Maharashtra Legislative Council

Maharashtra Legislative Council महाराष्ट्र विधान परिषद
6th Assembly
Type
Type	Upper house
Leadership
Chairman	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar, NCP Since 8 July 2016
Deputy Chairman	Manikrao Thakre , INC Since 5 August 2016
Leader of House	Chandrakant Bacchu Patil, BJP Since 8 July 2016
Leader of Opposition	Dhananjay Munde, NCP Since 8 July 2016
Structure
Seats	78 Government (26)      BJP(17)      SS(9) Opposition (51)      NCP (23)      INC(20)      Independent(5+1 suspended)      JD(U) (1)      PWP(1)      Peoples Republican Party (1)
Meeting place
Maharashtra Legislative Council
Website
http://www.maharashtra.gov.in http://www.mls.org.in

78

Government (26)

Opposition (51)

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The Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad or Maharashtra State Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India.

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.

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.

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 Chairman is Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar and Deputy Chairman is Shri Manikrao Thakre. Leader of the House is Shri Chandrakant Patil and Leader of Opposition is Dhananjay Munde.

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:

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