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The Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg ((ロシア語:Законода́тельное собра́ние Санкт-Петербу́рга, ЗакС)) is the legislative power body of Saint Petersburg, a federal subject of Russia, which has existed since 1994 and succeeded the Leningrad Council of People Deputies (''Lensovet''). It is located in a historic building, Mariinsky Palace. Its powers and duties are defined in the Charter of Saint Petersburg. According to the new federal legislation, since 2005 the governor of Saint Petersburg (as well as heads of other federal subjects of Russia) is proposed by the President of Russia and approved by the regional legislature. On December 20, 2006, incumbent Valentina Matviyenko was approved governor with forty votes in favor and three votes against (Mikhail Amosov, Natalya Yevdokimova, and Sergey Gulyayev of the Democratic faction representing Yabloko ()()()). ==Election== The Assembly consists of fifty seats and is elected for a five-year term. The first three convocations were formed by a single-member district plurality voting system with at least 20% participation required (except for the 1994 elections with their changing participation threshold), two-round for the first and second convocations and single-round for the third one. On March 11, 2007, the fourth elections were held using a party-list proportional representation system with a 7-percent election threshold and no required threshold of participation for the first time according to the new city law accepted by the third convocation of the assembly in 2006 () and new federal legislation. :Elections: *1st convocation: March 20–21/October 30/November 20, 1994 () *2nd convocation: December 6/December 20, 1998 *3rd convocation: December 8, 2002 *4th convocation: March 11, 2007. *5th convocation: December 4, 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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