Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Mahārāṣhṭra Vidhāna Sabhā
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly; Mahārāṣhṭra Vidhāna Sabhā
14th Maharashtra Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house of the Maharashtra Legislature
Term limits	5 years
Leadership
Governor of Maharashtra	Ramesh Bais ; since 18 February 2023
Speaker of the House	Rahul Narwekar, BJP ; since 3 July 2022
Deputy Speaker of the House	Narhari Sitaram Zirwal, NCP ; since 14 March 2020
Leader of The House; (Chief Minister)	Eknath Shinde, SHS ; since 02 July 2022
Deputy Leader of The House; (Deputy Chief Ministers)	Devendra Fadnavis, BJP; since 02 July 2022 and; Ajit Pawar, NCP ; since 17 July 2023
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Chandrakant Patil, BJP ; since 14 August 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar, INC ; since 03 August 2023
General Secretary	Rajendra Bhagwat, IAS
Structure
Seats	288
Political groups	Government (206); NDA (206) BJP (104); NCP (41); SHS (39); BVA (3); PHJSP (2); RSP (1); JSS (1); MNS (1); IND (14); Opposition (78); MVA (76) INC (43); SS(UBT) (17); NCP (SP) (12); SP (2); CPI(M) (1); PWPI (1); Unallied (2) AIMIM (2); Vacant (4) Vacant (4);
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	21 October 2019
Next election	October 2024
Meeting place
	Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai
	Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter session) Maharashtra Legislature
Website
	Government of Maharashtra; Maharashtra Legislature

The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (IAST: Mahārāṣhṭra Vidhāna Sabhā) is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from the single-seat constituencies.

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