Council of Representatives of Neviersia

Council of Representatives of Neviersia Councille tes Réprésentatifs te Neviersýa
15th Parliament
Type
Type	Lower House of the Parliament of Neviersia
Term limits	5 years
Leadership
Speaker	John Alvier since 20th June 2009
President of the Council	Louise Jean-Pencier, Viersi Labour Party since 21st October 2013
President of the Opposition	Andrea Darnaviec, Viersi Labour Party since 1st May 2014
Prime Minister	Jabonne Melées, Viersi Labour Party since 1st January 2014
Structure
Seats	1000
Political groups	Viersi Labour Party: 240 seats   Conservative Unionist Party: 219 seats   Democratic Unionist Party: 150 seats   Liberal Democrats: 129 seats   Social Democratic and Unionist Party: 128 seats   The Greens of Neviersia: 127 seats   Further East Independence: 7 seats
Elections
Voting system	Two-Round System
Last election	Féderalité Elekciones, 20th March 2015
Next election	Féderalité Elekciones, 20th March 2020
Meeting place
Chamber of the Council of Representatives Neviersian Parliament Building Djurma, Washtuse, Neviersia

The Council of Representatives is the lower house of the Parliament of Neviersia.

Elections

Since its independence in 1981, the 1000 Members of Parliament (or MP for short) are elected by direct universal suffrage, with a two-round system in all of the 1000 constituencies, each having approximately 300,000 inhabitants. During the Ambelviersian years (from 1970 to 1981), first-past-the-post voting was used in order to elect members of the Council of Representatives, but when the Labour Party won 71% percent of all seats, people all over the country were beyond furious and protested, in cities such as Bolfayem and Djurma in the Neviersian area, and Warsaw and Vershava in the Ambelviserian area. As both countries separated in 1981, whilst still maintaining their strong diplomatic relations with one another, they both adopted a system which the respective people thought were fair enough. Modern-day Ambelviser uses instant-runoff voting, while Neviersia uses a two-round system. The General Elections are usually every five years on the 20th of March, but the President may choose to change this date if he or she chooses to.

Electoral process for the Council of Representatives

In the first round (colloquially known in media as the "Semifinals"), voters are required to choose who they want to become the Member of Parliament for their constituency. The voting closes after one day. The top two candidates in the results move forward to the next round. The second round (colloquially, "Finals") is a week after the first round, and voters are required to vote for either of the two candidates. The candidate which as a majority result will become the MP of their respective constituency. In 1981, months before Neviersia's independence in 1981, the government initially planned to have a three-round system, instead of consisting of two. However, this was scrapped in favour of the two round system.