Shiv Sena and Congress voted against the BJP government, while NCP legislators, though present in the House, abstained from voting.
The BJP wins trust vote in the Maharashtra Assembly by voice vote.New Speaker did not allow ballot vote
Haribhau K Bagde, BJP leader and senior legislator from Phulambri in Aurangabad, was declared elected unopposed as the new speaker of the assembly on Wednesday Nov 12,2014
Pro-tem Speaker JP Gavit made the announcement at the commencement of the three-day special session of the Assembly.
According to the state's tradition, Bagde's unopposed election to the august post was facilitated after the Shiv Sena's Vijay Auti and the Congress' Varsha Gaekwad withdrew their nominations Wednesday after talks with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis late Tuesday.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with senior BJP legislator Haribhau Bagde after the latter was unanimously elected as the AssemblySpeaker
Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde is Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly.
Note
Maharashtra went to the polls on October 15, 2014. For the first time in two decades, it witnessed a five-cornered contest as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena ended their 25-year alliance (and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress their 15-year coalition)
In an effective house of 287 members the BJP has 122 MLAs (22 short of a simple majority, the Sena has 63 and the Congress 42 members. The NCP which has 41 MLAs has already announced unilateral support to the BJP government
Lone MNS candidate Sharad Sonawane from Pune to back BJP. Mr. Sonawane, who joined the MNS only this year, was the sole candidate to bag a seat for his party.
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