Maharashtra Legislative Council

2021-11-10T14:06:45Z

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{{Short description|Upper house of the bicameral legislature of the state of Maharashtra}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox legislature
| background_color = #BE0E0E
| name = Maharashtra Legislative Council
| native_name = महाराष्ट्र विधान परिषद
| coa_pic = Seal of Maharashtra.png
| coa_res =
| house_type = Upper house
| term_limits = 6 years
| leader1_type = [[List of Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council|Chairman]]
| leader1 = [[Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar]]
| party1 = [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
| election1 = 8 July 2016
| leader2_type = [[List of Deputy Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council|Deputy Chairman]]
| leader2 = [[Neelam Gorhe]]
| party2 = [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
| election2 = 24 June 2019
| leader3_type = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
| leader3 = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| party3 = [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
| election3 = 28 November 2019
| leader4_type =[[List of Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council|Leader of the House]] [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra|(Deputy Chief Minister)]]
| leader4 = [[Ajit Pawar]]
| party4 = [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
| election4 = 24 February 2020
| leader5_type = [[List of Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council|Deputy Leader of The House]]
| leader5 = [[Subhash Desai]]
| party5 = [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
| election5 = 16 December 2019
| leader6_type = [[List of Leaders of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Council|Leader of the Opposition]]
| leader6 = [[Pravin Darekar]]
| party6 = [[Bhartiya Janta Party|BJP]]
| election6 = 16 December 2019
| leader7_type = General Secretary
| leader7 = -
| party7 =
| election7 =

| structure1 = File:Maharashtra Legislative Council 2021.svg
| structure1_res = 300px

| members = 78 (66 Elected + 12 Nominated)
| political_groups1 =
'''[[Government of Maharashtra|Government]]''' '''[[Maha Vikas Aghadi|MVA]] (40)'''
* {{Color box|#FF6634}} [[Shiv Sena|SHS]] (16)
* {{Color box|#00B2B2}} [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] (11)
* {{Color box|#00BFFF}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (9)
* {{Color box|#BC0000}} [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWPI]] (2)
* {{Color box|#CDCDCD}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)

'''Opposition''' '''[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] (26)'''
* {{Color box|#FF9933}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (24)
* {{Color box|#FFFF00}} [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha|RSP]] (1)
* {{Color box|#CDCDCD}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (1)
'''Vacant (13)'''
*{{Color box|#FFFFFF}} Vacant (13)

| last_election1 =
| session_room = Vidhan bhavan mumbai2.JPG
| meeting_place = *Vidhan Bhavan, Maharashtra Legislative Council, [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
*[[Maharashtra Legislature]]
| website = http://www.maharashtra.gov.in http://www.mls.org.in
}}

The '''Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad''' or '''Maharashtra Legislative Council''' is the upper house of the [[bicameral]] legislature of [[Maharashtra]] [[states and territories of India|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]].{{fact|date=September 2021}}

==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, Mumbai, 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 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 Composition of Legislative Council===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party
! Members
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 24
|-
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 15
|-
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 11
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 10
|-
| [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|Peasants and Workers Party]]
| 2
|-
| [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha]]
| 1
|-
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 3
|-
| Vacant
| 12
|-
! '''Total'''
! '''78'''

