Maharashtra Legislature

Maharashtra Legislature विधिमंडळ महाराष्ट्र शासन
Emblem of India
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Maharashtra Legislative Council (Upper house) Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Lower house)
History
Founded	1 May 1960 (1960-05-01)
Leadership
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari, BJP since 5 September 2019
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena since 28 November 2019
Chairman of the House	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar, NCP since 08 July 2016
Deputy Chairman of the House	Neelam Gorhe, Shiv Sena since 24 June 2019
Leader of the House Legislative Counci	Ajit Anantrao Pawar (Deputy Chief Minister), NCP since 24 February 2020
Leader of the Opposition Legislative Counci	Pravin Darekar, BJP since 16 December 2019
Speaker of the House	Narhari Sitaram Zirwal (Acting), NCP since 4 February 2021
Deputy Speaker of the House	Narhari Sitaram Zirwal, NCP since 14 March 2020
Leader of the House Legislative Assembly	Uddhav Thackeray (Chief Minister), Shiv Sena since 28 November 2019
Leader of the Opposition Legislative Assembly	Devendra Fadnavis, BJP since 01 December 2019
Structure
Seats	366 78 Members of Maharashtra Legislative Council 288 Members of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Maharashtra Legislative Council political groups	Government (40) Opposition (26) Other (00) Vacant (12)
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly political groups	Government (170) Opposition (117) Other (04) Vacant (01)
Elections
Maharashtra Legislative Council voting system	Single transferable vote
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly voting system	First-past-the-post
Maharashtra Legislative Council last election	2020
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly last election	21 October 2019
Maharashtra Legislative Council next election	2022
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly next election	October 2024
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session)
Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur
Website
http://maharashtra.gov.in/ http://mls.org.in/
Constitution
Constitution of India

Head Leaders

House	Leader	Portrait	Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari		05 September 2019
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray		28 November 2019
Deputy Chief Minister	Ajit Pawar	File:Ajit Pawar During Speech.jpg	30 December 2019
Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar		08 July 2016
Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Narhari Sitaram Zirwal Acting		04 February 2021
Deputy Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council	Neelam Gorhe		08 September 2020
Deputy Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Narhari Sitaram Zirwal		14 March 2020
Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Uddhav Thackeray		28 November 2019
Leader of the House of Maharashtra Legislative Council	Ajit Pawar	File:Ajit Pawar During Speech.jpg	24 February 2020
Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Ajit Pawar	File:Ajit Pawar During Speech.jpg	30 December 2019
Deputy Leader of the House of Maharashtra Legislative Council	Subhash Desai		16 December 2019
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Devendra_Fadnavis		01 December 2019
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council	Pravin Darekar		16 December 2019

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The Maharashtra Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Legislature is composed of:

• the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the lower house,
• the Maharashtra Legislative Council, the upper house, and
• the Governor of Maharashtra