Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from the single-seat constituencies. The members of the upper house, the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad (the legislative council) are indirectly elected through an electoral college.[1]

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra
Type
Type
Leadership
Speaker
Deputy Speaker
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Deputy Leader of House
(Deputy Chief Minister)
Leader of the Opposition
Structure
Seats288
Political groups
Government (169)

MVA-UPA (169)

  •      SS (57)
  •      NCP (54)
  •      INC (44)
  •      BVA (3)
  •      SP (2)
  •      PJP (2)
  •      SWP (1)
  •      IND (5)
  •      PWPI (1)

Opposition (119) NDA(115)

  •      BJP (105)
  •      IND (8)
  •      RSP (1)
  •      JSS (1)

Others (4)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
21 October 2019
Next election
October 2024
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session)
Website
http://maharashtra.gov.in/
http://mls.org.in/

List of Assemblies

The following is the list of all the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblies:[2]

AssemblyElection YearSpeakerChief MinisterSeats
1st Assembly1960Sayaji SilamYashwantrao Chavan (Congress)Indian National Congress: had won 1957 poll
2nd Assembly1962Trambak Bharade Marotrao Kannamwar
P. K. Sawant (Caretaker)
Vasantrao Naik (Congress)		Congress: 215/264; PWP (शे का प): 15
3rd Assembly1967Trambak BharadeVasantrao Naik (Congress)Congress: 203/270
4th Assembly1972S. K. Wankhede
Balasaheb Desai		 Vasantrao Naik (Congress)
Shankarrao Chavan (Congress)
Vasantdada Patil (Congress)		Congress: 222; PWP: 7
5th Assembly1978Shivraj Patil
Pranlal Vora		 Vasantdada Patil (INC)
Sharad Pawar (Rebel Congress)
President's Rule		Janata Party: 99/288; INC: 69; Cong (Indira): 62
- Post-poll Cong + Cong (I) Front
6th Assembly1980Sharad Dighe Abdul Rehman Antulay (Congress)
Babasaheb Bhosale (Congress)
Vasantdada Patil (Congress)		Congress: 186/288;
Sharad Congress: 47;
Janata:17; BJP:14
7th Assembly1985Shankarrao Jagtap Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (INC)
Shankarrao Chavan (INC)
Sharad Pawar (INC)		Congress: 161;
Sharad Congress: 54;
Janata:20; BJP:16
8th Assembly1990Madhukarrao Chaudhari Sharad Pawar (INC)
Sudhakarrao Naik (INC)
Sharad Pawar (INC)		Congress: 141/288
Shiva Sena + BJP = 52+42
9th Assembly1995Dattaji Nalawade Manohar Joshi
Narayan Rane (Shiv Sena)		Shiv Sena: 73 + BJP: 65;
INC: 80/288
10th Assembly1999Arunlal Gujarathi Vilasrao Deshmukh
Sushilkumar Shinde (INC)		Congress: 75
Pawar's NCP: 58
- Post-poll Cong-NCP Front
Sena + BJP: 69+56
11th Assembly2004Babasaheb Kupekar Vilasrao Deshmukh
Ashok Chavan (INC)		Congress + NCP: 69+71
Sena+BJP = 62+54
12th Assembly2009Dilip Walse-Patil Ashok Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan (INC)		Congress + NCP: 82+62
Sena+BJP = 45+46
RPI (Athavale): 14
MNS (Raj Thackeray): 13
13th Assembly2014Haribhau Bagade Devendra Fadnavis (BJP)BJP+Allies:122+1
Shiv Sena:63
Congress:42
NCP:41
14th Assembly2019Nana Patole Devendra Fadnavis (BJP)
Uddhav Thackeray (SS)		BJP: 105
Shiv Sena:56
Congress:44
NCP:54
Post Poll Sena-NCP-INC Alliance

Sessions

The budget session and the monsoon session are convened in Mumbai whereas the winter session is convened in the auxiliary capital Nagpur. In 1975 because elections were in winter season, the monsoon (second) session was convened in Nagpur and winter (third) session was convened in Mumbai.

Elections

Elections to the Maharashtra Legislative assembly were held in the following years and corresponding Maharashtra Assembly are constituted:[3]

  • 1 May 1960 ( Bombay State Reorganisation Act ) – 1st Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 1962 Maharashtra State Assembly election – 2nd Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 1967 Maharashtra State Assembly election – 3rd Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 1972 Maharashtra State Assembly election – 4th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 1978 Maharashtra State Assembly election – 5th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 1980 Maharashtra State Assembly election – 6th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 1985 Maharashtra State Assembly election – 7th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 1990 Maharashtra State Assembly election – 8th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 1995 Maharashtra state assembly elections – 9th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 1999 Maharashtra state assembly elections – 10th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 2004 Maharashtra state assembly elections – 11th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections – 12th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 2014 Maharashtra state assembly elections – 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
  • 2019 Maharashtra state assembly elections – 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

See also

References
  1. "Maharashtra: NCP-backed Independent MLA extends support to Shiv Sena". The Times of India. PTI. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  2. "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai" (PDF). Legislative Bodies in India website. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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