Federal Parliament of Vonzumier

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Federal Parliament

Föderale Parlament
Seal of Vonzumier.png
Seal of Vonzumier
Type
Type
HousesSenate
House of Deputies
History
Founded10 June 1871
Preceded byNational Congress
Leadership
President of the Senate
Oskar Mannheim, Independent
since 9 January 2017
President of the House of Deputies
Fabian Vittel, Constitutionalist
since 15 July 2016
Chancellor of Vonzumier
Albert Brodmann, Constitutionalist
since 15 July 2016
Seats568 voting members
  • 91 senators
  • 477 deputies
House of Deputies political groups
Government (198)
  •   Constitutionalist (198)

Confidence and supply (57)

  •   Social Union (34)
  •   Alliance–21st (23)

Opposition (197)

  •   Civic Revival (98)
  •   Labour (80)
  •   Socialist Workers (20)
  •   Democratic (19)
  •   Environment (5)
Elections
Indirect election by provincial legislatures
House of Deputies voting system
Party-list proportional representation
House of Deputies last election
3 June 2016
House of Deputies next election
4 June 2021

The Federal Parliament (Vierz: Föderale Parlament) is the bicameral national legislature of Vonzumier. Both houses, the Senate and the House of Deputies, are constituted on the basis of proportional representation with provinces having more or less representation on the basis of their population size. The upper house, the Senate, is composed of 91 senators who serve at the pleasure of provincial legislatures for a maximum of 15 years, with no set term lengths. The lower house, the House of Deputies, has 477 members who are directly elected by the population every five years concurrently with presidential elections. While the Senate is considered the more "elite" of the two bodies, functionally it lacks power and serves as more of an advisory role to the President of Vonzumier, with most legislative power lying in the House of Deputies.

The body was founded on 10 June 1871 after the conclusion of the Vonzumier War of Independence as a successor to the wartime Vonzumier National Congress. The Federal Parliament is responsible for drafting federal legislation, as well as selecting the Chancellor, the country's head of government within the semi-presidential system. Due to the simultaneous nature of the presidential and legislative elections, the President and Chancellor are usually members of the same party, or are ideological allies.