Council of Representatives of Neviersia

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Council of Representatives of Neviersia

Councille tes Réprésentatifs te Neviersýa
15th Parliament
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Type
Type
Lower House
of the Parliament of Neviersia
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
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
Seats1600
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Political groups
  Social Democratic Party: 403 seats
  Neviersian Nationalists: 158 seats
  The Libertarians: 134 seats
  Christian Republicans: 96 seats
  March to Communism: 85 seats
  Green Party of Neviersia: 59 seats
  The Populist League: 36 seats
  Independent: 29 seats
Elections
Two-Round System
Last election
Féderalité Elekciones, 20th March 2015
Next election
Féderalité Elekciones, 20th March 2020
Meeting place
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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.