Shahee Sansad
Shahee Sansasd शाही संसद | |
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22nd Shahee Sansad | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | 5 years, renewable |
History | |
Founded | October 17, 1946 |
Preceded by | Satria Etrurianan Colonial Administration |
New session started | September 15, 2020 |
Leadership | |
Krishan VII since April 1984 | |
Speaker | Devki Modhwadia1 since September 2015 |
Leader of the House | Mahadaji Randhawa, RRP since August 2016 |
Leader of the Opposition | |
Shadow Leader of the House | Prem Dalavi, CP since January 2021 |
Structure | |
Political groups | |
Committees | See Shahee Sansad Committees |
Joint committees | Committee of the House |
Length of term | 5 years |
Authority | Monarch, Constitution |
Elections | |
Mixture of first-past-the-post elections and royal appointments | |
First election | 1946 |
Last election | 2020 |
Next election | 2025 |
Motto | |
"Sadbhaav mein, Satyanishtha se" Transl.: In Concord, With Integrity | |
Meeting place | |
The Sansad Bhavan, Government Hill, Kinadica | |
Chamber of the Shahee Sansad | |
Constitution | |
Constitution of the Kingdom of Rajyaghar Standing Orders of the Shahee Sansad | |
Footnotes | |
1 = Required by Standing Orders |
The Parliament of Rajyaghar, officially called and commonly referred to as the Shahee Sansad, is the federal and supreme legislature of the Kingdom of Rajyaghar. A unicameral legislature, the Shahee Sansad is made up of a mixture of elected and appointed individuals who are known as Members of Parliament (MPs). As the head of all branches of the government, the Monarch has the exclusive power to summon, prorogue and dissolve the Shahee Sansad but by convention this is only done following the Monarch taking advice from the Prime Minister.
The Shahee Sansad, and wider rajyani government, is modelled off of the Northabbey model in which the executive government (the Central Union Government) finds its members from within the legislature (the Shahee Sansad). Whilst the Monarch is the one to appoint the Prime Minister, by convention, the political party or coalition that holds a majority of seats in the Shahee Sansad, will nominate its leader to be the Prime Minister and will choose from amongst itself members who will serve in the Central Union Government. Due to the government of the day being required to have the support of a majority in the Shahee Sansad, it is not unusual for their to be early elections if they lose this support.
Of the 450 Members of Parliament, 260 are directly elected by the Rajyani electorate voting in single-member districts in a first-past-the-post system. 78 MPs are appointed by the Monarch on the advice given by an independent advisory board and an additional 112 are appointed based on their positions as heads of the 112 registered Clans of Rajyaghar. Due to this makeup, Rajyaghar is often considered a southern democracy or flawed democracy.
The Parliament meets at the Sansad Bhavan in Government Hill, Kinadica.