Maharashtra Legislative Council

Maharashtra Legislative Council
Maharashtra Legislative Council
Type
Type	Upper house of the Maharashtra Legislature
Term limits	6 years
Leadership
Governor of Maharashtra	C. P. Radhakrishnan ; since 27 July 2024
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	TBD ; since 23 November 2024
Leader of the House	TBD ; since 23 November 2024
Deputy Leader of the House	TBD ; since 23 November 2024
Leader of the Opposition	Ambadas Danve, SHS(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 (35) Maha Yuti (35) BJP (19); NCP (7); SHS (6); IND (3); Official Opposition (17) MVA (17) SS(UBT) (7); INC (7); NCP-SP (3); Vacant (26) Vacant (26)
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

House	Leader	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


No		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

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

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.

30 members shall be elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly.
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)
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)
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)
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)

Following are recent members of Maharashtra Legislative Council^[4]^[5]^[6]

Elected by the Legislative Assembly members (30)

Keys: BJP (11) SHS (3) NCP (3) INC (3) SS(UBT) (3) NCP(SP) (2) Vacant (5)

#	Member		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	Krupal Tumane	SHS	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
13	Bhavana Gawali	SHS	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
14	Neelam Gorhe	SHS	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
15	Shivaji Rao Garje	NCP	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
16	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	NCP	08-July-2022	07-July-2028
17	Amol Mitkari	NCP	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
18	Milind Narvekar	SS(UBT)	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
19	Sachin Ahir	SS(UBT)	08-July-2022	07-July-2028
20	Uddhav Thackeray	SS(UBT)	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
21	Pradnya Satav	INC	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
22	Bhai Jagtap	INC	08-July-2022	07-July-2028
23	Rajesh Rathod	INC	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
24	Eknath Khadse	NCP(SP)	08-July-2022	07-July-2028
25	Shashikant Shinde	NCP(SP)	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
26	vacant since 23-Nov-2024^[a]			27-July-2030
27	vacant since 23-Nov-2024^[b]			07-July-2028
28	vacant since 23-Nov-2024^[c]			13-May-2026
29	vacant since 23-Nov-2024^[d]			13-May-2026
30	vacant since 23-Nov-2024^[e]			13-May-2026

Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies (22)

Keys: BJP (3) SS(UBT) (2) INC (1) Vacant (16)

#	Constituency	Member		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	vacant since 23-Nov-2024^[f]
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)

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

#	Constituency	Member		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)

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

#	Constituency	Member		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)

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

#	Member		Term Start	Term End
1	Chitra Wagh	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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^ election of Rajesh Vitekar from Pathri
^ election of Aamshya Padavi from Akkalkuwa
^ election of Pravin Datke from Nagpur Central
^ election of Gopichand Padalkar from Jat
^ election of Ramesh Karad from Latur Rural
^ election of Chandrashekhar Bawankule from Kamthi

Officers

Chairman

Leader of the House

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]

Deputy Leader of the House

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

References

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Vidhan Mandal Margadarshika" (PDF) (in Marathi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "Maharashtra Legislative Council List of members" (PDF). 1 March 2022.
^ The Hindu (28 July 2024). "Eleven MLCs take oath in Maharashtra". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
^ "Hours before Maharashtra Assembly elections announcement, 7 nominated MLCs to be sworn in". The Indian Express. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules" (PDF). 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[7] tion of Rajesh Vitekar from Pathri

[8] tion of Aamshya Padavi from Akkalkuwa

[9] tion of Pravin Datke from Nagpur Central

[10] tion of Gopichand Padalkar from Jat

[11] tion of Ramesh Karad from Latur Rural

[12] tion of Chandrashekhar Bawankule from Kamthi

[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.

[Eleven_MLCs_take_oath_in_Maharashtra-5] The Hindu (28 July 2024). "Eleven MLCs take oath in Maharashtra". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

[6] "Hours before Maharashtra Assembly elections announcement, 7 nominated MLCs to be sworn in". The Indian Express. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

[auto-13] "Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules" (PDF). 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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