Because the BJP-led Mahayuti in Maharashtra and the JMM-led INDIA bloc return to energy in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, respectively, the brand new Assemblies are older and considerably wealthier. Whereas Maharashtra has additionally seen an uptick within the variety of MLAs dealing with pending prison circumstances, Jharkhand has notably elected a document excessive variety of girls legislators.
Here’s a take a look at the composition of the brand new 288-member and 81-member Homes in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, respectively, primarily based on knowledge from the Election Fee and the Affiliation for Democratic Reforms.
Maharashtra
The incumbent Mahayuti recorded a landslide win in Maharashtra, eradicating any lingering doubts over the affect of its poor Lok Sabha exhibiting within the state simply months in the past. Within the Mahayuti, the BJP led with wins in 132 seats, adopted by the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena at 57 and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP at 41, with minor allies profitable 4 extra seats for an alliance whole of 234. For the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) received probably the most seats at 20, adopted by the Congress at 16 and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP(SP) at 10, with different allies profitable three seats and placing the alliance whole at 49.
With a mean age of 54, the brand new Meeting is older than the one elected in 2019 that had a mean age of 51. The typical age of the Maharashtra Meeting has elevated significantly lately – in 2009, it was 49 years. An element contributing to this enhance is the variety of re-elected members – this 12 months, 183 sitting MLAs received their elections.
Whereas as many as 86 MLAs are 60 or older, the oldest member is the 77-year-old Chhagan Bhujbal, a Cupboard minister and senior NCP chief, elected from Yevla.
Solely 10 newly elected Maharashtra MLAs are aged 35 or youthful – the youngest is the Congress Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal MLA, 25-year-old Rohit Patil, who’s the son of former Deputy CM R R Patil, now deceased.
The brand new Home can be considerably wealthier – from common belongings of Rs 22.43 crore in 2019 to Rs 43.43 crore now. The BJP MLAs are the richest, with common belongings price Rs 59.69 crore, up from Rs 27.47 crore in 2019. The Congress MLAs’ common belongings grew to Rs 43.91 crore from Rs 24.46 crore in 2019. In 2019, the undivided Shiv Sena and NCP had common belongings of Rs 13.74 crore and Rs 15.02 crore, respectively. Now, whereas the Shiv Sena and NCP are at Rs 30.62 crore and Rs 22.33 crore, the NCP(SP) is at Rs 51.31 crore and the Sena (UBT) is at Rs 10.43 crore.
The richest Maharashtra MLA is the BJP’s Parag Shah, elected from Ghatkopar East, who has belongings price Rs 3,383 crore. An actual property developer and now two-time MLA, Shah has stated his belongings had grown by Rs 500 crore, owing to investments, over the course of the election marketing campaign alone.
Of the 288 MLAs, 277 are crorepatis in comparison with 264 within the earlier Home. Whereas all NCP MLAs are crorepatis, only one Shiv Sena and three BJP MLAs should not. Within the MVA too, simply six MLAs should not crorepatis.
The brand new Meeting additionally has extra MLAs dealing with prison circumstances, 187, in comparison with 176 in 2019. The BJP has probably the most such MLAs at 92, adopted by the Shiv Sena at 38, the NCP at 20, the Sena (UBT) at 13, the Congress at 9, and the NCP(SP) at 5. NCP chief and eight-time Baramati MLA Ajit Pawar faces probably the most pending circumstances at 40.
When it comes to schooling {qualifications}, there are extra graduates within the new Home, as much as 165 from 157 within the earlier Meeting. Agriculture is the commonest career within the Meeting, declared by 64% of the MLAs, adopted by enterprise at 55%, and politics or social work at 27%.
After electing a document excessive variety of girls to the Meeting in 2019 at 24, the Maharashtra Meeting is seeing a marginal decline to 22. Girls account for nearly 8% of the Home power.
Jharkhand
With 56 seats within the 81-member Home, the JMM-led INDIA bloc returned to energy with an even bigger mandate than in 2019, when it had received 48 seats. The JMM received 34 seats, adopted by the Congress at 16, the RJD at 4 and the CPI(ML)L at one. On the Opposition entrance, the BJP received 21 seats, with allies AJSUP, JD(U) and LJP(RV) profitable one seat every. New entrant Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JKLM) received one seat.
With 12 girls, the state has elected its highest variety of girls legislators. The earlier excessive was in 2019, when 10 girls MLAs have been elected. Because the state was carved out of Bihar in 2000, the variety of girls MLAs has been rising however their share within the whole Meeting membership stays low – this 12 months they account for 15% of the Home power. The Congress has probably the most girls legislators at 5, adopted by the BJP at 4 and the JMM at three.
In Jharkhand too, the brand new Meeting is older, as much as 53 years from 50 in 2019, with as many as 42 MLAs getting re-elected. Whereas there are 17 MLAs aged 60 or older, solely 4 are underneath 35.
The oldest MLA is 77-year-old Rameshwar Oraon, a Cupboard minister elected from the ST-reserved Lohardaga on a Congress ticket. The youngest MLA is JLKM founder and chief Jairam “Tiger” Mahato, a 29-year-old who received his debut election from Dumri.
The brand new Meeting can be a lot wealthier, with common belongings rising from Rs 3.87 crore in 2019 to Rs 6.9 crore now. The BJP MLAs are the richest on common, with belongings price Rs 7.57 crore, adopted by the JMM at Rs 6.28 crore and the Congress at Rs 5.31 crore. The Congress’s Rameshwar Oraon is the richest MLA, with belongings price Rs 42.2 crore.
The variety of crorepati MLAs has shot up significantly, from 56 in 2019 to 71 now. Among the many three main events within the JMM, BJP and Congress, all however 9 MLAs are crorepatis.
The variety of MLAs dealing with prison circumstances, although, is marginally down from 44 in 2019 to 43 this time. The BJP has probably the most such MLAs at 13, adopted by the JMM at 12 and the Congress at eight. All the RJD’s and CPI(ML)L’s MLAs are dealing with pending circumstances. Former CM and state BJP chief Babulal Marandi, elected from Dhanwar, has probably the most circumstances at 15, adopted by the JLKM’s Jairam Mahato at 14.
The variety of graduates has elevated barely to 50 from 49 in 2019. At 70% of all MLAs, politics and social work stay the commonest professions within the Home, adopted by enterprise at 37% and agriculture at 31%.