|}

==Constituencies and Members (78)==

===Elected by Vidhan Sabha Members (30)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! #
! Member
! colspan="2"| Party
! Date of Appointment
! Date of Retirement
|-
| 1
| [[Ranjitsinh Mohite-Patil|Ranjitsinh Mohite Patil]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 14 May 2020
| 13 May 2026
|-
| 2
| [[Pravin Datke]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 14 May 2020
| 13 May 2026
|-
| 3
| [[Gopichand Padalkar]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 14 May 2020
| 13 May 2026
|-
| 4
| [[Ramesh Karad]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 14 May 2020
| 13 May 2026
|-
| 5
| [[Nilay Naik]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 28 July 2018
| 27 July 2024
|-
| 6
| [[Ram Patil Ratolikar]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 28 July 2018
| 27 July 2024
|-
| 7
| [[Ramesh Patil]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 28 July 2018
| 27 July 2024
|-
| 8
| [[Vijay Girkar]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 28 July 2018
| 27 July 2024
|-
| 9
| [[Vinayak Mete]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 8 July 2016
| 7 July 2022
|-
| 10
| [[Prasad Lad]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 8 December 2017
| 7 July 2022
|-
| 11
| [[Pravin Darekar]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 8 July 2016
| 7 July 2022
|-
| 12
| [[R. N. Singh|Ramnivas Satyanarayan Singh]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 8 July 2016
| 7 July 2022
|-
| 13
| [[Sujitsingh Thakur]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 8 July 2016
| 7 July 2022
|-
| 14
| [[Sadabhau Khot]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 8 July 2016
| 7 July 2022
|-
| 15
| [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 14 May 2020
| 13 May 2026
|-
| 16
| [[Neelam Gorhe]]
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 14 May 2020
| 13 May 2026
|-
| 17
| [[Anil Parab]]
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 28 July 2018
| 27 July 2024
|-
| 18
| [[Manisha Kayande]]
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 28 July 2018
| 27 July 2024
|-
| 19
| [[Subhash Desai]]
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 8 July 2016
| 7 July 2022
|-
| 20
| [[Diwakar Raote]]
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 8 July 2016
| 7 July 2022
|-
| 21
| [[Shashikant Shinde]]
| bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 14 May 2020
| 13 May 2026
|-
| 22
| [[Amol Mitkari]]
| bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 14 May 2020
| 13 May 2026
|-
| 23
| [[Babajani Durani]]
| bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 28 July 2018
| 27 July 2024
|-
| 24
| [[Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar]]
| bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 8 July 2016
| 7 July 2022
|-
| 25
| [[Sanjay Daund]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/mumbai-news/ncps-sanjay-daund-elected-unopposed-on-the-maharashtra-legislative-council/articleshow/73329276.cms | title = महाविकास आघाडीचे संजय दौंड विधान परिषदेवर बिनविरोध | work = maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com}}</ref>
| bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 18 January 2020
| 7 July 2022
|-
| 26
| [[Rajesh Rathod]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 14 May 2020
| 13 May 2026
|-
| 27
| [[Sharad Ranpise]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 28 July 2018
| 27 July 2024
|-
| 28
| Dr. [[Vajahat Mirza]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 28 July 2018
| 27 July 2024
|-
| 29
| [[Jayant Prabhakar Patil|Jayant Patil]]
| bgcolor=#FF4946|
| [[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]
| 28 July 2018
| 27 July 2024
|-
| 30
| [[Mahadev Jankar]]
|bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha]]
| 28 July 2018
| 27 July 2024
|}

