Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul

Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul Assembleia Legislativa do Rio Grande do Sul

Type
Type	Unicameral
Seats	55 deputies
Meeting place

Palácio Farroupilha, Porto Alegre
Website
www.al.rs.gov.br

The Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul (Portuguese: Assembleia Legislativa do Rio Grande do Sul) is the unicameral legislature of Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil. It has 55 state deputies elected by proportional representation.

The first legislature was in April 20, 1835, in the first day of the assembly, the deputy Bento Gonçalves is accused by the President of the Province of articculating the separation of the Rio Grande, this marked the beginning of the Ragamuffin War. From September 20 of 1835 to June 15 of 1836 only the Farrapos attends in the assembly, the revolution also suspends the elections in 1837, the assembly is closed until the second legislature, that begins in March 1 of 1846.

References

External links

Official website

Legislatures of Brazil

National Congress	Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate

State legislatures	Acre Alagoas Amapá Amazonas Bahia Ceará Distrito Federal Espírito Santo Goiás Maranhão Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul Minas Gerais Pará Paraíba Paraná Pernambuco Piauí Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Sul Rondônia Roraima Santa Catarina São Paulo Sergipe Tocantins

Municipally legislatures (list)	Acre Alagoas Amapá Amazonas Bahia Ceará Distrito Federal Espírito Santo Goiás Maranhão Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul Minas Gerais Pará Paraíba Paraná Pernambuco Piauí Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Sul Rondônia Roraima Santa Catarina São Paulo Sergipe Tocantins

Coordinates: 30°01′58″S 51°13′52″W / 30.0328°S 51.2311°W / -30.0328; -51.2311

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