The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
. 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. The members of the upper house, the
Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad
The Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad or Maharashtra Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India.
Location
The seat of the Vidhan Parishad is situated at the Nariman Point area of South M ...
(the legislative council) are indirectly elected through an
electoral college.
Sessions
The budget session and the
monsoon session are convened in Mumbai whereas the winter session is convened in the auxiliary capital
Nagpur. In 1975 because elections were in winter season, the monsoon (second) session was convened in Nagpur and winter (third) session was convened in Mumbai.
14th Legislative Assembly
The Members of
14th Maharashtra Assembly
The Members of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra were elected in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, with results announced on 21 October 2019.
The majority needed to form the government is 145 seats in the assembly of 288 ...
of Maharashtra were elected in the
2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 21 October 2019 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. After a 61.4% turnout in the election, the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya ...
, with results announced on 21 October 2019.
Composition
List of previous Assemblies
The following is the list of all the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblies (1961-Present):
See also
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Bombay Legislative Assembly
Bombay Legislative Assembly came into existence in 1937, as the legislature of Bombay Presidency, a province of British India. It functioned until 1960, when separate states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were formed.
History
The first session of thi ...
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Legislature of Maharashtra
The Maharashtra Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Legislature is composed of:
*the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the lower house,
*the Maharashtra Legislative Council, the upper house, and
*the ...
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Elections in Maharashtra
Elections in Maharashtra, a state in India
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List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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People
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Organizations
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Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad
The Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad or Maharashtra Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India.
Location
The seat of the Vidhan Parishad is situated at the Nariman Point area of South M ...
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List of governors of Maharashtra
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List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra
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List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
The Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Mahar ...
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List of Leaders of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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List of Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
References
External links
Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections Website*
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