===Local Authorities' constituencies (22)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! #
! Constituency
! Member
! colspan="2"| Party
! Date of Appointment
! Date of Retirement
|-
| 1
| '''Mumbai (1)'''
| [[Ramdas Kadam]]
| bgcolor= #FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 2016
| 2022<ref name="dna.india">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_Congress-Sena-bag-council-seats-in-mumbai-BJP-man-loses_1325912|title=Congress, Sena bag Council seats in Mumbai; BJP man loses|publisher=Daily News and Analysis, Mumbai}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ibnlokmat.tv/archives/198109|title=2015 विधान परिषदेच्या विजयी उमेदवाराची यादी | website=Ibnlokmat.tv}}</ref>
|-
| 2
| '''Mumbai (2)'''
| [[Bhai Jagtap]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 2016
| 2022
|-
| 3
| '''Dhule-Nandurbar'''
| [[Amrish Patel]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 2020
| 2022
|-
| 4
| '''Nagpur'''
| [[Girish Vyas]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 2016
| 2022
|-
| 5
| '''Ahmednagar'''
| [[Arunkaka Jagtap]]
| bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 2016
| 2022
|-
| 6
| '''Solapur'''
| [[Prashant Paricharak]]
| bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| [[Independent Politician|Independent]] {{small|Supported By ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])}}
| 2016
| 2022
|-
| 7
| '''Kolhapur'''
| [[Satej Patil]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 2016
| 2022
|-
| 8
| '''Akola-Washim-Buldhana'''
| [[Gopikishan Bajoria]]
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 2016
| 2022 <ref name="dna.india"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/live-maharashtra-vidhan-parishad-election-result-1180161/|title=Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad Election Result 2015| website=Loksatta.com}}</ref>
|-
| 9
| '''Jalgaon'''
| [[Chandulal Patel]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 2016
| 2022 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/MT-LIVE-UPDATE/liveblog/55552903.cms|title=देश-विदेशातील ताज्या घडामोडी - Maharashtra Times|website=Maharashtra Times|access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 10
|'''Nashik'''
| [[Narendra Darade]]
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 2018
| 2024
|-
| 11
| '''Thane-Palghar'''
| [[Ravindra Phatak]]
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 2016
| 2022 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/thane-kokan-news/thane/shivsenas-ravindra-phatak-defeats-vasant-davkhare-in-mlc-election/articleshow/52615803.cms|title=विधान परिषद: शिवसेना जिंकली; डावखरे हरले! -Maharashtra Times|date=6 June 2016|website=Maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com|access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 12
|'''Raigad-Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg'''
| [[Aniket Tatkare]]
| bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 2018
| 2024
|-
| 13
|'''Pune'''
| [[Anil Shivajirao Bhosale]]
| bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 2016
| 2022
|-
| 14
| '''Sangli-Satara'''
| [[Mohanrao Kadam]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 2016
| 2022
|-
| 15
| '''Osmanabad-Latur-Beed'''
| [[Suresh Dhas]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 2018
| 2024
|-
| 16
|'''Aurangabad-Jalna'''
| [[Ambadas Danve]]
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 2019
| 2025
|-
| 17
| '''Parbhani-Hingoli'''
| [[Viplav Bajoria|Viplove Bajoria]]
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 2018
| 2024
|-
| 18
| '''Nanded'''
| [[Amarnath Rajurkar]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 2016
| 2022
|-
| 19
| '''Amravati'''
| [[Pravin Pote]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 2018
| 2024
|-
| 20
|'''Yavatmal'''
| [[Dushyant Chaturvedi]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://marathi.abplive.com/news/maharashtra/todays-breaking-news-4th-february-2020-marathi-news-live-updates-738545 | title= यवतमाळ विधानपरिषदेत शिवसेनेचे दुष्यंत चतुर्वेदी विजयी}}</ref>
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 2020
| 2022
|-
| 21
| '''Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadhchiroli'''
| [[Ramdas Ambatkar]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 2018
| 2024
|-
| 22
| '''Bhandara-Gondia'''
| [[Parinay Fuke]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 2016
| 2022

|}

===Teachers' constituencies (7)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! #
! Constituency
! Member
! colspan="2"| Party
! Date of Appointment
! Date of Retirement
|-
| 1
| '''Mumbai'''
| [[Kapil Waman Patil]]
| bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| [[Independent Politician|Independent]]
| 2018
| 2024
|-
| 2
| '''Nashik'''
| [[Kishor Darade]]
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 2018
| 2024
|-
| 3
| '''Aurangabad'''
|[[Vikram Vasantrao Kale|Vikram Kale]]
|bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 2017
| 2023
|-
| 4
| '''Konkan'''
| [[Balaram Patil]]
| bgcolor=#FF4946|
| [[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]
| 2017
| 2023
|-
| 5
| '''Nagpur'''
| [[Nago Ganar]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 2017
| 2023
|-
| 6
| '''Pune'''
| [[Jayant Asgaonkar]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 2020
| 2026
|-
| 7
| '''Amravati'''
| [[Kiran Sarnaik]]
| bgcolor=#CDCDCD|
| [[Independent Politician|Independent]]
| 2020
| 2026

