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Maharashtra Legislative Council
; Maharashtra Legislative Council ; महाराष्ट्र विधान परिषद;
Type
Type	; Upper house
Term limits	6 years
Leadership
Chairman	; Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar, NCP ; Since 8 July 2016;
Deputy Chairman	; Manikrao Thakre, INC ; Since 5 August 2016
Leader of the House	; Chandrakant Bacchu Patil, BJP ; Since 8 July 2016
Leader of the Opposition	; Dhananjay Munde, NCP ; Since 8 July 2016
Structure
Seats	78
Political groups	; Government (38); ; ; BJP (22); ; ; SS (12); ; ; RSP (1); ; ; Independents (3); ; ; Opposition (40); ; ; ; NCP (17); ; ; INC (17); ; ; PWP (1); ; ; PRP (1); ; ; Lok Bharati (1); ; ; Independents (3); ; ;
Meeting place
	Vidhan bhavan, Maharashtra Legislative Council, Mumbai, India;
Website
	; http://www.maharashtra.gov.in ; http://www.mls.org.in;

The Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad or Maharashtra 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.

Composition of Legislative Council

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.

30 members shall be elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly

7 members are elected from amongst graduates from seven divisions of Maharashtra ( Mumbai, Amravati Division, Nashik Division, Aurangabad Division, Konkan Division, Nagpur Division and Pune Division)

7 members are elected from amongst teachers from seven divisions of Maharashtra ( Mumbai, Amravati Division, Nashik Division, Aurangabad Division, Konkan Division, Nagpur Division and Pune Division)

22 members are elected from amongst the local bodies of Maharashtra from 21 divisions of Maharashtra ( Mumbai (2 seats) and one seat each from Ahmednagar, Akola-cum-Washim-cum-Buldhana, Amravati, Aurangabad-cum-Jalna, Bhandara- Gondiya, Dhule-cum-Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Osmanabad-cum-Latur-cum-Beed, Parbhani-Hingoli, Pune, Raigad-cum-Ratnagiri-cum-Sindhudurg, Sangli-cum-Satara, Solapur, Thane-cum-Palghar, Wardha-cum-Chandrapur-cum-Gadhchiroli and Yavatmal)

12 members having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of matters such as literature, science, art, co-operative movement and social serviceshall be nominated by the Governor

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 Composition of Legislative Council

Party	Members
Bharatiya Janata Party	22
Nationalist Congress Party	17
Indian National Congress	17
Shiv Sena	12
Independents	06
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	01
Peasants and Workers Party of India	01
Peoples Republican Party	01
Lok Bharati	01
Total	78

Constituencies and Members

See here, List of members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council.

The following are the constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad:^[3]

Keys:
  BJP (22)
  NCP (17)
  INC (17)
  Shiv Sena (12)
  Independents (5)
  RSP (1)
  PWP (2)
  PRP (1)
  Lok Bharati (1)

Elected by Vidhan Sabha Members (30)

#	Member	Party	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement
1	Jayant Patil	PWP	2018 July	2024 July
2	Sharad Ranpise	INC	2018 July	2024 July
3	Dr. Vajahat Mirza	INC	2018 July	2024 July
4	Nilay Naik	BJP	2018 July	2024 July
5	Ram Patil Ratolikar	BJP	2018 July	2024 July
6	Ramesh Patil	BJP	2018 July	2024 July
7	Anil Parab	Shiv Sena	2018 July	2024 July
8	Vijay Girkar	BJP	2018 July	2024 July
9	Mahadev Jankar	RSP	2018 July	2024 July
10	Manisha Kayande	Shiv Sena	2018 July	2024 July
11	Babajani Durani	NCP	2018 July	2024 July
12	Hemant Takle	NCP	2014 Apr	2020 Apr
13	Diwakar Raote	Shiv Sena	2016 Jul	2022 Jul
14	Vinayak Mete	BJP	2016 Jul	2022 Jul
15	Shivajirao Bapusaheb Deshmukh	INC	2014 Apr	2020 Apr
16	Neelam Gorhe	Shiv Sena	2014 Apr	2020 Apr
17	Arun Adsad^[4]	BJP	2018 Oct	2020 Apr
18	Prasad Lad	BJP	2017 Dec	2022 July
19	Pravin Darekar	BJP	2016 Jul	2022 Jul
20	Ramnivas Satyanarayan Singh	BJP	2016 Jul	2022 Jul
21	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	NCP	2016 Jul	2022 Jul
22	Sujitsingh Thakur	BJP	2016 Jul	2022 Jul
23	Dhananjay Munde	NCP	2016 Jul	2022 Jul
24	Sadabhau Khot	BJP	2016 Jul	2022 Jul
25	Smita Wagh	BJP	2015 Jan	2020 Apr
26	Subhash Desai	Shiv Sena	2016 Jul	2022 Jul
27	Anand Thakur	NCP	2014 Apr	2020 Apr
28	Kiran Pawaskar	NCP	2014 Apr	2020 Apr
29	Chandrakant Batesingh Raghuvanshi	INC	2014 Apr	2020 Apr
30	Harisingh Rathod	INC	2014 Apr	2020 Apr

