Maharashtra Assembly

The 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra formed post the elections held in Oct 2019 consists of 288 MLAs. After the declaration of election results, Shiv Sena declined to support the BJP to form the government, on demand of an equal share in power which was supposedly promised by BJP. Shiv Sena also demanded the post of Chief Minister for 2.5 years according to 50-50 promise. But BJP declined any such promise being made and eventually ended up breaking ties with Shiv Sena, one of its oldest allies.

Subsequently, the Governor of Maharashtra invited the BJP to form a government as the single largest party. However, the BJP declined to form the government because it was unable to attain a majority. The invitation then passed to the second largest party, Shiv Sena, to form government. On 11 November, the Governor invited the NCP to form government. The next day, after the NCP also failed to gain majority support, the governor recommended president's rule to the Council of Ministers of India and the President. This was accepted, and president's rule was imposed. The discussions between Shiv Sena, NCP and INC ended with the formation of a new alliance, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). A consensus was finally achieved with Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray appointed Chief Minister after protracted negotiations. Subsequently there were a few changes in the composition of the assembly based on the split in the Shiv Sena and bye-elections held in specific constituencies.

• The NDA alliance now has 158 MLAs in the Maharashtra Assembly giving it control over 55% of the total seats in the Assembly
• The MVA alliance has 121 MLAs and sits in the Opposition
• All other parties and independent MLAs together account for 2 seats
• 7 seats are currently vacant

Key leaders in the Assembly:

• Speaker: Rahul Narwekar (BJP)
• Chief Minister: Eknath Shinde (SHS)
• Leader of the Opposition: Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar (INC)

• 41% MLAs in the current Assembly have little to no education (grade 12 or below), in comparison to 42% in the previous Assembly.
• 24% MLAs in the current Assembly are Graduates, in comparison to 22% in the previous Assembly.
• 30% MLAs in the current Assembly are highly qualified (professionals and above) in comparison to 29% in the previous Assembly.

• Only 9% MLAs in the current Assembly are women
• Though the percentage of women in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is steadily increasing, it remains below 10% since 2009 and is amongst the lowest of all states in India.