Maharashtra Legislative Council

Maharashtra Legislative Council
Maharashtra Legislative Council
Type
Type	Upper house of the Maharashtra Legislature
Term limits	6 years
Leadership
Governor of Maharashtra	Ramesh Bais ; since 18 February 2023
Chairman of the House	Neelam Gorhe (Additional Charge), SHS ; since 7 July 2022
Deputy Chairman of the House	Neelam Gorhe, SHS ; since 24 June 2019
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde, SHS ; since 30 June 2022
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Chandrakant Patil, BJP ; since 14 August 2022
Leader of the House	Devendra Fadnavis; (Dy Chief Minister), BJP ; since 17 August 2022
Deputy Leader of the House	Uday Samant (Acting); (Cabinet Minister), SHS ; since 17 August 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Ambadas Danve, SS(UBT) ; since 9 August 2022
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Bhai Jagtap, INC ; since 17 August 2022
General Secretary	Rajendra Bhagwat, IAS
Structure
Seats	78 (66 Elected + 12 Nominated)
Political groups	Government (37); NDA (37) BJP (22); NCP (6); SHS (4); RSP (1); IND (4); Opposition (20); MVA (20) SS(UBT) (7); INC (8); NCP(SP) (3); PWPI (1); SGP (1); Vacant (21) Vacant (21);
Meeting place
	Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
	Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session)Maharashtra Legislature
Website
	Government of Maharashtra ; Maharashtra Legislative Council Website

The Maharashtra Legislative Council or Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India.

Maharashtra Legislature Leaders

House	Leader	Since
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Posts
Leader Legislature BJP Party	Devendra Fadnavis	19 November 2019
Leader Legislature NCP(SP) Party	Jayant Patil	24 November 2019
Leader Legislature Congress Party	Balasaheb Thorat	19 November 2019
Leader Legislature SHS Party	Eknath Shinde	17 February 2023
Leader Legislature NCP Party	Ajit Pawar	04 July 2023
Leader Legislature SHS(UBT) Party	Ajay Choudhari	27 June 2022
Maharashtra Legislative Council Posts
Group Leader Legislature Council BJP Party	Pravin Darekar	16 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council SHS Party	Viplav Bajoria	1 March 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council SS(UBT) Party	Anil Parab	7 July 2022
Group Leader Legislature Council NCP(SP) Party	Eknath Khadse	11 March 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council Congress Party	Satej Patil	2 March 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council SGP Party	Kapil Waman Patil	2 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council PWPI Party	Jayant Patil	2 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council RSP Party	Mahadev Jankar	2 December 2019

Party Group Leader & Chief Whip and Whip


No		Post	Name
01	Bharatiya Janata Party	Group Leader	Pravin Darekar
		Chief Whip	Vijay Girkar
		Whip	Prasad Lad
02	Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)	Group Leader	Anil Parab
		Chief Whip	Sunil Shinde
		Whip	Sachin Ahir
03	Nationalist Congress Party	Group Leader	Aniket Tatkare
		Chief Whip	Unknown
		Whip	Unknown
04	Indian National Congress	Group Leader	Satej Patil
		Chief Whip	Abhijit Wanjarri
		Whip	Rajesh Rathod
05	Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)	Group Leader	Eknath Khadse
		Chief Whip	Shashikant Shinde
		Whip	Unknown
06	Shiv Sena	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Viplav Bajoria
07	Samajwadi Ganrajya Party	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Kapil Waman Patil
08	Peasants and Workers Party of India	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Jayant Patil
09	Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	Group Leader & Chief Whip	Mahadev Jankar

Location

The seat of the Vidhan Parishad is situated at the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. The budget session and the monsoon session are convened in Mumbai whereas the winter session is convened in the auxiliary capital Nagpur.^[5]

Membership by party

Members of Maharashtra Legislative Council by their political party (as of 23 January 2023^[update]):

Alliance			No.of MLAs	Leader of the Party
	Government NDA (37) Majority	BJP	22	Pravin Darekar
		NCP	6	Aniket Tatkare
		SHS	4	Viplove Bajoria
		RSP	1	Mahadev Jankar
		IND	4	NONE
	Opposition MVA (18) Minority	INC	8	Satej Patil
		SS(UBT)	6	Anil Parab
		NCP(SP)	3	Eknath Khadse
		SGP	1	Kapil Waman Patil
		PWPI	1	Jayant Patil
Vacant			21	Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies (9) Jalgaon Bhandara-Gondia Pune Sangli-Satara Nanded Yavatmal Thane-Palghar Ahmednagar Solapur Governor Nominated (12)
Total			78

Composition of Legislative Council

Legislative Council shall consist of not less than 40 members or maximum one-third of the total number of members in the legislative assembly, chosen in the manner provided in this section.

