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Members of the American Parliament (MAPs) are elected to the transnational legislature by the member states of the Conference of American States (CAS) once every five years. The current composition and election system was established by the American Electoral Act of 2001 which laid out how electoral districts (constituencies) are organized and how members are elected.

The number of constituencies varies by member state which is determined by the population of said member state with member states such as Brazil, the Kingdom of Sierra and Brazoria having the largest number of seats in the American Parliament at 118, 85 and 55 seats respectively while states with the smallest populations such as Jamaica, Suriname and Guyana all being organized into one single constituency. In general, all constituencies, regardless of what number each member state has, are multi-member with between 5 to 10 MAPs being elected to represent one district overall, though the number of representatives per district varies by member state overall especially those with the largest number of constituencies overall.

The D'Hondt method is the primary method used by the CAS to determine how many constituencies each member state gets taking into account their populations, population growth and demographic trend using census data. Redistricting is determined by the American Parliament overall as established in 2005 to replace the previous method where individual member states and their governments originally determined their composition and number starting in the 1980s using government commissions to carry out said tasks.

Proportional representation such as the party-list system, instant run-off voting (alternatively ranked choice voting) and plurality voting (first-past-the-post) are the main electoral systems used to elect members to the American Parliament where they serve five year long sessions. There are no term limits for MAPs and by-elections are held to fill a vacant seat if one emerges before the next election.

List of constituencies

Constituency	Member State	Area/Community	Seats	Country total
					North Alaska	Alaska	Regions: Arctic Alaska, Interior Alaska and Yukon	2	5
South Alaska	Regions: South Central Alaska, Southeast Alaska, and Southwest Alaska	3
Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	(Full country)	2
Aruba and Curaçao	Aruba and Curaçao	(Full country)	3
North Astoria	Astoria	State: Nechako	1	20
Greater Vancouver		States: Vancouver and Victoria	6
Columbia Basin		States: North Columbia and Monatoga	2
Greater Olympia		States: Olympia, Tahoma, and Yakima	5
Southwest Astoria		States: Clackamas and Willamette	4
Southeast Astoria		States: South Columbia and Pocatello	2
Bahamas	Bahamas	(Full country)	3
Barbados	Barbados	(Full country)	3
Belize	Belize	(Full country)	3
Northwest Brazil	Brazil	States: Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia, and Roraima		130
North Central Brazil		States: Amapá, Pará, and Tocantins
Northeast Brazil		States: Maranhão and Piauí
Alagoas–Sergipe		States: Alagoas and Sergipe
West Bahia		Western half of the state Bahia
East Bahia		Eastern half of the state Bahia
Espirito Santo		State: Espirito Santo
North Minas Gerais		Northern half of the state Minas Gerais
South Minas Gerais		Southern half of the state Mina Gerais
West São Paulo		Western half of the state São Paulo
East São Paulo		Eastern half of the state São Paulo
North Rio de Janiero		Northern half of the state Rio de Janiero
South Rio de Janeiro		Southern half of the state Rio de Janiero
West Central Brazil		States: Goiás and Distrito Federal
Mato Grosso		States: Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul
Colorado	Brazoria	Province: Colorado		41
East New Mexico		Provinces: Pecos and Ute
Oklahoma		Provinces: Oklahoma
East Central Brazoria		Provinces: Leon and Sabine
West Central Brazoria		Provinces: Comanche and Llano
Southeast Brazoria		Provinces: San Jacinto and Neches
Southwest Brazoria		Provinces: Brazos, Guadalupe, and Rio Grande
Guatemala	Central America	States: Guatemala and Los Altos		35
El Salvador		States: El Salvador and Distrito Capital
Honduras		States: Honduras and Victoria
Nicaragua		States: Nicaragua and Zelaya
Costa Rica		States: Costa Rica and Punta
Dominica	Dominica	(Full country)	2
Greenland	Greenland	(Full country)	2
Grenada	Grenada	(Full country)	2
Guyana	Guyana	(Full country)	5
Jamaica	Jamaica	(Full country)	10
Northern Manitoba	Manitoba	Provinces: Nord-Ouest and Tobique	1	17
Manitoban Prairies		Provinces: Valenciennes, Souris, Manitoulin, and Toscouné	10
Eastern Manitoba		Provinces: French Ontario and Grand Ouest	6
Western Patagonia	Patagonia	States: Aysén, Capital Territory, Huilliche, Llanquihe, Magallanes and Tierra del Fuego		10
Eastern Patagonia		States: Chubut and Santa Cruz
Greater Patagonia		Territories: Falkland Islands, and Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	(Full country)	2
Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	(Full country)	2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	(Full country)	2
Paraná	São Leopoldo	States: Paraná, Iguaçu, and Colina		39
La Catarina		States: Santa Catarina, Serrana, and Formosa
Rio Grande da São Leopoldo		States: Rio Grande, Vacaria, and Las Pampas
Uruguay		States: Rio Negro, Blanquillo, and Montevideo
Pacific Northwest	Kingdom of Sierra	PSAs: Plumas and Shasta	3	68
Northeast Sierra		PSAs: Washumko, Eureka, Reno, and Clark	3
West Bay Area		PSA: San Francisco	4
East Bay Area		PSAs: Tahoe, Santa Clara, and San Joaquin	6
Central Valley		PSAs: Central Valley and Kings	3
Gold Coast		PSA: Gold Coast	6
Inland Empire		PSA: Inland Empire	6
Orange		PSA: Orange	5
South Sierra		PSAs: Laguna and Imperial	5
Channel Islands		PSAs: Channel Islands	3
Hawaiian Islands		PSAs: Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Maui, Oahu	3
Grand Canyon		PSAs: Mohave, Flagstaff, and Apache	1
Greater Sonora		PSAs: Maricopa, Sonora, and Cornerstone	4
Deseret		PSAs: Emery, Iron, Juab, Morganland, New Oneida, Sweetwater, Wasatch	3
South Sonora		PSA: South Sonora, Cancún, Mérida	6
Pacífico		PSAs: Pacífico Norte and Pacífico Sur	5
West New Mexico		Territory: West New Mexico	1
West Colorado		Territory: West Colorado	1
Greater Wisconsin	Superior	States: Lansing, New Hanover, and Uppasala		41
Greater Iowa		States: New Anjou and Iowa
Minneapolis		State: Minneapolis
North Minnesota		State: Arrowhead
South Minnesota		State: Rochester
Great Plains		States: Dakota, Lakota, and Nebraska
Superian Rockies		States: Helena, Frontier, Montana, and Wyoming
Suriname	Suriname	(Full country)	4
Eastern Paraguay	United Provinces	Province: Paraguai		50
Grand Chaco		Provinces: Chaco and Rosalia
Greater Atacama		Provinces: Atacama and Huhui
Central Sierras		Provinces: Tucma and Prosperito
Adamantine Littoral		Province: Traifiumi
Grand Pampas		Provinces: Pampas and Federal District
Catarina del Pacífico		Province: Catarina
South Adamantina		Provinces: Edessa, Mendoza, and Pacific Territories

See also

• Member of the American Parliament
• Apportionment in the American Parliament
• Constituency

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