Maharashtra Legislature

Maharashtra Legislature

Maharashtra Vidhan Mandal
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)
Leadership
Governor of Maharashtra	C. P. Radhakrishnan ; since 27 July 2024
Chief Minister of Maharashtra	Eknath Shinde, SHS Shinde Group ; since 30 June 2022
Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra	Devendra Fadnavis, BJP 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) ; since 14 August 2022
Chair & Deputy Chair Maharashtra Legislative Council	Chair: ; Neelam Gorhe (Additional Charge), SHS Shinde Group ; Deputy Chair: ; Neelam Gorhe , SHS Shinde Group ; since 07 July 2022 and 24 June 2019
Leader & Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council	Leader: ; Devendra Fadnavis , BJP (Deputy Chief Minister) ; Deputy Leader: ; Uday Samant , SHS Shinde Group ; (Cabinet Minister) ; since 17 August 2022
Leader & Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council	Leader: ; Ambadas Danve, SHS (UBT) ; Deputy Leader: ; Bhai Jagtap , INC ; since 09 August 2022 and 17 August 2022
Speaker & Deputy Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Speaker: ; Rahul Narwekar , BJP ; Deputy Speaker: ; Narhari Sitaram Zirwal , NCP ; since 03 July 2022 and 14 March 2020
Leader & Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Leader: ; Eknath Shinde , , SHS Shinde Group (Chief Minister) Deputy Leader: ; Devendra Fadnavis , BJP (Deputy Chief Minister) Deputy Leader: ; Ajit Pawar, NCP (Deputy Chief Minister) ; since 03 July 2022 & 02 July 2023
Leader & Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Leader:; Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar , INC Deputy Leader:; Jitendra Awhad , NCP (SCP) Deputy Leader: ; Ajay Choudhari , SHS (UBT) ; since 03 August 2023
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	21 October 2019
Next Maharashtra Legislative Council election	2022
Next Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	October 2024
Meeting place
	Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
	Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session)
Website
	Government of Maharashtra; Maharashtra Legislature
Constitution
	Constitution of India

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.