Maharashtra is India's third largest state by area and has over 112 million inhabitants. Its capital,Mumbai,has a population of approximately 18 million;Nagpur is Maharashtra's second,or winter,capital. Government in the state is organized on the parliamentary system. Power is devolved to large city councils,district councils,subdistrict (taluka) councils,and village parish councils. The numerically strong Maratha–Kunbi community dominates the state's politics. The state has national and regional parties serving different demographics,such as those based on religion,caste,and urban and rural residents.
The 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 15 October 2014 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. After a 63.38% turnout in the election as hung verdict has occurred with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shivsena (SHS) emerged as largest and second largest parties.
Bhaskar Jadhav is an Indian politician and former Minister for Labour &Special Assistance,Maharashtra State. He is also the ex-president of Maharashtra state unit of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and MLA of Maharashtra from Guhagar. Formerly he also served as Minister of State for Urban Development,Forest,Port,Sports,Parliamentary Affairs,Youth Welfare,Ex-Defence Welfare,Law &Order,Fisheries and Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri.
Suresh Narayan Dhanorkar, also called Balubhau Dhanorkar or Balu Dhanorkar,was an Indian politician who was the elected member of the Lok Sabha from Chandrapur constituency. He was a member of the Indian National Congress political party. He was the only candidate for the INC to be elected as MP from Maharashtra.
The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 21 October 2019 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. After a 61.4% turnout in the election,the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (SHS) won a majority. Following differences over the government formation,the alliance was dissolved,precipitating a political crisis.
Rahul Subhash Kul is a politician from Rahu,Daund,Pune Maharashtra. He has been elected in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election in 2014 from Daund constituency as candidate of Rashtriya Samaj Paksha. In 2019 assembly election he again won as BJP candidate defeating rival NCP's Ramesh Thorat. His late father Subhash Kul was three time MLA from Daund while his mother Ranjana Kul is one time MLA from Daund. He succeeded his mother in 2014 General election defeating NCP's Ramesh Thorat.
Rajesh Raghunath Patil is an Indian politician in the Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi party. He was elected as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Boisar on 24 October 2019.
Aditi Sunil Tatkare is an Indian politician belonging to Nationalist Congress Party,who was State Minister of Maharashtra by Shinde government since 2023 and Thackeray Government 2019 - 2022. She is from Roha and she was elected as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Shrivardhan on 24 October 2019. She took the oath as an MLA on 26 November 2019.
Narendra Bhondekar is a politician from Bhandara district,Maharashtra. He is current Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Bhandara Vidhan Sabha constituency elected as an Independent candidate. He joined Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena after the split in Shiv Sena.
Vinod Santoshkumar Agrawal is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Gondiya in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election as an Independent candidate. Previously,he was associated with Bharatiya Janata Party. Later on 23 June he again joined BJP in between 2022 Maharashtra political crisis.
Namdev Jayram Sasane is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Umarkhed in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Bhimrao Keram is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Kinwat in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Dr. Tushar Govindrao Rathod is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Mukhed in the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election for first time and again in 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Sunil Dnyandev Kamble is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Pune Cantonment in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi,is a state-level political coalition formed after the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray of SHS (UBT),Sharad Pawar of the NCP and Sonia Gandhi of the INC,along with the support from the Samajwadi Party,PWPI,CPI(M) and several other political parties including Independent MLAs. MVA is currently the official opposition in Maharashtra Legislature.
Rajesh Udesingh Padvi is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Shahada in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Manjula Tulshiram Gavit is a politician from Dhule district,Maharashtra. She is current Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Sakri Vidhan Sabha constituency as an independent member. After elected she joined Shiv Sena in Presence of Udhav Thackeray. Post-Shiv Sena 2022 split,she joined Shiv Sena on 10/08/2024 in Dhule in presence of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Mangesh Ramesh Chavan is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Chalisgaon in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
A General assembly election is scheduled to be held in Maharashtra on 20 November 2024 to elect the 288 members of the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly,the counting and the results will be declared on 23 November 2024.
The Members of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra were elected in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election,with results announced on 24 October 2019.
