Maharashtra Legislative Council

Maharashtra Legislative Council
महाराष्ट्र विधान परिषद
6th Assembly
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairman
Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar, NCP
Deputy Chairman
Leader of House
Leader of Opposition
Structure
Seats 78
Legislative Council as on 15th Jan 2016
Meeting place
Maharashtra Legislative Council
Website

http://www.maharashtra.gov.in

http://www.mls.org.in
Vidhana Bhavan in Mumbai (summer session)
Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur, the auxiliary seat of the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad

The Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad or Maharashtra State 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 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.

Composition of Legislative Council

Legislative Council shall consist of seventy-eight (78) members, chosen in the manner provided in this section.

  1. 30 members shall be elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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, Mumbai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Osmanabad-cum-Latur-cum-Beed, Parbhani-Hingoli, Pune, Raigad-cum-Ratnagiri-cum-Sindhudurg, Sangli-cum-Satara, Solapur, Thane, Wardha-cum-Chandrapur-cum-Gadhchiroli and Yavatmal)
  5. 12 members having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of matters such as literature, science, art, co-operative movement and social serviceshall 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.

Current leaders

Current Chairman is Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar and Deputy Chairman is Vasant Davkhare. Leader of the House is Eknath Khadse and Leader of Opposition is Dhananjay Munde.[1] New elections have taken place for Maharashtra MLCs and the results were declared on 30th December 2015. [2]

Constituencies and members

See here the List of members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council - ( Past and Present members ).

The following are the constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad:[3]

Elected by Vidhan Sabha Members (31)

  1. Indian National Congress (28 July 2012 - 27 July 2018[4] )
  2. Manikrao Thakare, Indian National Congress (2004–2012) (28 July 2012 - 27 July 2018[4])
  3. Sharad Namdev Ranpise, Indian National Congress (28 July 2012 - 27 July 2018[4])
  4. Jayant Prabhakar Patil, Peasants and Workers Party of India (28 July 2012 - 27 July 2018[4])
  5. Jaidev Gaikwad, Nationalist Congress Party (28 July 2012 - 27 July 2018[4])
  6. Narendra Patil, Nationalist Congress Party (28 July 2012 - 27 July 2018[4])
  7. Amarsinh Pandit, Nationalist Congress Party (28 July 2012 - 27 July 2018[4])
  8. Vinayak Raut, Shiv Sena (28 July 2012 - 27 July 2018[4])
  9. Anil Parab, Shiv Sena (28 July 2012 - 27 July 2018[4])
  10. Vijay Girkar, Bharatiya Janata Party (28 July 2012 - 27 July 2018)[4]
  11. Ashish Shelar, Bharatiya Janata Party(28 July 2012 - 27 July 2018)[4][5]
  12. Chandrakant Batesingh Raghuvanshi, Indian National Congress
  13. Haribhau Rathod, Indian National Congress
  14. Deepak Ramchandra Sawant
  15. Vinayakrao Mete, Nationalist Congress Party
  16. Divakar Raote, Shiv Sena
  17. Shri Pritviraj Dajisaheb Chavan, Indian National Congress
  18. Shivajirao Bapusaheb Deshmukh, Indian National Congress(1996–2002)(2002–2008),(2008–2014),(2014-2020)
  19. Smt. Kanta Jaysing Nalawade, Bharatiya Janata Party
  20. Vilas Vinayak Avchat, Shiv Sena
  21. Neelam Gorhe, Shiv Sena
  22. Vinod Shridhar Tawde, Bharatiya Janata Party
  23. Pandurang Phundkar Bharatiya Janata Party
  24. Dipti Chaudhari, Indian National Congress
  25. Vijay Sawant, Independent
  26. Ramraje Nail-Nimbalkar, Nationalist Congress Party
  27. Prakash Binsale, Nationalist Congress Party
  28. Dhananjay Munde, Nationalist Congress Party
  29. Shobha Phadnavis, Bharatiya Janata Party
  30. Subhash Desai, Shiv Sena[6]
  31. Anand Thakur, Nationalist Congress Party

[7]

Local Authorities' constituencies (21)

