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Vacant (21)

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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{|class"wikitable" style"text-align:center"

!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | House!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | Leader!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | Portrait!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | Since!colspan=4|Maharashtra Legislative Assembly PostsBharatiya Janata Party>Leader Legislature BJP Party|Devendra Fadnavis75px)|19 November 2019Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)>Leader Legislature NCP(SP) Party|Jayant Patil75px)| 24 November 2019Indian National Congress>Leader Legislature Congress Party|Balasaheb Thorat| |19 November 2019Shiv Sena>Leader Legislature SHS Party|Eknath Shinde75px)|17 February 2023Nationalist Congress Party>Leader Legislature NCP Party|Ajit Pawar75x75px)| 04 July 2023 Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)>Leader Legislature SHS(UBT) Party|Ajay Choudhari| |27 June 2022!colspan=4|Maharashtra Legislative Council PostsBharatiya Janata Party>Group Leader Legislature Council BJP Party|Pravin Darekar||16 December 2019Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)>Group Leader Legislature Council SHS(UBT) Party|Anil Parab|| 7 July 2022Nationalist Congress Party>Group Leader Legislature Council NCP Sharad Pawar Party|Eknath Khadse||11 March 2023Indian National Congress>Group Leader Legislature Council Congress Party|Satej Patil75px)|2 March 2023Samajwadi Ganrajya Party>Group Leader Legislature Council SGP Party|Kapil Waman Patil| |2 December 2019Peasants and Workers Party of India>Group Leader Legislature Council PWPI Party|Jayant Patil| |2 December 2019Rashtriya Samaj Paksha>Group Leader Legislature Council RSP Party|Mahadev Jankar| |2 December 2019

Party Group Leader & Chief Whip and Whip{| class"wikitable"|+

!No! colspan="2" |Party! Post ! Name 01Bharatiya Janata Party| Group Leader| Pravin Darekar| Chief Whip| Vijay Girkar|Whip|Prasad Lad 02Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)| Group Leader| Anil Parab| Chief Whip| Sunil Shinde |Whip|Sachin Ahir 03Nationalist Congress Party| Group Leader| Aniket Tatkare | Chief Whip| Unknown |Whip|Unknown 04Indian National Congress| Group Leader| Satej Patil| Chief Whip| Abhijit Wanjarri |Whip|Rajesh Rathod 05Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)| Group Leader| Eknath Khadse | Chief Whip| Shashikant Shinde |Whip|Unknown| 06Shiv Sena| Group Leader & Chief Whip| Viplav Bajoria| 07Group Leader & Chief Whip| Kapil Waman Patil| 08Peasants and Workers Party of India| Group Leader & Chief Whip| Jayant Patil| 09Rashtriya Samaj Paksha| Group Leader & Chief Whip| Mahadev Jankar

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.WEB,weblink Vidhan Mandal Margadarshika, mr, 23 June 2022, 26 January 2022,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20220126044827weblink">weblink live,

Membership by party

Members of Maharashtra Legislative Council by their political party ({{As of|2023| January |23|lc=y}}):{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"! colspan=2|Alliance! colspan="2" | Party! No.of MLAs! Leader of the Party GovernmentNDA(38) MajorityBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 22| Pravin DarekarNationalist Congress Party >NCP| 6| Aniket TatkareShiv Sena>SHS| 4Viplav Bajoria>Viplove BajoriaJanata Dal (United)>JD (U)| 1| Kapil Waman PatilRashtriya Samaj Paksha>RSP| 1| Mahadev JankarIndependent politician>IND| 4| NONE OppositionMVA(18) MinorityIndian National Congress>INC| 8| Satej PatilShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)>SS(UBT)| 6| Anil ParabNationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)>NCP (SP)| 3| Eknath KhadsePeasants and Workers Party of India>PWPI| 1| Jayant PatilVacant| 21|

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

! colspan="4"|Total! 78!

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.

