Maharashtra Legislative Council

Upper house of the bicameral legislature of the state of Maharashtra

Maharashtra Legislative Council

Type
Type|

Upper house

of the Maharashtra Legislature

Term limits

| 6 years
Leadership

Governor of Maharashtra

Ramesh Bais
since 18 February 2023

Chairman of the House

Neelam Gorhe (Additional Charge), SHS
since 7 July 2022

Deputy Chairman of the House

Neelam Gorhe, SHS
since 24 June 2019

Chief Minister

Eknath Shinde, SHS
since 30 June 2022

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

Chandrakant Patil, BJP
since 14 August 2022

Leader of the House

Devendra Fadnavis
(Dy Chief Minister), BJP
since 17 August 2022

Deputy Leader of the House

Uday Samant (Acting)
(Cabinet Minister), SHS
since 17 August 2022

Leader of the Opposition

Ambadas Danve, SS(UBT)
since 9 August 2022

Deputy Leader of the Opposition

Bhai Jagtap, INC
since 17 August 2022

General Secretary

Rajendra Bhagwat, IAS

Structure
Seats| 78 (66 Elected + 12 Nominated)

Political groups

| Government (32)
NDA (32)

* BJP (19)
* NCP (5)
* SHS (3)[1]
* RSP (1)
* IND (4)

Opposition (19)
MVA (19)[2]

* SS(UBT) (6)
* INC (8)
* NCP(SP) (3)[3]
* PWPI (1)[4]
* SGP (1)

Vacant (27)

* Vacant (21)

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[edit]

House  | Leader  | Portrait  | Since

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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 SHS(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
Group Leader Legislature Council SGP Party | Kapil Waman Patil |  | 2 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council PWPI Party | Jayant Patil |  | 2 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council RSP Party | Mahadev Jankar |  | 2 December 2019

## Party Group Leader & Chief Whip and Whip[edit]

No  | Party  | Post  | Name

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|
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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
07  |  | Samajwadi Ganrajya Party  | Group Leader & Chief Whip | Kapil Waman Patil
08  |  | Peasants and Workers Party of India | Group Leader & Chief Whip | Jayant Patil
09  |  | Rashtriya Samaj Paksha | Group Leader & Chief Whip | Mahadev Jankar

## Location[edit]

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.[5]

## Membership by party[edit]

Members of Maharashtra Legislative Council by their political party (as of 23 January 2023[update]):

Alliance  | Party  | No.of MLAs  | Leader of the Party

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|
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| Government
NDA

(37) Majority

|  | BJP | 22  | Pravin Darekar
| NCP | 6  | Aniket Tatkare
| SHS | 4  | Viplove Bajoria
| RSP | 1  | Mahadev Jankar
| IND | 4  | NONE
| Opposition
MVA

(18) Minority

|  | INC | 8  | Satej Patil
| SS(UBT) | 6  | Anil Parab
| NCP(SP) | 3  | Eknath Khadse
| SGP | 1  | Kapil Waman Patil
| PWPI | 1  | Jayant Patil
Vacant  | 21  |

* Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies (9)
* Jalgaon
* Bhandara-Gondia
* Pune
* Sangli-Satara
* Nanded
* Yavatmal
* Thane-Palghar
* Ahmednagar
* Solapur
* Governor Nominated (12)

Total  | 78  |

## Composition of Legislative Council[edit]

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)[edit]

Following are recent members of Maharashtra Legislative Council[6]

### Elected by the Legislative Assembly members (30)[edit]

Keys:  BJP (13) NCP(SP) (2) INC (4) SS(UBT) (3) SHS (3) PWPI (1) RSP (1)

