Maharashtra Legislative Council

Maharashtra Legislative Council
Maharashtra Legislative Council
Type
Type	Upper house of the Maharashtra Legislature
Term limits	6 years
Leadership
Governor of Maharashtra	Ramesh Bais ; since 18 February 2023
Chairman of the House	Neelam Gorhe (Additional Charge), SHS ; since 7 July 2022
Deputy Chairman of the House	Neelam Gorhe, SHS ; since 24 June 2019
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde, SHS ; since 30 June 2022
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Chandrakant Patil, BJP ; since 14 August 2022
Leader of the House	Devendra Fadnavis; (Dy Chief Minister), BJP ; since 17 August 2022
Deputy Leader of the House	Uday Samant (Acting); (Cabinet Minister), SHS ; since 17 August 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Ambadas Danve, SS(UBT) ; since 9 August 2022
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Bhai Jagtap, INC ; since 17 August 2022
General Secretary	Rajendra Bhagwat, IAS
Structure
Seats	78 (66 Elected + 12 Nominated)
Political groups	Government (37); NDA (37) BJP (22); NCP (6); SHS (4); RSP (1); IND (4); Opposition (20); MVA (20) SS(UBT) (7); INC (8); NCP(SP) (3); PWPI (1); SGP (1); Vacant (21) Vacant (21);
Meeting place
	Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
	Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session) 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.

^ "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.
^ "Maharashtra Legislative Council polls: MVA bags 3 seats, defeats BJP on Gadkari's home turf". India Today.
^ "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.
^ "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.

[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] "Maharashtra Legislative Council polls: MVA bags 3 seats, defeats BJP on Gadkari's home turf". India Today.

[3] "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.

[4] "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.

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Maharashtra Legislative Council

Type
Type	Upper house of the Maharashtra Legislature
Term limits	6 years
Leadership
Governor of Maharashtra	Ramesh Bais since 18 February 2023
Chairman of the House	Neelam Gorhe (Additional Charge), SHS since 7 July 2022
Deputy Chairman of the House	Neelam Gorhe, SHS since 24 June 2019
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde, SHS since 30 June 2022
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Chandrakant Patil, BJP since 14 August 2022
Leader of the House	Devendra Fadnavis (Dy Chief Minister), BJP since 17 August 2022
Deputy Leader of the House	Uday Samant (Acting) (Cabinet Minister), SHS since 17 August 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Ambadas Danve, SS(UBT) since 9 August 2022
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Bhai Jagtap, INC since 17 August 2022
General Secretary	Rajendra Bhagwat, IAS
Structure
Seats	78 (66 Elected + 12 Nominated)

Political groups	Government (37) NDA (37) BJP (22) NCP (6) SHS (4)^[1] RSP (1) IND (4) Opposition (20) MVA (20)^[2] SS(UBT) (7) INC (8) NCP(SP) (3)^[3] PWPI (1)^[4] SGP (1) Vacant (21) Vacant (21)
Meeting place

Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai

Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session) Maharashtra Legislature
Website
Government of Maharashtra Maharashtra Legislative Council Website