Legislative Assembly of Tver Oblast
{{Short description|Regional parliament of Tver Oblast, Russia}}
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{{Infobox legislature
| name = Legislative Assembly of Tver Oblast
| native_name = Законодательное собрание Тверской области
| native_name_lang = Rus
| legislature = 7th legislature
| coa_pic = File:Coat of Arms of Tver oblast.svg
| coa_res = 110px
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| house_type = Unicameral
| body =
| jurisdiction =
| term_limits =
| foundation =
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| leader1_type = Chairman
| leader1 = Sergey Golubev
| party1 = United Russia
| election1 = 29 September 2016
| seats = 40
| structure1 = 2021_Tver_Oblast_legislative_election_diagram.svg
| structure1_res = 250px
| political_groups1 =
{{Color box|{{party color|United Russia}}|border=darkgray}} United Russia (29)
{{Color box|{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}|border=darkgray}} CPRF (5)
{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}|border=darkgray}} LDPR (3)
{{Color box|{{party color|A Just Russia}}|border=darkgray}} SRZP (2)
{{Color box|{{party color|Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice}}|border=darkgray}} RPPSJ (1)
| term_length = 5 years
| voting_system1 = Mixed
| first_election1 = 20 March 1994
| last_election1 = 19 September 2021
| next_election1 =
| meeting_place = 33 Sovetskaya Street, Tver
| session_room = Legislative assembly of Tver region.jpg
| website = {{URL|http://www.zsto.ru}}
}}
The Legislative Assembly of Tver Oblast ({{langx|ru|Законодательное собрание Тверской области}}) is the regional parliament of Tver Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. A total of 40 deputies are elected for five-year terms.{{cite web|url=http://council.gov.ru/structure/regions/TVE/|title=Тверская область|website=council.gov.ru}}
History
On 20 March 1994, the first Legislative Assembly, consisting of 32 deputies, was elected by direct popular vote. The first meeting was held on 31 March. The deputies adopted the Declaration, which proclaimed: "The Legislative Assembly exercises representative (legislative) power in Tver Oblast and is part of the system of state authorities."{{cite web|url=https://zsto.ru/?option=com_content&view=article&id=10092&itemid=1657|title=Законодательное Собрание Тверской области: Созыв первый (1994-1997 г.г.)|trans-title=Legislative Assembly of Tver Oblast: First convocation (1994-1997)|language=ru}}
On 14 December 1997, elections of the second Legislative Assembly took place in all 26 constituencies. 33 deputies were elected, of which seven were members of the first Assembly. On 29 November 1998, the Charter of Tver Oblast was adopted.{{cite web|url=https://zsto.ru/?option=com_content&view=article&id=10093&itemid=1657|title=Законодательное Собрание Тверской области: Созыв второй (1998-2001 г.г.)|trans-title=Legislative Assembly of Tver Oblast: Second convocation (1998-2001)|language=ru}}
Composition
=2016=
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!Party !Seats | |
| United Russia | 31 |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 4 |
| Communist Party | 3 |
| A Just Russia | 2 |
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!Party !Seats |rowspan=6|File:2021 Tver Oblast legislative election diagram.svg | |
| United Russia | 29 |
| Communist Party | 5 |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 3 |
| A Just Russia — For Truth | 2 |
| Party of Pensioners | 1 |
Chairmen
- Vladimir Kurbatov — 1st convocation — 1994–97
- Vyacheslav Mironov — 2nd convocation — 1997–2001
- Mark Hasainov — 3rd convocation — 2001–05
- Andrey Yepishin — 4th, 5th convocations — 2005–16
- Sergey Golubev — 6th, 7th convocations — from 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.zsto.ru/index.php/press-tsentr/novosti-zakonodatelnogo-sobraniya/11993-predsedatelem-zakonodatelnogo-sobraniya-sedmogo-sozyva-izbran-sergej-golubev|title=Председателем Законодательного Собрания седьмого созыва избран Сергей Голубев|language=ru|trans-title=Sergey Golubev was elected Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the seventh convocation|website=zsto.ru|date=2021-10-14}}