National Assembly of Carloso

National Assembly of Carloso Asamblea Nacional de Cárloso
43rd National Assembly of Carloso
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	National Assembly
Leadership
Presiding Officer	James R. Moran (PO) since 11 February 2011
Officer pro tempore	Tomás Ocanas (NS) since 23 January 2017
President	Cárlos Tobón (NS) since 11 February 2011
Leader of the Opposition	Ferdinand Casares (Con) since 11 February 2011
Structure
Seats	859 430 (or 429 plus the Presiding Officer) for a majority
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) Presiding Officer (1)   James R. Moran (1)
Elections
Voting system	Single transferable vote with elimination transfers only (STV-ETO)
Last election	11 November 2015
Next election	11 November 2020
Meeting place
Monrentera Palace, 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.

A member of the National Assembly is called a National Assemblyman (NA). The term National Assemblywoman can be used if the individual is female.

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.

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 46 16 2 67
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