Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Mahārāṣhṭra Vidhāna Sabhā
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly; Mahārāṣhṭra Vidhāna Sabhā
14th Maharashtra Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house of the Maharashtra Legislature
Term limits	5 years
Leadership
Governor of Maharashtra	C. P. Radhakrishnan ; since 27 July 2024
Speaker of the House	Rahul Narwekar, BJP ; since 3 July 2022
Deputy Speaker of the House	Narhari Sitaram Zirwal, NCP ; since 14 March 2020
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde, SHS ; since 02 July 2022
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Chandrakant Patil, BJP ; since 14 August 2022
Leader of The House	Eknath Shinde; (Chief Minister), SHS ; since 02 July 2022
Deputy Leader of The House	Devendra Fadnavis; (Dy Chief Ministers), BJP; since 02 July 2022 and; Ajit Pawar; (Dy Chief Ministers), NCP ; since 17 July 2023
Leader of the Opposition	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar, INC ; since 03 August 2023
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Jitendra Awhad (NCP-SP) and; Ajay Choudhari (SHS(UBT))
General Secretary	Rajendra Bhagwat, IAS
Structure
Seats	288
Political groups	Government (202); NDA (202) BJP (102); NCP (40); SHS (38); BVA (3); PHJSP (2); RSP (1); JSS (1); MNS (1); IND (14); Official Opposition (71); MVA (69) INC (37); SS(UBT) (16); NCP(SP) (12); SP (2); CPI(M) (1); PWPI (1); Other Opposition (2) AIMIM (2); Vacant (15) Vacant (15);
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	21 October 2019
Next election	October 2024
Meeting place
	Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
	Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session) Maharashtra Legislature
Website
	Government of Maharashtra; Maharashtra Legislature

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The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा, Mahārāṣṭra Vidhāna Sabhā) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies.^[8] The Assembly meets at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai, though the winter session is held in Nagpur.^[9] Along with the Maharashtra Legislative Council, it comprises the legislature of Maharashtra. The presiding officer of the Assembly is the Speaker. Members of the Assembly are directly elected by the people of Maharashtra through elections held every five years, unless the Assembly is dissolved earlier.^[10] The current Assembly was elected in October 2019.^[11]

List of assemblies

The following is the list of all the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblies (1961–present):^[12]

