Parliament

The Parliament is the democratic branch to the Jottonian bureaucracy. It acts as the voice of the people to the government and makes decisions to improve circumstances in Jottonia.

Old Party System
The Jottonian Parliament was initially created as a party based system. Before the election political parties would register with the MoDA. This would require the setup of an independant website detailing their views and list of members. The MoDA would then call the election and all players would vote for their favourite party. Following the proportional representation system, the proportion of seats each party would get was equal to the proportion of votes they recieved. The total number of seats avaliable fluctuated dependant on the division of votes.

Known Old Parties

 * Half Arsed Democratic Party of Jottonia(HADPJ)
 * Jottonian Centrist Party(JCP)
 * Jottonian Alliance(JA)
 * Jottonian Social Democrats(JSD)
 * New Deal(ND)

Old Independant System
In Round 25 a new election system was introduced due to a severe and on-going lack of activity from any of the parties. This system did away with parties and each candidate stood entirely independant of any other candidate. There would be a set number of seats and that number of candidates would get a seat in order of number of votes. The voting system was also divided into two sections. In the first election, the top 5 players would recieve a long-term seat and the bottom 5 players recieved a short-term seat. In the second election the short-term players would have to stand for election again, but the long-term players did not. The elections would then start again and all 10 seats were avaliable.

Affiliation System
The current system, brought in during Round 26, is a mixture of both the previous two systems. Candidates are free to stand entirely independant, however they can also choose to affiliate themselves with a group of candidates. These affiliations are more loose than the old parties since they are not voted for directly, but represent candidates of a similar mindset.

Current Parliament Composition

 * Independant
 * Rødkleiven
 * Femaleviking
 * Bamboozle Guajardo
 * JJC
 * Portley
 * Jagwire

Current Political Affiliations

 * Jottonian Centrist Party (JCP) (dormant)
 * Jotonian National Party (JNP)
 * JJC (JJC)

List of Independant Candidates

Parliament Elections

 * 2008
 * 2008-02-27
 * 2008-01-02
 * 2007
 * 2007-12-28