Federal Assembly (Balakia)
National Assembly of the Balak Federation Mojemşar Movadar Yankuluş Balaakbeş Mojemşar Movadar Yankuluş Balâkbeş | |
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4th Federal Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | Bicameral |
Houses | Common Council Council of Elders |
Term limits | None |
Leadership | |
President of Balakia | |
TBD | |
Structure | |
Seats | 404 Councillors 67 Elders |
File:Common Council seats.svg | |
File:Council of Elders seats.svg | |
Length of term | 5 years |
Elections | |
Common Council voting system | Parallel voting: First past the post (202 seats) Party-list proportional representation (202 seats) |
Meeting place | |
File:Balak Federal Assembly.png | |
TBD, Sâcar |
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The National Assembly of the Balak Federation (Balak: Mojemşar Movadar Yankuluş Balaakbeş Mojemşar Movadar Yankuluş Balâkbeş [ˈmɔ.d͡ʒɛm.ʃɑr ˈmɔ.vɑ.dɑr ˈjɑn.kʊ.lʊʃ bɑˈlak.bɛʃ]), commonly known as the Federal Assembly, is the supreme bicameral legislative body of Balakia.
History
Building
Composition
Common Council
The 404 representatives in the Common Council, known as Councillors, are appointed in two ways. 202 of these Councillors, known as the Districtual Councillors, are elected by popular vote using a first past the post system to represent each of the country's electoral districts, while the remaining 202 are assigned by means of party-list proportional representation, thus creating a perfect 50/50 split.
Council of Elders
Members of the Council of Elders are not elected, either by popular vote or by the state parliaments, but are instead delegated by the respective state government. They do not enjoy a free mandate and serve only as long as they are representing their state, not for a fixed period of time.
Normally, a state delegation consists of the (TBD) and other cabinet ministers. The state cabinet may appoint as many delegates as the state has votes (all other ministers/senators are usually appointed as deputy delegates), but may also send just a single delegate to exercise all of the state's votes. In any case, the state has to cast its votes en bloc, i.e., without vote splitting. As state elections are not coordinated across Balakia and can occur at any time, the majority distributions in the Council of Elders can change after any such election.
The number of votes a state is allocated is based on a form of degressive proportionality according to its population. This way, smaller states have more votes than a distribution proportional to the population would grant. The allocation of votes is regulated by the Balak constitution. All of a state's votes are cast en bloc, either for or against or in abstention of a proposal. Each state is allocated at least three votes, and a maximum of six. States with more than
- 2 million inhabitants have 4 votes,
- 6 million inhabitants have 5 votes,
- 7 million inhabitants have 6 votes.
In addition to the 66 votes held by the states, an additional vote is allocated to the Hoja of Şozasan, who represents the various religious councils of the country. While not theocratic in nature, Balakia is prevented from referring to itself as an officially secular country due to this arrangement.
State | Population | Votes | Population per vote |
Governing parties G (Government) N (Neutral) O (Opposition) |
Next regular election | Presidency |
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Balâçik | 9,194,768 | 6 █ █ █ █ █ █ | 1,532,461 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Çinduş | 3,108,642 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 777,161 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Côvayâ | 1,812,045 | 3 █ █ █ | 604,015 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Hamâvan | 7,987,194 | 6 █ █ █ █ █ █ | 1,331,199 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Kazan | 2,569,139 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 642,285 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Kensesak | 5,108,567 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 1,277,142 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Meçin | 1,035,875 | 3 █ █ █ | 345,292 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Manatak Autonomous Territory | 2,757,613 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 689,403 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Sâcar F.C. | 4,139,560 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 1,034,890 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Seğâduş | 5,019,476 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 1,254,869 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Seğâreyek F.C. | 2,684,675 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 671,169 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Taraşik | 6,294,764 | 5 █ █ █ █ █ | 1,258,953 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Yarşemir | 401,477 | 3 █ █ █ | 133,826 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Yercêsven F.C. | 7,248,604 | 6 █ █ █ █ █ █ | 1,208,101 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Zonduş | 7,895,727 | 6 █ █ █ █ █ █ | 1,315,955 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
(Hoja of Şozasan) | - | 1 █ | - | - | - | - |
Total | 67,258,126 | 67 | 1,003,853 |