Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
| Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा | |
|---|---|
| 13th Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Speaker of the Assembly | |
Deputy Speaker of the Assembly | |
Leader of the House | |
Opposition Leader | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 288 |
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Political groups |
BJP (122) |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | October 15, 2014 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Vidhana Bhavan in Mumbai (summer session) | |
| Website | |
| http://mls.org.in/ | |
The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from the single-seat constituencies and one member is nominated. The members of the upper house, the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad (the legislative council) are indirectly elected through an electoral college.
For the 13th Legislative Assembly, elections for which were held in 2014, 165 of the 288 elected members of the assembly face serious criminal charges including murder, attempt to murder, bringing communal disharmony, kidnapping and crime against women.[1]
List of Assemblies
The following is the list of all the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblies:[2]
| Assembly | Election Year | Speaker | Chief Minister | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Assembly | 1960 | Sayaji Silam | Yashwantrao Chavan (Congress) | Indian National Congress: had won 1957 poll |
| 2nd Assembly | 1962 | Trambak Bharade | Marotrao Kannamwar P. K. Sawant (Caretaker) Vasantrao Naik (Congress) | Congress: 215/264; PWP (शे का प): 15 |
| 3rd Assembly | 1967 | Trambak Bharade | Vasantrao Naik (Congress) | Congress: 203/270 |
| 4th Assembly | 1972 | S. K. Wankhede Balasaheb Desai |
Vasantrao Naik (Congress) Shankarrao Chavan (Congress) Vasantdada Patil (Congress) | Congress: 222; PWP: 7 |
| 5th Assembly | 1978 | Shivraj Patil Pranlal Vora |
Vasantdada Patil (INC) Sharad Pawar (Rebel Congress) President's Rule | Janata Party: 99/288; INC: 69; Cong (Indira): 62 - Post-poll Cong + Cong (I) Front |
| 6th Assembly | 1980 | Sharad Dighe | Abdul Rehman Antulay (Congress) Babasaheb Bhosale (Congress) Vasantdada Patil (Congress) | Congress: 186/288; Sharad Congress: 47; Janata:17; BJP:14 |
| 7th Assembly | 1985 | Shankarrao Jagtap | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (INC) Shankarrao Chavan (INC) Sharad Pawar (INC) | Congress: 161; Sharad Congress: 54; Janata:20; BJP:16 |
| 8th Assembly | 1990 | Madhukarrao Chaudhari | Sharad Pawar (INC) Sudhakarrao Naik (INC) Sharad Pawar (INC) | Congress: 141/288 Shiva Sena + BJP = 52+42 |
| 9th Assembly | 1995 | Dattaji Nalawade | Manohar Joshi Narayan Rane (Shiv Sena) | Shiv Sena: 73 + BJP: 65; INC: 80/288 |
| 10th Assembly | 1999 | Arunlal Gujarathi | Vilasrao Deshmukh Sushilkumar Shinde (INC) | Congress: 75 Pawar's NCP: 58 - Post-poll Cong-NCP Front Sena + BJP: 69+56 |
| 11th Assembly | 2004 | Babasaheb Kupekar | Vilasrao Deshmukh Ashok Chavan (INC) | Congress + NCP: 69+71 Sena+BJP = 62+54 |
| 12th Assembly | 2009 | Dilip Walse-Patil | Ashok Chavan Prithviraj Chavan (INC) | Congress + NCP: 82+62 Sena+BJP = 45+46 RPI (Athavale): 14 MNS (Raj Thackeray): 13 |
| 13th Assembly | 2014 | Haribhau Bagade | Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) | BJP+Allies:122+1 Shiv Sena:63 Congress:42 NCP:41 AIMIM:2 |
Sessions
The budget session and the monsoon session are convened in Mumbai whereas the winter session is convened in the auxiliary capital Nagpur. but in 1975 because of election were in winter season, monsoon (second) session was convened in Nagpur and winter (third) session was convened in Mumbai (capital).
Elections
Elections to the Maharashtra Legislative assembly were held in the following years and corresponding Maharashtra Assembly are constituted:[3]
- 1 May 1960 ( Bombay State Reorganisation Act ) – 1st Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1962 – 2nd Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1967 – 3rd Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1972 – 4th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1978 – 5th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1980 – 6th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1985 – 7th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1990 – 8th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- Maharashtra state assembly elections, 1995 – 9th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- Maharashtra state assembly elections, 1999 – 10th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- Maharashtra state assembly elections, 2004 – 11th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- Maharashtra state assembly elections, 2009 – 12th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- Maharashtra state assembly elections, 2014 – 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
See also
- Legislature of Maharashtra
- Elections in Maharashtra
- List of Constituencies of Maharashtra Assembly
- Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad
References
- ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-165-newly-elected-mlas-of-maharashtra-with-criminal-charges-bjp-tops-the-list-with-74-mlas-2028837
- ↑ "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai" (PDF). Legislative Bodies in India website. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ↑ http://www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/Maharashtra.pdf
External links
- "State Election Commission". Government of Maharashtra. 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
