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{{Short description|Lower house of legislature in Maharashtra, India}}
{{About|2=the upper house|3=Maharashtra Legislative Council}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
| body = Maharashtra Legislature
| native_name = ''Mahārāṣhṭra Vidhānasabhā''
| native_name_lang = iso 15919
| coa_pic = Seal of Maharashtra.svg
| coa_res =
| background_color =
| legislature = [[15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|15th Maharashtra Assembly]]
| house_type = Lower house
| term_limits = 5 years
| leader1_type = [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Governor of Maharashtra]]
| leader1 = '''[[Jishnu Dev Varma]]'''
| party1 =
| election1 = 06 March 2026
| leader2_type = [[List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Speaker of the House]]
| leader2 = '''[[Rahul Narwekar]]'''
| party2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election2 = 3 July 2022
| leader3_type = [[List of Deputy Speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Deputy Speaker of the House]]
| leader3 = '''[[Anna Bansode]]'''
| party3 = [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
| election3 = 25 March 2025
| leader4_type = [[List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]] (Leader of the House)
| leader4 = '''[[Devendra Fadnavis]]'''
| party4 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election4 = 05 December 2024
| leader5_type = [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Maharashtra|Deputy Chief Minister]] (Deputy Leader of the House)
| leader5 = '''[[Eknath Shinde]]''', [[Shiv Sena (2022–present)|SHS]]
'''[[Sunetra Pawar|Sunetra Ajit Pawar]]''', [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] 31 January 2026
| election5 = 05 December 2024

| leader6_type = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Government of Maharashtra|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]]
| leader6 = '''[[Chandrakant Patil]]'''
| party6 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election6 = 21 December 2024
| leader7_type = [[List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition]]
| leader7 = '''Vacant'''
| party7 =
| election7 = 23 November 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=In a first in six decades, no Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/maharashtra-assembly/in-a-first-in-six-decades-no-leader-of-opposition-in-maharashtra-assembly/article68904861.ece|publisher = The Hindu|date=24 November 2024}}</ref>{{efn|No leader of opposition because no political party obtained at least 10% of the seats in the assembly.}}
| election8 = 23 November 2024
| leader9_type = [[General Secretary]]
| leader9 = '''Rajendra Bhagwat'''
| party9 = '''IAS'''
| election9 =
| members = '''288'''
| structure1 = {{Switcher|[[File:India Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election 2024.svg|300px]]|By party|[[File:India Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election Alliance Wise 2024.svg|300px]]|By alliance}}
| structure1_res =
| political_groups1 = '''[[Government of Maharashtra|Government]] (235)''' {{color box|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}}} [[Maha Yuti|MY]] (235)
*{{Color box|#FF9933}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (131)
*{{Color box|#E37401}} [[Shiv Sena (2022–present)|SHS]] (57)
*{{color box|#FFC0CB}} [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] (40)
*{{Color box|#CB00F1}} [[Vinay Kore|JSS]] (2)
*{{Color box|#FFF200}} [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha|RSPS]] (1)
*{{Color box|#F58E7D}} [[Rajendra Patil Yadravkar|RSVA]] (1)
*{{Color box|#1A34BB}} [[Ravi Rana|RYSP]] (1)
*{{Color box|{{Party color|Independent politician}}}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
'''Official Opposition'''
:''Vacant''{{efn|No party secured 10% of seats to form official opposition.}}
'''[[Parliamentary Opposition|Other Opposition]] (51)''' {{color box|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}} [[Maha Vikas Aghadi|MVA]] (48)
*{{Color box|#FF6634}} [[Shiv Sena (UBT)|SS(UBT)]] (20)
*{{Color box|#00BBFF}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (16)
*{{color box|{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}}} [[Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)|NCP(SP)]] (10)
*{{Color box|#CC0D0D}} [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (1)
*{{Color box|#E96969}} [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWPI]] (1)
Others (3)
*{{Color box|#FF0000}} [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] (2)
*{{Color box|#136B4B}} [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] (1)
Vacant (2)
*{{Color box|#FFFFFF}} Vacant (2)
| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|First past the post]]
| last_election1 = [[2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|20 November 2024]]
| next_election1 = [[Next Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2029]]
| session_room = Vidhan Bhavan aerial view.jpg
| session_res = 250px
| meeting_place = Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
| session_room2 = Vidhan Bhavan (State Legislative Assembly) Nagpur - panoramio.jpg
| session_res2 = 250px
| session_alt2 =
| meeting_place2 = [[Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur]] (Winter session)
[[Maharashtra Legislature]]
| website = [https://maharashtra.gov.in/ Government of Maharashtra] [http://mls.org.in/ Maharashtra Legislature]
| footnotes =
}}

