Parliament of Rainier

Houses of Parliament of the Commonwealth of Rainier
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	House of Senators (Upper House) House of Councillors (Lower House)
Leadership
Speaker of the Senate	Herman Thomas, NUP
Speaker of the Council	Mark Paul, Labour
Structure
Seats	76 senators 266councillors
House of Senators political groups	Labour: 40 seats   NUP: 18 seats   Reform: 9 seats   RPCA: 5 seats   Green-Left: 3 seats   Innovation: 3 seats
House of Councillors political groups	Labour: 127 seats   Reform: 54 seats   NUP: 38 seats   RPCA: 32 seats   Green-Left: 14 seats   Innovation: 1 seat
Elections
House of Senators voting system	SNTV
House of Councillors voting system	AMS
House of Senators last election	2017
House of Councillors last election	2017
Meeting place
Senate Chamber (left) Councillors Chamber (right)

The Houses of Parliament of the Commonwealth of Rainier are the highest legislative bodies in Rainier. Using a bicameral system Rainier has an upper house and a lower house - the House of Senators and the House of Councillors respectively. Members of the House of Councillors are elected through universal suffrage every five years through general election using Additional Member System (118 through FPTP and 148 through Party-list PR with a 4% electoral threshold) whilst half of the members of the House of Senators are elected in staggered elections every three years via a single non-transferable vote.

The Houses of Parliament are located at Parliament House in Victoria, the Rainian capital. Based on the Westminster system, the Rainian constitutions stipulates that the House of Councillors is superior to the House of Senators and the Chancellor of Parliament, although the latter is the sole representative that has the power to dismiss parliament (provided they get approval from the House of Senators). Over the decades a series of checks and balances have been introduced to parliament, although parliamentary reform remains a hotly debated topic in Rainier.