Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

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Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Mahārāṣṭra Vidhāna Sabhā
14th Maharashtra Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Rajendra Bhagwat, IAS
Structure
Seats288
Maha Legisl.svg
Political groups
Government (162)
NDA (162)
  •   BJP (105)
  •   SS (40)
  •   PJP (2)
  •   RSP (1)
  •   JSS (1)
  •   MNS (1)
  •   IND (12)

Opposition (126)
MVA (121)

Others (5)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
21 October 2019
Next election
October 2024
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan aerial view.jpg
Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
Vidhan Bhavan (State Legislative Assembly) Nagpur - panoramio.jpg
Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session) Maharashtra Legislature
Website
maharashtra.gov.in
mls.org.in

The Mahārāṣṭra Vidhāna Sabhā or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from the single-seat constituencies. The members of the upper house, the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad (the legislative council) are indirectly elected through an electoral college.

Maharashtra Legislature Leaders[edit]

House Leader Portrait Since
Maharashtra Legislative Posts
Leader Legislature BJP Party Devendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis StockFreeImage.png 19 November 2019
Leader Legislature NCP Party Jayant Patil Jayant Patil Speaking.jpg 24 November 2019
Leader Legislature Congress Party Balasaheb Thorat 19 November 2019
Leader Legislature SHS Party Eknath Shinde Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg 17 February 2023
Leader Legislature SHS(UBT) Party Ajay Choudhari File:Ajay Choudhari.webp 27 June 2022
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Posts
Group Leader Legislature Assembly BJP Party Devendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis StockFreeImage.png 19 November 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly NCP Party Ajit Pawar File:Ajit Pawar During Speech Cropped.jpg 02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly Congress Party Balasaheb Thorat 19 November 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SHS Party Eknath Shinde Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg 17 February 2023
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SHS(UBT) Party Ajay Choudhari File:Ajay Choudhari.webp 27 June 2022
Group Leader Legislature Assembly BVA Party Hitendra Thakur 02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SP Party Abu Asim Azmi Abu Asim Azmi (enhanced).jpg 02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly AIMIM Party Mohammed Ismail Abdul Khalique 02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly PJP Party Bachchu Kadu File:Bachukadu.jpg 02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly CPI(M) Party Vinod Bhiva Nikole 02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly PWPI Party Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde 02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SWP Party Devendra Mahadevrao Bhuyar 02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly RSP Party Ratnakar Gutte 02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly MNS Party Pramod Ratan Patil 02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly JSS Party Vinay Kore 02 December 2019

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Party Group Leader & Chief Whip[edit]

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

Sessions[edit]

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.

14th Legislative Assembly[edit]

The Members of 14th Maharashtra Assembly of Maharashtra were elected in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, with results announced on 21 October 2019. {{#section:14th Maharashtra Assembly|Lead}}

Membership by party[edit]

{{#section:14th Maharashtra Assembly|Composition}}

List of previous Assemblies[edit]

The following is the list of all the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblies (1961-Present):[5]

Assembly Election Year Speaker Chief Minister Seats
1st Assembly 1960*
  • Sayaji Silam (INC)

(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 INC: 215; PWP: 15; IND: 15; PSP: 9; CPI: 6; RPI: 3; Socialist: 1; Total: 264.
3rd Assembly 1967 INC: 203; PWP: 19; IND: 16; CPI: 10; PSP: 8; RPI: 5; SSP: 4; BJS: 4; CPM: 1; Total: 270.
4th Assembly 1972 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 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 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)
INC: 161; ICS: 54; JP: 20; IND: 20; BJP: 16; PWP: 13; CPM: 2; CPI: 2; Total: 288.
8th Assembly 1990
  • Madhukarrao Chaudhari (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

(Shiv Sena)

(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)
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)
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 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 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

(NCP) (Acting)

BJP: 105; SHS: 56; NCP: 54; 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 (Rebel) + BJP Alliance [6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Peasants and Workers Party MLA Shyamsundar Shinde, CPI(M) member Vinod Nikole and Swabhimani Paksha MLA Devendra Bhuyar are the MLAs from smaller parties who were present for the MVA meeting".
  2. "Peasants and Workers Party MLA Shyamsundar Shinde, CPI(M) member Vinod Nikole and Swabhimani Paksha MLA Devendra Bhuyar are the MLAs from smaller parties who were present for the MVA meeting".
  3. "Patil of PWPI is supported by the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the NCP and Congress".
  4. "Translation: We are not MLAs tied to anyone's door: Hitendra Thakur (Bahujan Vikas Aghadi President)". Bahujan Vikas Aghadi. 5 July 2022.
  5. "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai" (PDF). Legislative Bodies in India website. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  6. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

External links[edit]


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