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House of Representatives of Omerica Chambre des députés d’Omérique | |
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Type | |
Type | Lower house of the Parliament of Omerica |
Leadership | |
Speaker |
Martina Casanova, Socialist Since 1 April 2013 |
Leader |
Alex O’Brien, Socialist Since 14 July 2012 |
Manager of Opposition Business |
Lisa Granger, Liberal Since 5 October 2013 |
Structure | |
Seats | 200 |
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Political groups |
Government (107)
Opposition (81)
Crossbench (12)
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Elections | |
Voting system | Single transferable vote |
Last election | 2 June 2017 |
Next election | 4 June 2021 |
Commonwealth of Omerica |
This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Omerica |
Executive
Judiciary
Foreign policy
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Contents
Election and members
The House constitutionally consists of 200 representatives, commonly referred to as MPs in English and députés in French. The Basic Law allows the House to sit for up to five years from the date of its first meeting after an election unless earlier dissolved by the President; however, since the passage of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2000, elections have been scheduled for the first Friday in June in the fourth year after the previous election.
Members are elected by single transferable vote (French: scrutin à vote unique transférable). The electoral system produces broadly proportional representation in the House, but the small average constituency size usually favours larger political parties—particularly the Omerican Socialist Party and Reformist Party—at the expense of smaller parties. As a result, Omerican politics are multi-party, with coalition and minority governments being the norm.
Eligibility to vote in federal elections is determined by cantonal legislation, with the proviso that no Omerican citizen over the age of 18 may be denied the right to vote; notably, the Romainbourg, South Provence and Orangeshire set lower minimum ages than constitutionally required, while Avon allows 17-year-olds to vote if their eighteenth birthday occurs before the fourth Friday in June, the traditional last day of the academic year.
Candidates for election are required to be eligible to vote in the canton in which they are standing for election—implying a requirement to live in the canton—and have been Omerican citizens for at least five years by the close of nominations. To stand for election, candidates must collect at least 100 signatures from enrolled voters in the constituency they wish to contest or be nominated by a registered political party. Additionally, candidates are disqualified if they are:
- sitting judges or civil servants;
- undischarged bankrupts;
- dual citizens;
- a convicted traitor; or
- currently serving a sentence for an indictable offence.
Apportionment
Seats are reapportioned following each census, which takes place in the second-to-last year in each decade (i.e. years ending in the digit "9"). Each canton is constitutionally guaranteed to return at least as many MPs as it has councillors, namely two. The remaining seats are then distributed proportionally by population according to the Huntington–Hill method.
Cantons which return five or fewer representatives form a single at-large constituency, of which there are currently twelve. Cantons which return more than five representatives are divided into constituencies which each elect between three and five members; 39 of the current 51 constituencies are subdivisions of a canton.
Canton | MPs | Canton | MPs | Canton | MPs | Canton | MPs | |||
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Côte-Verte | 33 | Romainbourg | 9 | Emerald Isles | 5 | Port Saint George | 3 | |||
Philibiscostal | 22 | Reicastel | 9 | Altomare | 5 | Port-Saint-Denis | 3 | |||
Free State | 19 | Coleraine | 8 | South Provence | 5 | Seafoam Islands | 2 | |||
Charlottesburgh | 17 | Corpshire | 7 | Orangeshire | 4 | Marche Rouge | 2 | |||
Avon | 12 | Cardiganshire | 7 | Blandshire | 4 | Saint-Jérôme | 2 | |||
Bridgecastle | 10 | Pays-de-la-Mer | 6 | North Provence | 4 | Sainte-Lucie | 2 |