Maharashtra Legislative Council

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Maharashtra Legislative Council
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Type
Type
Term limits
6 years
Leadership
Acharya Devvrat (Additional Charge)
since 15 September 2025
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
Uddhav Thackeray , SHS(UBT)
since 30 August 2025
General Secretary
Rajendra Bhagwat,IAS
Structure
Seats78 (66 Elected + 12 Nominated)
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Political groups
 Government (40)
  MY (40)

Official Opposition (17)

  MVA (16)

Vacant (22)

  Vacant (22)
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.

Contents

Maharashtra Legislature Leaders

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Group Leader Legislature Council BJP Party Pravin Darekar 16 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council SHS Party Kishor Darade 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
Nationalist Congress Party Vikram Kale

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 Whip Shivaji Rao Garje
Whip Sanjay Khodke
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
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06 Shiv Sena Group Leader & Chief Whip Kishor Darade

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 Fuke 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
10 Uma 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
14 Sanjay 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
20 Sanjay 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) (1)   INC (1)   Vacant (17)

#ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm StartTerm End
1 Mumbai Sunil Shinde SS(UBT) 02-Jan-202201-Jan-2028
2 Mumbai Rajhans Singh BJP 02-Jan-202201-Jan-2028
3 Dhule–Nandurbar Amrish Patel BJP 02-Jan-202201-Jan-2028
4 Nagpur vacant since 23-Nov-2024 [a] 01-Jan-2028
5 Akola–Washim–Buldhana Vasant Khandelwal BJP 02-Jan-202201-Jan-2028
6 Kolhapur Satej Patil INC 02-Jan-202201-Jan-2028
7 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar–Jalna Vacant since 29-Aug-2025
8 Dharashiv–Latur–Beed Vacant since 22-Jun-2024
9 Amravati Vacant since 22-Jun-2024
10 Wardha–Chandrapur–Gadhchiroli Vacant since 22-Jun-2024
11 Nashik Vacant since 22-Jun-2024
12 Parbhani–Hingoli Vacant since 22-Jun-2024
13 Raigad–Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Vacant since1-Jun-2024
14 Jalgaon Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
15 Bhandara–Gondia Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
16 Pune Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
17 Sangli–Satara Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
18 Nanded Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
19 Yavatmal Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
20 Thane–Palghar Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
21 Ahilyanagar Vacant since 02-Jan-2022
22 Solapur Vacant since 02-Jan-2022

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
2 Nashik Kishor Darade SHS 08-Jul-202407-Jul-2030
3 Konkan Dnyaneshwar Mhatre BJP 08-Feb-202307-Feb-2029
4 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Vikram Kale NCP 08-Feb-202307-Feb-2029
5 Nagpur Sudhakar Adbale Ind 08-Feb-202307-Feb-2029
6 Pune Jayant Asgaonkar INC 07-Dec-202006-Dec-2026
7 Amravati Kiran 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
1 Konkan Niranjan Davkhare BJP 08-Jul-202407-Jul-2030
2 Mumbai Anil Parab SS(UBT) 08-Jul-202407-Jul-2030
3 Amravati Dhiraj Lingade INC 08-Feb-202307-Feb-2029
4 Nashik Satyajeet Tambe Ind 08-Feb-202307-Feb-2029
5 Nagpur Abhijit Wanjarri INC 07-Dec-202006-Dec-2026
6 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Satish Chavan NCP 07-Dec-202006-Dec-2026
7 Pune 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
1 Chitra Wagh BJP 16-Oct-202415-Oct-2030
2 Vikrant Patil BJP 16-Oct-202415-Oct-2030
3 Babusingh 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

Chairperson

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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