Membership of the Local Spiritual Assembly

The members of the Local Spiritual Assembly are nine men or women, elected annually on 21st April, by the entire adult membership of each local Bahá'í community.

In accordance with universally applied Bahá'í electoral principles, there are no nominations for the members of the Local Spiritual Assembly, nor is electioneering permitted. Each elector votes for those nine Bahá'í men or women from the entire local Bahá'í community who he or she judges are best suited for the post. Moreover, the nine members do not represent specific constituencies. Each considers himself or herself a representative of the entire local Bahá'í community.