The '''Maharashtra Legislative Assembly''' ([[ISO 15919|ISO]]: ''Mahārāṣṭra Vidhānasabhā'') is the lower house of the [[Bicameralism|bicameral legislature]] of [[Maharashtra]] state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies.<ref name="mls">{{cite web |url=http://mls.org.in |title=Maharashtra Legislature |access-date=2024-07-03}}</ref> The Assembly meets at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai, though the winter session is held in Nagpur.<ref name="2019election">{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/uddhav-sena-sticks-neck-out-milind-narvekar-maharashtra-legislative-council-polls-9428268/ |title=Uddhav Sena sticks its neck out, fields Milind Narvekar for Maharashtra Legislative Council polls |date=2024-07-02 |website=The Indian Express |access-date=2024-07-03}}</ref> Along with the Maharashtra Legislative Council, it constitutes the legislature of Maharashtra. The presiding officer of the Assembly is the [[List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|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.<ref name="cpa">{{cite web |url=https://www.cpahq.org/directory/maharashtra/ |title=Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |website=Commonwealth Parliamentary Association |access-date=2024-07-03}}</ref> The current Assembly was elected in November 2024.<ref name="2024election"/>

==List of assemblies==

The following is the list of all the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblies (1961–present):<ref name="lbi">{{cite web|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/Maharashtra.pdf|title=Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai|publisher=Legislative Bodies in India website|access-date=13 November 2010|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221722/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/Maharashtra.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Assembly
![[Elections in Maharashtra|Year]]
![[Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Speaker]]
![[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
!Seats
|-
|1st
|1960
|[[S. L. Silam]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Yashwantrao Chavan]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|*[[Indian National Congress|INC]] had won the 1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly Elections.
[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 135; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 34; [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]: 33; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 31; [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]: 13; [[Scheduled Castes Federation|SCF]]: 13; [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh|BJS]]: 4; [[Hindu Mahasabha|HMS]]: 1; Total: 264 (of 396 Maharashtra + Gujarat Seats).
|-
|2nd
|[[1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|[[Balasaheb Bharde]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Yashwantrao Chavan]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Marotrao Kannamwar]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[P. K. Sawant]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Vasantrao Naik]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 215; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 15; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 15; [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]: 9; [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]: 6; [[Republican Party of India|RPI]]: 3; [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist]]: 1; Total: 264.
|-
|3rd
|[[1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|[[Balasaheb Bharde]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Vasantrao Naik]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 203; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 19; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 16; [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]: 10; [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]: 8; [[Republican Party of India|RPI]]: 5; [[Samyukta Socialist Party|SSP]]: 4; [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh|BJS]]: 4; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]: 1; Total: 270.
|-
|4th
|[[1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|[[S. K. Wankhede]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Balasaheb Desai]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Vasantrao Naik]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Shankarrao Chavan]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Vasantdada Patil]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 222; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 23; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 7; [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh|BJS]]: 5; [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist]]: 3; [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]: 2; [[All India Forward Block|AIFB]]: 2; [[Republican Party of India|RPI]]: 2; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]: 1; [[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]]: 1; [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal|BKD]]: 1; [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]: 1. Total: 270.
|-
|5th
|[[1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1978]]
|[[Shivraj Patil]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) Pranlal Vora ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Vasantdada Patil]] ([[Indian National Congress (U)|INC(U)]]) [[Sharad Pawar]] ([[Indian Congress (Socialist)|IC(S)]])
|[[Janata Party|JP]]: 99; [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 69; [[Indian National Congress (Indira)|INC(I)]]: 62; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 28; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 13; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]: 9; [[All India Forward Block|AIFB]]: 3; [[Republican Party of India|RPI]]: 2; [[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)|RPI(K)]]: 2; [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]: 1; Total: 288.
Post-poll [[Indian National Congress|INC]] + [[Indian National Congress (Indira)|INC(I)]] Front.
|-
|6th
|[[1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|[[Sharad Dighe]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[A. R. Antulay]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Babasaheb Bhosale]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Vasantdada Patil]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)|INC(I)]]: 186; [[Indian National Congress (Urs)|INC(U)]]: 47; [[Janata Party|JP]]: 17; [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 14; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 10; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 9; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]: 2; [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]: 2; [[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)|RPI(K)]]: 1; Total: 288.
|-
|7th
|[[1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|Shankarrao Jagtap ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Shankarrao Chavan]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Sharad Pawar]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 161; [[Indian Congress (Socialist)|ICS]]: 54; [[Janata Party|JP]]: 20; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 20; [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 16; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 13; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]: 2; [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]: 2; Total: 288.
|-
|8th
