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Historically, Olmeria used to operate a [[:en:First-past-the-post_voting|First Past the Post (FPTP)]] voting system, a well known system renowned for it's tendency to create a two party system. As such, the nations political landscape for the first X centuries after the formal establishment of the democratic system, were defined predominantly by the competition between the center-left [[Unity Party]] and the more extreme socialist [[Olmerian Socialist Union|Olmerian Socialist Union (OSU)]], which dominated party politics for more than XXX years. In XXXX, Olmeria transitioned to the revolutionary STV voting system (pioneered by political philosopher [[Wilhelm Svensson]]), threatening the dominance of these two parties. Over the following X decades, both parties went on to form long-term parliamentary agreements, with the Unity party adopting the [[Liberal Party (Olmeria)|Liberal Party]], and later the [[Christian Democratic Union (Olmeria)|CDU]], to form the more centrist [[Unity Coaltion|Unity Coalition]], and the OSU joining with the original [[1st Olmerian Workers Party|Olmerian Workers Party]] (now reformed under the same name), and the [[Trade Union Socialist Congress (Olmeria)|TUSC]] to form the similarly left wing [[Progress Coaltion|Progress Coalition]].  

Now, due to the use of highly proportional voting system single transferable vote (STV), Olmerian politics are nuanced and variable, usually relying on some form of power sharing agreement. In fact in the XX years since the modern voting system was adopted, only 3 governments have ruled with an outright majority, with 2 of these including existing party agreements. The most recent of these majority rules was by the [[Progress Coalition]], following it's inaugural election success in XXXX.

The biggest parties in the current Senate are the [[Unity Coalition|Unity]] and [[Progress Coalition|Progress]] Coalitions, with the liberal [[Justice Party (Olmeria)|Justice Party]] and conservative [[Jönsson Pact]] also holding significant presence. After winning the most seats in the 2031 elections, the Unity Coalition is currently the major partner in a centrist coalition government with the [[Justice Party (Olmeria)|Justice Party]], together holding a 44 seat majority in the Senate. [[Këil Frieden|President Këil Frieden]], Speaker [[Orvar Göransson|Prs Orvar Göransson]] and 11 of the 15 appointed chiefs are all Unity Party Senators, while Great Chieftain [[Esmë Droido|Chf Esmë Droido]] and 3 other chiefs represent the Justice Party.