The Senate

The Senate is the Unicameral Legislature of the Republic of Atlantis. The Senate building itself was built in 1946 by Jorge Jimunez III, an architect of local acclaim in Atlantis. The Senate chamber itself is set out in a horseshoe with the Government on the right hand side as the Speaker sees it and the Official Opposition (the largest party not in Government) sit on the left hand side as the Speaker sees it.

At present the Senate has 400 Senators, 1 per 100,000 people in the population, elected by Closed List Proportional Representation once every two years with seats being allocated based upon their proportion of the National Vote at the previous General Election; there is no recall of Senators without their resignation.

The Senate is responsible for passing primary legislation in the Republic of Atlantis.

Current Senate Composition
400 Filled Seats + 1 Speaker.
 * ALP - 109 Seats.
 * SDP - 97 Seats.
 * NPA - 66 Seats.
 * Independent - 60 Seats.
 * NCP - 47 Seats.
 * ACR - 21 Seats.