30 members shall be elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly.
7 members are elected from amongst graduates from seven divisions of Maharashtra ( Mumbai, Amravati Division, Nashik Division, Aurangabad Division, Konkan Division, Nagpur Division and Pune Division)
7 members are elected from amongst teachers from seven divisions of Maharashtra ( Mumbai, Amravati Division, Nashik Division, Aurangabad Division, Konkan Division, Nagpur Division and Pune Division)
22 members are elected from amongst the local bodies of Maharashtra from 21 divisions of Maharashtra ( Mumbai (2 seats) and one seat each from Ahmednagar, Akola-cum-Washim-cum-Buldhana, Amravati, Aurangabad-cum-Jalna, Bhandara- Gondiya, Dhule-cum-Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Osmanabad-cum-Latur-cum-Beed, Parbhani-Hingoli, Pune, Raigad-cum-Ratnagiri-cum-Sindhudurg, Sangli-cum-Satara, Solapur, Thane-cum-Palghar, Wardha-cum-Chandrapur-cum-Gadhchiroli and Yavatmal)
12 members having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of matters such as literature, science, art, co-operative movement and social service shall be nominated by the Governor

It is a continuous House and not subject to dissolution. However, one-third of its members retire every second year and are replaced by new members. As such a member enjoys a tenure of six years. The members of the Vidhan Parishad elect its chairman and deputy chairman.

Constituencies and Members (78)

Following are recent members of Maharashtra Legislative Council^[6]

Elected by the Legislative Assembly members (30)

Keys: BJP (13) NCP(SP) (2) INC (4) SS(UBT) (3) SHS (3) PWPI (1) RSP (1)

#	Member		Term Start	Term End
1	Pravin Darekar	BJP	08-Jul-2022	07-Jul-2028
2	Ram Shinde	BJP	08-Jul-2022	07-Jul-2028
3	Uma Khapre	BJP	08-Jul-2022	07-Jul-2028
4	Shrikant Bharatiya	BJP	08-Jul-2022	07-Jul-2028
5	Prasad Lad	BJP	08-Jul-2022	07-Jul-2028
6	Ranjitsinh Mohite Patil	BJP	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
7	Pravin Datke	BJP	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
8	Gopichand Padalkar	BJP	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
9	Ramesh Karad	BJP	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
10	Nilay Naik	BJP	28-Jul-2018	27-Jul-2024
11	Ram Patil Ratolikar	BJP	28-Jul-2018	27-Jul-2024
12	Ramesh Patil	BJP	28-Jul-2018	27-Jul-2024
13	Vijay Girkar	BJP	28-Jul-2018	27-Jul-2024
14	Aamshya Padavi	SHS	08-Jul-2022	07-Jul-2028
15	Neelam Gorhe	SHS	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
16	Manisha Kayande	SHS	28-Jul-2018	27-Jul-2024
17	Sachin Ahir	SS(UBT)	08-Jul-2022	07-Jul-2028
18	Uddhav Thackeray	SS(UBT)	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
19	Anil Parab	SS(UBT)	28-Jul-2018	27-Jul-2024
20	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	NCP	08-Jul-2022	07-Jul-2028
21	Amol Mitkari	NCP	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
22	Babajani Durani	NCP	28-Jul-2018	27-Jul-2024
23	Eknath Khadse	NCP(SP)	08-Jul-2022	07-Jul-2028
24	Shashikant Shinde	NCP(SP)	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
25	Bhai Jagtap	INC	08-Jul-2022	07-Jul-2028
26	Rajesh Rathod	INC	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
27	Wajahat Ather Mirza	INC	28-Jul-2018	27-Jul-2024
28	Pradnya Satav	INC	23-Nov-2021	27-Jul-2024
29	Jayant Patil	PWPI	28-Jul-2018	27-Jul-2024
30	Mahadev Jankar	RSP	28-Jul-2018	27-Jul-2024

Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies (22)

Keys: BJP (7) SS (3) INC (1) NCP (1) SS (1) Vacant (9)