|[[1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|Madhukarrao Chaudhari ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Sharad Pawar]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Sudhakarrao Naik]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Sharad Pawar]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 141; [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]: 52; [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 42; [[Janata Dal|JD]]: 24; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 13; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 8; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]: 3; [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]: 2; [[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)|RPI(K)]]: 1; [[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]]: 1; [[Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Sinha|ICS(SCS)]]: 1; Total: 288.
|-
|9th
|[[1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|[[Dattaji Nalawade]] ([[Shiv Sena|SHS]])
|[[Manohar Joshi]] ([[Shiv Sena|SHS]]) [[Narayan Rane]] ([[Shiv Sena|SHS]])
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 80; [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]: 73; [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 65; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 45; [[Janata Dal|JD]]: 11; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 6; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]: 3; [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]: 3; Maharashtra Vikas Congress: 1; [[Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti|NVAS]]: 1; Total: 288.
|-
|10th
|[[1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1999]]
|Arun Gujarathi ([[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]])
|[[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Sushilkumar Shinde]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 75; [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]: 69; [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]: 58; [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 56; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 12; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 5; [[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh|BBM]]: 3; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]: 2; [[Janata Dal (Secular)|JD(S)]]: 1;[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]: 2; [[Republican Party of India|RPI]]: 1; [[Gondwana Ganatantra Party|GGP]]: 1; Native People's Party: 1; [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP (Maharashtra)]]: 1; Total: 288.
Post-poll [[Indian National Congress|INC]] + [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] Front.
|-
|11th
|[[2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|Babasaheb Kupekar ([[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]])
|[[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Ashok Chavan]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]: 71; [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 69; [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]: 62; [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 54; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 19; [[Jan Surajya Shakti]]: 4; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]: 3; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 2; [[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh|BBM]]: 1; [[Republican Party of India (Athawale)|RPI(A)]]: 1; [[Akhil Bharatiya Sena|ABHS]]: 1; [[Swatantra Bharat Paksh|STBP]]: 1; Total: 288.
|-
|12th
|[[2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
|[[Dilip Walse-Patil]] ([[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]])
|[[Ashok Chavan]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Prithviraj Chavan]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 82; [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]: 62; [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 46; [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]: 44; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 24; [[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena|MNS]]: 13; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 4; [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]: 4; [[Jan Surajya Shakti|JSS]]: 2; [[Bahujan Vikas Aghadi|BVA]]: 2; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]: 1; [[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh|BBM]]: 1; [[Swabhimani Paksha|SWP]]: 1; [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha|RSPS]]: 1; Loksangram: 1; Total: 288.
|-
|13th
|[[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
|[[Haribhau Bagade]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
|[[Devendra Fadnavis]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 122; [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]: 63; [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 42; [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]: 41; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 7; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 3; [[Bahujan Vikas Aghadi|BVA]]: 3; [[All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]]: 2; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]: 1; [[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena|MNS]]: 1; [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]: 1; [[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh|BBM]]: 1; [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha|RSPS]]: 1; Total: 288.
|-
|14th
|[[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|[[Nana Patole]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) [[Rahul Narwekar]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
|[[Devendra Fadnavis]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]) [[Uddhav Thackeray]] ([[Shiv Sena|SHS]]) [[Eknath Shinde]] ([[Shiv Sena (2022–present)|SHS]])
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 106; [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]: 56; [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]: 53; [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 44; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 13; [[Bahujan Vikas Aghadi|BVA]]: 3; [[All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]]: 2; [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]: 2; [[Prahar Janshakti Party|PHJSP]]: 2; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]: 1; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 1; [[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena|MNS]]: 1; [[Jan Surajya Shakti|JSS]]: 1; [[Swabhimani Paksha|SWP]]: 1; [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha|RSPS]]: 1; [[Shankarrao Gadakh|KSP]]: 1; Total: 288.
Post Poll Shiv Sena + [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] Alliance <ref>{{cite web |title=Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11699-maharashtra-legislative-assembly-election-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306085512/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/11699-maharashtra-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |archive-date=6 March 2021 |access-date=5 March 2021 |publisher=Election Commission of India website}}</ref>
|-
|15th
|[[2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
|[[Rahul Narwekar]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
|[[Devendra Fadnavis]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 132; [[Shiv Sena (2022-present)|SHS]]: 57; [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]: 41; [[Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)|SS (UBT)]]: 20; [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 16; [[Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)|NCP (SP)]]: 10; [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 2; [[Jan Surajya Shakti|JSS]]: 2; [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]: 2; [[All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]]: 1; RYSP: 1; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]: 1; [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]]: 1; RSVA: 1; [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha|RSPS]]:1; Total: 288.
[[Maha Yuti]] Alliance
|}

