List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

The Speaker of the Assembly:

1. Must be a citizen of India;
2. Must not be less than 25 years of age; and
3. Should not hold any office of profit under the Government of Maharashtra.

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.

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.[1]

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly (election)	Party
Pre-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1937–47)
1		Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar		21 July 1937	20 January 1946			Indian National Congress
2		Kundanmal Sobhachand Firodia		21 May 1946	14 August 1947
Post-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1947–60)
(2)		Kundanmal Sobhachand Firodia		15 August 1947	31 January 1952			Indian National Congress
3		Dattatray Kashinath Kunte		5 May 1952	31 October 1956
4		S. L. Silam		21 November 1956	30 April 1960
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (born 1960)
(4)		S. L. Silam		1 May 1960	12 March 1962	1 year, 315 days	1st (1957)	Indian National Congress
5		Balasaheb Bharde	Ahmednagar South	17 March 1962	13 March 1967	9 years, 362 days	2nd (1962)
			Pathardi	15 March 1967	15 March 1972		3rd (1967)
6		S. K. Wankhede	Kalameshwar	22 March 1972	20 April 1977	5 years, 29 days	4th (1972)
7		Balasaheb Desai		4 July 1977	13 March 1978	252 days
8		Shivraj Patil	Latur	17 March 1978	6 December 1979	1 year, 264 days	5th (1978)
9		Pranlal Vora	Vile Parle	1 February 1980	29 June 1980	149 days
10		Sharad Dighe	Worli	2 July 1980	11 January 1985	4 years, 193 days	6th (1980)
11		Shankarrao Jagtap	Koregaon	20 March 1985	19 March 1990	4 years, 364 days	7th (1985)
12		Madhukarrao Chaudhari		21 March 1990	22 March 1995	5 years, 1 day	8th (1990)
13		Dattaji Nalawade	Worli	24 March 1995	19 October 1999	4 years, 209 days	9th (1995)	Shiv Sena
14		Arun Gujarathi	Chopda	22 October 1999	17 October 2004	4 years, 361 days	10th (1999)	Indian National Congress
15		Babasaheb Kupekar	Gadhinglaj	6 November 2004	3 November 2009	4 years, 362 days	11th (2004)	Nationalist Congress Party
16		Dilip Walse-Patil	Ambegaon	11 November 2009	8 November 2014	4 years, 362 days	12th (2009)
17		Haribhau Bagade	Phulambri	12 November 2014	25 November 2019	5 years, 13 days	13th (2014)	Bharatiya Janata Party
18		Nana Patole	Sakoli	1 December 2019	4 February 2021	1 year, 65 days	14th (2019)	Indian National Congress
Acting		Narhari Sitaram Zirwal	Dindori	4 February 2021	3 July 2022	1 year, 149 days		Nationalist Congress Party
19		Rahul Narwekar	Colaba	3 July 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 116 days		Bharatiya Janata Party

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