{{Short description|Lower house of legislature in Maharashtra, India}} {{About|2=the upper house|3=Maharashtra Legislative Council}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox legislature | name = Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | body = Maharashtra Legislature | native_name = ''Mahārāṣhṭra Vidhānasabhā'' | native_name_lang = iso 15919 | coa_pic = Seal of Maharashtra.svg | coa_res = | background_color = | legislature = 15th Maharashtra Assembly | house_type = Lower house | term_limits = 5 years | leader1_type = Governor of Maharashtra | leader1 = '''Jishnu Dev Varma''' | party1 = | election1 = 06 March 2026 | leader2_type = Speaker of the House | leader2 = '''Rahul Narwekar''' | party2 = '''BJP''' | election2 = 3 July 2022 | leader3_type = Deputy Speaker of the House | leader3 = '''Anna Bansode''' | party3 = NCP | election3 = 25 March 2025 | leader4_type = Chief Minister <br /> (Leader of the House) | leader4 = '''Devendra Fadnavis''' | party4 = '''BJP''' | election4 = 05 December 2024 | leader5_type = Deputy Chief Minister <br /> (Deputy Leader of the House) | leader5 = '''Eknath Shinde''', SHS '''Sunetra Ajit Pawar''', NCP 31 January 2026 | election5 = 05 December 2024
| leader6_type = Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | leader6 = '''Chandrakant Patil''' | party6 = '''BJP''' | election6 = 21 December 2024 | leader7_type = Leader of the Opposition | leader7 = '''Vacant''' | party7 = | election7 = 23 November 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=In a first in six decades, no Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/maharashtra-assembly/in-a-first-in-six-decades-no-leader-of-opposition-in-maharashtra-assembly/article68904861.ece|publisher = The Hindu|date=24 November 2024}}</ref>{{efn|No leader of opposition because no political party obtained at least 10% of the seats in the assembly.}} | election8 = 23 November 2024 | leader9_type = General Secretary | leader9 = '''Rajendra Bhagwat''' | party9 = '''IAS''' | election9 = | members = '''288''' | structure1 = {{Switcher|300px|By party|300px|By alliance}} | structure1_res = | political_groups1 = '''Government (237)'''<br>{{color box|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}}} MY (237) *{{Color box|#FF9933}} BJP (132) *{{Color box|#E37401}} SHS (57) *{{color box|#FFC0CB}} NCP (41) *{{Color box|#CB00F1}} JSS (2) *{{Color box|#FFF200}} RSPS (1) *{{Color box|#F58E7D}} RSVA (1) *{{Color box|#1A34BB}} RYSP (1) *{{Color box|{{Party color|Independent politician}}}} IND (2) '''Official Opposition''' :''Vacant''{{efn|No party secured 10% of seats to form official opposition.}} '''Other Opposition (51)'''<br>{{color box|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}} MVA (48) *{{Color box|#FF6634}} SS(UBT) (20) *{{Color box|#00BBFF}} INC (16) *{{color box|{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}}} NCP(SP) (10) *{{Color box|#CC0D0D}} CPI(M) (1) *{{Color box|#E96969}} PWPI (1) Others (3) *{{Color box|#FF0000}} SP (2) *{{Color box|#136B4B}} AIMIM (1) | voting_system1 = First past the post | last_election1 = 20 November 2024 | next_election1 = 2029 | session_room = Vidhan Bhavan aerial view.jpg | session_res = 250px | meeting_place = Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai | session_room2 = Vidhan Bhavan (State Legislative Assembly) Nagpur - panoramio.jpg | session_res2 = 250px | session_alt2 = | meeting_place2 = Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session) Maharashtra Legislature | website = [https://maharashtra.gov.in/ Government of Maharashtra]<br>[http://mls.org.in/ Maharashtra Legislature] | footnotes = }}
