National Congress of Champania

National Congress of Champania Congres naçonal de Champanha
Coat of Arms of Champania
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	12 October 1937 (1937-10-12)
Preceded by	Senat
Leadership
Chairperson	Chantal Alamant, RS
Deputy Chairperson	Raolf Tolosa, PSOC
Deputy Chairperson	Galiana Monagut, PNL
Structure
Seats	400
Political groups	Government (208):   Champanois Socialist Workers' Party (PSOC) 107   Socialist Renewal (RS) 91   Party of the New Left (PNL) 10 Independents (27):   Kasavrine Interests (IK) 10   Independents: 10   Miersan Interests (IM) 6   Lemovician Interests (IL) 1 Opposition (165)   National People's Front (FNP) 100 seats   Movement of the Party of the Prolartariat (MPP) 28   National Labor Confederation (CNT) 20   Greens (LV) 17
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Open-list Party-list proportional representation
Last election	12 February, 2018
Next election	14 February, 2022
Meeting place
National Congress Complex, Brigançon, Champania

The National Congress of Champania (Aurengian Congres naçonal de Champanha) is the unicameral legislature of the Socialist Republic of Champania. It is composed of 400 seats that are elected every four years through direct voting. Seats are allocated using D'Hondt apportionment for party representation, and local representatives can be elected ad infinitum. Because of a cultivated imperative mandate, voters may choose to remove their elected representatives through the process of a recall election which can occur at any point during the election cycle.

The National Congress is considered to be the supreme governing body of Champania, and its primary function of the National Congress is to change the country's laws and to amend the constitution. To amend the constitution, the National Convention must achieve a majority of the entire membership, or 300 votes, in favor in order for it to be passed. In addition to these key powers, the constitution grants the National Congress extensive legislative powers and substantial control over the budget, the right to authorize the government to raise taxes and grant loans, the power to ratify treaties and other kinds of international agreements, and the duty to approve or reject decisions taken by the premier and the Generalitat. Legislation to the National Congress can be initiated through two parties: the Generalitat can propose pieces of legislation or non-Independent members of the National Congress can introduce legislation.

400 seats are up for election every four years, barring the dissolution of the National Congress before the next election. Seats that underwent a recall election where the incumbent lost are exempt from general elections and are elected four years from the date of the recall election. Candidates are appointed by the local party organization and seats for the voting districts are determined using D'Hondt apportionment. The premier has the ability to dissolve the National Congress unilaterally, however, this is rarely done and is instead a consensus decision by the Generalitat. General elections are held on the second Monday of February.

Elections

Elections for the National Congress are held on the second Monday of February. The Premier of Champania has the ability to call for early elections unilaterally, although more often than not it is a consensus of the Generalitat itself. 400 seats are up for direct election every four years.

There is no electoral threshold to get a seat in parliament. This results in a large number of parties being represented nationally. Not including minority interest parties, which are guaranteed at least one seat, 10 other parties won at least one seat in the 2018 general election. The lack of a threshold and large amount of open seats in the National Congress means parties rarely ever win an outright majority, and as such, coalition governments of upwards of three parties.

Every citizen who is or will be at least 16-years-old on the date of the election is allowed to vote in general elections. There is no requirement to register to vote and citizens must only show a valid form of I.D to vote in general elections. Additionally, any Champanois citizen at least 18-years-old, and is not an active-serving member of the Champanois military, may stand as a candidate for the National Congress. These candidates must be endorsed by a sufficient number of voters through support cards in order to be placed on the ballot and stand for election.

For general elections, the country is divided into 15 electoral districts. The allocated number of representatives given to each district is proportional to its population. Provincial party offices appoint an election board to oversee and organize the election.

Groups

Because of the number of political parties that can be represented at any one time in the National Congress, it is not uncommon for parties to operate in parliamentary groups. Groups allows parties, especially smaller parties, access to rights as part of a caucus. Parliamentary groups are not set in stone and are considered to mostly be informal and fluid in their composition.

Current parliamentary groups for the 2018 legislative period are:

Group	Parties		Party Seats	Total Seats
Solidaritat (S)		Champanois Socialist Workers' Party	107	107
Novèu corrent (NV)		Socialist Renewal	91	101
		Party of the New Left	10
Avangardia de la Revoluçon (AR)		National People's Front	100	158
		Movement of the Party of the Proletariat	28
		National Labor Confederation	20
Grup de los interèssos minoritats (GIM)		Kasavrine Interests	10	17
		Miersan Interests	6
		Lemovician Interests	1
Grup congreçonal de lo vaerd (V)		Los vaerds	17	17