|}

===Graduates' constituencies (7)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! #
! Constituency
! Member
! colspan="2" | Party
! Date of Appointment
! Date of Retirement
|-
| 1
| '''Nagpur'''
| [[Abhijit Wanjarri]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 2020
| 2026
|-
| 2
| '''Aurangabad'''
| [[Satish Chavan]]
| bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 2020
| 2026
|-
| 3
| '''Pune'''
| [[Arun Lad]]
| bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 2020
| 2026
|-
| 4
| '''Mumbai'''
| [[Vilas Potnis]]
| bgcolor=#FF6634|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 2018
| 2024
|-
| 5
| '''Konkan'''
| [[Niranjan Davkhare]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 2018
| 2024
|-
| 6
| '''Amravati'''
| Dr. [[Ranjit Patil]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 2017
| 2023
|-
| 7
| '''Nashik'''
| Dr. [[Sudhir Tambe]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 2017
| 2023

|}

===Nominated (12)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! #
! Member
! colspan="2"| Party
! Date of Appointment
! Date of Retirement
|-
| 1
|colspan=5|'''Vacant'''
|-
|-
| 2
| colspan=5|'''Vacant'''
|-
| 3
| colspan=5|'''Vacant'''
|-
| 4
| colspan=5|'''Vacant'''
|-
| 5
| colspan=5|'''Vacant'''
|-
| 6
| colspan=5|'''Vacant'''
|-
| 7
| colspan=5|'''Vacant'''
|-
| 8
| colspan=5|'''Vacant'''
|-
| 9
| colspan=5|'''Vacant'''
|-
| 10
| colspan=5|'''Vacant'''
|-
| 11
| colspan=5|'''Vacant'''
|-
| 12
| colspan=5|'''Vacant'''
|}

==Officers==
===Chairperson===
The Council is headed by a Chairperson, elected by members in a simple majority vote. The following is the list of Chairpersons of the Council.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://mls.org.in/pdf2020/list/Chairman%20list.pdf |title=Legislative Council Chairpersons |language=mr|access-date= 8 April 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|align=center |†
|Denotes acting chairperson
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Sr No
!Chairperson
!colspan="2" scope="col" |Party
!colspan="2" scope="col" |Tenure
!Reference
|-
| colspan=7 style="text-align:center;" | '''[[British Raj|Pre-Independence]] [[Bombay Legislative Council]]''' (1937-47)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| [[Mangal Das Pakvasa]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 22 July 1937
| style="text-align:center;" | 16 August 1947
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| colspan=7 style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Indian Independence Act 1947|Post-Independence]] [[Bombay Legislative Council]]''' (1947-60)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| Ramchandra Soman
| rowspan=3 |[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=3 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 18 August 1947
| style="text-align:center;" | 5 May 1952
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| Ramarao Srinivasrao Hukkerikar
| style="text-align:center;" | 5 May 1952
| style="text-align:center;" | 20 November 1956
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| Bhogilal Dhirajlal Lala
| style="text-align:center;" | 21 November 1956
| style="text-align:center;" | 10 July 1960
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| colspan=7 style="text-align:center;" | '''Maharashtra Legislative Council''' (1960-)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| Vitthal Sakharam Page
| rowspan=2 |[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=2 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 11 July 1960
| style="text-align:center;" | 24 April 1978
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| Ram Meghe†
| style="text-align:center;" | 13 June 1978
| style="text-align:center;" | 15 June 1978
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| [[R. S. Gavai]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Republican Party of India|RPI]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Republican Party of India/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 15 June 1978
| style="text-align:center;" | 22 September 1982
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| [[Jayant Shridhar Tilak]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 23 September 1982
| style="text-align:center;" | 7 July 1998
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| Bhaurao Tulshiram Deshmukh†
| rowspan=2 |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=2 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 20 July 1998
| style="text-align:center;" | 24 July 1998
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| [[N. S. Pharande]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 24 July 1998
| style="text-align:center;" | 7 July 2004
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Senior BJP leader N S Pharande passes away |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/senior-bjp-leader-n-s-pharande-passes-away-1146648-2018-01-16 |newspaper=[[India Today]] |date=16 January 2018 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| [[Vasant Davkhare]]†
| rowspan=1 |[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9 July 2004
| style="text-align:center;" | 13 August 2004
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| [[Shivajirao Deshmukh]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 13 August 2004
| style="text-align:center;" | 16 March 2015
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Maharashtra Council Chairman Deshmukh loses floor test |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/maharashtra-council-chairman-deshmukh-loses-floor-test/article7000071.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu Business Line]] |date=16 March 2015 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| [[Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 20 March 2015
| style="text-align:center;" | ''Incumbent''
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |author=Shailendra Paranjpe |title=Shiv Sena-BJP reconcile, Ramraje Naik-Nimbalkar elected council chairman |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-shiv-sena-bjp-reconcile-ramraje-naik-nimbalkar-elected-council-chairman-2070624 |newspaper=[[Daily News & Analysis]] |date=21 March 2015 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Deputy Chairperson===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Deputy Chairperson
!colspan="2" scope="col" |Party
!colspan="2" scope="col" |Tenure
!Reference
|-
| [[Neelam Gorhe]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Shiv Sena]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Shiv Sena/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" |24 June 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules |date=2009 |url=http://mls.org.in/pdf/ebooks/council_rules_en.pdf |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | ''Incumbent''
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |
|-
|}

