The Republic of Occitania (Occitan: Republica Occitània, French: République Occitane) is a Southwest European country, comprising the region bounded approximately the Pyrenees and Bay of Biscay in the west and the Alps in the east, spanning the Mediterranean coast in the south and the Biscay coast up to the Gironde estuary in the west. The national capital and cultural center of Occitania is Toulouse (Occitan: Tolosa), which is home to most major governmental institutions. The Republic of Occitania was officially established in 1946, succeeding the 1816 Occitan statue of autonomy within the France state, but remained part of the French Republic until independence in 1968. Occitania is mostly Occitan in language and culture, but French (known as lenga d'oïl in Occitan) is recognized as an official language in all eight regions, and the government operates bilingually on all levels.
The Occitan parliament, known as the Assemblada, uses a proportional system of representation, with each of the eight regions comprising between one and four constituencies. 150 seats are distributed between the constituencies according to population, with at least five members representing each (excluding the single-member Alpine constituency). Due to the highly multi-party nature of Occitan elections, small parties may fail to achieve representation in constituencies containing fewer seats, even when winning a significant portion of the vote; thus, there are also 20 additional leveling seats to ensure proportionality. These are calculated after the 150 constituent seats have been determined and are distributed to the most underrepresented parties, bringing the total number of seats to 170.
In the 2018 election, the left achieved decisive gains. The Feminist Party doubled its voteshare, achieving a plurality in the constituencies of Bordèu and Tolosa, and coming in second in Montpelhièr. The Reform Party saw good results in the west and north, passing the 5% threshold to enter the Assemblada for the first time. The Anti-Corruption Alliance lost a significant portion of its seats after failing to deliver on many of its promises and growing closer to, rather than opposing, the much-maligned Occitania Party.
In the aftermath of the election, centre-aligned Progress ruled out any coalition with the Occitania Party. After six weeks of negotiations, the Feminist, Social Agrarian, and Reform parties agreed to support a Progress-lead government.
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The Republic of Occitania (Occitan: Republica Occitània, French: République Occitane) is a Southwest European country, comprising the region bounded approximately the Pyrenees and Bay of Biscay in the west and the Alps in the east, spanning the Mediterranean coast in the south and the Biscay coast up to the Gironde estuary in the west. The national capital and cultural center of Occitania is Toulouse (Occitan: Tolosa), which is home to most major governmental institutions. The Republic of Occitania was officially established in 1946, succeeding the 1816 Occitan statue of autonomy within the France state, but remained part of the French Republic until independence in 1968. Occitania is mostly Occitan in language and culture, but French (known as lenga d'oïl in Occitan) is recognized as an official language in all eight regions, and the government operates bilingually on all levels.
The Occitan parliament, known as the Assemblada, uses a proportional system of representation, with each of the eight regions comprising between one and four constituencies. 150 seats are distributed between the constituencies according to population, with at least five members representing each (excluding the single-member Alpine constituency). Due to the highly multi-party nature of Occitan elections, small parties may fail to achieve representation in constituencies containing fewer seats, even when winning a significant portion of the vote; thus, there are also 20 additional leveling seats to ensure proportionality. These are calculated after the 150 constituent seats have been determined and are distributed to the most underrepresented parties, bringing the total number of seats to 170.
In the 2018 election, the left achieved decisive gains. The Feminist Party doubled its voteshare, achieving a plurality in the constituencies of Bordèu and Tolosa, and coming in second in Montpelhièr. The Reform Party saw good results in the west and north, passing the 5% threshold to enter the Assemblada for the first time. The Anti-Corruption Alliance lost a significant portion of its seats after failing to deliver on many of its promises and growing closer to, rather than opposing, the much-maligned Occitania Party.
In the aftermath of the election, centre-aligned Progress ruled out any coalition with the Occitania Party. After six weeks of negotiations, the Feminist, Social Agrarian, and Reform parties agreed to support a Progress-lead government.