Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
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Incumbent since 26 November 2024Vacant | |
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
Style | The Hon’ble |
Member of | Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
Reports to | Government of Maharashtra |
Residence | Mumbai |
Seat | Maharashtra Legislature |
Nominator | Members of Official Opposition |
Appointer | Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
Term length | During the life of the vidhan Sabha (five years maximum) |
Inaugural holder | Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi , Muslim League (1937–1939) |
Salary | ₹ - approximately |
The Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is an elected member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly who leads the official opposition in the lower house of the Maharashtra Legislature. The leader of the opposition is the legislature speaker of the party with the most seats after the government party.
The post is vacant since 26 November 2024 since no opposition party has even 10% of the total seats of the house.
The Assembly's opposition parties elect a leader of the opposition. This is commonly the leader of the largest non-government party, and is recognized as such by the speaker. The following is the list of leaders of the opposition in the assembly. [1]
# | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Assembly (election) | Chief Minister | Party | |||
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Acting | Dilip Walse-Patil | 23 November 2019 | 26 November 2019 | 3 days | 14th (2019) | Devendra Fadnavis | Nationalist Congress Party | ||
Acting | Jitendra Awhad | 2 July 2023 | 18 July 2023 | 16 days | Eknath Shinde | Nationalist Congress Party | |||
Additional Charge | Balasaheb Thorat | 18 July 2023 | 3 August 2023 | 16 days | Indian National Congress | ||||
№ | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Speaker of the House | Party | |||
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01 | Jayant Patil | 23 December 2014 | 20 April 2018 | 3 years, 118 days | Nationalist Congress Party | |||
02 | Shashikant Shinde | 20 April 2018 | 9 November 2019 | 1 year, 203 days | ||||
03 | Sudhir Mungantiwar | 2 December 2019 | 29 June 2022 | 2 years, 209 days |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
04 | Balasaheb Thorat | 4 July 2022 | 3 August 2023 | 1 year, 30 days |
| Indian National Congress | ||
05 (First) | Jitendra Awhad | 3 August 2023 | 26 November 2024 | 1 year, 115 days | Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar | |||
06 (Second) | Ajay Choudhari | 3 August 2023 | 26 November 2024 | 1 year, 115 days | Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) | |||
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