Legislative Assembly of Bahia

Coordinates: 12°56′55″S 38°25′46″W / 12.94861°S 38.42944°W / -12.94861; -38.42944

Legislative Assembly of Bahia Assembleia Legislativa da Bahia
17th legislature

Type
Type	Unicameral
Seats	63 deputies
Meeting place

Prédio Luís Eduardo Magalhães, Salvador
Website
www.al.ba.gov.br

The Legislative Assembly of Bahia (Portuguese: Assembleia Legislativa da Bahia) is the unicameral legislature of Bahia state in Brazil, it's currently based on Administrative Center of Bahia in Salvador. It has 63 state deputies elected by proportional representation.

The first legislature started in 1835 and had 36 provincial deputies, it was increased to 42 in 1855. The first headquarters was in the Convento do Carmo, in 1858 was transferred to the Paço Municipal, after the Proclamation of the Republic it became bicameral, after the Estado Novo (Brazil)Estado Novo it became unicameral.

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

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