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 here. 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.
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.
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.