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Revision as of 02:54, 3 October 2016
| Parliament of the United Republic of Sarenium Senatus Civitatum Foederatarum rei publicae | |
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| 155th Parliament of Sarenium | |
| Type | |
| Type | Bicameral |
| Houses | House of Commons |
| Leadership | |
| President |
Tyson Orbem, Impartial Since August 1st, 2016 |
| Speaker of the Senate |
Tim Barlow, Conservatives Since August 1st, 2016 |
| Speaker of the House |
Adrian Hemsley, Conservatives Since September 1st, 2016 |
| Structure | |
| Seats |
735 (Voting Members)
Composed of |
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| Senate political groups |
Government
Opposition
Crossbench
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| House of Commons political groups |
Government
Opposition
Crossbench
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| Elections | |
| Senate voting system | Preferential Voting System |
| House of Commons voting system | Preferential Voting System |
| Senate last election |
1st August 2016 60 seats are by election (4/7 of total). |
| House of Commons last election | 1st August 2016 |
| Senate next election | 11th February 2017 (Expected) |
| House of Commons next election | 11th February 2017 (Expected) |
| Meeting place | |
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The Parliament of the United Republic of Sarenium, variously referred to as the Saren Parliament, or the Federal Parliament, is the legislative branch of the government of Sarenium. It consists of three elements: the President, the Senate and the House of Commons. The combination of two elected houses, in which the members of the Senate represent the fifteen States while the members of the House represent electoral divisions according to population, is unique in that the President is charged with the appointment of 45 of the 105 seats in the Senate (3 from each state) and the remaining sixty are elected by their constituents. Those remaining sixty are elected every six years, with thirty in each of the three years.
The Senate, consists of 105 members: seven for each state. The House of Commons, currently consists of 630 members, each elected from single member constituencies, known as electoral divisions (commonly referred to as "electorates" or "seats") using compulsory preferential voting.
The two Houses meet in separate chambers of Parliament Island (except in the rare occurrence of a joint sitting), on Constitution Island, Sydney.
