List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

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Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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Incumbent
Vacant
since 26 November 2024
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.

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The post is vacant since 26 November 2024 since no opposition party has even 10% of the total seats of the house.

Leaders of the opposition

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]

#PortraitName Constituency TenureAssembly
(election)
Chief Minister Party
Pre-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1937–47)
1 Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi 19371939 All-India Muslim League
2A. A. Khan19461947
Post-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1947–60)
(2)A. A. Khan19471952 Indian Union Muslim League
3 Tulsidas Jadhav 19521955 Peasants and Workers Party of India
4 Shreedhar Joshi 19581959 Praja Socialist Party
5 Udhavrao Patil 19581959 Peasants and Workers Party of India
6 Vithalrao Deshpande 19591960 Communist Party of India
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (born 1960)
1 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was presented a purse of Rs. 1,18,000 (One Lakh Eighteen Thousands) by Dr. R. D. Bhandare (cropped).jpg Ramchandra Bhandare 19601962 Scheduled Castes Federation
2 Krishnarao Dhulap 19621972 Peasants and Workers Party of India
3 Dinkar Balu Patil Panvel 4 April 1972July 1977
4 Ganpatrao Deshmukh Sangola 18 July 1977February 1978
5 Uttamrao L Patil.jpg Uttamrao Patil Parola28 March 197817 July 1978111 days Janata Party
6 Prabha Rau.jpg Prabha Rau February 197913 July 1979 Indian National Congress
7 The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil.jpg Pratibha Patil Muktainagar 16 July 1979February 1980
8 The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar addressing at the launch of the Sahana Group's New Marathi Channel "Jai Maharashtra", in Mumbai on April 27, 2013 (cropped).jpg Sharad Pawar Baramati 3 July 19801 August 19811 year, 29 days Indian Congress (Socialist)
9 Babanrao Dhakne Pathardi17 December 198124 December 19821 year, 7 days Janata Party
10 Dinkar Balu Patil Panvel 24 December 198214 December 1983355 days Peasants and Workers Party of India
(8) The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar addressing at the launch of the Sahana Group's New Marathi Channel "Jai Maharashtra", in Mumbai on April 27, 2013 (cropped).jpg Sharad Pawar Baramati 15 December 198313 January 19852 years, 364 days Indian Congress (Socialist)
21 March 198514 December 1986
11 Nihal Ahmed Malegaon14 December 198626 November 1987347 days Janata Party
12 Datta Narayan Patil Panvel 27 November 198722 December 19881 year, 25 days Peasants and Workers Party of India
13 Mrinal Gore Goregaon 23 December 198819 October 1989300 days Janata Party
(12) Datta Narayan Patil Panvel 20 October 19893 March 1990134 days Peasants and Workers Party of India
13 Manohar Joshi cropped.jpg Manohar Joshi Dadar 22 March 199012 December 19911 year, 265 days8th
(1990)
Shiv Sena
14 Gopinath Ji Munde.jpg Gopinath Munde Renapur 12 December 199114 March 19953 years, 92 days Bharatiya Janata Party
15 Madhukar Pichad.jpg Madhukar Pichad Akole 25 March 199515 July 19994 years, 112 days9th
(1995)
Indian National Congress
16 Narayan Rane (cropped).jpg Narayan Rane Malvan 22 October 199912 July 20055 years, 263 days Shiv Sena
17 Ramdas Kadam Khed1 October 20053 November 20094 years, 33 days
18 Eknath Khadse (cropped).jpg Eknath Khadse Muktainagar 11 November 20098 November 20144 years, 362 days12th
(2009)
Ashok Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan

Bharatiya Janata Party
19 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi attends the Swearing-in Ceremony of the Government of Maharashtra at Mumbai, in Maharashtra on December 05, 2024 (3) (cropped).jpg Eknath Shinde Kopri-Pachpakhadi 12 November 20145 December 201423 days13th
(2014)
Devendra Fadnavis Shiv Sena
20 Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil Shirdi 23 December 20144 June 20194 years, 163 days Indian National Congress
21 Vijay wadettiwar.jpg Vijay Wadettiwar Bramhapuri 24 June 20199 November 2019138 days
22 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi attends the Swearing-in Ceremony of the Government of Maharashtra at Mumbai, in Maharashtra on December 05, 2024 (2) (cropped).jpg Devendra Fadnavis Nagpur South West 1 December 201929 June 20222 years, 210 days14th
(2019)
Uddhav Thackeray Bharatiya Janata Party
23 Ajit Pawar.jpg Ajit Pawar Baramati 4 July 20222 July 2023363 days Eknath Shinde Nationalist Congress Party
(21) Vijay wadettiwar.jpg Vijay Wadettiwar Bramhapuri 3 August 202326 November 20241 year, 115 days Indian National Congress
Vacant [2] 26 November 2024Incubment220 days15th
(2024)
Devendra Fadnavis N.A

See also

References

  1. "Legislative Assembly Leaders of the Opposition" (PDF) (in Marathi). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. "Maharashtra election results: A first in 6 decades, no leader of opposition, as main opposition party wins under 10% of seats". Times of India. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.