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Maharashtra Legislative Council

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Maharashtra Legislative Council
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
6 years
Leadership
C. P. Radhakrishnan
since 27 July 2024
Neelam Gorhe (Additional Charge), SHS
since 7 July 2022
Neelam Gorhe, SHS
since 24 June 2019
Eknath Shinde, SHS
since 30 June 2022
Chandrakant Patil, BJP
since 14 August 2022
Devendra Fadnavis
(Dy Chief Minister), BJP
since 17 August 2022
Uday Samant (Acting)
(Cabinet Minister), SHS
since 17 August 2022
Ambadas Danve, SHS(UBT)
since 9 August 2022
Bhai Jagtap, INC
since 17 August 2022
General Secretary
Rajendra Bhagwat, IAS
Structure
Seats78 (66 Elected + 12 Nominated)
Political groups
Government (41)
  Maha Yuti (41)

Official Opposition (17)

  MVA (17)

Vacant (20)

  Vacant (20)
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session) Maharashtra Legislature
Website
Government of Maharashtra
Maharashtra Legislative Council Website

The Maharashtra Legislative Council or Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India.

Maharashtra Legislature Leaders

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House Leader Portrait Since
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 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 NCP Party Ajit Pawar 04 July 2023
Leader Legislature SS(UBT) Party Ajay Choudhari 27 June 2022
Maharashtra Legislative Council Posts
Group Leader Legislature Council BJP Party Pravin Darekar 16 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council SHS Party Viplav Bajoria 1 March 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council SS(UBT) Party Anil Parab 7 July 2022
Group Leader Legislature Council NCP(SP) Party Eknath Khadse 11 March 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council Congress Party Satej Patil 2 March 2023

Party Group Leader & Chief Whip and Whip

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No Party Post Name
01 Bharatiya Janata Party Group Leader Pravin Darekar
Chief Whip Vijay Girkar
Whip Prasad Lad
02 Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Group Leader Anil Parab
Chief Whip Sunil Shinde
Whip Sachin Ahir
03 Nationalist Congress Party Group Leader Aniket Tatkare
Chief Whip Unknown
Whip Unknown
04 Indian National Congress Group Leader Satej Patil
Chief Whip Abhijit Wanjarri
Whip Rajesh Rathod
05 Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) Group Leader Eknath Khadse
Chief Whip Shashikant Shinde
Whip Unknown
06 Shiv Sena Group Leader & Chief Whip Viplav Bajoria

Location

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The seat of the Vidhan Parishad is situated at the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. The budget session and the monsoon session are convened in Mumbai whereas the winter session is convened in the auxiliary capital Nagpur.[3]

Composition of Legislative Council

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Legislative Council shall consist of not less than 40 members or maximum one-third of the total number of members in the legislative assembly, chosen in the manner provided in this section.

  1. 30 members shall be elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly.
  2. 7 members are elected from amongst graduates from seven divisions of Maharashtra ( Mumbai, Amravati Division, Nashik Division, Aurangabad Division, Konkan Division, Nagpur Division and Pune Division)
  3. 7 members are elected from amongst teachers from seven divisions of Maharashtra ( Mumbai, Amravati Division, Nashik Division, Aurangabad Division, Konkan Division, Nagpur Division and Pune Division)
  4. 22 members are elected from amongst the local bodies of Maharashtra from 21 divisions of Maharashtra ( Mumbai (2 seats) and one seat each from Ahmednagar, Akola-cum-Washim-cum-Buldhana, Amravati, Aurangabad-cum-Jalna, Bhandara- Gondiya, Dhule-cum-Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Osmanabad-cum-Latur-cum-Beed, Parbhani-Hingoli, Pune, Raigad-cum-Ratnagiri-cum-Sindhudurg, Sangli-cum-Satara, Solapur, Thane-cum-Palghar, Wardha-cum-Chandrapur-cum-Gadhchiroli and Yavatmal)
  5. 12 members having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of matters such as literature, science, art, co-operative movement and social service shall be nominated by the Governor

It is a continuous House and not subject to dissolution. However, one-third of its members retire every second year and are replaced by new members. As such a member enjoys a tenure of six years. The members of the Vidhan Parishad elect its chairman and deputy chairman.

Constituencies and Members (78)

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Following are recent members of Maharashtra Legislative Council[4]

Elected by the Legislative Assembly members (30)

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Keys:   BJP (14)   SHS (4)   NCP (4)   INC (3)   SS(UBT) (3)   NCP(SP) (2)

# Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Pankaja Munde BJP 28-July-2024 27-July-2030
2 Yogesh Tilekar BJP 28-July-2024 27-July-2030
3 Parinay Phuke BJP 28-July-2024 27-July-2030
4 Amit Gorkhe BJP 28-July-2024 27-July-2030
5 Sadabhau Khot BJP 28-July-2024 27-July-2030
6 Pravin Darekar BJP 08-July-2022 07-July-2028
7 Ram Shinde BJP 08-July-2022 07-July-2028
8 Shrikant Bharatiya BJP 08-July-2022 07-July-2028
9 Prasad Lad BJP 08-July-2022 07-July-2028
10 Uma Khapre BJP 08-July-2022 07-July-2028
11 Ranjitsinh Mohite Patil BJP 14-May-2020 13-May-2026
12 Pravin Datke BJP 14-May-2020 13-May-2026
13 Gopichand Padalkar BJP 14-May-2020 13-May-2026
14 Ramesh Karad BJP 14-May-2020 13-May-2026
15 Krupal Tumane SHS 28-July-2024 27-July-2030
16 Bhavana Gawali SHS 28-July-2024 27-July-2030
17 Aamshya Padavi SHS 08-July-2022 07-July-2028
18 Neelam Gorhe SHS 14-May-2020 13-May-2026
19 Rajesh Vitekar NCP 28-July-2024 27-July-2030
20 Shivaji Rao Garje NCP 28-July-2024 27-July-2030
21 Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar NCP 08-July-2022 07-July-2028
22 Amol Mitkari NCP 14-May-2020 13-May-2026
23 Milind Narvekar SS(UBT) 28-July-2024 27-July-2030
24 Sachin Ahir SS(UBT) 08-July-2022 07-July-2028
25 Uddhav Thackeray SS(UBT) 14-May-2020 13-May-2026
26 Pradnya Satav INC 28-July-2024 27-July-2030
27 Bhai Jagtap INC 08-July-2022 07-July-2028
28 Rajesh Rathod INC 14-May-2020 13-May-2026
29 Eknath Khadse NCP(SP) 08-July-2022 07-July-2028
30 Shashikant Shinde NCP(SP) 14-May-2020 13-May-2026

Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies (22)

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Keys:   BJP (4)   SS(UBT) (2)   INC (1)   Vacant (15)

# Constituency Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Mumbai Sunil Shinde SS(UBT) 02-Jan-2022 01-Jan-2028
2 Mumbai Raj Hans Singh BJP 02-Jan-2022 01-Jan-2028
3 Dhule-Nandurbar Amrish Patel BJP 02-Jan-2022 01-Jan-2028
4 Nagpur Chandrashekhar Bawankule BJP 02-Jan-2022 01-Jan-2028
5 Akola-Washim-Buldhana Vasant Khandelwal BJP 02-Jan-2022 01-Jan-2028
6 Kolhapur Satej Patil INC 02-Jan-2022 01-Jan-2028
7 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Jalna Ambadas Danve SS(UBT) 30-Aug-2019 29-Aug-2025
8 Osmanabad-Latur-Beed Vacant
9 Amravati Vacant
10 Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadhchiroli Vacant
11 Nashik Vacant
12 Parbhani-Hingoli Vacant
13 Raigad-Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Vacant
14 Jalgaon Vacant
15 Bhandara-Gondia Vacant
16 Pune Vacant
17 Sangli-Satara Vacant
18 Nanded Vacant
19 Yavatmal Vacant
20 Thane-Palghar Vacant
21 Ahilya Nagar Vacant
22 Solapur Vacant

Elected from Teachers constituencies (7)

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Keys:   BJP (1)   SHS (1)   NCP (1)   IND (2)   SS(UBT) (1)   INC (1)

# Constituency Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Mumbai Jagannath Abhyankar SS(UBT) 08-Jul-2024 07-Jul-2030
2 Nashik Kishor Darade SHS 08-Jul-2024 07-Jul-2030
3 Konkan Dnyaneshwar Mhatre BJP 08-Feb-2023 07-Feb-2029
4 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Vikram Kale NCP 08-Feb-2023 07-Feb-2029
5 Nagpur Sudhakar Adbale Independent 08-Feb-2023 07-Feb-2029
6 Pune Jayant Asgaonkar INC 07-Dec-2020 06-Dec-2026
7 Amravati Kiran Sarnaik Independent 07-Dec-2020 06-Dec-2026

Elected from Graduates constituencies (7)

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Keys:   INC (2)   SS(UBT) (1)   NCP(SP) (1)   BJP (1)   NCP (1)   IND (1)

# Constituency Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Konkan Niranjan Davkhare BJP 08-Jul-2024 07-Jul-2030
2 Mumbai Anil Parab SS(UBT) 08-Jul-2024 07-Jul-2030
3 Amravati Dhiraj Lingade INC 08-Feb-2023 07-Feb-2029
4 Nashik Satyajeet Tambe IND 08-Feb-2023 07-Feb-2029
5 Nagpur Abhijit Wanjarri INC 07-Dec-2020 06-Dec-2026
6 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Satish Chavan NCP 07-Dec-2020 06-Dec-2026
7 Pune Arun Lad NCP(SP) 07-Dec-2020 06-Dec-2026

Nominated by the Governor (12)

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Keys:   BJP (3)   SHS (2)   NCP (2)   Vacant (5)

# Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Chitra Wagh[5] BJP 16-Oct-2024 15-Oct-2030
2 Vikrant Patil BJP 16-Oct-2024 15-Oct-2030
3 Babusingh Rathod BJP 16-Oct-2024 15-Oct-2030
4 Hemant Patil SHS 16-Oct-2024 15-Oct-2030
5 Manisha Kayande SHS 16-Oct-2024 15-Oct-2030
6 Pankaj Bhujbal NCP 16-Oct-2024 15-Oct-2030
7 Idris Naikwadi NCP 16-Oct-2024 15-Oct-2030
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Officers

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Chairman

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Leader of the House

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The council has a Leader of the House, who heads the government caucus. The office is provided for in the Legislative Council Rules, which defines it as "Chief Minister or any other Minister appointed by Chief Minister". The Rules further mandate that the chairperson should conduct parliamentary business in consultation with the Leader.[6]

Deputy Leader of the House

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The council has a Deputy Leader of the House, who heads the government caucus. The office is provided for in the Legislative Council Rules, which defines it as "Chief Minister or any other Minister appointed by Chief Minister". The Rules further mandate that the chairperson should conduct parliamentary business in consultation with the Leader.[6]

Leader of the Opposition

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Neelam Gorhe joins Eknath Shinde camp". 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  2. ^ "NCP split: Here's a list of the MLAs, MLCS and MPS that attended Sharad Pawar's meeting". 5 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Vidhan Mandal Margadarshika" (PDF) (in Marathi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Council List of members" (PDF). 1 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Hours before Maharashtra Assembly elections announcement, 7 nominated MLCs to be sworn in". The Indian Express. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules" (PDF). 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.