===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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules |date=2009 |url=http://mls.org.in/pdf/ebooks/council_rules_en.pdf |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Leader of the House
!colspan="2" scope="col" |Party
!colspan="2" scope="col" |Tenure
!Reference
|-
| [[Eknath Khadse]]
| rowspan=2 |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=2 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9 December 2014
| style="text-align:center;" | 7 July 2016
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=Senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse elevated as leader of house in Maharashtra Council |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=9 December 2014 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/senior-bjp-leader-eknath-khadse-elevated-as-leader-of-house-in-maharashtra-council/ |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chandrakant Patil]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 8 July 2016
| style="text-align:center;" | 2 July 2019
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=Council: Chandrakant Patil replaces Khadse as leader of house |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |date=8 July 2016 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/council-chandrakant-patil-replaces-khadse-as-leader-of-house-116070801175_1.html |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Subhash Desai]] (Acting)
| rowspan=1 |[[Shiv Sena]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Shiv Sena/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 16 December 2019<ref>{{Cite news |author=Ashish Roy |title=6-week winter session reduced to 6 days |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=5 December 2019 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/6-week-winter-session-reduced-to-6-days/articleshow/72374438.cms |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 23 February 2020
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=Maharashtra:Ajit Pawar made leader of the Upper House |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=25 February 2020 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maharashtra-ajit-pawar-made-leader-of-upper-house/articleshow/74296462.cms |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ajit Pawar]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 24 February 2020
| style="text-align:center;" | ''Incumbent''
|-
|}

===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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules |date=2009 |url=http://mls.org.in/pdf/ebooks/council_rules_en.pdf |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Deputy Leader of the House
!colspan="2" scope="col" |Party
!colspan="2" scope="col" |Tenure
!Reference
|-
| [[Subhash Desai]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Shiv Sena]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Shiv Sena/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 16 December 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maharashtra Legislative Council Rules |date=2009 |url=http://mls.org.in/pdf/ebooks/council_rules_en.pdf |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | ''Incumbent''
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |
|-
|}

