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 (64 years ago) (1960-05-01)
Leadership
Governor of Maharashtra	C. P. Radhakrishnan
Chief Minister of Maharashtra	Devendra Fadnavis, BJP
Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra	Eknath Shinde, SHS Shinde Group and Ajit Pawar, NCP
Parliamentary Affairs Minister & Deputy Minister	Minister: Chandrakant Patil (Cabinet Minister), BJP Deputy Minister: Vacant (Minister of State) Deputy Minister: Vacant (Minister of State)
Chair & Deputy Chair Maharashtra Legislative Council	Chair: Ram Shinde, BJP Shinde Group Deputy Chair: Neelam Gorhe, SHS Shinde Group
Leader & Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council	Leader: Devendra Fadnavis, BJP Chief Minister) Deputy Leader: Uday Samant, SHS Shinde Group (Cabinet Minister)
Leader & Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council	Leader: Ambadas Danve, SHS (UBT) Deputy Leader: Bhai Jagtap, INC
Speaker & Deputy Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Speaker: Rahul Narwekar, BJP Deputy Speaker: Anna Bansode, NCP
Leader & Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Leader: Devendra Fadnavis, BJP (Chief Minister) Deputy Leader: Eknath Shinde, SHS, (Dy Chief Minister) Deputy Leader: Ajit Pawar, NCP (Deputy Chief Minister)
Leader & Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Vacant, no opposition party has more than 10% seats.
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	October 2024
Next Maharashtra Legislative Council election	2022
Next Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	October 2029
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session)
Website
Government of Maharashtra Maharashtra Legislature
Constitution
Constitution of India

Head Leaders

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House	Leader	Portrait	Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan		27 July 2024
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis[1]		05 December 2024
First Deputy Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde [1]		05 December 2024
Second Deputy Chief Minister	Ajit Pawar [1]		05 December 2024
Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council	Ram Shinde		07 July 2022
Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Rahul Narwekar[2]		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		05 December 2024
Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council	Eknath Shinde		09 December 2024
First Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Eknath Shinde		05 December 2024
Second Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Ajit Pawar		05 December 2024
Deputy Leader of the House of Maharashtra Legislative Council	Pankaja Munde		21 December 2024
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Vacant		26 November 2024
Leader of Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council	Ambadas Danve		09 August 2022
First Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)	Vacant		26 November 2024
Second Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)	Vacant		26 November 2024
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Council)	Bhai Jagtap		17 August 2022
Chief Secretary of Maharashtra	Sujata Saunik		01 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	Jitendra Awhad		3 August 2023
Leader Legislature Congress Party	TBD		TBD
Leader Legislature SHS Party	Eknath Shinde		17 February 2023
Leader Legislature SHS(UBT) Party	Aditya Thackeray		26 November 2024
Group Leader Legislature Assembly NCP Party	Ajit Pawar		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		2 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Assembly NCP (SP) Party	Jitendra Awhad		3 August 2023
Group Leader Legislature Assembly Congress Party	TBD		TBD
Group Leader Legislature Assembly SHS Party	Eknath Shinde		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		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		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

• 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