Maharashtra_Legislative_Council

Maharashtra Legislative Council

Maharashtra Legislative Council

Upper house of the bicameral legislature of the state of Maharashtra

The Maharashtra Legislative Council or Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India.

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Maharashtra Legislature Leaders

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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.[5]

Membership by party

Members of Maharashtra Legislative Council by their political party (as of 23 January 2023):

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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 Council[6]

Elected by the Legislative Assembly members (30)

Keys:   BJP (13)   NCP (SP) (2)   INC (4)   SS(UBT) (3)   SS (3)   PWPI (1)   RSP (1)

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Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies (22)

Keys:   BJP (7)   SS (3)   INC (1)   NCP (1)   SS (1)   Vacant (9)

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Elected from Teachers' constituencies (7)

Keys:   BJP (1)   NCP (1)   INC (1)   SGP (1)   Ind (3)

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Elected from Graduates constituencies (7)

Keys:   NCP (2)   INC (2)   BJP (1)   SS(UBT) (1)   Ind (1)

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Officers

Chairman

Main article: List of chairpersons of the Maharashtra Legislative Council

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]

Main article: List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Council

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]

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Leader of the Opposition

Main article: List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council

See also

References

  1. [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. [2]
    "Maharashtra Legislative Council polls: MVA bags 3 seats, defeats BJP on Gadkari's home turf". India Today.
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    "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.
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    "Patil,PWPI is supported by the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the NCP and Congress". 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Vidhan Mandal Margadarshika" (PDF) (in Marathi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  6. [6]
    http://mls.org.in/pdf2021/winter/list-of-council-member.pdf Archived 26 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
  7. [7]
    "Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules" (PDF). 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
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