The Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad or Maharashtra Legislative Council is the upper house of the
bicameral
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legislature of
Maharashtra
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state
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in western
India
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.
Location
The seat of the Vidhan Parishad is situated at the
Nariman Point
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area of
South Mumbai
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in the capital
Mumbai
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. The budget session and the
monsoon
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session are convened in Mumbai whereas the winter session is convened in the auxiliary capital
Nagpur
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.
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, 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 service shall 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
Constituencies and Members (78)
Following are recent members of Maharashtra Legislative Council
Elected by the Legislative Assembly members (30)
Keys:
Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies (22)
Keys:
Elected from Teachers' constituencies (7)
Keys:
Elected from Graduates constituencies (7)
Keys:
Governor Nominated (12)
Officers
Chairman
Leader of the House
The council has a Leader of the House, who heads the government caucus. The office is provided for in the Legislative Council Rules, which defines it as "''Chief Minister or any other Minister appointed by Chief Minister''". The Rules further mandate that the chairperson should conduct parliamentary business in consultation with the Leader.
Deputy Leader of the House
The council has a Deputy Leader of the House, who heads the government caucus. The office is provided for in the Legislative Council Rules, which defines it as "''Chief Minister or any other Minister appointed by Chief Minister''". The Rules further mandate that the chairperson should conduct parliamentary business in consultation with the Leader.
Leader of the Opposition
See also
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List of members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
This is a list of current and past members from the Maharashtra Legislative Council State. The state elects members for a term of six years. 30 members are indirectly elected by the state legislators. 22 members are elected from Local Authoritie ...
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Government of Maharashtra
The Government of Maharashtra is the state governing authority for the state of Maharashtra, India. It is a democratically elected government with 288 MLAs elected to the Vidhan Sabha for a five-year term.
Maharashtra has a Maharashtra Legisl ...
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Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 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 me ...
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Vidhan Parishad
The State Legislative Council, or Vidhan Parishad, or Saasana Mandali is the upper house in those states of India that have a bicameral state legislature; the lower house being the State Legislative Assembly. Its establishment is defined in Ar ...
References
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