The average age of 36 MLAs in the Mumbai is 53. While Zeeshan Siddiqui who won the Bandra east seat, is the youngest MLA at 27 in the current assembly, there are 10 MLAs above 60.

While India is considered one of the youngest nations with 78 per cent of the population below age 44, the average age of representatives in the assembly and the Lok Sabha is on the higher side. The minimum age to contest the MLA elections is 25. There is no maximum age to contest an election in India, but there is a demand to have an age limit for elected representatives to do better work.