The Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. The Speaker holds office until ceasing to be a member of the assembly or resignation from the office. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the assembly by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of Speaker, the meeting of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is presided by the Deputy Speaker.
Eligibility The Speaker of the Assembly:
Must be a citizen of India; Must not be less than 25 years of age; and Should not hold any office of profit under the Government of Maharashtra.
Powers and functions of the speaker The speaker of the legislative assembly conducts the business in house, and decides whether a bill is a money bill or not. They maintain discipline and decorum in the house and can punish a member for their unruly behaviour by suspending them. They also permit the moving of various kinds of motions and resolutions such as a motion of no confidence, motion of adjournment, motion of censure and calling attention notice as per the rules. The speaker decides on the agenda to be taken up for discussion during the meeting. The date of election of the speaker is fixed by the Governor of Maharashtra. Further, all comments and speeches made by members of the House are addressed to the speaker. The speaker is answerable to the house. Both the speaker and deputy speaker may be removed by a resolution passed by the majority of the members.
List of Speakers
The Assembly is headed by a Speaker, elected by members in a simple majority vote. The following is the list of speakers of the Assembly.
#PortraitNameConstituencyTenureAssemblyPartyPre-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1937–47)1Ganesh Vasudev MavalankarAhmedabad City, Urban21 July 193720 January 19461937Indian National Congress2Kundanmal Sobhachand Firodia21 May 194614 August 19471946Post-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1947–60)(2)Kundanmal Sobhachand Firodia15 August 194731 January 19521946Indian National Congress3Dattatraya Kashinath KunteAlibag5 May 195231 October 19561st4S. L. SilamTank Pakhadi Byculla West Kalachowki West 21 November 195630 April 1960Walkeshwar2ndMaharashtra Legislative Assembly (since 1960)1S. L. SilamWalkeshwar1 May 196012 March 19621stIndian National Congress2Balasaheb BhardeAhmednagar South17 March 196213 March 19672ndPathardi15 March 196715 March 19723rd3S. K. WankhedeKalmeshwar22 March 197220 April 19774th4Balasaheb DesaiPatan4 July 197713 March 19785Shivraj PatilLatur17 March 19786 December 19795th6Pranlal VoraVile Parle1 February 198029 June 19807Sharad DigheWorli2 July 198011 January 19856th8Shankarrao JagtapKoregaon20 March 198519 March 19907th9Madhukarrao ChaudhariRaver21 March 199022 March 19958th10Dattaji NalawadeWorli24 March 199519 October 19999thShiv Sena11Arun GujarathiChopda22 October 199917 October 200410thNationalist Congress Party12Babasaheb KupekarGadhinglaj6 November 20043 November 200911th13Dilip Walse-PatilAmbegaon11 November 20098 November 201412th14Haribhau BagadePhulambri12 November 201425 November 201913thBharatiya Janata Party15 Nana PatoleSakoli1 December 20194 February 202114thIndian National CongressNarhari ZirwalDindori4 February 20213 July 2022Nationalist Congress Party16Rahul NarwekarColaba3 July 20226 December 2024Bharatiya Janata Party9 December 2024Incumbent15th
List of deputy speakers Sr NoDeputy SpeakerPartyTenureDuration Pre-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1937–47) 1 Narayan Gururao JoshiCongress 1937 1939 2 years 2 Shanmugappa Ningappa Angadi 1946 1946 1 year Post-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1947–60) (2) Shanmugappa Ningappa AngadiCongress 1947 1952 5 years 3 S. R. Kanthi 5 May 1952 31 October 1956 4 S. K. Wankhede 23 November 1956 5 April 1957 5 Deendayal Gupta 20 June 1957 30 April 1960 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Commenced 1960) 1 Deendayal GuptaCongress 1 May 1960 3 March 1962 2 Krishnarao Girme 20 March 1962 13 March 1972 3 Ramkrishna Pant Bet 23 March 1972 26 February 1976 4 S. F. P. S. M. Pasha 12 March 1976 20 April 1977 5 Shivraj Patil 5 July 1977 2 March 1978 6 Gajananrao Raghunathrao GarudIndependent 21 March 1978 5 April 1979 7 Suryakant DongreRPK 7 April 1979 9 June 1980 8 Shankarrao JagtapCongress (U) 3 July 1980 8 March 1985 9 Kamalkishor KadamCongress (S) 21 March 1985 22 June 1986 10 Padamsinh Bajirao Patil 24 June 1986 25 June 1988 11 Babanrao DhakneJNP 30 July 1988 9 December 1989 12 Moreshwar TemurdeJD 19 July 1991 11 March 1995 13 Sharad Motiram TasareCongress 28 March 1995 15 July 1999 14 Pramod Bhaurao Shende 23 December 1999 3 November 2009 15 Madhukarrao Chavan 10 December 2009 18 November 2010 16 Vasant Chinduji Purke 4 December 2010 8 November 2014 17 Vijayrao Bhaskarrao AutiShiv Sena 30 November 2018 9 November 2019 18 Narhari Sitaram ZirwalNCP 14 March 2020 26 November 2024 19 Anna Bansode 25 March 2025 Incumbent
Pro tem Speaker Jeeva Pandu Gavit 2014 Kalidas Kolambkar 2019 2024
See also List of governors of Maharashtra List of chief ministers of Maharashtra List of deputy speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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