Maharashtra Legislative Council

Government of Maharashtra

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Seat of Government	Mumbai, Nagpur(Auxiliary)
Executive
Governor	Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan
Deputy Chief Minister	Ajit Pawar
Legislature
Speaker	Dilip Walse-Patil
Deputy Speaker	Madhukarrao Chavan
Members in Assembly	289
Council	Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad
Chairman	Shivajirao Deshmukh
Deputy Chairman	Vasant Davkhare
Members in Council	78
Judiciary
High Court	Bombay High Court
Chief Justice	Anil Dave
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Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur, the auxiliary seat of the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad

The Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र विधान परिषद) 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.

Salient features

The present strength of the Vidhan Parishad is 78 members. 12 members are nominated by the Governor and rest of them are elected indirectly through electoral colleges. 31 members are elected by the Vidhan Sabha members. 21 members are elected by the local bodies of Maharashtra. Seven members are elected by the teachers and the same number of members are elected by the graduates. 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 Shivajirao Deshmukh and Deputy Chairman is Vasant Davkhare. Leader of the House is Govindrao Adik and Leader of Opposition is Pandurang Phundkar.^[1]

Constituencies and members

The following are the constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad:^[2]:

Elected by Vidhan Sabha Members (31)

1. Rana JagjitSinh Padmasinh Patil, Nationalist Congress Party
2. Pritamkumar Sampatrao Shegaonkar, Republican Party of India (Athvale)
3. Jayant Patil, Peasants and Workers Party of India
4. Deepak Ramchandra Sawant,
5. Vinayakrao Mete, Nationalist Congress Party
6. Divakar M. Ravate, Shiv Sena
7. Shantaram Pandurang Karmalkar
8. Shivajirao Bapusaheb Deshmukh, Indian National Congress
9. Smt. Kanta Jaysing Nalawade, Bharatiya Janata Party
10. Ulhas Shivram Pawar, Indian National Congress
11. Kanhaiyalal Vishandas Gidwani, Indian National Congress
12. Vilas Vinayak Avchat, Shiv Sena
13. Anil D Parab, Shiv Sena
14. Sudhakar Ramkrishna Gangane, Indian National Congress
15. Dr. Neelam Divakar Gorhe, Shiv Sena
16. Vinod Shridhar Tawde, Bharatiya Janata Party
17. Shivaji Dattatray Patil
18. Pandurang Pundalik Phundkar, Bharatiya Janata Party
19. Sharad Namdev Ranpise, Indian National Congress
20. Sanjay Dutt, Indian National Congress
21. Hussein Dalwai, Indian National Congress
22. Dipti Chaudhari, Indian National Congress
23. Vijay Sawant, Independent
24. Ramraje Nail-Nimbalkar, Nationalist Congress Party
25. Prakash Binsale, Nationalist Congress Party
26. Dhananjay Munde, Bharatiya Janata Party
27. Shobha Fadnavis, Bharatiya Janata Party
28. Diwakar Raote, Shiv Sena
29. sanjay ramchandra patil[ncp]

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Local Authorities' constituencies (21)

1. Mumbai (1): Ramdas Kadam, Shiv Sena ^[4]
2. Mumbai (2): Bhai Jagtap ^[4]
3. Dhule-cum-Nandurbar: Amrish Patel ^[4]
4. Jalgaon: Manish Ishwarlal Jain, Independent ^[5]
5. Nashik: jayant jadhav, Nationalist Congress Party ^[6]
6. Ahmednagar: Arun Jagtap, Independent ^[4]
7. Thane: Anant Tare, Shiv Sena
8. Raigad-cum-Ratnagiri-cum-Sindhudurg: Anil Tatkare, Nationalist Congress Party.^[6]
9. Pune: Anil Shivajirao Bhosale, Nationalist Congress Party
10. Kolhapur: Mahadev Mahadik, INC^[4]
11. Sangli-cum-Satara: Prabhakar Gharge Nationalist Congress Party
12. Solapur: Deepak Salunke, Nationalist Congress Party ^[4]
13. Osmanabad-cum-Latur-cum-Beed: Diliprao Deshmukh, Indian National Congress.^[6]
14. Aurangabad-cum-Jalna: Kishinchand Tanwani, Shiv Sena
15. Parbhani-Hingoli: Sureshdada Deshmukh ^[6]
16. Nanded: Amarnath Rajurkar, Indian National Congress
17. Akola-cum-Washim-cum-Buldhana: Gopalkisan Radhakisan Bajoria, Shiv Sena ^[4]
18. Amravati: Jagdish Motilal Gupta ^[6]
19. Yavatmal: Sandeep Bajoria, Indian National Congress ^[7]
20. Nagpur: Rajendra Mulak, Indian National Congress ^[4]
21. Wardha-cum-Chandrapur-cum-Gadhchiroli: Jainuddin Mohsinbhai Zaveri ^[6]

