Maharashtra Legislature

Maharashtra Legislature

Maharashtra Vidhan Mandal
Maharashtra Legislature ; Maharashtra Vidhan Mandal
	Emblem of Maharashtra
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Maharashtra Legislative Council (Upper house); Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Lower house)
History
Founded	1 May 1960 (64 years ago)
Leadership
Governor of Maharashtra	Ramesh Bais ; since 18 February 2023
Chief Minister of Maharashtra	Eknath Shinde, SHS Shinde Group ; since 30 June 2022
Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra	Devendra Fadnavis, BJP and ; Ajit Pawar, NCP
Parliamentary Affairs Maharashtra Minister & Deputy Minister	Minister: ; Chandrakant Patil ; (Cabinet Minister), BJP Deputy Minister: ; Vacant ; (Minister of State)Deputy Minister: ; Vacant ; (Minister of State) ; since 14 August 2022
Chair & Deputy Chair Maharashtra Legislative Council	Chair: ; Neelam Gorhe (Additional Charge), SHS Shinde Group ; Deputy Chair: ; Neelam Gorhe , SHS Shinde Group ; since 07 July 2022 and 24 June 2019
Leader & Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council	Leader: ; Devendra Fadnavis , BJP (Deputy Chief Minister) ; Deputy Leader: ; Uday Samant , SHS Shinde Group ; (Cabinet Minister) ; since 17 August 2022
Leader & Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council	Leader: ; Ambadas Danve, SHS (UBT); Deputy Leader: ; Bhai Jagtap , INC ; since 09 August 2022 and 17 August 2022
Speaker & Deputy Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Speaker: ; Rahul Narwekar , BJP ; Deputy Speaker: ; Narhari Sitaram Zirwal , NCP ; since 03 July 2022 and 14 March 2020
Leader & Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Leader: ; Eknath Shinde , , SHS Shinde Group (Chief Minister) Deputy Leader: ; Devendra Fadnavis , BJP (Deputy Chief Minister)Deputy Leader: ; Ajit Pawar, NCP (Deputy Chief Minister) ; since 03 July 2022 & 02 July 2023
Leader & Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Leader:; Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar , INC Deputy Leader:; Jitendra Awhad , NCP (SCP)Deputy Leader: ; Ajay Choudhari , SHS (UBT) ; since 03 August 2023
Structure
Seats	366 (78 MLCs + 288 MLAs)
Maharashtra Legislative Council political groups	Government (35); Opposition (22); Vacant (21);
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly political groups	Government (175); Opposition (169); To be decided (44);
Elections
Maharashtra Legislative Council voting system	Single transferable vote
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly voting system	First-past-the-post
Last Maharashtra Legislative Council election	2020
Last Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	21 October 2019
Next Maharashtra Legislative Council election	2022
Next Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	October 2024
Meeting place
	Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
	Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session)
Website
	Government of Maharashtra; Maharashtra Legislature
Constitution
	Constitution of India

The Maharashtra Legislature (IAST: Maharashtra Vidhan Mandal) is the supreme legislative body of the state of Maharashtra. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Governor of Maharashtra and two houses, The Maharashtra Legislative Council (Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad) and The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha). The governor in his role as head of the legislature has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of legislature or to dissolve the Legislative Assembly.

Head Leaders edit

House	Leader	Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor	Ramesh Bais	18 February 2023
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde	30 June 2022
Deputy Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis (First)	30 June 2022
Deputy Chief Minister	Ajit Pawar (Second)	2 July 2023
Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council	Neelam Gorhe (Additional Charge)	07 July 2022
Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Rahul Narwekar	03 July 2022
Deputy Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council	Neelam Gorhe	08 September 2020
Deputy Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Narhari Sitaram Zirwal	14 March 2020
Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Eknath Shinde	03 July 2022
Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council	Devendra Fadnavis	17 August 2022
Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Devendra Fadnavis (First)	03 July 2022
Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Ajit Pawar (Second)	17 July 2022
Deputy Leader of the House of Maharashtra Legislative Council	Uday Samant (Acting)	17 August 2022
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar	03 August 2023
Leader of Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council	Ambadas Danve	09 August 2022
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)	Jitendra Awhad (First)	03 August 2023
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)	Ajay Choudhari (Second)	03 August 2023
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Council)	Bhai Jagtap	17 August 2022
Chief Secretary of Maharashtra	Manoj Saunik	01 May 2023

Maharashtra Legislature Leaders edit

House	Leader	Since
Maharashtra Legislative 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 SHS(UBT) Party	Ajay Choudhari	27 June 2022
Group Leader Legislature Assembly NCP Party	Ajit Pawar	04 July 2023
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Posts
Group Leader Legislature Assembly BJP Party	Devendra Fadnavis	19 November 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly NCP Party	Ajit Pawar	02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly NCP (SP) Party	Jayant Patil	02 July 2023
Group Leader Legislature Assembly Congress Party	Balasaheb Thorat	19 November 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SHS Party	Eknath Shinde	17 February 2023
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SHS(UBT) Party	Ajay Choudhari	27 June 2022
Group Leader Legislature Assembly BVA Party	Hitendra Thakur	02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SP Party	Abu Asim Azmi	02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly AIMIM Party	Mohammed Ismail Abdul Khalique	02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly PJP Party	Bachchu Kadu	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
Maharashtra Legislative Council Posts
Group Leader Legislature Council BJP Party	Pravin Darekar	16 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council SHS(UBT) Party	Anil Parab	07 July 2022
Group Leader Legislature Council NCP (SP) Party	Eknath Khadse	11 March 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council NCP Party	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	07 July 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council Congress Party	Satej Patil	02 March 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council JD(U) Party	Kapil Waman Patil	02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council PWPI Party	Jayant Prabhakar Patil	02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council RSP Party	Mahadev Jankar	02 December 2019