Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Speaker | |
Deputy Speaker | |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | |
Deputy Leader of House (Deputy Chief Minister) | |
Leader of the Opposition | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 288 |
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Political groups | Government (169)
Opposition (115) Others (4) |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
Last election | 21 October 2019 |
Next election | October 2024 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai | |
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| 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. The members of the upper house, the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad (the legislative council) are indirectly elected through an electoral college.[1]
List of Assemblies
The following is the list of all the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblies:[2]
| Assembly | Election Year | Speaker | Chief Minister | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Assembly | 1960 | Sayaji Silam | Yashwantrao Chavan (Congress) | Indian National Congress: had won 1957 poll |
| 2nd Assembly | 1962 | Trambak Bharade | Marotrao Kannamwar P. K. Sawant (Caretaker) Vasantrao Naik (Congress) |
Congress: 215/264; PWP (शे का प): 15 |
| 3rd Assembly | 1967 | Trambak Bharade | Vasantrao Naik (Congress) | Congress: 203/270 |
| 4th Assembly | 1972 | S. K. Wankhede Balasaheb Desai |
Vasantrao Naik (Congress) Shankarrao Chavan (Congress) Vasantdada Patil (Congress) |
Congress: 222; PWP: 7 |
| 5th Assembly | 1978 | Shivraj 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 Assembly | 1980 | Sharad Dighe | Abdul Rehman Antulay (Congress) Babasaheb Bhosale (Congress) Vasantdada Patil (Congress) |
Congress: 186/288; Sharad Congress: 47; Janata:17; BJP:14 |
| 7th Assembly | 1985 | Shankarrao Jagtap | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (INC) Shankarrao Chavan (INC) Sharad Pawar (INC) |
Congress: 161; Sharad Congress: 54; Janata:20; BJP:16 |
| 8th Assembly | 1990 | Madhukarrao Chaudhari | Sharad Pawar (INC) Sudhakarrao Naik (INC) Sharad Pawar (INC) |
Congress: 141/288 Shiva Sena + BJP = 52+42 |
| 9th Assembly | 1995 | Dattaji Nalawade | Manohar Joshi Narayan Rane (Shiv Sena) |
Shiv Sena: 73 + BJP: 65; INC: 80/288 |
| 10th Assembly | 1999 | Arunlal Gujarathi | Vilasrao Deshmukh Sushilkumar Shinde (INC) |
Congress: 75 Pawar's NCP: 58 - Post-poll Cong-NCP Front Sena + BJP: 69+56 |
| 11th Assembly | 2004 | Babasaheb Kupekar | Vilasrao Deshmukh Ashok Chavan (INC) |
Congress + NCP: 69+71 Sena+BJP = 62+54 |
| 12th Assembly | 2009 | Dilip Walse-Patil | Ashok Chavan Prithviraj Chavan (INC) |
Congress + NCP: 82+62 Sena+BJP = 45+46 RPI (Athavale): 14 MNS (Raj Thackeray): 13 |
| 13th Assembly | 2014 | Haribhau Bagade | Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) | BJP+Allies:122+1 Shiv Sena:63 Congress:42 NCP:41 |
| 14th Assembly | 2019 | Nana 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
- Legislature of Maharashtra
- Elections in Maharashtra
- List of Constituencies of Maharashtra Assembly
- Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad
References
- ^ "Maharashtra: NCP-backed Independent MLA extends support to Shiv Sena". The Times of India. PTI. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai" (PDF). Legislative Bodies in India website. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections Website
- "State Election Commission". Government of Maharashtra. 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
