Electoral systems in Esquarium

This is a list of electoral systems in Esquarium.

Legislatures

For legislature system colors, see here.

Country	Body	System	Details	Seats per District	Total seats	Threshold
Ainin	House of Deputies	First past the post	n/a	n/a	451	n/a
	House of Censure	Partly election by electoral college or local legislatures and appointed by head of state	At-large districts correspond to each of the provinces. Provincial censors are nominated by the provincial legislatures and then appointed by the President of Ainin.	10-37	158	n/a
Aucuria	Saeimas	Party-list proportional representation	Constituency borders match provincial borders; d'Hondt method is utilized.	16-34	246	n/a
Katranjiev	National Assembly	Single transferable vote	Until 2017, Katranjiev used first past the post. However, since voting reform laws were passed in 2017, Katranjiev uses STV using the Hare quota.	3	300	n/a
Lecia	Royal Chamber	Party-list proportional representation	Registered citizens over the age of 21 are eligible to vote.	4-15	50	n/a
Montecara	Popular Assembly	No direct election	Every citizen of Montecara who is not a member of the Senate is a member of the Popular Assembly.	n/a	780,000 (approx.)	n/a
	Senate	Election by legislature	New senators are appointed by law, requiring the consent of the Popular Assembly and a majority of incumbent members of the Senate.	n/a	622	n/a
Senria	National Assembly	Mixed-member proportional representation	Seats are allocated by prefecture. 349 seats, divided between prefectures based on population, are filled using party-list proportional representation. Another 180 seats, divided between prefectures with each prefecture getting four seats, are awarded to the party that wins a plurality of votes in the prefecture.	4-15 (party list proportional representation seats) 4 ([term] seats)	529	n/a
Xiaodong	State Presidium	Mixed FPTP and SNTV	115 seats are elected via first-past-the-post, and 100 seats are elected via single non-transferable vote. SNTV seats are in 20 5-member electoral districts that correspond with prefecutal borders.	1 (FPTP seats) 5 (SNTV seats)	215	N/A

Ballots

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  Aucuria
  Saeimas ballot
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  Lecia
  Royal Chamber ballot

Heads of state

For heads of state system colors, see this. Only applicable if you elect your head of state.

Country	Body	System	Details
Ainin	President of Ainin	Election by legislature	Candidate nominated by the outgoing Speaker of the House of Deputies on the advice of the party leaders and confirmed by the incoming members of the House of Deputies and the outgoing members of the House of Censure.
Aucuria	President of Aucuria	Two-round system	Only citizens registered as voters are eligible to vote. If there is no candidate that reaches 50% on the first round, a second round is organized, with the candidates from the first round who garnered more than 12.5% of the vote participating.
Template:Country data Jabar	Premier of Jabar	Confirmation in referendum	A single candidate is nominated by the Majlis of the Jamahiriya every five years and subject to a referendum which asks voters to approve of the candidate. If a candidate is rejected by the electorate the Majlis of the Jamahiriya convenes and decides on a new candidate.
Luziyca	President of Luziyca	Election by legislature	The party leader of the political party with the most seats in the House of Representatives in a general election year (either having plurality or a majority of seats) automatically becomes President of Luziyca for a term of four years. Prior to the development of a partisan system, the representatives elected a representative from amongst themselves, and while it still technically happens, they vote for their own leader.
Namor	President-General of Namor	Two-round system	Only citizens registered as voters are eligible to vote. If there is no candidate that reaches 50.01% or more on the first round, a second round is organized, with the two best candidates from the first round.
Template:Country data Saheil	President of Saheil	Election by legislature	The President is selected by the Parliament of Saheil, usually six months after the election of the Chamber of Deputies of Saheil. Usually, the President of the Senate and the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies will jointly nominate a candidate before the full house, who will usually be there to accept his or her nomination and deliver a short speech. Parliament is given time to debate the nomination in public. Usually, after fifteen minutes, the President of the Senate will order the doors shut and a thirty-minute voting will begin. The vote is done by secret ballot and the votes of individual members cannot be disclosed. After thirty minutes, the President of the Senate will tally up the votes and declare if the candidate has accumulated enough votes to become President. If the candidate has received enough votes, the President of the Senate orders the doors open and begins the inauguration. If the person does not have enough votes, individual members will nominate candidates.
Senria	Prime Minister of Senria	Election by legislature	The prime minister is nominated from the membership of and voted into office by the National Assembly.
Template:Country data Txotai	Head of State	Election by legislature	The Head of State is elected by the newly-elected Regional Assembly; the candidate with at least 44 votes wins.
Xiaodong	Chairperson of the State Presidium of Xiaodong	Election by legislature	Candidates are nominated by a quarter of presidium delegates (54) and unless running unopposed must reach a supermajoirty of 141 votes to be elected. If no candidate reaches 141 votes in the first round, a second vote is held where the threshold is lowered to a simple majority of 108 votes. If no candidate passes that threshold, the State Presidium must be dissolved and a new election be held to break the parliamentary deadlock.