Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg

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legislative body regional parliament unicameral legislature

The Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg is the unicameral regional parliament responsible for making laws and overseeing government in the federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Aliases (1)

Законодательное собрание Санкт‑Петербурга ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body → regional parliament → unicameral legislature →
country	Russia →
electoralDistrictType	citywide constituency → single‑member constituencies →
establishedInYear	1994 →
governmentType	representative democracy at regional level →
governs	federal city of Saint Petersburg →
hasCommitteeSystem	standing committees →
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver	regional laws of Saint Petersburg →
hasNumberOfHouses	1 →
hasOfficialWebsite	http://www.assembly.spb.ru/ →
hasPower	adopt regional budget of Saint Petersburg → adopt regional laws → exercise parliamentary control over regional executive →
hasSessionType	plenary sessions →
isLegislatureOf	Saint Petersburg →
isPartOf	political system of Russia →
isUnicameral	true →
jurisdiction	Saint Petersburg →
legislativeBranchOf	Government of Saint Petersburg →
levelOfGovernment	regional →
locatedIn	Northwestern Federal District → Russian Federation → Saint Petersburg →
meetsIn	Mariinsky Palace →
meetsInBuilding	historic palace →
meetsInCity	Saint Petersburg →
nativeName	Законодательное собрание Санкт‑Петербурга →
nativeNameLanguage	ru →
numberOfMembers	50 →
officialLanguage	Russian →
oversees	executive branch of Saint Petersburg →
precededBy	Leningrad City Council →
regionRepresented	Saint Petersburg →
role	government oversight → regional law‑making →
seat	Mariinsky Palace →
structure	unicameral →
termLength	5 years →
typeOfParliament	subnational parliament →
votingSystem	mixed electoral system → proportional representation → single‑member districts →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Government of Saint Petersburg →	legislativeBody
Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg ("Законодательное собрание Санкт‑Петербурга") →	nativeName