party-based proportional representation
Sangseowon last election	May 7, 2018
Meeting place
National Parliament Hall, Daedo
Website
www.parliament.gov.zhen

The Parliament of the Republic of Zhenia (Zhenian: 진화민국 의회), commonly the Parliament, is the bicameral legislative branch of Zhenia. Its existence and functions confirmed through the Constitution in 1909, its existence traces back well into the Empire of Zhenia when the first Imperial Parliament was held. The Parliament was reorganized into the Federal Parliament after the abdication of Emperor Saejo, with most of the structures remaining the same since then.

Members of the Sangseowon can serve a maximum of ten four-year terms as long as they are elected from their designated province-level parliamentary district, while the restriction is five four-year terms for representatives of the National Assembly. Parliamentary districts are designated through the cooperation between the federal, central government and the province-level governments in each region, keeping in mind data from the most recent census and the regulations regarding the populational representation of each district. Each province-level administrative area is eligible to send five senators to the Sangseowon, while the number of National Assembly representatives for each province is assigned in accordance to the parliamentary districts, the number of which ultimately dictated by the population of said province-level area. As of now, the age requirement for National Assembly representatives is 21 and 30 for Senators.

Organization

Sangseowon

Main article: Sangseowon

The Sangseowon (Zhenian: 상서원/上書院) is the upper house of the Parliament of the Republic of Zhenia, consisting of a total of 170 Sangseowon assemblymen. Each Sangseowon assemblymen is one of the five representatives from each province-level administrative area; each province-level administrative area is allocated a total of five Sangseowon assemblymen regardless of population. A Sangseowon representative serves five years for one term, while each election, in alternating order, is on for two or three Sangseowon assemblymen at a time.

National Assembly

Main article: National Assembly (Zhenia)