The '''Maharashtra Legislative Assembly''' (ISO: ''Mahārāṣṭra Vidhānasabhā'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies.<ref name="mls">{{cite web |url=http://mls.org.in |title=Maharashtra Legislature |access-date=2024-07-03}}</ref> The Assembly meets at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai, though the winter session is held in Nagpur.<ref name="2019election">{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/uddhav-sena-sticks-neck-out-milind-narvekar-maharashtra-legislative-council-polls-9428268/ |title=Uddhav Sena sticks its neck out, fields Milind Narvekar for Maharashtra Legislative Council polls |date=2024-07-02 |website=The Indian Express |access-date=2024-07-03}}</ref> Along with the Maharashtra Legislative Council, it constitutes the legislature of Maharashtra. The presiding officer of the Assembly is the Speaker. Members of the Assembly are directly elected by the people of Maharashtra through elections held every five years, unless the Assembly is dissolved earlier.<ref name="cpa">{{cite web |url=https://www.cpahq.org/directory/maharashtra/ |title=Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |website=Commonwealth Parliamentary Association |access-date=2024-07-03}}</ref> The current Assembly was elected in November 2024.<ref name="2024election"/>
==List of assemblies==
The following is the list of all the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblies (1961–present):<ref name="lbi">{{cite web|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/Maharashtra.pdf|title=Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai|publisher=Legislative Bodies in India website|access-date=13 November 2010|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221722/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/Maharashtra.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Assembly !Year !Speaker !Chief Minister !Seats |- |1st |1960 |S. L. Silam (INC) |Yashwantrao Chavan (INC) |*INC had won the 1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly Elections. INC: 135; IND: 34; PSP: 33; PWP: 31; CPI: 13; SCF: 13; BJS: 4; HMS: 1; Total: 264 (of 396 Maharashtra + Gujarat Seats). |- |2nd |1962 |Balasaheb Bharde (INC) |Yashwantrao Chavan (INC)<br/>Marotrao Kannamwar (INC)<br/>P. K. Sawant (INC)<br/>Vasantrao Naik (INC) |INC: 215; PWP: 15; IND: 15; PSP: 9; CPI: 6; RPI: 3; Socialist: 1; Total: 264. |- |3rd |1967 |Balasaheb Bharde (INC) |Vasantrao Naik (INC) |INC: 203; PWP: 19; IND: 16; CPI: 10; PSP: 8; RPI: 5; SSP: 4; BJS: 4; CPM: 1; Total: 270. |- |4th |1972 |S. K. Wankhede (INC)<br/>Balasaheb Desai (INC) |Vasantrao Naik (INC)<br/>Shankarrao Chavan (INC)<br/>Vasantdada Patil (INC) |INC: 222; IND: 23; PWP: 7; BJS: 5; Socialist: 3; CPI: 2; AIFB: 2; RPI: 2; CPM: 1; IUML: 1; BKD: 1; SHS: 1. Total: 270. |- |5th |1978 |Shivraj Patil (INC)<br/>Pranlal Vora (INC) |Vasantdada Patil (INC(U))<br/>Sharad Pawar (IC(S)) |JP: 99; INC: 69; INC(I): 62; IND: 28; PWP: 13; CPM: 9; AIFB: 3; RPI: 2; RPI(K): 2; CPI: 1; Total: 288. Post-poll INC + INC(I) Front. |- |6th |1980 |Sharad Dighe (INC) |A. R. Antulay (INC)<br/>Babasaheb Bhosale (INC)<br/>Vasantdada Patil (INC) |INC(I): 186; INC(U): 47; JP: 17; BJP: 14; IND: 10; PWP: 9; CPM: 2; CPI: 2; RPI(K): 1; Total: 288. |- |7th |1985 |Shankarrao Jagtap (INC) |Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (INC)<br/>Shankarrao Chavan (INC)<br/>Sharad Pawar (INC) |INC: 161; ICS: 54; JP: 20; IND: 20; BJP: 16; PWP: 13; CPM: 2; CPI: 2; Total: 288. |- |8th |1990 |Madhukarrao Chaudhari (INC) |Sharad Pawar (INC)<br/>Sudhakarrao Naik (INC)<br/>Sharad Pawar (INC) |INC: 141; SHS: 52; BJP: 42; JD: 24; IND: 13; PWP: 8; CPM: 3; CPI: 2; RPI(K): 1; IUML: 1; ICS(SCS): 1; Total: 288. |- |9th |1995 |Dattaji Nalawade (SHS) |Manohar Joshi (SHS)<br/>Narayan Rane (SHS) |INC: 80; SHS: 73; BJP: 65; IND: 45; JD: 11; PWP: 6; CPM: 3; SP: 3; Maharashtra Vikas Congress: 1; NVAS: 1; Total: 288. |- |10th |1999 |Arun Gujarathi (NCP) |Vilasrao Deshmukh (INC)<br/>Sushilkumar Shinde (INC) |INC: 75; SHS: 69; NCP: 58; BJP: 56; IND: 12; PWP: 5; BBM: 3; CPM: 2; JD(S): 1;SP: 2; RPI: 1; GGP: 1; Native People's Party: 1; SJP (Maharashtra): 1; Total: 288. Post-poll INC + NCP Front. |- |11th |2004 |Babasaheb Kupekar (NCP) |Vilasrao Deshmukh (INC)<br/>Ashok Chavan (INC) |NCP: 71; INC: 69; SHS: 62; BJP: 54; IND: 19; Jan Surajya Shakti: 4; CPM: 3; PWP: 2; BBM: 1; RPI(A): 1; ABHS: 1; STBP: 1; Total: 288. |- |12th |2009 |Dilip Walse-Patil (NCP) |Ashok Chavan (INC)<br/>Prithviraj Chavan (INC) |INC: 82; NCP: 62; BJP: 46; SHS: 44; IND: 24; MNS: 13; PWP: 4; SP: 4; JSS: 2; BVA: 2; CPM: 1; BBM: 1; SWP: 1; RSPS: 1; Loksangram: 