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Constituency Expansion Act of 2013
Parliament had remained at 500 seats since the late 1880's, and while it was supposed to be revised in 1930 and 1960, continuing resolutions of the 500 Seat Act were passed, keeping parliament the same size for over 130 years with the same exact distracting. In 2011, the issue was first brought up for debate in Parliament by Prime Minister Cody Ashton. The issue received some debate but little media coverage and as such, was fairly ignored.

In 2013 the issue was brought up again after the 2013 Evonian Federal Election. Several plans were proposed that ranged from 525 seats to 750 seats total, some issuing major constituency change. On November 2nd, 2013, Parliament passed the Constituency Expansion Act which increased parliament to 650 seats for the 2016 Evonian Federal Election. With each party needing to gain over 60 seats for the next election to win a majority in Parliament, serious campaigning within party doors began almost immediately with both candidate recruitment and fundraising. This act was, as the media called it, "Incredibly likely to shake up the next parliamentary national election".