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Legislative body | Maharashtra Legislature | ||||
Term | 13 October 2009 – | ||||
Election | 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election | ||||
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Members | 288 | ||||
Speaker of the House | Dilip Walse-Patil | ||||
Deputy Speaker of the House | Madhukarrao Chavan | ||||
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Leader of the Opposition | Eknath Khadse | ||||
Party control | Maha Aghadi |
The Members of 12th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra were elected during the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, with results announced on 22 October 2009.
The ruling INC-NCP(Democratic Front) won the elections gaining 82 and 62 Seats respectively and winning 175 seats in alliance with support of independents and smaller parties. The opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party lost the election gaining 45 and 46 seats respectively and winning 91 seats in alliance. Incumbent CM Ashok Chavan [1] was again sworn in as the Chief minister of Maharashtra with Ajit Pawar of NCP as his Deputy.
Due to scam allegations on Ashok Chavan, The Congress replaced him with senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan [2] as the Chief minister of Maharashtra.
(10 December 2009- 18 November 2010)
(4 December 2010 - 8 November 2014)
(7 November 2009 - 9 November 2010)
(11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014)
(7 November 2009 - 9 November 2010)
(11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014)
(7 November 2009 - 9 November 2010)
(11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014)
Parties and Coalitions | Seats | Leader | |
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Indian National Congress 82 / 288 (28%) | 82 | Ashok Chavan (7 Nov 2009 – 9 November 2010) Prithviraj Chavan [ clarification needed ] | |
Nationalist Congress Party 62 / 288 (22%) | 62 | Ajit Pawar | |
Bharatiya Janata Party 46 / 288 (16%) | 46 | Eknath Khadse | |
Shiv Sena 45 / 288 (16%) | 45 | Subhash Desai | |
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 13 / 288 (5%) | 13 | Pravin Darekar | |
Peasants and Workers Party of India 4 / 288 (1%) | 4 | Vivek Patil | |
Samajwadi Party 4 / 288 (1%) | 4 | Abu Azmi | |
Jan Surajya Shakti 2 / 288 (0.7%) | 2 | Vinay Kore | |
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi 2 / 288 (0.7%) | 2 | Babasaheb Patil | |
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh 1 / 288 (0.3%) | 1 | Haridas Bhade | |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 / 288 (0.3%) | 1 | Rajaram Ozare | |
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha 1 / 288 (0.3%) | 1 | Balasaheb Patil | |
Swabhimani Paksha 1 / 288 (0.3%) | 1 | Bharat Bhalke | |
Lok Sangram 1 / 288 (0.3%) | 1 | Anil Anna Gote | |
Independents 24 / 288 (8%) | 24 |
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