| Leader of the Opposition of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Seal of Bihar Government | |
since 16 February 2024 | |
| Member of | Bihar Legislative Assembly |
| Seat | Raghopur |
| Nominator | Members of Official Opposition |
| Appointer | Speaker of Bihar assembly |
| Term length | 5 years No renewable limit |
The Leader of the Opposition is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Incumbent Leader of opposition is Tejashwi Yadav.
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly (election) | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Basawon Singh | Dehri | 1952 | 1957 | 4 years, 299 days | 1st (1952 election) | Socialist Party | |
| 2 | Sushil Kumar Bage | Kolebira | 20 May 1957 | 15 March 1962 | 4 years, 299 days | 2nd (1957 election) | Jharkhand Party | ||
| 3 | Kamakhya Narain Singh | Barhi | 16 March 1962 | 16 March 1967 | 5 years, 0 days | 3rd (1962 election) | Swatantra Party | ||
| 4 | Mahesh Prasad Singh | 17 March 1967 | 26 February 1969 | 1 year, 346 days | 4th (1967 election) | Indian National Congress | |||
| 5 |  | Bhola Paswan Shastri | Korha | 18 March 1969 | 15 March 1970 | 362 days | 5th (1969 election) | Lok Tantrik Congress | |
| 6 | Ramanand Tiwary | Shahpur | 16 March 1970 | 15 March 1971 | 364 days | Samyukta Socialist Party | |||
| 7 |  | Daroga Prasad Rai | Parsa | 16 March 1971 | 28 March 1972 | 1 year, 12 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 8 |  | Karpoori Thakur | Tajpur | 6th (1972 election) | Samyukta Socialist Party | ||||
| 9 | Sunil Mukherjee | Patna West | Communist Party of India | ||||||
| 10 |  | Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav | Danapur | 7th (1977 election) | Indian National Congress | ||||
| 11 |  | Jagannath Mishra | Jhanjharpur | ||||||
| (7) | | Karpoori Thakur | Samastipur | 30 June 1980 | 12 February 1988 | 7 years, 227 days | 8th (1980 election) | Janata Party (Secular) | |
| Sonbarsha | 9th (1985 election) | Lokdal | |||||||
| 12 |  | Lalu Prasad Yadav | Sonpur | 18 March 1989 | 7 December 1989 | 264 days | |||
| 13 | Anup Lal Yadav | Triveniganj | 18 January 1990 | 19 March 1990 | 60 days | ||||
| (10) | | Jagannath Mishra | Jhanjharpur | 20 March 1990 | 14 April 1994 | 4 years, 25 days | 10th (1990 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| 14 | Ramashray Prasad Singh | Konch | 29 June 1994 | 15 March 1995 | 259 days | ||||
| 15 |  | Yashwant Sinha | Ranchi | 17 April 1995 | 24 January 1996 | 282 days | 11th (1995 election) | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 16 |  | Sushil Kumar Modi | Patna Central | 19 March 1996 | 1 March 2000 | 8 years, 9 days | |||
| 15 March 2000 | 28 March 2004 | 12th (2000 election) | |||||||
| 17 |  | Upendra Kushwaha | Jandaha | 29 March 2004 | 5 March 2005 | 341 days | Janata Dal (United) | ||
| 18 |  | Rabri Devi | Raghopur | 30 November 2005 | 24 November 2010 | 4 years, 359 days | 14th (2005 election) | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 19 | Abdul Bari Siddiqui | Alinagar | 6 December 2010 | 19 June 2013 | 2 years, 195 days | 15th (2010 election) | |||
| 19 |  | Nand Kishore Yadav | Patna Sahib | 19 June 2013 | 4 December 2015 | 2 years, 168 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 21 |  | Prem Kumar | Gaya Town | 4 December 2015 | 28 July 2017 | 1 year, 236 days | 16th (2015 election) | ||
| 22 | Tejashwi Yadav | Raghopur | 28 July 2017 | 9 August 2022 | 5 years, 12 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||
| 17th (2020 election) | |||||||||
| 23 |  | Vijay Kumar Sinha | Lakhisarai | 24 August 2022 | 28 January 2024 | 1 year, 157 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| (22) | Tejashwi Yadav | Raghopur | 16 February 2024 | incumbent | 243 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||
List of leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council
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