== Office bearers ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Title
!Portrait
!Name
!Since
|-
|[[Governor of Maharashtra|Governor]]
|[[File:Acharya Dev Vrat, Governor of Gujarat in 2022 (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
|[[Jishnu Dev Varma]]
|10 March 2026
|-
|[[List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Speaker]]
|[[File:Rahul Narwekar.jpeg|132x132px]]
|[[Rahul Narwekar]]
|9 December 2024
|-
|Deputy Speaker
|
|[[Anna Bansode]]
|25 March 2025
|-
|Leader of the House
([[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]])
| [[File:Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis with PM Narendra Modi Cropped(2).jpg|132x132px]]
|[[Devendra Fadnavis]]
|5 December 2024
|-
| |[[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Deputy Chief Minister]]
|[[File:Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Eknath Shinde]]
|5 December 2024

|-
|[[List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Leader of Opposition]]
|
|''vacant''
|
|}

==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 (second) session was convened in Nagpur and winter (third) session was convened in Mumbai.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==Maharashtra Legislature Leaders==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | House
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | Leader
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | Portrait
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | Since
|-
!colspan=4|Leader of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Party
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|Group Leader of Legislative Assembly BJP Party]]
|'''[[Devendra Fadnavis]]'''
|[[File:Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis with PM Narendra Modi Cropped(2).jpg|75px]]
|26 November 2024
|-
|[[Shiv Sena (2022–present)|Group Leader of Legislative Assembly SHS Party]]
|'''[[Eknath Shinde]]'''
|[[File:Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg|75px]]
|26 November 2024
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|Group Leader of Legislative Assembly NCP Party]]
|'''[[Sunetra Pawar|Sunetra Ajit Pawar]] '''
|
| 31 January 2026
|-
|[[Shiv Sena (UBT)|Group Leader of Legislative Assembly SS(UBT) Party]]
|'''[[Aaditya Thackeray]]'''
| [[File:Shri Aaditya Thackeray - 2020 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|26 November 2024
|-
|[[Indian National Congress|Group Leader of Legislative Assembly Congress Party]]
|'''[[Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar|Vijay Wadettiwar]]'''
| [[File:Vijay wadettiwar.jpg|75px]]
|13 February 2025
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)|Group Leader of Legislative Assembly NCP(SP) Party]]
|'''[[Jitendra Awhad]]'''
| [[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
| 1 December 2024
|}<section end="Parties and leaders"/>

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
{{transcluded section|source=List of members of the 15th Maharashtra Assembly}}
{{trim|{{#Section-h:List of members of the 15th Maharashtra Assembly|Members of Legislative Assembly}}}}

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[Bombay Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Legislature of Maharashtra]]
* [[Elections in Maharashtra]]
* [[List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad]]
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra]]
* [[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra]]
* [[List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
* [[List of deputy speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
* [[List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
* [[List of deputy leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
* [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.loksabhaelections.in/maharashtra Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127092934/https://www.loksabhaelections.in/maharashtra |date=27 January 2022 }}
* {{cite web | url=https://mahasec.maharashtra.gov.in/1035/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0 | title=State Election Commission | publisher=Government of Maharashtra | date=2016 | access-date=31 May 2016}}

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Maharashtra Legislative Assembly - Revision history

Alaratan Tripura at 09:31, 11 March 2026