Maharashtra Legislative Council

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Maharashtra Legislative Council
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Type
Type
Term limits
6 years
Leadership
C. P. Radhakrishnan
since 27 July 2024
Ram Shinde , BJP
since 19 December 2024
Neelam Gorhe , SHS
since 24 June 2019
Devendra Fadnavis , BJP
since 05 December 2024
Chandrakant Patil , BJP
since 21 December 2024
Eknath Shinde , SHS
since 09 December 2024
Ambadas Danve , SHS(UBT)
since 9 August 2022
General Secretary
Rajendra Bhagwat,IAS
Structure
Seats78 (66 Elected + 12 Nominated)
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Political groups
 Government (40)
  Maha Yuti (40)

Official Opposition (17)

  MVA (17)

Vacant (21)

  Vacant (21)
Meeting place
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Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
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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.

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Maharashtra Legislature Leaders

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Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Posts
Leader Legislature BJP Party Devendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis @Vidhan Sabha 04-03-2021.jpg 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 Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg 17 February 2023
Leader Legislature NCP Party Ajit Pawar Ajit Pawar.jpg 04 July 2023
Leader Legislature SS(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 Satejpatil.jpg 2 March 2023

Party Group Leader & Chief Whip and Whip

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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 WhipUnknown
WhipUnknown
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
WhipUnknown
06 Shiv Sena Group Leader & Chief Whip Viplav Bajoria

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. [3]

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.

  1. 30 members shall be elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly.
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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 [4] [5] [6]

Elected by the Legislative Assembly members (30)

Keys:   BJP (14)   SHS (4)   NCP (4)   SS(UBT) (3)   INC (3)   NCP-SP (2)

#MemberPartyTerm StartTerm End
1 Pankaja Munde BJP 28-July-202427-July-2030
2 Yogesh Tilekar BJP 28-July-202427-July-2030
3 Parinay Phuke BJP 28-July-202427-July-2030
4 Amit Gorkhe BJP 28-July-202427-July-2030
5 Sadabhau Khot BJP 28-July-202427-July-2030
6 Pravin Darekar BJP 08-July-202207-July-2028
7 Ram Shinde BJP 08-July-202207-July-2028
8 Shrikant Bharatiya BJP 08-July-202207-July-2028
9 Prasad Lad BJP 08-July-202207-July-2028
10Uma Khapre BJP 08-July-202207-July-2028
11 Ranjitsinh Mohite Patil BJP 14-May-202013-May-2026
12 Sandip Joshi BJP 20-Mar-202513-May-2026
13 Dadarao Keche BJP 20-Mar-202513-May-2026
14Sanjay Kenekar BJP 20-Mar-202513-May-2026
15 Krupal Tumane SHS 28-July-202427-July-2030
16 Bhavana Gawali SHS 28-July-202427-July-2030
17 Chandrakant Raghuwanshi SHS 20-Mar-202507-July-2028
18 Neelam Gorhe SHS 14-May-202013-May-2026
19 Shivaji Rao Garje NCP 28-July-202427-July-2030
20Sanjay Khodke NCP 20-Mar-202527-July-2030
21 Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar NCP 08-July-202207-July-2028
22 Amol Mitkari NCP 14-May-202013-May-2026
23 Milind Narvekar SS(UBT) 28-July-202427-July-2030
24 Sachin Ahir SS(UBT) 08-July-202207-July-2028
25 Uddhav Thackeray SS(UBT) 14-May-202013-May-2026
26 Pradnya Satav INC 28-July-202427-July-2030
27 Bhai Jagtap INC 08-July-202207-July-2028
28 Rajesh Rathod INC 14-May-202013-May-2026
29 Eknath Khadse NCP(SP) 08-July-202207-July-2028
30 Shashikant Shinde NCP(SP) 14-May-202013-May-2026

Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies (22)

Keys:   BJP (3)   SS(UBT) (2)   INC (1)   Vacant (16)

#ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm StartTerm End
1Mumbai Sunil Shinde SS(UBT) 02-Jan-202201-Jan-2028
2MumbaiRaj Hans Singh BJP 02-Jan-202201-Jan-2028
3Dhule-Nandurbar Amrish Patel BJP 02-Jan-202201-Jan-2028
4Nagpurvacant since 23-Nov-2024 [a] 01-Jan-2028
5Akola-Washim-BuldhanaVasant Khandelwal BJP 02-Jan-202201-Jan-2028
6Kolhapur Satej Patil INC 02-Jan-202201-Jan-2028
7Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Jalna Ambadas Danve SS(UBT) 30-Aug-201929-Aug-2025
8Osmanabad-Latur-BeedVacant
9AmravatiVacant
10Wardha-Chandrapur-GadhchiroliVacant
11NashikVacant
12Parbhani-HingoliVacant
13Raigad-Ratnagiri-SindhudurgVacant
14JalgaonVacant
15Bhandara-GondiaVacant
16PuneVacant
17Sangli-SataraVacant
18NandedVacant
19YavatmalVacant
20Thane-PalgharVacant
21Ahilya NagarVacant
22SolapurVacant

Elected from Teachers constituencies (7)

Keys:   Independent (2)   BJP (1)   SHS (1)   NCP (1)   SS(UBT) (1)   INC (1)

#ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm StartTerm End
1 Mumbai Jagannath Abhyankar SS(UBT) 08-Jul-202407-Jul-2030
2Nashik Kishor Darade SHS 08-Jul-202407-Jul-2030
3 Konkan Dnyaneshwar Mhatre BJP 08-Feb-202307-Feb-2029
4Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Vikram Kale NCP 08-Feb-202307-Feb-2029
5Nagpur Sudhakar Adbale Ind 08-Feb-202307-Feb-2029
6PuneJayant Asgaonkar INC 07-Dec-202006-Dec-2026
7AmravatiKiran Sarnaik Ind 07-Dec-202006-Dec-2026

Elected from Graduates constituencies (7)

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

#ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm StartTerm End
1Konkan Niranjan Davkhare BJP 08-Jul-202407-Jul-2030
2Mumbai Anil Parab SS(UBT) 08-Jul-202407-Jul-2030
3Amravati Dhiraj Lingade INC 08-Feb-202307-Feb-2029
4Nashik Satyajeet Tambe Ind 08-Feb-202307-Feb-2029
5Nagpur Abhijit Wanjarri INC 07-Dec-202006-Dec-2026
6Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Satish Chavan NCP 07-Dec-202006-Dec-2026
7Pune Arun Lad NCP(SP) 07-Dec-202006-Dec-2026

Nominated by the Governor (12)

Keys:   BJP (3)   SHS (2)   NCP (2)   Vacant (5)

#MemberPartyTerm StartTerm End
1Chitra Wagh BJP 16-Oct-202415-Oct-2030
2Vikrant Patil BJP 16-Oct-202415-Oct-2030
3Babusingh Rathod BJP 16-Oct-202415-Oct-2030
4 Hemant Patil SHS 16-Oct-202415-Oct-2030
5 Manisha Kayande SHS 16-Oct-202415-Oct-2030
6 Pankaj Bhujbal NCP 16-Oct-202415-Oct-2030
7 Idris Naikwadi NCP 16-Oct-202415-Oct-2030
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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

See also

References

  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. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Vidhan Mandal Margadarshika" (PDF) (in Marathi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Maharashtra Legislative Council List of members" (PDF). 1 March 2022.
  5. ↑ The Hindu (28 July 2024). "Eleven MLCs take oath in Maharashtra". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Hours before Maharashtra Assembly elections announcement, 7 nominated MLCs to be sworn in". The Indian Express. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules" (PDF). 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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