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)

Following are recent members of Maharashtra Legislative Counciweblink {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126053218weblink |date=26 January 2022 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

Elected by the Legislative Assembly members (30)

Keys: {{legend2|#FF9933|BJP (13)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#F8F9FA|NCP (SP) (2)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#00BFFF|INC (4)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#FF6634|SS(UBT) (3)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#FF6634|SS (3)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#FF4946|PWPI (1)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#FFFF00|RSP (1)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{| class="wikitable sortable" ! #! style="width:200px" |Member! colspan="2"| Party! Term Start! Term End| 1| Pravin DarekarBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 08-Jul-2022| 07-Jul-2028| 2| Ram ShindeBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 08-Jul-2022| 07-Jul-2028| 3| Uma KhapreBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 08-Jul-2022| 07-Jul-2028| 4| Shrikant BharatiyaBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 08-Jul-2022| 07-Jul-2028| 5| Prasad LadBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 08-Jul-2022| 07-Jul-2028| 6Ranjitsinh Mohite-Patil>Ranjitsinh Mohite PatilBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 14-May-2020| 13-May-2026 | 7| Pravin DatkeBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 14-May-2020| 13-May-2026| 8| Gopichand PadalkarBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 14-May-2020| 13-May-2026 | 9| Ramesh KaradBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 14-May-2020| 13-May-2026| 10| Nilay NaikBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 28-Jul-2018 | 27-Jul-2024| 11| Ram Patil RatolikarBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 28-Jul-2018 | 27-Jul-2024 | 12| Ramesh PatilBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 28-Jul-2018 | 27-Jul-2024| 13| Vijay GirkarBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 28-Jul-2018 | 27-Jul-2024| 14| Ramraje Naik NimbalkarNationalist Congress Party>NCP| 08-Jul-2022| 07-Jul-2028| 15| Eknath KhadseNationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar>NCP SP| 08-Jul-2022| 07-Jul-2028| 16| Shashikant ShindeNationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar>NCP SP| 14-May-2020| 13-May-2026| 17| Amol MitkariNationalist Congress Party>NCP| 14-May-2020| 13-May-2026| 18| Babajani DuraniNationalist Congress Party>NCP| 28-Jul-2018 | 27-Jul-2024| 19| Bhai JagtapIndian National Congress>INC| 08-Jul-2022| 07-Jul-2028| 20| Rajesh RathodIndian National Congress>INC| 14-May-2020| 13-May-2026| 21| Wajahat Ather MirzaIndian National Congress>INC| 28-Jul-2018 | 27-Jul-2024| 22| Pradnya Rajeev SatavIndian National Congress>INC| 23-Nov-2021 | 27-Jul-2024| 23| Sachin AhirShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)>SS(UBT)| 08-Jul-2022| 07-Jul-2028| 24| Aamshya PadaviShiv Sena>SS| 08-Jul-2022| 07-Jul-2028| 25| Uddhav ThackerayShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)>SS(UBT)| 14-May-2020| 13-May-2026 | 26| Anil ParabShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)>SS(UBT)| 28-Jul-2018 | 27-Jul-2024| 27| Neelam GorheShiv Sena>SS| 14-May-2020| 13-May-2026 | 28| Manisha KayandeShiv Sena>SS| 28-Jul-2018 | 27-Jul-2024| 29Jayant Prabhakar Patil>Jayant PatilPeasants and Workers Party of India>PWPI| 28-Jul-2018 | 27-Jul-2024 | 30| Mahadev JankarRashtriya Samaj Paksha>RSP| 28-Jul-2018 | 27-Jul-2024

Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies (22)