  1. Mumbai Local Authorities (1): Ramdas Kadam, Shiv Sena (2016-2022)[8][9]
  2. Mumbai Local Authorities (2): Bhai Jagtap,INC ((2016-2022)
  3. Dhule-cum-Nandurbar Local Authorities: Amrish Patel,INC(2016-2022)
  4. Nagpur Local Authorities : Girish Vyas, BJP (2016-2022)
  5. Ahmednagar Local Authorities : Arun Jagtap,NCP (2016-2022)
  6. Solapur Local Authorities: Prashant Paricharak, Independent (2016-2022)
  7. Kolhapur Local Authorities: Satej Patil, INC (2016-2022)
  8. Akola-cum-Washim-cum-Buldhana Local Authorities: Gopikishan Bajoria, Shiv Sena (2016-2022)[8] [10]
  9. Jalgaon Local Authorities: Gurumukhdas Jagwani, BJP (2010-2016)[11]
  10. Nashik Local Authorities: Shivaji Sahane Shiv Sena[12]
  11. Thane Local Authorities: Vasant Davkhare, Nationalist Congress Party (2010–2016)
  12. Raigad-cum-Ratnagiri-cum-Sindhudurg Local Authorities: Anil Tatkare, Nationalist Congress Party.[12]
  13. Pune Local Authorities : Anil Shivajirao Bhosale, Nationalist Congress Party
  14. Sangli-cum-Satara Local Authorities : Prabhakar Gharge Nationalist Congress Party
  15. Osmanabad-cum-Latur-cum-Beed Local Authorities: Diliprao Deshmukh, Indian National Congress(2012–2018).[12]
  16. Aurangabad-cum-Jalna Local Authorities : Subhash Zambad, Indian National Congress (2013–2018)
  17. Parbhani-Hingoli Local Authorities: Abdullah Latif Khan alais Babajani Durrani, Nationalist Congress Party
  18. Nanded Local Authorities: Amarnath Rajurkar, Indian National Congress
  19. Amravati Local Authorities: Pravin Pote, Bhartiya Janta Party
  20. Yavatmal Local Authorities: Sandeep Bajoria, Nationalist Congress Party[13]
  21. Wardha-cum-Chandrapur-cum-Gadhchiroli Local Authorities: Mitesh Bhangdia, Bhartiya Janta Party

Teachers' constituencies (7)

  1. Mumbai Teachers: Kapil Patil, Lok Bharti ( July 2004- July 2018)
  2. Konkan Division Teachers: Ramnath Mote, Bharatiya Janata Party
  3. Pune Division Teachers  : Bhagwan Salunkhe, Bharatiya Janata Party[14]
  4. Nashik Division Teachers: Apurva Prashant Hiray, Independent ( July 2012- July 2018)[15]
  5. Aurangabad Division Teachers: Vikram Kale, Nationalist Congress Party
  6. Amravati Division Teachers: Vasantrao Dadarao Khotre[16]
  7. Nagpur Division Teachers: Nago G Ganar

Graduates' constituencies (7)

  1. Mumbai Graduates - Dr Deepak Sawant-Shiv Sena (July 2004- July 2018)
  2. Konkan Division Graduates - Niranjan Davkhare, Nationalist Congress Party ( July 2012- July 2018)[15]
  3. Pune Division Graduates - Chandrakant Bacchu Patil, Bharatiya Janata Party (July 2014- July 2020)[14]
  4. Nashik Division Graduates - Dr. Sudhir Tambe, Indian National Congress (Oct. 2010- Oct. 2016)
  5. Aurangabad Division Graduates - Satish Chavan, Nationalist Congress Party (July 2014- July 2020)
  6. Amravati Division Graduates - Dr.Ranjit Patil, Bharatiya Janata Party (Dec 2010- Dec 2016)[16]

[7]

Current Composition of Legislative Council

Party Seats
Nationalist Congress Party 28
Indian National Congress 20
Bharatiya Janata Party 13
Shivsena 07
Independent 07
Lok Bharati 01
Peasants and Workers Party of India 01
Peoples Republican Party 01

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Maharashtra Legislative Council". Lok sabha Secretariat, New Delhi.
  2. ↑ "Maharashtra Legislative Council". infoelections.com.
  3. ↑ "The Delimitation of Council Constituencies 2 (Maharashtra) Order, 1951" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "11 candidates set to get elected unopposed to Maharashtra Council". The Economic Times, Mumbai.
  5. ↑ "MLC polls: 11 candidates set to get elected, unopposed s". Daily News and Analysis, Mumbai.
  6. ↑ "by-polls Subhash Desai and 3 others elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council".
  7. 1 2 "Legislature - MLC". Govt of Maharashtra.
  8. 1 2 "Congress, Sena bag Council seats in Mumbai; BJP man loses". Daily News and Analysis, Mumbai.
  9. ↑ "2015 विधान परिषदेच्या विजयी उमेदवाराची यादी". ibnlokmat.tv.
  10. ↑ "Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad Election Result 2015". loksatta.com.
  11. ↑ http://jalgaon.nic.in/htmldocs/publicrepresentatives.htm
  12. 1 2 3 "Results of MLC elections from Local Authority - 2006" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Govt of Maharashtra.
  13. ↑ http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/nov/16maha.htm
  14. 1 2 "Council polls: BJP candidates Patil and Salunkhe win by big margins".
  15. 1 2 "Maharashtra Council polls: Davkhare, Sawant, Patil win".
  16. 1 2 "MLC from Akola-Washim-Buldhana". District Collector, Akola, Govt of Maharashtra.

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