Maharashtra Legislative Assembly


The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies. The Assembly meets at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai, though the winter session is held in Nagpur. Along with the Maharashtra Legislative Council, it constitutes the legislature of Maharashtra. The presiding officer of the Assembly is the Speaker. Members of the Assembly are directly elected by the people of Maharashtra through elections held every five years, unless the Assembly is dissolved earlier. The current Assembly was elected in November 2024.

List of assemblies

The following is the list of all the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblies :
AssemblyYearSpeakerChief MinisterSeats
1st1960S. L. Silam Yashwantrao Chavan *INC had won the 1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly Elections.
INC: 135; IND: 34; PSP: 33; PWP: 31; CPI: 13; SCF: 13; BJS: 4; HMS: 1; Total: 264.
2nd1962Balasaheb Bharde Yashwantrao Chavan
Marotrao Kannamwar
P. K. Sawant
Vasantrao Naik
INC: 215; PWP: 15; IND: 15; PSP: 9; CPI: 6; RPI: 3; Socialist: 1; Total: 264.
3rd1967Balasaheb Bharde Vasantrao Naik INC: 203; PWP: 19; IND: 16; CPI: 10; PSP: 8; RPI: 5; SSP: 4; BJS: 4; CPM: 1; Total: 270.
4th1972S. K. Wankhede
Balasaheb Desai
Vasantrao Naik
Shankarrao Chavan
Vasantdada Patil
INC: 222; IND: 23; PWP: 7; BJS: 5; Socialist: 3; CPI: 2; AIFB: 2; RPI: 2; CPM: 1; IUML: 1; BKD: 1; SHS: 1. Total: 270.
5th1978Shivraj Patil
Pranlal Vora
Vasantdada Patil
Sharad Pawar
JP: 99; INC: 69; INC: 62; IND: 28; PWP: 13; CPM: 9; AIFB: 3; RPI: 2; RPI: 2; CPI: 1; Total: 288.
Post-poll INC + INC Front.
6th1980Sharad Dighe A. R. Antulay
Babasaheb Bhosale
Vasantdada Patil
INC: 186; INC: 47; JP: 17; BJP: 14; IND: 10; PWP: 9; CPM: 2; CPI: 2; RPI: 1; Total: 288.
7th1985Shankarrao Jagtap Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
Shankarrao Chavan
Sharad Pawar
INC: 161; ICS: 54; JP: 20; IND: 20; BJP: 16; PWP: 13; CPM: 2; CPI: 2; Total: 288.
8th1990Madhukarrao Chaudhari Sharad Pawar
Sudhakarrao Naik
Sharad Pawar
INC: 141; SHS: 52; BJP: 42; JD: 24; IND: 13; PWP: 8; CPM: 3; CPI: 2; RPI: 1; IUML: 1; ICS: 1; Total: 288.
9th1995Dattaji Nalawade Manohar Joshi
Narayan Rane
INC: 80; SHS: 73; BJP: 65; IND: 45; JD: 11; PWP: 6; CPM: 3; SP: 3; Maharashtra Vikas Congress: 1; NVAS: 1; Total: 288.
10th1999Arun Gujarathi Vilasrao Deshmukh
Sushilkumar Shinde
INC: 75; SHS: 69; NCP: 58; BJP: 56; IND: 12; PWP: 5; BBM: 3; CPM: 2; JD: 1;SP: 2; RPI: 1; GGP: 1; Native People's Party: 1; SJP : 1; Total: 288.
Post-poll INC + NCP Front.
11th2004Babasaheb Kupekar Vilasrao Deshmukh
Ashok Chavan
NCP: 71; INC: 69; SHS: 62; BJP: 54; IND: 19; Jan Surajya Shakti: 4; CPM: 3; PWP: 2; BBM: 1; RPI: 1; ABHS: 1; STBP: 1; Total: 288.
12th2009Dilip Walse-Patil Ashok Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan
INC: 82; NCP: 62; BJP: 46; SHS: 44; IND: 24; MNS: 13; PWP: 4; SP: 4; JSS: 2; BVA: 2; CPM: 1; BBM: 1; SWP: 1; RSPS: 1; Loksangram: 1; Total: 288.
13th2014Haribhau Bagade Devendra Fadnavis BJP: 122; SHS: 63; INC: 42; NCP: 41; IND: 7; PWP: 3; BVA: 3; AIMIM: 2; CPM: 1; MNS: 1; SP: 1; BBM: 1; RSPS: 1; Total: 288.
14th2019Nana Patole
Rahul Narwekar
Devendra Fadnavis
Uddhav Thackeray
Eknath Shinde
BJP: 106; SHS: 56; NCP: 53; INC: 44; IND: 13; BVA: 3; AIMIM: 2; SP: 2; PHJSP: 2; CPM: 1; PWP: 1; MNS: 1; JSS: 1; SWP: 1; RSPS: 1; KSP: 1; Total: 288.
Post Poll Shiv Sena + BJP Alliance
15th2024Rahul Narwekar Devendra Fadnavis BJP: 132; SHS: 57; NCP: 41; SS : 20; INC: 16; NCP : 10; IND: 2; JSS: 2; SP: 2; AIMIM: 1; RYSP: 1; CPM: 1; PWP: 1; RSVA: 1; RSPS:1; Total: 288.
Maha Yuti Alliance

Office bearers

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 session was convened in Nagpur and winter session was convened in Mumbai.

Maharashtra Legislature Leaders

Members of Legislative Assembly