Bundestag of Werania

Bundestag of Werania Bundestag der Ostischland
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Herrstag Volkstag
Leadership
Monarch	Charlotte II since 18 February 1987
President of the Herrstag	Klara Joachim, Nonpartisan since March 13 2012
Speaker of the Volkstag	Jakob Böckler, NKP since June 7 2019
Structure
Seats	232 (Herrstag) 545 (Volkstag)
Herrstag political groups	List   OSAI: 6 seats   Greens: 9 seats   SRPO: 59 seats   NNK: 10 seats   PMZ: 7 seats   Nonpartisan: 5 seats   SDT: 4 seats   NKP: 130 seats   DA: 2 seats
Volkstag political groups	List   OSAI: 22 seats   Greens: 80 seats   SRPO: 85 seats   AVP: 2 seats   NNK: 31 seats   PMZ: 32 seats   SDT: 9 seats   VP/AP: 1 seat   NKP: 244 seats   DA: 30 seats   OVFP: 9 seats
Elections
Herrstag voting system	FPTP/SNTV
Herrstag last election	2021
Volkstag last election	2019
Herrstag next election	2024
Volkstag next election	2023
Meeting place
Palace of Parliament, Westbrücken, Werania

The Bundestag of Werania (Weranian: Bundestag der Ostischland; Federal Diet) is the bicameral legislature of the Werania. It consists of an upper house known as the Herrstag (Lord's Chamber) and a lower house known as the Volkstag (People's Chamber) whilst the monarch presides over parliamentary proceedings. It retains parliamentary sovereignty over Werania, officially being the representative of the Weranian people. Members of the Herrstag are referred to as Peers whilst members of the Volkstag are known as the deputies.

The Bundestag took its current form in 1842 following the unification of Werania, being based on the former Reichstag of the Kingdom of Cislania. The Lord's Chamber was initially entirely hereditary or appointed by the monarch of Werania whilst members of the People's Chamber were elected in a first-past-the post system. In 1905 the government introduced proportional representation for the People's Chamber. In 1956 the People's Chamber voting system was changed again to a parallel system with a portion of the seats elected through FPTP and a portion through PR. The Lord's Chamber remained unreformed until 1991 when the government changed the composition of the Chamber to entirely elected.

Currently 245 members of the Volkstag are elected through single member districts and 300 through proportional representation whilst whilst all members of the Herrstag are elected via FPTP and SNTV in multi-member districts with half the members elected every six years to three year terms. The next Volkstag election is expected in 2023; the next Herrstag election is in 2024.