===Leader of the Opposition===
The Council's opposition parties elect a [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]]. This is commonly the leader of the largest non-government party, and is recognized as such by the Chairman. The following is the list of Leaders of the Opposition in the Council.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://mls.org.in/pdf2020/list/Leader%20of%20opposition%20Council%20list.pdf |title=Legislative Council Leaders of the Opposition |language=mr|access-date= 8 April 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Sr No
!Leader of Opposition
!colspan="2" scope="col" |Party
!colspan="2" scope="col" |Tenure
!Reference
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| Madhavrao Bayaji Gaikwad
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 14 July 1960
| style="text-align:center;" | 23 March 1962
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Former legislator Madhavrao Gaikwad dies |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/former-legislator-madhavrao-gaikwad-dies-5443048/ |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=12 November 2018 |access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| V. B. Gogate
| rowspan=3 |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]
| rowspan=3 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 27 July 1962
| style="text-align:center;" | 28 August 1966
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| Ramjeevan Choudhary
| style="text-align:center;" | 29 August 1966
| style="text-align:center;" | 21 July 1967
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| [[Uttamrao Patil]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 22 July 1967
| style="text-align:center;" | 26 March 1978
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| Arjunrao Kasture
| [[Indian Congress (Socialist)|Congress (S)]]
| style="width:1px; background-color: {{Indian Congress (Socialist)/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 27 March 1978
| style="text-align:center;" | 19 July 1978
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| Ram Meghe
| rowspan=1 |[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 28 July 1978
| style="text-align:center;" | 9 July 1980
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| Ganesh Prabhakar Pradhan
| rowspan=3 |[[Indian National Congress (Socialist)|Congress (S)]]
| rowspan=3 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Indian Congress (Socialist)/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9 July 1980
| style="text-align:center;" | 7 September 1982
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |title='Plant a tree to remember me' |url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/cover-story/plant-a-tree-to-remember-me/articleshow/32336366.cms |newspaper=[[Pune Mirror]] |date=29 May 2010 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| [[Datta Meghe]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 7 September 1982
| style="text-align:center;" | 16 November 1984
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| Devidas Marotirao Karale
| style="text-align:center;" | 17 November 1984
| style="text-align:center;" | 12 December 1986
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| [[R. S. Gavai]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Republican Party of India|RPI]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Republican Party of India/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 12 December 1986
| style="text-align:center;" | 20 December 1988
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |title=R S Gavai, veteran Ambedkarite leader, dies at 86 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/former-kerala-bihar-governor-r-s-gavai-passes-away/ |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=26 July 2015 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| Vitthalrao Hande
| rowspan=1 |[[Peasants and Workers Party of India|Shekapa]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Peasants and Workers Party of India/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 23 December 1988
| style="text-align:center;" | 20 December 1990
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | (10)
| R. S. Gavai
| rowspan=1 |[[Republican Party of India|RPI]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Republican Party of India/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 20 December 1990
| style="text-align:center;" | 17 July 1991
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| [[Pramod Navalkar]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Shiv Sena]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Shiv Sena/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 17 July 1991
| style="text-align:center;" | 2 July 1992
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Pramod Navalkar passes away |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pramod-navalkar-passes-away/articleshow/2557222.cms |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=21 November 2007 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| [[Anna Dange]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2 July 1992
| style="text-align:center;" | 30 July 1993
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| [[Sudhir Joshi (politician)|Sudhir Joshi]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Shiv Sena]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Shiv Sena/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 30 July 1993
| style="text-align:center;" | 30 July 1994
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | (13)
| Anna Dange
| rowspan=1 |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 30 July 1994
| style="text-align:center;" | 18 March 1995
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| [[Sharad Pawar]]
| rowspan=2 |[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=2 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 25 March 1995
| style="text-align:center;" | 21 May 1996
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha Member's Bioprofile - Pawar, Shri Sharad Chandra Govindrao |access-date =8 April 2021 |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=327&lastls=15}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2 |16
| rowspan=2 |[[Chhagan Bhujbal]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 10 July 1996
| style="text-align:center;" | 9 June 1999
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2 | <ref>{{cite news |author=Tripti Narain |title=MTurbulent journey of Chhagan Bhujbal |url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/turbulent-journey-of-chhagan-bhujbal_179863.html |newspaper=[[Zee News]] |date=30 September 2004 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=1 |[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10 June 1999
| style="text-align:center;" | 17 October 1999
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
| [[Nitin Gadkari]]
| rowspan=3 |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=3 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 23 October 1999
| style="text-align:center;" | 11 April 2005
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Modi 2.0 Cabinet: Gadkari, the minister who earns plaudits from Opposition |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/modi-2-0-cabinet-gadkari-the-minister-who-earns-plaudits-from-opposition-119053001110_1.html |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |date=30 May 2019 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
| [[Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 11 April 2005
| style="text-align:center;" | 22 December 2011
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 19
| [[Vinod Tawde]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 23 December 2011
| style="text-align:center;" | 20 October 2014
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |title=BJP chooses 'young leader' Vinod Tawde as Opposition leader in council |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/bjp-chooses-young-leader-vinod-tawde-as-opposition-leader-in-council/story-IfnC7aOChHymydjlubOHWI.html |newspaper=[[The Hindustan Times]] |date=17 December 2011 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Shubhangi Khapre |title=BJP appoints Vinod Tawde as opposition leader in state council |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-bjp-appoints-vinod-tawde-as-opposition-leader-in-state-council-1616617 |newspaper=[[Daily News & Analysis]] |date=24 December 2011 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20
| [[Dhananjay Munde]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 22 December 2014
| style="text-align:center;" | 24 October 2019
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Maharashtra: NCP's Dhananjay Munde new LoP in legislative council |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/maharashtra-ncp-s-dhananjay-munde-new-lop-in-legislative-council/story-eEEwecazQnn22YszpjmzmL.html |newspaper=[[The Hindustan Times]] |date=22 December 2014 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NCP's Dhananjay Munde new LOP in Maharashtra Legislative Council |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ncps-dhananjay-munde-new-lop-in-maharashtra-legislative-council/articleshow/45607360.cms |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=22 December 2014 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
| [[Pravin Darekar]]
| rowspan=1 |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=1 style="width:1px; background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 16 December 2019
| style="text-align:center;" | ''Incumbent''
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |title=BJP's Pravin Darekar new Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/dec/16/bjps-pravin-darekar-new-leader-of-opposition-in-maharashtra-legislative-council-2076987.html |newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=16 December 2019 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Membership by party==

