Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha
13th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
 5 years
Leadership
Speaker
Leader of the House
Leader of the Opposition
Structure
Seats 289 (288 + 1 Nominated)
Political groups

Government (182)

  •      BJP (119)
  •      SS (62)
  •      RSP (1)

Opposition (97)

Others (1)

Vacant (9)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
 15 October 2014
Next election
 October 2019
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session)
Website

http://maharashtra.gov.in/

http://mls.org.in/

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 and one member is nominated. The members of the upper house, the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad (the legislative council) are indirectly elected through an electoral college.

List of Assemblies

The following is the list of all the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblies:[4]

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
AIMIM:2

Sessions

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

Elections

Elections to the Maharashtra Legislative assembly were held in the following years and corresponding Maharashtra Assembly are constituted:[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Desmond Yates sworn in as Anglo-Indian MLA". www.thehindu.com. The Hindu. 15 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Seven legislators quit over Maratha protests, will retain seats until winter session". www.dnaindia.com. Daily News Analysis. 27 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Maratha quota stir: parties toughen stance in Maharashtra". www.thehindu.com. The Hindu. 31 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai" (PDF). Legislative Bodies in India website. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  5. ↑ http://www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/Maharashtra.pdf
  • "State Election Commission". Government of Maharashtra. 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

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