Grand Council (Polata City)

Grand Council of The Principality of Polata City
17th Parliament of Polata City
Type
Type	Upper House in the Royal Parliament of the Principality of Polata City
History
Founded	September 2 , 1968
New session started	March 4, 2017
Leadership
Monarch	James II since September 12, 2015
Lord Speaker	Lord Randolph, Conservative since March 8, 2017
Structure
Seats	55
Political groups	Conservatives: 25 seats   Liberal: 13 seats   Northern Alliance: 7 seats   Green: 2 seats   Nationalists: 2 seats   Mountain: 1 seat   Lords Spiritual : 5 seats
Elections
Voting system	Appointment

The Grand Council of The Principality of Polata City is the upper house of the Royal Parliament of the Principality of Polata City.

Elections

Members of the Grand Council, who are called Lord Councillors, are not elected. Instead all but 24 members are appointed by the Monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister. The 24 members who are not appointed by the Monarch are instead handed out to the parties based on the vote in the previous District and Autonomous State elections, the party with the largest vote share in that District or Autonomous State obtains the Lord Councillor for that District or Autonomous State. As there are only 23 Districts and 1 Autonomous State there can only be a total of 24 Lord Councillors elected this way. Outside of the 5 Lord Councillors who are granted to the Archbishop and Bishops of the Thermodolian Christian Church, there can be as many Lord Councillors as the Monarch or Prime Minister wishes. However all Lord Councillors must retire at the age of 85, with the minimum age to be a Lord Councillor is 25.