Keys: {{legend2|#FF9933|BJP (7)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#FF6634|SS (3)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#00BFFF|INC (1)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#00B2B2|NCP (1)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#FF6634|SS (1)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#FFFFFF|Vacant (9)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{| class="wikitable sortable" ! #! Constituency! style="width:200px" |Member! colspan="2"| Party! Term Start! Term End| 1| Mumbai| Sunil ShindeShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)>SS (UBT)| 02-Jan-2022| 01-Jan-2028| 2| Mumbai| Raj Hans SinghBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 02-Jan-2022| 01-Jan-2028| 3| Dhule-Nandurbar| Amrish PatelBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 02-Jan-2022| 01-Jan-2028| 4| Nagpur| Chandrashekhar BawankuleBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 02-Jan-2022| 01-Jan-2028| 5| Akola-Washim-Buldhana| Vasant KhandelwalBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 02-Jan-2022| 01-Jan-2028| 6| Kolhapur| Satej PatilIndian National Congress>INC| 02-Jan-2022| 01-Jan-2028| 7|Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Jalna| Ambadas DanveShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)>SS (UBT)| 30-Aug-2019 | 29-Aug-2025| 8| Dharashiv-Latur-Beed| Suresh DhasBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 22-Jun-2018 | 21-Jun-2024 | 9| Amravati| Pravin PoteBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 22-Jun-2018| 21-Jun-2024 | 10| Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadhchiroli| Ramdas Ambatkar Bharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 22-Jun-2018 | 21-Jun-2024| 11|Nashik| Narendra DaradeShiv Sena>SS| 22-Jun-2018 | 21-Jun-2024 | 12| Parbhani-HingoliViplav Bajoria>Viplove BajoriaShiv Sena>SS| 22-Jun-2018 | 21-Jun-2024| 13|Raigad-Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg| Aniket TatkareNationalist Congress Party >NCP | 01-Jun-2018 | 31-May-2024| 14| JalgaonVacant| 15| Bhandara-GondiaVacant| 16|PuneVacant| 17| Sangli-SataraVacant| 18| NandedVacant| 19|YavatmalVacant| 20| Thane-PalgharVacant| 21| AhmednagarVacant| 22| SolapurVacant

Elected from Teachers' constituencies (7)

Keys: {{legend2|#FF9933|BJP (1)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#00B2B2|NCP (1)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#00BFFF|INC (1) {{legend2|#003366|SGP(1)|border=solid 1px #000000}}|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#CDCDCD|Ind (3)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{| class="wikitable sortable" ! #! Constituency! style="width:200px" |Member! colspan="2"| Party! Term Start! Term End| 1| Konkan| Dnyaneshwar MhatreBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 08-Feb-2023| 07-Feb-2029| 2| Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Vikram Vasantrao Kale>Vikram Kale Nationalist Congress Party >NCP| 08-Feb-2023| 07-Feb-2029 | 3| Nagpur| Sudhakar AdbaleIndependent Politician>IND| 08-Feb-2023| 07-Feb-2029| 4| Pune| Jayant AsgaonkarIndian National Congress>INC| 07-Dec-2020| 06-Dec-2026| 5| Amravati| Kiran SarnaikIndependent Politician>IND| 07-Dec-2020| 06-Dec-2026| 6| Mumbai| Kapil Waman PatilSamajwadi Ganrajya Party>SGP| 08-Jul-2018| 07-Jul-2024 | 7| Nashik| Kishor DaradeIndependent Politician>IND| 08-Jul-2018| 07-Jul-2024

Elected from Graduates constituencies (7)

Keys: {{legend2|#00B2B2|NCP (2)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#00BFFF|INC (2)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#FF9933|BJP (1)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#FF6634|SS(UBT) (1)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#CDCDCD|Ind (1)|border=solid 1px #000000}}{| class="wikitable sortable" ! #! Constituency! style="width:200px" |Member! colspan="2" | Party! Term Start! Term End| 1| Amravati| Dhiraj LingadeIndian National Congress>INC| 08-Feb-2023 | 07-Feb-2029| 2| Nashik| Satyajeet TambeIndependent Politician>IND| 08-Feb-2023| 07-Feb-2029| 3| Nagpur| Abhijit WanjarriIndian National Congress>INC| 07-Dec-2020| 06-Dec-2026| 4| Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | Satish ChavanNationalist Congress Party>NCP| 07-Dec-2020| 06-Dec-2026 | 5| Pune| Arun LadNationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)>NCP (SP)| 07-Dec-2020| 06-Dec-2026| 6| Mumbai| Vilas PotnisShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)>SS(UBT)| 08-Jul-2018| 07-Jul-2024| 7| Konkan| Niranjan DavkhareBharatiya Janata Party>BJP| 08-Jul-2018| 07-Jul-2024

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.WEB, Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules, 2009,weblink 10 June 2021, 10 June 2021,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20210610051552weblink">weblink live,

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.{| class="wikitable"!Deputy Leader of the House!colspan="2" scope="col" |Party!colspan="2" scope="col" |Tenure!Reference| Subhash Desai Shiv Sena 16 December 2019 30 June 2022|Uday Samant|Shiv Sena

Leader of the Opposition

See also

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

References

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