Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

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.^[2] The Assembly meets at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai, though the winter session is held in Nagpur.^[3] 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.^[4] The current Assembly was elected in November 2024.^[5]

List of assemblies

The following is the list of all the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblies (1961–present):^[6]

Office bearers

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]}

Maharashtra Legislature Leaders

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See also

• 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

1. ^ No leader of opposition because no political party obtained at least 10% of the seats in the assembly.
2. ^ No party secured 10% of seats to form official opposition.

References

1. ^ "In a first in six decades, no Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly". The Hindu. 24 November 2024.
2. ^ "Maharashtra Legislature". Retrieved 2024-07-03.
3. ^ "Uddhav Sena sticks its neck out, fields Milind Narvekar for Maharashtra Legislative Council polls". The Indian Express. 2024-07-02. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
4. ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly". Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
5. ^ 2024election
6. ^ "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai". Legislative Bodies in India website. Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
7. ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India website. Archived 6 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

External links

• Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections Website Archived 27 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine
• "State Election Commission". Government of Maharashtra. 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.