Legislature of Río Negro

{{short description|Legislative body of Río Negro Province, Argentina}}

{{Infobox legislature

| name = Legislature of Río Negro

| coa_pic = Escudo de la Provincia del Río Negro.svg

| coa_res = 100px

| house_type = Unicameral

| members = 46 legislators

| authority = {{nowrap|Constitution of Río Negro}}

| term_length = 4 years

| term_limits =

| salary =

| leader1_type = President
{{small|(Vice Governor)}}

| leader1 = Alejandro Palmieri

| party1 = (JSRN)

| election1 = 10 December 2019

| leader2_type = First Vice President

| leader2 = Julia Elena Fernández

| party2 = (JSRN)

| election2 = 10 December 2019

| leader3_type = Second Vice President

| leader3 = Humberto Alejandro Marinao

| party3 = (FDT)

| election3 = 10 December 2019

| house1 =

| structure1 = Legislatura de la Provincia de Rio Negro 2019.svg

| structure1_res = 250px

| political_groups1 =

Government (28)

Opposition (18)

| voting_system1 = Parallel voting

| last_election1 = 7 April 2019

| next_election1 = 2023

| session_room =

| session_res =

| meeting_place =

| website = {{URL|web.legisrn.gov.ar}}

}}

The Legislature of Río Negro Province ({{langx|es|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.

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.{{cite web|url=https://oear.cippec.org/provincia/rio-negro/|work=Observatorio Electoral Argentino CIPPEC|title=Río Negro|access-date=30 January 2022|language=es}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://web.legisrn.gov.ar/institucional/historia|work=Legislatura de la Provincia de Río Negro|title=Historia|access-date=30 January 2022|language=es}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://servicios.jusrionegro.gov.ar/inicio/web/institucional/tribunal-electoral/documentos/2019/INFORMACION%20PARA%20AUTORIDADES%20DE%20MESA%20PROVINCIA%20DE%20RIO%20NEGRO%202019.pdf|work=Poder Judicial de Río Negro|title=Elecciones Provinciales 2019|access-date=30 January 2022|language=es}}

The electoral circuits were first introduced ahead of the 1958 provincial elections, originally comprising six districts.{{cite thesis|last=Camino Vela|first=Francisco|date=May 2011|title=La dinámica política en la Provincia de Río Negro (Argentina) desde mediados del siglo XX: el predominio de la Unión Cívica Radical|type=PhD|publisher=University of Seville|url=https://idus.us.es/bitstream/handle/11441/72743/file_1.pdf;jsessionid=2E88C1551517D1535D59C7FA391ACF4B?sequence=1|access-date=30 January 2022|language=es}} The current distribution was established in 2013, when the electoral law was last modified.

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Electoral
Circuit

! Municipalities

! Map

bgcolor=#B97A57| Alto Valle Oeste

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bgcolor=#FFF799| Alto Valle Centro

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bgcolor=#7092BE| Alto Valle Este

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bgcolor=#99D9EA| Valle Medio

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bgcolor=#FFAEC9| Valle Inferior

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bgcolor=#FFC90E| Andino

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bgcolor=#C8BFE7| Serrano/Línea Sur

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bgcolor=#B5E61D| Atlántico

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References

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