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 :| Assembly | Year | Speaker | Chief Minister | Seats |
| 1st | 1960 | S. 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. |
| 2nd | 1962 | Balasaheb 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. |
| 3rd | 1967 | Balasaheb Bharde | Vasantrao Naik | INC: 203; PWP: 19; IND: 16; CPI: 10; PSP: 8; RPI: 5; SSP: 4; BJS: 4; CPM: 1; Total: 270. |
| 4th | 1972 | S. 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. |
| 5th | 1978 | Shivraj 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. |
| 6th | 1980 | Sharad 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. |
| 7th | 1985 | Shankarrao 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. |
| 8th | 1990 | Madhukarrao 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. |
| 9th | 1995 | Dattaji 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. |
| 10th | 1999 | Arun 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. |
| 11th | 2004 | Babasaheb 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. |
| 12th | 2009 | Dilip 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. |
| 13th | 2014 | Haribhau 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. |
| 14th | 2019 | Nana 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 |
| 15th | 2024 | Rahul 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 |