The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the

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area of

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in the capital

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. 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 legislative council) are indirectly elected through an electoral college.

Sessions

The budget session and the

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session are convened in Mumbai whereas the winter session is convened in the auxiliary capital

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. 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 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):

List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

* Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad *

List of governors of Maharashtra The governor of Maharashtra is the ceremonial head of the state of Maharashtra. The Constitution of India confers the executive powers of the state to the governor, however the de facto executive powers lie with the Council of Ministers. Bhagat ...

* List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra *

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 ...

List of Deputy Speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly subordinate to the speaker of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, they are responsible for the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra and they are the second highest ranking legislative ...

List of Leaders of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Eknath Shinde is the current Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Leader of the House The Assembly has a Leader of the House, who heads the government caucus. The office is provided for in the Legislative Counci ...

List of Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the deputy to the Leader of the House Devendra Fadnavis is the current Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly as the Deputy Chief Minister ...

List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is an elected member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly who leads the official opposition in the lower house of the Maharashtra Legislature. The leader of the opposition i ...

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