Legislature of Río Negro

The Legislature of Río Negro Province (Spanish: Legislatura de la Provincia de Río Negro) is the unicameral legislative body of Río Negro Province, in Argentina. It convenes in the provincial capital, Viedma.

Legislature of Río Negro
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Type
Type
Leadership
President
(Vice Governor)
Alejandro Palmieri (JSRN)
since 10 December 2019
First Vice President
Julia Elena Fernández (JSRN)
since 10 December 2019
Second Vice President
Humberto Alejandro Marinao (FDT)
since 10 December 2019
Structure
Seats46 legislators
Political groups
Government (28)
  •   Together We Are Río Negro (28)

Opposition (18)

Length of term
4 years
AuthorityConstitution of Río Negro
Elections
Parallel voting
Last election
7 April 2019
Next election
2023
Website
web.legisrn.gov.ar

It comprises 46 legislators, 22 of whom are elected in a single province-wide multi-member district, while the remaining 24 are elected in eight three-member districts that divide the province's territory, called "electoral circuits" (circuitos electorales). Its powers and responsibilities are established in the provincial constitution.

Elections to the legislature take place every four years, when the entirety of its members are renewed. The legislature is presided by the Vice Governor of Río Negro, who is elected alongside the governor every four years.[1]

History

The Legislature was established in 1958, when the National Territory of Río Negro became a province of Argentina. The first legislature convened in the old building of the Teatro Argentino, in Viedma. In 1972, the military governor, Roberto Requeijo, ordered a series of renovations to better accommodate the legislature in the site of the Teatro Argentino.[2]

Electoral districts

Legislators in both the province-wide district and the eight electoral circuits are elected through proportional representation using party-list proportional representation, with D'Hondt system and a 5% electoral threshold. The electoral circuits do not correspond to the province's departments, but are rather divided using municipalities as its main criterion.[3]

The electoral circuits were first introduced ahead of the 1958 provincial elections, originally comprising six districts.[4] The current distribution was established in 2013, when the electoral law was last modified.[3]

Electoral
Circuit		 Municipalities Map
Alto Valle Oeste
Alto Valle Centro
Alto Valle Este
Valle Medio
Valle Inferior
Andino
Serrano/Línea Sur
Atlántico

References
  1. "Río Negro". Observatorio Electoral Argentino CIPPEC (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. "Historia". Legislatura de la Provincia de Río Negro (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. "Elecciones Provinciales 2019" (PDF). Poder Judicial de Río Negro (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. Camino Vela, Francisco (May 2011). La dinámica política en la Provincia de Río Negro (Argentina) desde mediados del siglo XX: el predominio de la Unión Cívica Radical (PhD) (in Spanish). University of Seville. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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