Assembly	Election Year	Speaker	Chief Minister	Seats
1st Assembly	1960*	Sayaji Silam (INC)	Yashwantrao Chavan (INC)	*INC had won the 1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly Elections. INC: 135; IND: 34; PSP: 33; PWP: 31; CPI: 13; SCF: 13; BJS: 4; HMS: 1; Total: 264 (of 396 Maharashtra + Gujarat Seats).
2nd Assembly	1962	Trambak Bharade (INC)	Marotrao Kannamwar (INC) P. K. Sawant (INC) (Caretaker) Vasantrao Naik (INC)	INC: 215; PWP: 15; IND: 15; PSP: 9; CPI: 6; RPI: 3; Socialist: 1; Total: 264.
3rd Assembly	1967	Trambak Bharade (INC)	Vasantrao Naik (INC)	INC: 203; PWP: 19; IND: 16; CPI: 10; PSP: 8; RPI: 5; SSP: 4; BJS: 4; CPM: 1; Total: 270.
4th Assembly	1972	S. K. Wankhede (INC) Balasaheb Desai (INC)	Vasantrao Naik (INC) Shankarrao Chavan (INC) Vasantdada Patil (INC)	INC: 222; IND: 23; PWP: 7; BJS: 5; Socialist: 3; CPI: 2; AIFB: 2; RPI: 2; CPM: 1; IUML: 1; BKD: 1; SHS: 1. Total: 270.
5th Assembly	1978	Shivraj Patil (INC) Pranlal Vora (INC)	Vasantdada Patil (INC) Sharad Pawar (Rebel Congress) President's Rule	JP: 99; INC: 69; INC(I): 62; IND: 28; PWP: 13; CPM: 9; AIFB: 3; RPI: 2; RPI(K): 2; CPI: 1; Total: 288. Post-poll INC + INC(I) Front.
6th Assembly	1980	Sharad Dighe (INC)	Abdul Rehman Antulay (INC) Babasaheb Bhosale (INC) Vasantdada Patil (INC)	INC(I): 186; INC(U): 47; JP: 17; BJP: 14; IND: 10; PWP: 9; CPM: 2; CPI: 2; RPI(K): 1; Total: 288.
7th Assembly	1985	Shankarrao Jagtap (INC)	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (INC) Shankarrao Chavan (INC) Sharad Pawar (INC)	INC: 161; ICS: 54; JP: 20; IND: 20; BJP: 16; PWP: 13; CPM: 2; CPI: 2; Total: 288.
8th Assembly	1990	Madhukarrao Chaudhari (INC)	Sharad Pawar (INC) Sudhakarrao Naik (INC) Sharad Pawar (INC)	INC: 141; SHS: 52; BJP: 42; JD: 24; IND: 13; PWP: 8; CPM: 3; CPI: 2; RPI(K): 1; IUML: 1; ICS(SCS): 1; Total: 288.
9th Assembly	1995	Dattaji Nalawade (Shiv Sena)	Manohar Joshi (Shiv Sena) Narayan Rane (Shiv Sena)	INC: 80; SHS: 73; BJP: 65; IND: 45; JD: 11; PWP: 6; CPM: 3; SP: 3; Maharashtra Vikas Congress: 1; NVAS: 1; Total: 288.
10th Assembly	1999	Arunlal Gujarathi (INC)	Vilasrao Deshmukh (INC) Sushilkumar Shinde (INC)	INC: 75; SHS: 69; NCP: 58; BJP: 56; IND: 12; PWP: 5; BBM: 3; CPM: 2; JD(S): 1;SP: 2; RPI: 1; GGP: 1; Native People's Party: 1; SJP (Maharashtra): 1; Total: 288. Post-poll INC + NCP Front.
11th Assembly	2004	Babasaheb Kupekar (NCP)	Vilasrao Deshmukh (INC) Ashok Chavan (INC)	NCP: 71; INC: 69; SHS: 62; BJP: 54; IND: 19; Jan Surajya Shakti: 4; CPM: 3; PWP: 2; BBM: 1; RPI(A): 1; ABHS: 1; STBP: 1; Total: 288.
12th Assembly	2009	Dilip Walse-Patil (NCP)	Ashok Chavan (INC) Prithviraj Chavan (INC)	INC: 82; NCP: 62; BJP: 46; SHS: 44; IND: 24; MNS: 13; PWP: 4; SP: 4; JSS: 2; BVA: 2; CPM: 1; BBM: 1; SWP: 1; RSPS: 1; Loksangram: 1; Total: 288.
13th Assembly	2014	Haribhau Bagade (BJP)	Devendra Fadnavis (BJP)	BJP: 122; SHS: 63; INC: 42; NCP: 41; IND: 7; PWP: 3; BVA: 3; AIMIM: 2; CPM: 1; MNS: 1; SP: 1; BBM: 1; RSPS: 1; Total: 288.
14th Assembly	2019	Nana Patole (INC) Zirwal Narhari Sitaram (NCP) (Acting) Rahul Narwekar (BJP)	President's Rule Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) Uddhav Thackeray (SS) Eknath Shinde (SS)	BJP: 106; SHS: 56; NCP: 53; INC: 44; IND: 13; BVA: 3; AIMIM: 2; SP: 2; PHJSP: 2; CPM: 1; PWP: 1; MNS: 1; JSS: 1; SWP: 1; RSPS: 1; Krantikari Shetkari Party: 1; Total: 288. Post Poll Shiv Sena + BJP Alliance ^[13]

Office bearers

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Maharashtra Legislature leaders

House	Leader	Portrait	Since
Maharashtra Legislative Posts
Leader Legislature BJP Party	Devendra Fadnavis	File:Devendra Fadnavis StockFreeImage.png	19 November 2019
Leader Legislature Congress Party	Balasaheb Thorat		19 November 2019
Leader Legislature NCP (SP) Party	Jayant Patil		6 February 2024
Leader Legislature Shivsena Party	Eknath Shinde		17 February 2023
Leader Legislature NCP party	Ajit Pawar		04 July 2023
Leader Legislature Shivsena (UBT) Party	Ajay Choudhari		27 June 2022
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Posts
Group Leader Legislative Assembly BJP Party	Devendra Fadnavis	File:Devendra Fadnavis StockFreeImage.png	19 November 2019
Group Leader Legislative Assembly Congress Party	Balasaheb Thorat		19 November 2019
Group Legislative Assembly NCP Party	Jayant Patil		4 February 2024
Group Leader Legislative Assembly Shivsena Party	Eknath Shinde		17 February 2023
Group Leader Legislative Assembly NCP Party	Ajit Pawar		04 July 2023
Group Leader Legislative Assembly Shivsena (UBT) Party	Ajay Choudhari		27 June 2022
Group Leader Legislative Assembly BVA Party	Hitendra Thakur		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislative Assembly SP Party	Abu Asim Azmi		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislative Assembly AIMIM Party	Mohammed Ismail Abdul Khalique		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislative Assembly PJP Party	Bachchu Kadu		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislative Assembly CPI(M) Party	Vinod Bhiva Nikole		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislative Assembly PWPI Party	Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislative Assembly SWP Party	Devendra Mahadevrao Bhuyar		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislative Assembly RSP Party	Ratnakar Gutte		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislative Assembly MNS Party	Pramod Ratan Patil		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislative Assembly JSS Party	Vinay Kore		02 December 2019

