Federal Assembly of Sanama

Federal Assembly of Sanama
3rd Federal Assembly
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate Llusan
Structure
Seats	Senate: 85 Llusan: 639
Senate political groups	Government (37)      United Nationalist Alliance: 16      Sanaman National Party: 11      Partito Popolare Cisamarrese: 7      Nationalist & Humanist Party: 3 Opposition (48)      Sanaman Liberation Front: 21      Coalition 1660: 19      Northern League: 8
Llusan political groups	Government (333)      United Nationalist Alliance: 142      Sanaman National Party: 111      Partito Popolare Cisamarrese: 44      Nationalist & Humanist Party: 36 Opposition (306)      Sanaman Liberation Front: 147      Coalition 1660: 109      Northern League: 50
Elections
Senate voting system	Direct popular vote, proportional representation, partly appointed by provincial governments
Llusan voting system	Direct popular vote, proportional representation, five percent threshold
Senate last election	12.X.1679
Llusan last election	12.X.1679
Senate next election	12.X.1685
Llusan next election	12.X.1682

The Federal Assembly is the bicameral legislature of Sanama. The upper house, the Senate, has 85 members that serve for six years. Each of the nine provinces elect five senators and the legislature of each province appoint four senators. The governor of Highpass and the mayor of the Federal Capital Territory appoint two senators each. The lower house, the Llusan, has 639 members proportionally elected with the entire country as a single constituency. Members of the Llusan serve for three years. The houses are equal in power and both must consent to pass legislation.