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This is a '''list of Cygnian state and territorial legislatures'''. Each {{JoW|List of Cygnian states and territories|state}} has a legislature as part of its form of civil government. Most of the fundamental details of the legislature are specified in the state constitution. Most state legislatures are unicameral, with only six ({{JoW|Parliament of Auralia|Auralia}}, {{JoW|Parliament of Avon|Avon}}, {{JoW|Parliament of Carolina|Carolina}}, {{JoW|Parliament of North Albion|North Albion}}, {{JoW|Parliament of South Albion|South Albion}} and {{JoW|Parliament of Tasmania|Tasmania}}) possessing an upper house. All six of these upper houses are known as Legislative Councils, while a variety of names (Legislative Assembly, House of Assembly or Parliament) are used to refer to the twenty-one state lower houses. Cygnia also has one federal territory and four external territories with local legislative branches, which are also listed below. All of these bodies are also unicameral.
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This is a '''list of Cygnian state and territorial legislatures'''. Each {{JoW|List of states and territories of Cygnia|state}} has a legislature as part of its form of civil government. Most of the fundamental details of the legislature are specified in the state constitution. Most state legislatures are unicameral, with only six ({{JoW|Parliament of Auralia|Auralia}}, {{JoW|Parliament of Avon|Avon}}, {{JoW|Parliament of Carolina|Carolina}}, {{JoW|Parliament of North Albion|North Albion}}, {{JoW|Parliament of South Albion|South Albion}} and {{JoW|Parliament of Tasmania|Tasmania}}) possessing an upper house. All six of these upper houses are known as Legislative Councils, while a variety of names (Legislative Assembly, House of Assembly or Parliament) are used to refer to the twenty-one state lower houses. Cygnia also has one federal territory and four external territories with local legislative branches, which are also listed below. All of these bodies are also unicameral.
   
 
==Statistics==
 
==Statistics==

Revision as of 14:37, 11 November 2019

This is a list of Cygnian state and territorial legislatures. Each state has a legislature as part of its form of civil government. Most of the fundamental details of the legislature are specified in the state constitution. Most state legislatures are unicameral, with only six (Auralia, Avon, Carolina, North Albion, South Albion and Tasmania) possessing an upper house. All six of these upper houses are known as Legislative Councils, while a variety of names (Legislative Assembly, House of Assembly or Parliament) are used to refer to the twenty-one state lower houses. Cygnia also has one federal territory and four external territories with local legislative branches, which are also listed below. All of these bodies are also unicameral.

Statistics

State legislatures

Incomplete list

State Executive Legislature Name Lower house Upper house
Name Party strength Term
(yrs.)
Name Party strength Term
(yrs.)
Aotearoa Premier Parliament Parliament Coalition 51+8[1]–57[2] 3
Auralia Premier Parliament Legislative Assembly N 35–20 4 Legislative Council N 13–15[3] 4
Avon Premier Parliament House of Assembly N 25–22[4] 4 Legislative Council N 9–13[5] 4
Carolina Premier Parliament Legislative Assembly L 45–14 N 4 Legislative Council L 19–18[6] 4
Darwin Premier Legislative Assembly Legislative Assembly L 15–10[7] 4
East Georgia Premier Legislative Assembly Legislative Assembly N 10–10[8] 4
Fiji Premier Legislative Assembly[n 1] Legislative Assembly L 27–24[9] 4
Gascoyne Premier Legislative Assembly Legislative Assembly N 31–18[10] 4
Gibson Premier Parliament Legislative Assembly Coalition 26[11]–25[12] 4
Kimberley Premier Parliament of Kimberley Legislative Assembly L 27–23[13] 4
New Caledonia Premier Parliament Parliament Coalition 29[14]–25[15] 5
New Guinea Premier Parliament Parliament Coalition 64–47 5
Party distribution details
  1. L 46, AF 9; G 8 on confidence and supply
  2. N 55, ACT 1, Ind. 1
  3. L 10, G 3, ON 2
  4. L 19, Ind. 3
  5. L 8, AV-BEST 2, G 2, Advance AV 1
  6. N 11, G 4, ON 3
  7. N 2, Ind. 7, Ind-L 1
  8. L 7, ON 1, Ind. 2
  9. SDLP 21, NFP 3
  10. L 10, ON 4, Ind. 4
  11. National 18, Country 8
  12. Labour 19, Greens 3, Ind. 3
  13. National 19, Greens 4
  14. Federalist 15, National 14
  15. Socialist Liberation 23, Labour 2
Other notes
  1. Unicameral since 2013 after the adoption of Fiji's 2013 constitution. The bicameral Parliament was abolished along with the upper Legislative Council.