Members of Maharashtra Legislative Council by their political party ({{As of|2019| November |29|lc=y}}):
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=2|Alliance
! colspan=2| Party
! No.of MLCs
! Leader of the Party
|-
| Rowspan=06 bgcolor=00BFFF|
| Rowspan=06|'''Government''' -
'''[[United Progressive Alliance]]''' , '''[[Maha Vikas Aghadi]]''' Seats: '''41'''
|-
|bgcolor=#FF6634|
|[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|16
|[[Subhash Desai]]
|-
| bgcolor=#00B2B2|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
| 11
| [[Anil Shivajirao Bhosale]]
|-
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 10
| [[Satej Patil]]
|-
| bgcolor=#BC0000|
| [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWPI]]
| 02
| [[Jayant Prabhakar Patil]]
|-
| bgcolor=#757575|
| [[Independent politician|IND]]
| 02
| -
|-
| Rowspan=03 bgcolor=FF99933|
| Rowspan=03| '''Opposition- '''[[National Democratic Alliance]]''' Seats: '''26'''
| bgcolor=#FF99933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 24
| [[Pravin Datke]]
|-
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha|RSP]]
| 01
| [[Mahadev Jankar]]
|-
| bgcolor=#757575|
| [[Independent politician|IND]]
| 01
| -
|-
| colspan="2"|'''Vacant (12)'''
| colspan=4|
*Nominated (12) by Governor
|-
| colspan="4"|'''Total No. of MLCs'''
| colspan="2"|'''78'''
|}

==See also==
* [[List of members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
* [[Government of Maharashtra]]
* [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Vidhan Parishad]]

==References==
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