MLCs-

1. Ramprasad Vamanrao Kadam-Bordikar
2. Sharad Sonu Wani
3. Sagar Datta Meghe ^[3]

Teachers' constituencies (7)

1. Mumbai: Kapil Patil, Independent
2. Konkan: Ramnath Mote, Bharatiya Janata Party
3. Pune: Bhagwan Salunkhe, Bharatiya Janata Party ^[8]
4. Nashik: Dilip Sonewane
5. Aurangabad: Vikram Kale, Nationalist Congress Party
6. Amravati: Vasantrao Dadarao Khotre ^[9]
7. Nagpur: Nago G Ganar

MLCs

1. P. M. Patil
2. Suresh Moreshwar Bhalerao

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Graduates' constituencies (7)

1. Mumbai Graduates - Dr Deepak Sawant-Shiv Sena
2. Konkan Division Graduates - Dr Ashok Gajanan Modak, BJP
3. Pune Division Graduates - Chandrakant Bacchu Patil, Bharatiya Janata Party ^[8]
4. Nashik Division Graduates - DR.Sudhir tambe.
5. Aurangabad Division Graduates - Satish Bhanudasrao Chavan
6. Amravati Division Graduates - DR. Ranjeet V Patil ^[9]
7. Nagpur Division Graduates - Nitin Gadkari, BJP

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Nominated (12)

1. Jagannath Anantrao
2. Sudhir Sitaram Sawant
3. Dhanaji Ganpatrao Sathe
4. Late Dr. M. A. Aziz
5. Mrs Sudha Vijay Joshi
6. Dhandirao Hari Rathod
7. Ramesh Motiram Nikose
8. Fauziya Tahseen Khan
9. Prof. Jogendra Laxmanrao Kawade
10. Gurunath Shantaram Kulkarni
11. Subhash Ganu Bhoir

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See also

• Government of Maharashtra
• Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Council". Lok sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/MAHARASHTRA%20LC.htm. 
2. ^ "The Delimitation of Council Constituencies 2 (Maharashtra) Order, 1951". Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. http://lawmin.nic.in/legislative/election/volume%202/THE%20DELIMITATION%20OF%20COUNCIL%20CONSTITUENCIES%202%5B(MAHARASHTRA)%5D%20ORDER,%201951.pdf. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "Legislature - MLC". Govt of Maharashtra. http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/government/legMlaMlcShow.php?legislationId=2. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "Congress, Sena bag Council seats in Mumbai; BJP man loses". Daily News and Analysis, Mumbai. http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_congress-sena-bag-council-seats-in-mumbai-bjp-man-loses_1325912. 
5. ^ http://jalgaon.nic.in/htmldocs/publicrepresentatives.htm
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Results of MLC elections from Local Authority - 2006". Chief Electrol Officer, Govt of Maharashtra. http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/MLC%20Elections%20Local%20Authorities%20results.pdf. 
7. ^ http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/nov/16maha.htm
8. ^ ^{a b} "Council polls: BJP candidates Patil and Salunkhe win by big margins". http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/council-polls-bjp-candidates-patil-and-salunkhe-win-by-big-margins/337694/. 
9. ^ ^{a b} "MLC from Akola-Washim-Buldhana". District Collector, Akola, Govt of Maharashtra. http://akola.nic.in/Collectorate/MP-MLA-MLC%20List.html.