Profile of the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Results of the election to the 15^th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly were declared on November 23, 2024.  The Maharashtra Assembly has 288 seats.  This note looks at the profile of the incoming Legislative Assembly.

Mahayuti alliance wins majority with 230 out of 288 seats
Party 2019 2024 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 105 132 Shiv Sena 56 57 Nationalist Congress Party 54 41 Shiv Sena (UBT) - 20 Indian National Congress (INC) 44 16 Nationalist Congress Party (SP) - 10 Jan Surajya Shakti - 2 Samajwadi Party 2 2 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 2 1 Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi 3 - Other parties 9 5 Independents 13 2 Total 288 288
Number of women MLAs reduces; 59% MLAs have college degrees
Note: The Assembly’s size increased from 264 to 270 in 1967, and to 288 in 1980.
Assembly is getting older; 27% MLAs have declared politics / social work as profession
	Note: This figure shows professions most commonly reported by MLAs.  Some MLAs have indicated multiple professions
Sources: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in); Candidate Affidavits uploaded on ECI; MyNeta (https://www.myneta.info); PRS.

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