12th Maharashtra Assembly

The Members of 12th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra were elected during the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, with results announced on 22 October 2009.

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12th Maharashtra Assembly
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Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Mumbai
Overview
Legislative bodyMaharashtra Legislature
Term13 October 2009 –
Election2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
Government
  • Second Ashok Chavan ministry
  • Prithviraj Chavan ministry
Sovereign
Governor
House of the People
Members288
Speaker of the HouseDilip Walse-Patil
Deputy Speaker of the HouseMadhukarrao Chavan
Chief Minister
Deputy Chief Minister
Leader of the House
Leader of the OppositionEknath Khadse
Party controlMaha Aghadi

The ruling INC-NCP(Democratic Front) won the elections gaining 82 and 62 Seats respectively and winning 175 seats in alliance with support of independents and smaller parties. The opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party lost the election gaining 45 and 46 seats respectively and winning 91 seats in alliance. Incumbent CM Ashok Chavan was again sworn in as the Chief minister of Maharashtra with Ajit Pawar of NCP as his Deputy.

Due to scam allegations on Ashok Chavan, The Congress replaced him with senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan as the Chief minister of Maharashtra.

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