Maharashtra Legislature

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Maharashtra Legislature Maharashtra Vidhan Mandal
Emblem of Maharashtra
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Maharashtra Legislative Council (Upper house) Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Lower house)
History
Founded	1 May 1960 (64 years ago) (1960-05-01)
Leadership
Governor of Maharashtra	C. P. Radhakrishnan
Chief Minister of Maharashtra	Devendra Fadnavis, BJP
Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra	Eknath Shinde, SHS Shinde Group and Ajit Pawar, NCP
Parliamentary Affairs Minister & Deputy Minister	Minister: Chandrakant Patil (Cabinet Minister), BJP Deputy Minister: Vacant (Minister of State) Deputy Minister: Vacant (Minister of State)
Chair & Deputy Chair Maharashtra Legislative Council	Chair: Ram Shinde, BJP Shinde Group Deputy Chair: Neelam Gorhe , SHS Shinde Group
Leader & Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council	Leader: Devendra Fadnavis , BJP Chief Minister of Maharashtra Deputy Leader: Uday Samant , SHS Shinde Group (Cabinet Minister)
Leader & Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council	Leader: Ambadas Danve, SHS (UBT) Deputy Leader: Bhai Jagtap , INC
Speaker & Deputy Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Speaker: Rahul Narwekar , BJP Deputy Speaker: Narhari Sitaram Zirwal , NCP
Leader & Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Leader: Devendra Fadnavis, BJP (Chief Minister) Deputy Leader: Eknath Shinde, SHS, (Dy Chief Minister) Deputy Leader: Ajit Pawar, NCP (Deputy Chief Minister)
Leader & Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Vacant, no opposition party has more than 10% seats.
Structure
Seats	366 (78 MLCs + 288 MLAs)
Maharashtra Legislative Council political groups	Government (35) Opposition (22) Vacant (21)
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly political groups	Government (175) Opposition (69) To be decided (14)
Elections
Maharashtra Legislative Council voting system	Single transferable vote
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly voting system	First-past-the-post
Last Maharashtra Legislative Council election	2020
Last Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	21 October 2019
Next Maharashtra Legislative Council election	2022
Next Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	October 2024
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session)
Website
Government of Maharashtra Maharashtra Legislature
Constitution
Constitution of India

The Maharashtra Legislature (IAST: Maharashtra Vidhan Mandal) is the supreme legislative body of the state of Maharashtra. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Governor of Maharashtra and two houses, The Maharashtra Legislative Council (Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad) and The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha). The governor in his role as head of the legislature has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of legislature or to dissolve the Legislative Assembly.