#	Constituency	Member		Term Start	Term End
1	Mumbai	Sunil Shinde	SS (UBT)	02-Jan-2022	01-Jan-2028
2	Mumbai	Raj Hans Singh	BJP	02-Jan-2022	01-Jan-2028
3	Dhule-Nandurbar	Amrish Patel	BJP	02-Jan-2022	01-Jan-2028
4	Nagpur	Chandrashekhar Bawankule	BJP	02-Jan-2022	01-Jan-2028
5	Akola-Washim-Buldhana	Vasant Khandelwal	BJP	02-Jan-2022	01-Jan-2028
6	Kolhapur	Satej Patil	INC	02-Jan-2022	01-Jan-2028
7	Aurangabad-Jalna	Ambadas Danve	SS (UBT)	30-Aug-2019	29-Aug-2025
8	Osmanabad-Latur-Beed	Suresh Dhas	BJP	22-Jun-2018	21-Jun-2024
9	Amravati	Pravin Pote	BJP	22-Jun-2018	21-Jun-2024
10	Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadhchiroli	Ramdas Ambatkar	BJP	22-Jun-2018	21-Jun-2024
11	Nashik	Narendra Darade	SS(UBT)	22-Jun-2018	21-Jun-2024
12	Parbhani-Hingoli	Viplove Bajoria	SHS	22-Jun-2018	21-Jun-2024
13	Raigad-Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg	Vacant
14	Jalgaon	Vacant
15	Bhandara-Gondia	Vacant
16	Pune	Vacant
17	Sangli-Satara	Vacant
18	Nanded	Vacant
19	Yavatmal	Vacant
20	Thane-Palghar	Vacant
21	Ahmednagar	Vacant
22	Solapur	Vacant

Elected from Teachers' constituencies (7)

Keys: BJP (1) NCP (1) INC (1) SGP(1) Ind (3)

#	Constituency	Member		Term Start	Term End
1	Konkan	Dnyaneshwar Mhatre	BJP	08-Feb-2023	07-Feb-2029
2	Aurangabad	Vikram Kale	NCP	08-Feb-2023	07-Feb-2029
3	Nagpur	Sudhakar Adbale	IND	08-Feb-2023	07-Feb-2029
4	Pune	Jayant Asgaonkar	INC	07-Dec-2020	06-Dec-2026
5	Amravati	Kiran Sarnaik	IND	07-Dec-2020	06-Dec-2026
6	Mumbai	Kapil Waman Patil	SGP	08-Jul-2018	07-Jul-2024
7	Nashik	Kishor Darade	IND	08-Jul-2018	07-Jul-2024

Elected from Graduates constituencies (7)

Keys: NCP (1) NCP(SP) (1) INC (2) BJP (1) SS(UBT) (1) Ind (1)

#	Constituency	Member		Term Start	Term End
1	Amravati	Dhiraj Lingade	INC	08-Feb-2023	07-Feb-2029
2	Nashik	Satyajeet Tambe	IND	08-Feb-2023	07-Feb-2029
3	Nagpur	Abhijit Wanjarri	INC	07-Dec-2020	06-Dec-2026
4	Aurangabad	Satish Chavan	NCP	07-Dec-2020	06-Dec-2026
5	Pune	Arun Lad	NCP(SP)	07-Dec-2020	06-Dec-2026
6	Mumbai	Vilas Potnis	SS(UBT)	08-Jul-2018	07-Jul-2024
7	Konkan	Niranjan Davkhare	BJP	08-Jul-2018	07-Jul-2024

Nominated by the Governor (12)

Keys: Vacant (12)

#	Member	Party		Term Start	Term End
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Officers

Chairman

Leader of the House

The council has a Leader of the House, who heads the government caucus. The office is provided for in the Legislative Council Rules, which defines it as "Chief Minister or any other Minister appointed by Chief Minister". The Rules further mandate that the chairperson should conduct parliamentary business in consultation with the Leader.^[7]

Deputy Leader of the House

The council has a Deputy Leader of the House, who heads the government caucus. The office is provided for in the Legislative Council Rules, which defines it as "Chief Minister or any other Minister appointed by Chief Minister". The Rules further mandate that the chairperson should conduct parliamentary business in consultation with the Leader.^[7]

Leader of the Opposition

References

^ "Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Neelam Gorhe joins Eknath Shinde camp". 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ "Maharashtra Legislative Council polls: MVA bags 3 seats, defeats BJP on Gadkari's home turf". India Today.
^ "NCP split: Here's a list of the MLAs, MLCS and MPS that attended Sharad Pawar's meeting". 5 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ "Patil,PWPI is supported by the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the NCP and Congress". 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
^ "Vidhan Mandal Margadarshika" (PDF) (in Marathi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ http://mls.org.in/pdf2021/winter/list-of-council-member.pdf Archived 26 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ ^a ^b "Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules" (PDF). 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[1] "Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Neelam Gorhe joins Eknath Shinde camp". 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

[2] "Maharashtra Legislative Council polls: MVA bags 3 seats, defeats BJP on Gadkari's home turf". India Today.

[3] "NCP split: Here's a list of the MLAs, MLCS and MPS that attended Sharad Pawar's meeting". 5 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

[4] "Patil,PWPI is supported by the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the NCP and Congress". 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

[5] "Vidhan Mandal Margadarshika" (PDF) (in Marathi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[6] ttp://mls.org.in/pdf2021/winter/list-of-council-member.pdf Archived 26 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[auto-7] "Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules" (PDF). 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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