Maharashtra Legislature

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.

Maharashtra Legislature Maharashtra Vidhan Mandal
Emblem of Maharashtra
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Maharashtra Legislative Council (Upper house) Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Lower house)
History
Founded	1 May 1960 (1960-05-01)
Leadership
Governor of Maharashtra	C. P. Radhakrishnan since 27 July 2024
Chief Minister of Maharashtra	Eknath Shinde, SHS Shinde Group since 30 June 2022
Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra	Devendra Fadnavis, BJP and Ajit Pawar, NCP
Parliamentary Affairs Maharashtra Minister & Deputy Minister	Minister: Chandrakant Patil (Cabinet Minister), BJP Deputy Minister: Vacant (Minister of State) Deputy Minister: Vacant (Minister of State) since 14 August 2022
Chair & Deputy Chair Maharashtra Legislative Council	Chair: Neelam Gorhe (Additional Charge), SHS Shinde Group Deputy Chair: Neelam Gorhe , SHS Shinde Group since 07 July 2022 and 24 June 2019
Leader & Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council	Leader: Devendra Fadnavis , BJP (Deputy Chief Minister) Deputy Leader: Uday Samant , SHS Shinde Group (Cabinet Minister) since 17 August 2022
Leader & Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council	Leader: Ambadas Danve, SHS (UBT) Deputy Leader: Bhai Jagtap , INC since 09 August 2022 and 17 August 2022
Speaker & Deputy Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Speaker: Rahul Narwekar , BJP Deputy Speaker: Narhari Sitaram Zirwal , NCP since 03 July 2022 and 14 March 2020
Leader & Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Leader: Eknath Shinde , , SHS Shinde Group (Chief Minister) Deputy Leader: Devendra Fadnavis , BJP (Deputy Chief Minister) Deputy Leader: Ajit Pawar, NCP (Deputy Chief Minister) since 03 July 2022 & 02 July 2023
Leader & Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Leader: Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar , INC Deputy Leader: Jitendra Awhad , NCP (SCP) Deputy Leader: Ajay Choudhari , SHS (UBT) since 03 August 2023
Structure
Seats	366 (78 MLCs + 288 MLAs)
Maharashtra Legislative Council political groups	Government (35) Opposition (22) Vacant (21)
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly political groups	Government (175) Opposition (69) To be decided (14)
Elections
Maharashtra Legislative Council voting system	Single transferable vote
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly voting system	First-past-the-post
Last Maharashtra Legislative Council election	2020
Last Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	21 October 2019
Next Maharashtra Legislative Council election	2022
Next Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	October 2024
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session)
Website
Government of Maharashtra Maharashtra Legislature
Constitution
Constitution of India

Head Leaders

House	Leader	Portrait	Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan		27 July 2024
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde		30 June 2022
Deputy Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis (First)		30 June 2022
Deputy Chief Minister	Ajit Pawar (Second)		2 July 2023
Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council	Neelam Gorhe (Additional Charge)		7 July 2022
Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Rahul Narwekar		3 July 2022
Deputy Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council	Neelam Gorhe		8 September 2020
Deputy Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Narhari Sitaram Zirwal		14 March 2020
Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Eknath Shinde		3 July 2022
Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council	Devendra Fadnavis		17 August 2022
Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Devendra Fadnavis (First)		3 July 2022
Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Ajit Pawar (Second)		17 July 2022
Deputy Leader of the House of Maharashtra Legislative Council	Uday Samant (Acting)		17 August 2022
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar		3 August 2023
Leader of Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council	Ambadas Danve		9 August 2022
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)	Jitendra Awhad (First)		3 August 2023
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)	Ajay Choudhari (Second)		3 August 2023
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Council)	Bhai Jagtap		17 August 2022
Chief Secretary of Maharashtra	Sujata Saunik		1 July 2024

Maharashtra Legislature Leaders

House	Leader	Portrait	Since
Maharashtra Legislative Posts
Leader Legislature BJP Party	Devendra Fadnavis		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		17 February 2023
Leader Legislature SHS(UBT) Party	Ajay Choudhari		27 June 2022
Group Leader Legislature Assembly NCP Party	Ajit Pawar		04 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		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly NCP (SP) Party	Jayant Patil		02 July 2023
Group Leader Legislature Assembly Congress Party	Balasaheb Thorat		19 November 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SHS Party	Eknath Shinde		17 February 2023
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SHS(UBT) Party	Ajay Choudhari		27 June 2022
Group Leader Legislature Assembly BVA Party	Hitendra Thakur		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SP Party	Abu Asim Azmi		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly AIMIM Party	Mohammed Ismail Abdul Khalique		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly PJP Party	Bachchu Kadu		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly CPI(M) Party	Vinod Bhiva Nikole		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly PWPI Party	Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SWP Party	Devendra Mahadevrao Bhuyar		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly RSP Party	Ratnakar Gutte		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly MNS Party	Pramod Ratan Patil		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly JSS Party	Vinay Kore		02 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		07 July 2022
Group Leader Legislature Council NCP (SP) Party	Eknath Khadse		11 March 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council NCP Party	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar		07 July 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council Congress Party	Satej Patil		02 March 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council JD(U) Party	Kapil Waman Patil		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council PWPI Party	Jayant Prabhakar Patil		02 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council RSP Party	Mahadev Jankar		02 December 2019

See Also

• Maharashtra Legislature Party of Indian National Congress
• Maharashtra Legislature Party of Bharatiya Janata Party
• Maharashtra Legislature Party of Nationalist Congress Party
• Maharashtra Legislature Party of Shiv Sena
• Maharashtra Legislature Party of Shiv Sena (UBT)
• Maharashtra Legislature Party of Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar