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	Jishnu Dev Varma ; since 10 March 2026
Chairperson of the House	Ram Shinde, BJP ; since 19 December 2024
Deputy Chairperson of the House	Neelam Gorhe, SHS ; since 24 June 2019
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis, BJP ; since 05 December 2024
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Chandrakant Patil, BJP ; since 21 December 2024
Leader of the House; (Deputy Chief Minister)	Eknath Shinde, SHS ; since 09 December 2024
Leader of the Opposition	Vacant ; since 29 August 2025
General Secretary	Rajendra Bhagwat, IAS
Structure
Seats	78 (66 Elected + 12 Nominated)
Political groups	Government (40) MY (40) BJP (22); NCP (8); SHS (7); IND (3); Official Opposition (15) MVA (15) SS(UBT) (6); INC (6); NCP-SP (3); Vacant (23) Vacant (23)
Meeting place
	Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
	Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session) Maharashtra Legislature
Website
	Government of Maharashtra ; Maharashtra Legislative Council Website

The Maharashtra Legislative Council, also known as Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad, is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India.

Legislature Party Leader's

House	Leader	Since
Maharashtra Legislative Council Posts
Group Leader Legislature Council BJP Party	Pravin Darekar	16 December 2019
Group Leader Legislature Council SHS Party	Kishor Darade	1 March 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council SS(UBT) Party	Anil Parab	7 July 2022
Group Leader Legislature Council NCP(SP) Party	Eknath Khadse	11 March 2023
Group Leader Legislature Council Congress Party	Satej Patil	2 March 2023
Nationalist Congress Party	Vikram Vasantrao Kale

Party's Group Leader & Whip


No	Party	Post	Name
01		Bharatiya Janata Party	Group Leader	Pravin Darekar
Chief Whip	Vijay Girkar
Whip	Prasad Lad
02		Shiv Sena	Group Leader	Kishor Darade
Chief Whip
Whip	Unknown
03		Nationalist Congress Party	Group Leader	Aniket Tatkare
Chief Whip	Shivaji Rao Garje
Whip	Sanjay Khodke
04		Indian National Congress	Group Leader	Satej Patil
Chief Whip	Abhijit Wanjarri
Whip	Rajesh Rathod
05		Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)	Group Leader	Eknath Khadse
Chief Whip	Shashikant Shinde
Whip	Unknown
06		Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)	Group Leader	Anil Parab
Chief Whip	Sunil Shinde
Whip	Sachin Ahir
07		Peasants and Workers Party of India	Group Leader	Unknown
Chief Whip
Whip
08		Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	Group Leader	Unknown
Chief Whip
Whip

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.^[2]

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, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Osmanabad-cum-Latur-cum-Beed, Parbhani-Hingoli, Pune, Raigad-cum-Ratnagiri-cum-Sindhudurg, Sangli-cum-Satara, Solapur, Thane-cum-Palghar, 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 service shall 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.

Constituencies and Members (78)

Following are recent members of Maharashtra Legislative Council^[3]^[4]^[5]

Elected by the Legislative Assembly members (30)

Keys: BJP (14) SHS (4) NCP (4) SS(UBT) (3) INC (2) NCP-SP (2) Vacant (1)

#	Member	Party	Term start	Term end
1	Pankaja Munde		BJP	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
2	Yogesh Tilekar		BJP	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
3	Parinay Fuke		BJP	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
4	Amit Gorkhe		BJP	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
5	Sadabhau Khot		BJP	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
6	Pravin Darekar		BJP	08-July-2022	07-July-2028
7	Ram Shinde		BJP	08-July-2022	07-July-2028
8	Shrikant Bharatiya		BJP	08-July-2022	07-July-2028
9	Prasad Lad		BJP	08-July-2022	07-July-2028
10	Uma Khapre		BJP	08-July-2022	07-July-2028
11	Ranjitsinh Mohite Patil		BJP	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
12	Sandip Joshi		BJP	20-Mar-2025	13-May-2026
13	Dadarao Keche		BJP	20-Mar-2025	13-May-2026
14	Sanjay Kenekar		BJP	20-Mar-2025	13-May-2026
15	Krupal Tumane		SHS	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
16	Bhavana Gawali		SHS	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
17	Chandrakant Raghuwanshi		SHS	20-Mar-2025	07-July-2028
18	Neelam Gorhe		SHS	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
19	Shivaji Rao Garje		NCP	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
20	Sanjay Khodke		NCP	20-Mar-2025	27-July-2030
21	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar		NCP	08-July-2022	07-July-2028
22	Amol Mitkari		NCP	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
23	Milind Narvekar		SS(UBT)	28-July-2024	27-July-2030
24	Sachin Ahir		SS(UBT)	08-July-2022	07-July-2028
25	Uddhav Thackeray		SS(UBT)	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
26	Bhai Jagtap		INC	08-July-2022	07-July-2028
27	Rajesh Rathod		INC	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
28	Eknath Khadse		NCP(SP)	08-July-2022	07-July-2028
29	Shashikant Shinde		NCP(SP)	14-May-2020	13-May-2026
30	Vacant Since 18-Dec-2025^[b]	27-July-2030

Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies (22)

Keys: BJP (3) SS(UBT) (1) INC (1) Vacant (17)

#	Constituency	Member	Term start	Term end
1	Mumbai	Sunil Shinde	SS(UBT)	02-Jan-2022	01-Jan-2028
2	Mumbai	Rajhans Singh	BJP	02-Jan-2022	01-Jan-2028
3	Dhule–Nandurbar	Amrish Patel	BJP	02-Jan-2022	01-Jan-2028
4	Nagpur	vacant since 23-Nov-2024^[c]
5	Akola–Washim–Buldhana	Vasant Khandelwal	BJP	02-Jan-2022	01-Jan-2028
6	Kolhapur	Satej Patil	INC	02-Jan-2022	01-Jan-2028
7	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar–Jalna	Vacant since 29-Aug-2025
8	Dharashiv–Latur–Beed	Vacant since 22-Jun-2024
9	Amravati	Vacant since 22-Jun-2024
10	Wardha–Chandrapur–Gadhchiroli	Vacant since 22-Jun-2024
11	Nashik	Vacant since 22-Jun-2024
12	Parbhani–Hingoli	Vacant since 22-Jun-2024
13	Raigad–Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg	Vacant since1-Jun-2024
14	Jalgaon	Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
15	Bhandara–Gondia	Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
16	Pune	Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
17	Sangli–Satara	Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
18	Nanded	Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
19	Yavatmal	Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
20	Thane–Palghar	Vacant since 06-Dec-2022
21	Ahilyanagar	Vacant since 02-Jan-2022
22	Solapur	Vacant since 02-Jan-2022

Elected from Teachers constituencies (7)

Keys: Independent (2) BJP (1) SHS (1) NCP (1) SS(UBT) (1) INC (1)

#	Constituency	Member	Term start	Term end
1	Mumbai	Jagannath Abhyankar	SS(UBT)	08-Jul-2024	07-Jul-2030
2	Nashik	Kishor Darade	SHS	08-Jul-2024	07-Jul-2030
3	Konkan	Dnyaneshwar Mhatre	BJP	08-Feb-2023	07-Feb-2029
4	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar	Vikram Kale	NCP	08-Feb-2023	07-Feb-2029
5	Nagpur	Sudhakar Adbale	Ind	08-Feb-2023	07-Feb-2029
6	Pune	Jayant Asgaonkar	INC	07-Dec-2020	06-Dec-2026
7	Amravati	Kiran Sarnaik	Ind	07-Dec-2020	06-Dec-2026

Elected from Graduates constituencies (7)

Keys: INC (2) BJP (1) NCP (1) SS(UBT) (1) NCP-SP (1) Independent (1)

#	Constituency	Member	Term start	Term end
1	Konkan	Niranjan Davkhare	BJP	08-Jul-2024	07-Jul-2030
2	Mumbai	Anil Parab	SS(UBT)	08-Jul-2024	07-Jul-2030
3	Amravati	Dhiraj Lingade	INC	08-Feb-2023	07-Feb-2029
4	Nashik	Satyajeet Tambe	Ind	08-Feb-2023	07-Feb-2029
5	Nagpur	Abhijit Wanjarri	INC	07-Dec-2020	06-Dec-2026
6	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar	Satish Chavan	NCP	07-Dec-2020	06-Dec-2026
7	Pune	Arun Lad	NCP(SP)	07-Dec-2020	06-Dec-2026

Nominated by the Governor (12)

Keys: BJP (3) SHS (2) NCP (2) Vacant (5)

#	Member	Term start	Term end
1	Chitra Wagh	BJP	16-Oct-2024	15-Oct-2030
2	Vikrant Patil	BJP	16-Oct-2024	15-Oct-2030
3	Babusingh Maharaj Rathod	BJP	16-Oct-2024	15-Oct-2030
4	Hemant Patil	SHS	16-Oct-2024	15-Oct-2030
5	Manisha Kayande	SHS	16-Oct-2024	15-Oct-2030
6	Pankaj Bhujbal	NCP	16-Oct-2024	15-Oct-2030
7	Idris Naikwadi	NCP	16-Oct-2024	15-Oct-2030
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^ No leader of opposition because no political party obtained at least 10% of the seats in the council.
^ Resignation of Pradnya Satav
^ election of Chandrashekhar Bawankule from Kamthi

Officers

Chairperson

Prof. Ram Shinde

Leader of the House

The council has a Leader of the House, who heads the government caucus. The office is provided for in the Legislative Council Rules, which defines it as "Chief Minister or any other Minister appointed by Chief Minister". The Rules further mandate that the chairperson should conduct parliamentary business in consultation with the Leader.^[6]

Deputy Leader of the House

The council has a Deputy Leader of the House, who heads the government caucus. The office is provided for in the Legislative Council Rules, which defines it as "Chief Minister or any other Minister appointed by Chief Minister". The Rules further mandate that the chairperson should conduct parliamentary business in consultation with the Leader.^[6]

Leader of the Opposition

Vacant, since 29th August

References

^ "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.
^ "Vidhan Mandal Margadarshika" (PDF) (in Marathi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "Maharashtra Legislative Council List of members" (PDF). 1 March 2022.
^ The Hindu (28 July 2024). "Eleven MLCs take oath in Maharashtra". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
^ "Hours before Maharashtra Assembly elections announcement, 7 nominated MLCs to be sworn in". The Indian Express. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules" (PDF). 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[1] No leader of opposition because no political party obtained at least 10% of the seats in the council.

[7] Resignation of Pradnya Satav

[8] tion of Chandrashekhar Bawankule from Kamthi

[2] "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.

[3] "Vidhan Mandal Margadarshika" (PDF) (in Marathi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[4] "Maharashtra Legislative Council List of members" (PDF). 1 March 2022.

[Eleven_MLCs_take_oath_in_Maharashtra-5] The Hindu (28 July 2024). "Eleven MLCs take oath in Maharashtra". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

[6] "Hours before Maharashtra Assembly elections announcement, 7 nominated MLCs to be sworn in". The Indian Express. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

[auto-9] "Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules" (PDF). 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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