Maharashtra Legislature

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Maharashtra Legislature

Maharashtra Vidhan Mandal
Seal of Maharashtra.svg
Emblem of Maharashtra
Type
Type
Houses Maharashtra Legislative Council (Upper house)
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Lower house)
History
Founded1 May 1960(65 years ago) (1960-05-01)
Leadership
Eknath Shinde , SHS Shinde Group and
Ajit Pawar , NCP
Chair :
Ram Shinde , BJP Shinde Group
Deputy Chair :
Neelam Gorhe , SHS Shinde Group
Vacant, no opposition party has more than 10% seats.
Structure
Seats366 (78 MLCs + 288 MLAs)
Maharashtra Legislative Council June 2022.svg
India Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election 2024.svg
Elections
Single transferable vote
First-past-the-post
2020
October 2024
2022
October 2029
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan aerial view.jpg
Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
Vidhan Bhavan (State Legislative Assembly) Nagpur - panoramio.jpg
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

HouseLeaderPortraitSince
Constitutional Posts
Governor C. P. Radhakrishnan Governor of Jharkhand Radhakrishnan.jpg 27 July 2024
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis [1] Devendra Fadnavis @Vidhan Sabha 04-03-2021.jpg 05 December 2024
First Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde [1] Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg 05 December 2024
Second Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar [1] Ajit Pawar.jpg 05 December 2024
Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council Ram Shinde The Minister of State for Home (Rural), Public Health, Tourism and Marketing of Maharashtra, Prof. Ram Shinde meeting the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smt. Smriti Irani, in New Delhi on February 23, 2015 (cropped).jpg 07 July 2022
Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rahul Narwekar [2] Rahul Narwekar.jpeg 09 December 2024
Deputy Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council Neelam Gorhe 08 September 2020
Deputy Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Anna Bansode 25 March 2025
Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Devendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis @Vidhan Sabha 04-03-2021.jpg 05 December 2024
Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council Eknath Shinde Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg 09 December 2024
First Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Eknath Shinde Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg 05 December 2024
Second Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Ajit Pawar Ajit Pawar.jpg 05 December 2024
Deputy Leader of the House of Maharashtra Legislative Council Pankaja Munde Pankaja munde political women.png 21 December 2024
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Vacant26 November 2024
Leader of Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council Ambadas Danve 09 August 2022
First Deputy Leader of Opposition
(Maharashtra Legislative Assembly) 		Vacant26 November 2024
Second Deputy Leader of Opposition
(Maharashtra Legislative Assembly) 		Vacant26 November 2024
Deputy Leader of Opposition
(Maharashtra Legislative Council) 		Bhai Jagtap Bhai jagtap.jpeg 17 August 2022
Chief Secretary of Maharashtra Sujata Saunik Sujata saunik.jpg 01 July 2024

Maharashtra Legislature Leaders

HouseLeaderPortraitSince
Maharashtra Legislative Posts
Leader Legislature BJP Party Devendra Fadnavis 19 November 2019
Leader Legislature NCP (SP) Party Jitendra Awhad 3 August 2023
Leader Legislature Congress Party TBDTBD
Leader Legislature SHS Party Eknath Shinde Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg 17 February 2023
Leader Legislature SHS(UBT) Party Aditya Thackeray 26 November 2024
Group Leader Legislature Assembly NCP Party Ajit Pawar Ajit Pawar.jpg 4 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 Ajit Pawar.jpg 2 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly NCP (SP) Party Jitendra Awhad 3 August 2023
Group Leader Legislature Assembly Congress Party TBDTBD
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SHS Party Eknath Shinde Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg 17 February 2023
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SHS(UBT) Party Aditya Thackeray 26 November 2024
Group Leader Legislature Assembly JSS Party Vinay Kore 2 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SP Party Abu Asim Azmi Abu Asim Azmi (enhanced).jpg 2 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly AIMIM Party Mohammed Ismail Abdul Khalique 2 December 2019
Group Leader of Legislative Assembly of Rajarshi Shahu Vikas Aghadi Rajendra Patil Yadravkar 26 November 2024
Group Leader Legislature Assembly CPI(M) Party Vinod Bhiva Nikole 2 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly PWPI Party Babasaheb Deshmukh 26 November 2024
Group Leader of Legislative Assembly of Rashtriya Yuva Swabhiman Party Ravi Rana 26 November 2024
Group Leader Legislature Assembly RSP Party Ratnakar Gutte 2 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 7 July 2022
Group Leader Legislature Council NCP (SP) Party Eknath Khadse 11 March 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council NCP Party Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar 7 July 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council Congress Party Satej Patil Satejpatil.jpg 2 March 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council JD(U) Party Kapil Waman Patil 2 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council PWPI Party Jayant Prabhakar Patil 2 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council RSP Party Mahadev Jankar 2 December 2019

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Directory | Searchkey=chief+minister". maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Deshpande, Abhinay (9 December 2024). "Fadnavis government wins trust vote; Narwekar re-elected Maharashtra Speaker unopposed". The Hindu.
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