Local Authorities' constituencies (22)

#	Constituency	Member	Party	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement
1	Mumbai Local Authorities (1)	Ramdas Kadam	Shiv Sena	2016	2022^[5]^[6]
2	Mumbai Local Authorities (2)	Bhai Jagtap	INC	2016	2022
3	Dhule-Nandurbar Local Authorities	Amrish Patel	INC	2016	2022
4	Nagpur Local Authorities	Girish Vyas	BJP	2016	2022
5	Ahmednagar Local Authorities	Arunkaka Jagtap	NCP	2016	2022
6	Solapur Local Authorities	Prashant Paricharak	Independent (supported by BJP)	2016 Jan	2022 Jan
7	Kolhapur Local Authorities	Satej Patil	INC	2016	2022
8	Akola-Washim-Buldhana Local Authorities	Gopikishan Bajoria	Shiv Sena	2016	2022 ^[5]^[7]
9	Jalgaon Local Authorities	Chandulal Patel	BJP	2016	2022 ^[8]
10	Nashik Local Authorities	Narendra Darade	Shiv Sena	2018 June 22	2024 June 21
11	Thane-Palghar Local Authorities	Ravindra Phatak	Shiv Sena	2016 June 8	2022 June 7 ^[9]
12	Raigad-Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Local Authorities	Aniket Tatkare	NCP	2018 June 01	2024 May 31
13	Pune Local Authorities	Anil Shivajirao Bhosale	NCP	2016 Dec	2022 Dec
14	Sangli-Satara Local Authorities	Mohanrao Kadam	INC	2016 Dec	2022 Dec
15	Osmanabad-Latur-Beed Local Authorities	Suresh Dhas	BJP	2018 June 22	2024 June 21
16	Aurangabad-Jalna Local Authorities	Subhash Zambad	INC	2013 Aug	2019 Aug
17	Parbhani-Hingoli Local Authorities	Viplove Bajoria	Shiv Sena	2018 June 22	2024 June 21
18	Nanded Local Authorities	Amarnath Rajurkar	INC	2016 Dec	2022 Dec
19	Amravati Local Authorities	Pravin Pote	BJP	2018 June 22	2024 June 21
20	Yavatmal Local Authorities	Tanaji Sawant	Shiv Sena	2016 Dec	2022 Dec ^[10]
21	Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadhchiroli Local Authorities	Ramdas Ambatkar	BJP	2018 June 22	2024 June 21
22	Bhandara-Gondia Local Authorities	Parinay Fuke	BJP	2016 Dec	2022 Dec

Teachers' constituencies (7)

#	Constituency	Member	Party	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement
1	Mumbai Teachers	Kapil Waman Patil	Lok Bharati	2018 July 8	2024 July 7
2	Konkan Division Teachers	Balaram Patil	Independent	2017 Feb 8	2023 Feb 7 ^[11]
3	Pune Division Teachers	Dattatraya Sawant	Independent	2014 July	2020 July
4	Nashik Division Teachers	Kishor Darade	Independent (supported by Shiv Sena)	2018 July 8	2024 July 7
5	Aurangabad Division Teachers	Vikram Kale	NCP	2017 Feb 8	2023 Feb 7
6	Amravati Division Teachers	Shrikant Deshpande	Independent	2014 Apr	2020 Apr ^[12]
7	Nagpur Division Teachers	Nago Ganar	Independent (supported by BJP)	2017 Feb 8	2023 Feb 7

Graduates Constituencies(7)

#	Constituency	Member	Party	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement
1	Mumbai Graduates	Vilas Potnis	Shiv Sena	2018 July 8	2024 July 7
2	Konkan Division Graduates	Niranjan Davkhare	BJP	2018 July 8	2024 July 7
3	Pune Division Graduates	Chandrakant Bacchu Patil	BJP	2014 July	2020 July
4	Nashik Division Graduates	Dr. Sudhir Tambe	INC	2017 Feb 8	2023 Feb 7 ^[11]
5	Aurangabad Division Graduates	Satish Chavan	NCP	2014 July	2020 July
6	Amravati Division Graduates	Dr. Ranjit Patil	BJP	2017 Feb 8	2023 Feb 7
7	Nagpur Division Graduates	Anil Sole	BJP	2014 July	2020 July

Governor Nominated (12)

#	Member	Party	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement
1	Prakash Suryabhan Gajbhiye	NCP	2014 June	2020 June
2	Vidya Ajit Chavan	NCP	2014 June	2020 June
3	Rahul Narvekar	NCP	2014 June	2020 June
4	Khwaja Baig	NCP	2014 June	2020 June
5	Ramrao Wadkute	NCP	2014 June	2020 June
6	Jagannath Shinde	NCP	2014 June	2020 June
7	Husnbanu Nizammuddin Khalif	INC	2014 June	2020 June
8	Anant Gadgil	INC	2014 June	2020 June
9	Janardan Chandurkar	INC	2014 June	2020 June
10	Anandrao Raghoji Patil	INC	2014 June	2020 June
11	Ramhari Govindrao Rupanvar	INC	2014 June	2020 June
12	Jogendra Kawade	PRP	2014 June	2020 June^[13]

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