The Members of 12th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra were elected during the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, with results announced on 22 October 2009.
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.
Members Speaker: Dilip Walse-Patil, NCP
Deputy Speaker: Madhukarrao Chavan, INC (10 December 2009- 18 November 2010) Vasant Chinduji Purke, INC (4 December 2010 - 8 November 2014) Chief minister: Ashok Chavan, INC (7 November 2009 - 9 November 2010) Prithviraj Chavan, INC (11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014)
Deputy Chief Minister: Chhagan Bhujbal, NCP (7 November 2009 - 9 November 2010)
Ajit Pawar, NCP
(11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014)
Leaders of The House: Ashok Chavan, INC (7 November 2009 - 9 November 2010) Prithviraj Chavan, INC (11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014)
Leader of Opposition: Eknath Khadse, BJP
Party-wise seats Parties and CoalitionsSeatsLeaderIndian National Congress82Ashok Chavan (7 Nov 2009 – 9 November 2010) Prithviraj ChavanNationalist Congress Party62Ajit PawarBharatiya Janata Party46Eknath KhadseShiv Sena45Subhash DesaiMaharashtra Navnirman Sena13Pravin DarekarPeasants and Workers Party of India4Vivek PatilSamajwadi Party4Abu AzmiJan Surajya Shakti2Vinay KoreBahujan Vikas Aaghadi2Babasaheb PatilBharipa Bahujan Mahasangh1Haridas BhadeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)1Rajaram OzareRashtriya Samaj Paksha1Balasaheb PatilSwabhimani Paksha1Bharat BhalkeLok Sangram1Anil Anna GoteIndependents24
Members of Legislative Assembly