Type Upper house | ||
Chairman Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar, NCP
Since 8 July 2016 Deputy Chairman Manikrao Thakre , INC
Since 5 August 2016 Leader of House Chandrakant Bacchu Patil, BJP
Since 8 July 2016 Leader of Opposition Dhananjay Munde, NCP
Since 8 July 2016 Seats 78
Government (26)
BJP(17)
SS(9)
Opposition (51)
NCP (23)
INC(20)
Independent(5+1 suspended)
Lok Bharti (1)
PWP(1)
Peoples Republican Party (1) | ||
The Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad or Maharashtra State Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India.
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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.
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.
- 30 members shall be elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly
- 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)
- 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)
- 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, Mumbai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Osmanabad-cum-Latur-cum-Beed, Parbhani-Hingoli, Pune, Raigad-cum-Ratnagiri-cum-Sindhudurg, Sangli-cum-Satara, Solapur, Thane, Wardha-cum-Chandrapur-cum-Gadhchiroli and Yavatmal)
- 12 members having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of matters such as literature, science, art, co-operative movement and social serviceshall 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.
Current leaders
Current Chairman is Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar and Deputy Chairman is Shri Manikrao Thakre. Leader of the House is Shri Chandrakant Patil and Leader of Opposition is Dhananjay Munde.
Constituencies and members
See here the List of members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council - ( Past and Present members ).
The following are the constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad: