1841 Riograndense legislative election (RRG)

The 1841 Riograndense legislative election was held on March 21, 1841 in order to elect the members of the 1st bicameral General Assembly. Formal political parties did not exist as most of the candidates were aligned with the Farroupilha Party, the group of people that led the country through its independence war. The largest political divide was between those that supported slavery and those that opposed it.

The 1st General Assembly would elect the president two years after the legislative election. The Assembly would elect Bento Gonçalves, who had served as the country's president since its declaration of independence in 1836.

Electoral system
The two houses of the General Assembly were elected using different electoral systems. Voting rights were restricted to freeborn Catholic males that had an annual income superior to 100 thousand reis.

The Senate, composed of twelve senators, would be elected by indirect elections in multiple districts by an electoral college of the district's municipal representatives. These local mayors and councils were elected via direct elections in each municipality. The twenty-four members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected through direct elections using block voting from a single nationwide electoral district.