Folk's Hall
The Folk's Hall Ti ar Gwerin | |
|---|---|
| 15th Parliament | |
 Logo of the Folk's Hall | |
| Type | |
| Type | Lower house of the Samming |
| Leadership | |
Speaker | Baron Munchiro since 5 August 2019 |
Deputy Prime Minister | |
Primary Leader of the Opposition | |
Secondary Leader of the Opposition | vacant |
| Structure | |
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| Elections | |
Last election | 21 April 2021 |
Next election | No later than 1 April 2028 |
| Redistricting | Every fourteen years, proposed by the boundary commissions |
| Meeting place | |
| Kalmington Palace | |
The Folk's Hall (Kaltariz: Ti ar Gwerin), more commonly the Folks or the Gwerin is the lower house of the bicameral Samming, the upper house being the Lord's Hall. Both houses meet at Kalmington Palace, Sani Bursil. The Folks currently elects Folksparts (FPs) to 1,794 constituencies, though upon Marislian independence in January 2025, this number is set to reduce to 1,655. Constituencies are single-member, and elections use first-past-the-post voting.
The Folks was created in 1917 at the signing of the Great Charter of the Liberties by King Thadeus II at the end of the Great War. Led by Orson Klarass and other notable revolutionaries, they split the unicameral Samming into two chambers. The creation of the Folks signified true democratisation of Great Morstaybishlia for the first time, taking power away from both the crown and the old Samming, which acted out executive duties at the Crown's behest. The Folks has expanded significantly since its creation, from 800 seats to 1,794.
Whilst many parties have come and gone since 1917, only five parties have formed government. The Principles, Progress, Liberal, and Civic parties have all commanded majorities, whilst the Farmer's Union formed a coalition government with the Principles between 2012 and 2014. Following the most recent general election in 2021, the Progress Party won on a reduced majority share of the seats. Factionalism and protest voting within Progress in the year after the election resulted in a coalition government being formed, instead of a third general election in three years at a time of poor polling for Progress. Notably, MARIP abstains.