Folkekammer

Parliament of Littland Folkekammeret (Littish) Izba Ludowa (Malskic)
History
Established	8 July 1913 (1913-07-08)
Preceded by	Landstinget, Kingdom of Littland
Leadership
Speaker	Inger Knudsen, Social Democratic Party
Deputy Speakers	David Askov, Christian Democratic League
	Lauritz Magnussen, Green Future
	Kristen Skjern, Freedom Party
	Henrik Linde, Peoples Collective
	Rene Purkær, Myltoft Movement
Prime Minister	Albert Simonsen, Christian Democratic League
Structure
Seats	325
Political groups	Government (166)   Christian Democratic League (102)   Freedom Party (64) Opposition (159)   Social Democratic Party (72)   Green Future (48)   Peoples Collective (23)   Myltoft Movement (16)
Committees	19 Employment Education Business and Trade Finance and Taxation Defence Development and Housing Energy and Utilities Enviornment and Climate Church Culture Food and Health Transport Social Affairs Research and Innovation Immigration Internal Affairs Foreign Affairs Legal Affairs
Length of term	4 years
Salary	30,995 Đ monthly
Elections
Voting system	Open list proportional representation with a 4% election threshold
First election	1 June 1913
Last election	18 November 2020
Next election	On or before 18 November 2024
Meeting place
Folkekammeret Tinghuset, Kaslund, Littland
Website
www.folkekammeret.li
Constitution
Constitution of Littland

The Folkekammer (Littish: /fol̠kɘkɑm̥ɑ/ , "Peoples Chamber") is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Littland. The Folkekammer has 325 seats and is elected every four years based on proportional representation. A member of the Folkekammer is known as a Folkekammermedlem, literally "member of the Folkekammer" which is often shortened to simply "MF".

The Folkekammer passes laws, approves the state budget and international treaties, and supervises the activities of the government. A motion of no confidence may force a single minister or the entire government to resign. The President has limited veto-power over legislation, although this can be overruled. The Folkekammer has 19 committees and is led by the Speaker as well as five Deputy Speakers from all represented parties.

Following the 2020 election, six parties are represented: the Christian Democratic League (102), the Social Democratic Party (73), the Freedom Party (64), Green Future (48), the Peoples Collective (23) and the Myltoft Movement (16).

History

Number of seats

The number of seats in the Folkekammer has varied over the years. Under the constitution from 1913, the Folkekammer had 225 seats which was increased to 325 with the current constitution from 1986.

Electoral System

The Folkekammers 325 members are elected on the basis of proportional representation. A standard electoral period is four years. Elections have previously taken two days, but they are now conducted during one day. Every Littish citizen who is at least 18 years of age on the date of the election has the right to vote. There is no voter registration in Littland and citizens receive an invitation to their local polling station in the mail. With few exceptions such as judges, active military personnel and the President, any voting age citizen may stand for candidate. All parties already in the Folkekammer are required to nominate candidates. Any party may be on the ballot for the election if they gather the amount of votes needed to get a single seat in the last election, which in 2022 is 40.073 signatures. Individual candidates need to gather half that number, at 20.036 signatures. 26 parties ran in the last election, although only 14 got over 50.000 votes.

Organization

Presidium

Position	Representative	Party
Speaker	Inger Knudsen	Social Democratic Party
First Deputy Speaker	David Askov	Christian Democratic League
Second Deputy Speaker	Lauritz Magnussen	Green Future
Third Deputy Speaker	Kristen Skjern	Freedom Party
Fourth Deputy Speaker	Henrik Linde	Peoples Collective
Fifth Deputy Speaker	Rene Purkær	Myltoft Movement

Committees

The Folkekammer has 19 committees. Each committee has permanent members for each term of the Folkekammer. On average, every member of parliament is also a member of a committee.

Committee
Legal Affairs Committee
Internal Affairs Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Employment Committee
Education Committee
Church Committee
Culture Committee
Food and Health Committee
Research and Innovation Committee
Social Affairs Committee
Transport Committee
Business and Trade Committee
Finance and Taxation Committee
Defence Committee
Development and Housing Committee
Enviornment and Climate Committee
Immigration Committee
Energy and Utilities Committee

Election results

Main article: 2020 Littish parliamentary election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic League	3,656,457	28.08	102	4
	Social Democratic Party	2,607,040	20.02	72	10
	Freedom Party	2,307,018	17.71	64	7
	Green Future	1,753,113	13.46	48	5
	Peoples Collective	833,905	6.40	23	11
	Myltoft Movement	585,324	4.49	16	New
	Progress Party	378,789	2.91	0	–
	The Liberals	165,720	1.27	0	–
	Workers Party	94,967	0.73	0	–
	True Democrats	83,950	0.64	0	–
	Farmers United	82,810	0.64	0	–
	Humanist Party	82,680	0.63	0	–
	Littish Justice Party	71,023	0.55	0	–
	Forward Feminists!	59,185	0.45	0	–
	Other parties	94,697	0.73	0	–
Total		13,023,976	100	325	0
Valid votes		13,023,976	98.73
Invalid/blank votes		167,298	1.26
Total votes cast		13,191,274	100
Registered voters/turnout		15,132,848	86.06

Historical compositions

Main article: List of political parties in Littland

PC   MM   GF   SDP   KDF   FP
2016 - 2020	34 53 83 98 57
2020 - 202X	23 16 48 73 102 64