Parliament Relaunch

The relaunch of parliament came in 2011 with Rogue asking members if they would be intrested in recreating the idea and it was decided that they should go ahead with the idea. Elections where later held after party registration opened up again.

= Diffrences =

The main diffrence with this system is that instead of the previous 5 seats, it was opened up to 10 seats, allowing more people to vote. Previously there was also a cabinet which no longer exists.

The other diffrence is the title of the winning party leader, it is now know as leader of parliament instead of forum rep, the deputy is known as the deputy leader of parliament as oppose to assistant forum rep.

= Election Voting =

Previously, it was the party with the most votes wins but with larger parties taking part under the relaunch, it was decided that the following voting weight should be applied.


 * Voting for your own party = 1 vote
 * Voting for any other party = 2 votes

Members are also elected based on where they appear on their parties list and how many votes that party got which is decided by the party leader.

Voting Example
For example, the following lists submitted for Party A, Party B and Party C:

Party A
 * JohnSmith
 * FraNKSS4
 * JoeBloggs
 * Gman
 * SSTrickShot

Party B
 * ALeader
 * 404Error
 * Nobody
 * Unelectable

Party C
 * NobodiesLeader
 * UnderPar
 * Doesn't Matter

If these are the results of the election, with rounding in brackets:


 * Party A: 48% ( 50%)
 * Party B: 32% ( 30%)
 * Party C: 20% ( 20%)

So seat allocation is as follows, with names in brackets:


 * Party A: 5 Seats (JohnSmith, FraNKSS4, JoeBloggs, Gman, SSTrickShot)
 * Party B: 3 Seats (ALeader, 404Error, Nobody)
 * Party C: 2 Seats (NobodiesLeader, UnderPar)

Second Pref
However if the first pref votes looked like this, with rounding in brackets:


 * Party A: 38% ( 40%)
 * Party B: 14% ( 10%)
 * Party C: 48% ( 50%)

It would mean that Party C gets 4 seats however their list only has 3 members so 2 more seats can't be allocated, in this case, the 2nd preference vote is counted, without Party C as they can no longer gain seats.


 * Party A: 47%
 * Party B: 53%

Rounding isn't needed here as party B wins the 9th seat as they have the higher percentage, 10% is then removed to give this out of 90%:


 * Party A: 47%
 * Party B: 43%

Party A now has the higer percentage, giving them the final seat, if 3 more seats where required then this would go another round with Party A losing 10% and so on until all seats are allocated or a party list runs out.

So after 2nd pref votes, Party B gets the 9th and Party A gets the 10th.

This now gives the seat allocation as follows, with names in brackets, italics indicates seat gained through 2nd pref:


 * Party A: 4 (+1) Seats (JohnSmith, FraNKSS4, JoeBloggs, Gman, SSTrickShot)
 * Party B: 1 (+1) Seats (ALeader, 404Error)
 * Party C: 3 (-2) Seats (NobodiesLeader, UnderPar, Doesn't Matter)

Party C where the majority party in 1st pref votes, giving its leader a chance to form a coalition if they want to hold the title of Leader of Parliament else the title is given to Party A as they hold the majority of seats with 5 seats.

= References =