1; Total: 288. |- |13th |2014 |Haribhau Bagade (BJP) |Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) |BJP: 122; SHS: 63; INC: 42; NCP: 41; IND: 7; PWP: 3; BVA: 3; AIMIM: 2; CPM: 1; MNS: 1; SP: 1; BBM: 1; RSPS: 1; Total: 288. |- |14th |2019 |Nana Patole (INC)<br/>Rahul Narwekar (BJP) |Devendra Fadnavis (BJP)<br/>Uddhav Thackeray (SHS)<br/>Eknath Shinde (SHS) |BJP: 106; SHS: 56; NCP: 53; INC: 44; IND: 13; BVA: 3; AIMIM: 2; SP: 2; PHJSP: 2; CPM: 1; PWP: 1; MNS: 1; JSS: 1; SWP: 1; RSPS: 1; KSP: 1; Total: 288. Post Poll Shiv Sena + BJP Alliance <ref>{{cite web |title=Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11699-maharashtra-legislative-assembly-election-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306085512/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/11699-maharashtra-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |archive-date=6 March 2021 |access-date=5 March 2021 |publisher=Election Commission of India website}}</ref> |- |15th |2024 |Rahul Narwekar (BJP) |Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) |BJP: 132; SHS: 57; NCP: 41; SS (UBT): 20; INC: 16; NCP (SP): 10; IND: 2; JSS: 2; SP: 2; AIMIM: 1; RYSP: 1; CPM: 1; PWP: 1; RSVA: 1; RSPS:1; Total: 288. Maha Yuti Alliance |}
== Office bearers == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Title !Portrait !Name !Since |- |Governor |89x89px |Jishnu Dev Varma |10 March 2026 |- |Speaker |132x132px |Rahul Narwekar |9 December 2024 |- |Deputy Speaker | |Anna Bansode |25 March 2025 |- |Leader of the House <small>(Chief Minister)</small> | 132x132px |Devendra Fadnavis |5 December 2024 |- | |Deputy Chief Minister |94x94px&94x94px |Eknath Shinde & Sunetra Pawar |5 December 2024 & 31 January 2026
|- |Leader of Opposition | |''vacant'' | |}
==Sessions== The budget session and the monsoon session are convened in Mumbai whereas the winter session is convened in the auxiliary capital Nagpur. In 1975 because elections were in winter season, the monsoon (second) session was convened in Nagpur and winter (third) session was convened in Mumbai.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
==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|Leader of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Party |- |Group Leader of Legislative Assembly BJP Party |'''Devendra Fadnavis''' |75px |26 November 2024 |- |Group Leader of Legislative Assembly SHS Party |'''Eknath Shinde''' |75px |26 November 2024 |- |Group Leader of Legislative Assembly NCP Party |'''Sunetra Ajit Pawar ''' | | 31 January 2026 |- |Group Leader of Legislative Assembly SS(UBT) Party |'''Aaditya Thackeray''' | 75px |26 November 2024 |- |Group Leader of Legislative Assembly Congress Party |'''Vijay Wadettiwar''' | 75px |13 February 2025 |- |Group Leader of Legislative Assembly NCP(SP) Party |'''Jitendra Awhad''' | 75px<!-- Do not use image placeholders here per WP:IPH --> | 1 December 2024 |}<section end="Parties and leaders"/>
== Members of Legislative Assembly == {{transcluded section|source=List of members of the 15th Maharashtra Assembly}} {{trim|{{#Section-h:List of members of the 15th Maharashtra Assembly|Members of Legislative Assembly}}}}
==See also== {{Portal|India}} * Bombay Legislative Assembly * Legislature of Maharashtra * Elections in Maharashtra * List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad * List of governors of Maharashtra * List of chief ministers of Maharashtra * List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * List of deputy speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * List of deputy leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
==Notes== {{Notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.loksabhaelections.in/maharashtra Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127092934/https://www.loksabhaelections.in/maharashtra |date=27 January 2022 }} * {{cite web | url=https://mahasec.maharashtra.gov.in/1035/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0 | title=State Election Commission | publisher=Government of Maharashtra | date=2016 | access-date=31 May 2016}}
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