#  | Member  | Party  | Term Start  | Term End

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|
|
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1  | Pravin Darekar |  | BJP | 08-Jul-2022  | 07-Jul-2028
2  | Ram Shinde |  | BJP | 08-Jul-2022  | 07-Jul-2028
3  | Uma Khapre  |  | BJP | 08-Jul-2022  | 07-Jul-2028
4  | Shrikant Bharatiya  |  | BJP | 08-Jul-2022  | 07-Jul-2028
5  | Prasad Lad |  | BJP | 08-Jul-2022  | 07-Jul-2028
6  | Ranjitsinh Mohite Patil |  | BJP | 14-May-2020  | 13-May-2026
7  | Pravin Datke |  | BJP | 14-May-2020  | 13-May-2026
8  | Gopichand Padalkar |  | BJP | 14-May-2020  | 13-May-2026
9  | Ramesh Karad |  | BJP | 14-May-2020  | 13-May-2026
10  | Nilay Naik |  | BJP | 28-Jul-2018  | 27-Jul-2024
11  | Ram Patil Ratolikar |  | BJP | 28-Jul-2018  | 27-Jul-2024
12  | Ramesh Patil |  | BJP | 28-Jul-2018  | 27-Jul-2024
13  | Vijay Girkar |  | BJP | 28-Jul-2018  | 27-Jul-2024
14  | Aamshya Padavi |  | SHS | 08-Jul-2022  | 07-Jul-2028
15  | Neelam Gorhe |  | SHS | 14-May-2020  | 13-May-2026
16  | Manisha Kayande |  | SHS | 28-Jul-2018  | 27-Jul-2024
17  | Sachin Ahir |  | SS(UBT) | 08-Jul-2022  | 07-Jul-2028
18  | Uddhav Thackeray |  | SS(UBT) | 14-May-2020  | 13-May-2026
19  | Anil Parab |  | SS(UBT) | 28-Jul-2018  | 27-Jul-2024
20  | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar |  | NCP | 08-Jul-2022  | 07-Jul-2028
21  | Amol Mitkari |  | NCP | 14-May-2020  | 13-May-2026
22  | Babajani Durani |  | NCP | 28-Jul-2018  | 27-Jul-2024
23  | Eknath Khadse |  | NCP(SP) | 08-Jul-2022  | 07-Jul-2028
24  | Shashikant Shinde |  | NCP(SP) | 14-May-2020  | 13-May-2026
25  | Bhai Jagtap |  | INC | 08-Jul-2022  | 07-Jul-2028
26  | Rajesh Rathod |  | INC | 14-May-2020  | 13-May-2026
27  | Wajahat Ather Mirza |  | INC | 28-Jul-2018  | 27-Jul-2024
28  | Pradnya Satav |  | INC | 23-Nov-2021  | 27-Jul-2024
29  | Jayant Patil |  | PWPI | 28-Jul-2018  | 27-Jul-2024
30  | Mahadev Jankar |  | RSP | 28-Jul-2018  | 27-Jul-2024

### Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies (22)[edit]

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

#  | Constituency  | Member  | Party  | Term Start  | Term End

|
|
|
|
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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  | Aurangabad-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  | Ahmednagar  | Vacant
22  | Solapur  | Vacant

### Elected from Teachers' constituencies (7)[edit]

Keys:  BJP (1) NCP (1) INC (1)  SGP (1) Ind (3)

#  | Constituency  | Member  | Party  | Term Start  | Term End

|
|
|
|
|

1  | Konkan  | Dnyaneshwar Mhatre  |  | BJP | 08-Feb-2023  | 07-Feb-2029
2  | Aurangabad  | Vikram Kale |  | NCP | 08-Feb-2023  | 07-Feb-2029
3  | Nagpur  | Sudhakar Adbale  |  | IND | 08-Feb-2023  | 07-Feb-2029
4  | Pune  | Jayant Asgaonkar  |  | INC | 07-Dec-2020  | 06-Dec-2026
5  | Amravati  | Kiran Sarnaik  |  | IND | 07-Dec-2020  | 06-Dec-2026
6  | Mumbai  | Vacant  |  |  |  |
7  | Nashik  | Vacant  |  |  |  |

### Elected from Graduates constituencies (7)[edit]

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

#  | Constituency  | Member  | Party  | Term Start  | Term End

|
|
|
|
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1  | Amravati  | Dhiraj Lingade |  | INC | 08-Feb-2023  | 07-Feb-2029
2  | Nashik  | Satyajeet Tambe |  | IND | 08-Feb-2023  | 07-Feb-2029
3  | Nagpur  | Abhijit Wanjarri |  | INC | 07-Dec-2020  | 06-Dec-2026
4  | Aurangabad  | Satish Chavan |  | NCP | 07-Dec-2020  | 06-Dec-2026
5  | Pune  | Arun Lad |  | NCP(SP) | 07-Dec-2020  | 06-Dec-2026
6  | Mumbai  | Vilas Potnis |  | SS(UBT) | 08-Jul-2018  | 07-Jul-2024
7  | Konkan  | Niranjan Davkhare |  | BJP | 08-Jul-2018  | 07-Jul-2024

### Nominated by the Governor (12)[edit]

Keys:  Vacant (12)

#  | Member  | Party  | Term Start  | Term End

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2  |  |  |  |  |
3  |  |  |  |  |
4  |  |  |  |  |
5  |  |  |  |  |
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8  |  |  |  |  |
9  |  |  |  |  |
10  |  |  |  |  |
11  |  |  |  |  |
12  |  |  |  |  |

## Officers[edit]

### Chairman[edit]

Main article: List of chairpersons of the Maharashtra Legislative Council

### Leader of the House[edit]

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.[7]

Main article: List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Council

### Deputy Leader of the House[edit]

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.[7]

### Leader of the Opposition[edit]

Main article: List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council

## See also[edit]

* List of members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
* Government of Maharashtra
* Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
* Vidhan Parishad

## References[edit]

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. ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Council polls: MVA bags 3 seats, defeats BJP on Gadkari's home turf". India Today.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "Patil,PWPI is supported by the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the NCP and Congress". 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
5. ^ "Vidhan Mandal Margadarshika" (PDF) (in Marathi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
6. ^ http://mls.org.in/pdf2021/winter/list-of-council-member.pdf Archived 26 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
7. ^ a b "Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules" (PDF). 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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