Back Senado de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Spanish Senato della provincia di Buenos Aires Italian Senado da Província de Buenos Aires Portuguese
Senate of Buenos Aires Province Senado de la Provincia de Buenos Aires | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
President | |
1st Vice President | Luis Vivona, UP since 10 December 2021 |
2nd Vice President | Alejandro Cellillo, UCR since 10 December 2021 |
3rd Vice President | Ayelen Durán, UP since 10 December 2021 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 92 |
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Political groups |
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| Elections | |
| Party-list proportional representation Hare quota | |
Last election | 22 October 2023 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Legislative Palace of the Province of Buenos Aires La Plata, Argentina | |
| Website | |
| http://www.senado-ba.gov.ar/ | |
The Senate of Buenos Aires Province (Spanish: Senado de la provincia de Buenos Aires) is the upper house of the Legislature of Buenos Aires Province, the largest and most populous of Argentina's provinces. It comprises 43 members elected in eight multi-member constituencies known as Electoral Sections. The number of senators that correspond to each of the electoral sections is proportional to their population, as observed in the results of every nationwide census conducted in Argentina every 10 years. Seats may only be added to adjust the proportionality of each section, but never reduced.[1]
As in the National Chamber of Deputies and most other provincial legislatures, elections to the Senate are held every two years, so that half of its members are up in each election. The same system is employed in the provincial Chamber of Deputies.[2]
The Senate was established with the promulgation of the Constitution of the State of Buenos Aires, a short-lived secessionist state, in 1854. Originally located in the City of Buenos Aires, the provincial legislature was moved to La Plata following that city's establishment in 1882. The body meets in the Legislative Palace, designed by Hannover architects Gustav Heine and Georg Hagemann in 1883 and completed in 1888.[3]
- ^ "Ley N° 5.109". Normas | Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies Official Site". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
- ^ "Historias". Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-09-22.