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Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ6733343 ↗
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The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra Vidhānasabhā) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies. The Assembly meets at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai, though the winter session is held in Nagpur. Along with the Maharashtra Legislative Council, it constitutes the legislature of Maharashtra. The presiding officer of the Assembly is the 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. The current Assembly was elected in November 2024.

List of assemblies

The following is the list of all the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblies (1961–present):

Office bearers

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.

Maharashtra Legislature Leaders

Members of Legislative Assembly

See also

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

References

External links

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections Website Archived 27 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine

"State Election Commission".

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