Party Group Leader and Chief Whip


No		Post	Name
01	Bharatiya Janata Party	Group Leader	Devendra Fadnavis
01	Bharatiya Janata Party	Chief Whip	Ashish Shelar
02	Indian National Congress	Group Leader	Balasaheb Thorat
02	Indian National Congress	Chief Whip	Praniti Shinde
03	Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar	Group Leader	Jayant Patil
03	Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar	Chief Whip	Jitendra Awhad
04	Shiv Sena	Group Leader	Eknath Shinde
04	Shiv Sena	Chief Whip	Bharat Gogawale
05	Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar)	Group Leader	Ajit Pawar
05	Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar)	Chief Whip	Anil Bhaidas Patil
06	Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)	Group Leader	Ajay Choudhari
06	Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)	Chief Whip	Sunil Prabhu
07	Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Hitendra Thakur
08	Samajwadi Party	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Abu Asim Azmi
09	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Mohammed Ismail Abdul Khalique
10	Prahar Janshakti Party	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Omprakash Babarao Kadu
11	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Vinod Bhiva Nikole
12	Peasants and Workers Party of India	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde
13	Swabhimani Paksha	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Devendra Mahadevrao Bhuyar
14	Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Ratnakar Gutte
15	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Pramod Ratan Patil
16	Jan Surajya Shakti	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Vinay Kore

Sessions

The budget session and the monsoon session are convened in Mumbai whereas the winter session is convened in the auxiliary capital Nagpur. In 1975 because elections were in winter season, the monsoon (second) session was convened in Nagpur and winter (third) session was convened in Mumbai.^{[citation needed]}

Membership by party

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Members of Legislative Assembly

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References

^ "Congress names Vijay Wadettiwar as leader of opposition in Maharashtra Assembly". Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "MLAs' disqualification: Ajit Pawar has 41 legislators' support, Sharad Pawar just 11". 12 September 2023. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ "Maharashtra: Vasai MLA Hitendra Thakur likely to get ministerial berth". The Free Press Journal. 11 July 2022. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ ""We made a mistake":Bachchu Kaddu unhappy with NCP and NDA Alliance". Lokmat Times. 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ "MNS chief Raj Thackeray declares support to Eknath Shinde camp, BJP". Times Now News. 30 June 2022. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ Please refer to 2023 Nationalist Congress Party split#MLA's of NCP with respective leaders for list of MLAs with each faction
^ "BJP MLA Govardhan Sharma passes away at 74 in Akola - the Week". The Week. Archived from the original on 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "Maharashtra Legislature". Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "Uddhav Sena sticks its neck out, fields Milind Narvekar for Maharashtra Legislative Council polls". The Indian Express. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly". Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "Uddhav Sena sticks its neck out, fields Milind Narvekar for Maharashtra Legislative Council polls". The Indian Express. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai" (PDF). Legislative Bodies in India website. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India website. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

External links

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections Website
"State Election Commission". Government of Maharashtra. 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

[1] "Congress names Vijay Wadettiwar as leader of opposition in Maharashtra Assembly". Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[2] "MLAs' disqualification: Ajit Pawar has 41 legislators' support, Sharad Pawar just 11". 12 September 2023. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[3] "Maharashtra: Vasai MLA Hitendra Thakur likely to get ministerial berth". The Free Press Journal. 11 July 2022. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

[4] ""We made a mistake":Bachchu Kaddu unhappy with NCP and NDA Alliance". Lokmat Times. 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

[5] "MNS chief Raj Thackeray declares support to Eknath Shinde camp, BJP". Times Now News. 30 June 2022. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

[6] Please refer to 2023 Nationalist Congress Party split#MLA's of NCP with respective leaders for list of MLAs with each faction

[7] "BJP MLA Govardhan Sharma passes away at 74 in Akola - the Week". The Week. Archived from the original on 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

[mls-8] "Maharashtra Legislature". Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[sessions-9] "Uddhav Sena sticks its neck out, fields Milind Narvekar for Maharashtra Legislative Council polls". The Indian Express. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[cpa-10] "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly". Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[2019election-11] "Uddhav Sena sticks its neck out, fields Milind Narvekar for Maharashtra Legislative Council polls". The Indian Express. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[lbi-12] "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai" (PDF). Legislative Bodies in India website. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2010.

[13] "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India website. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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