List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Seal of the state of Maharashtra
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.

The post has been vacant since 26 November 2024 since no opposition party currently holds 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]

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly (election)	Chief Minister	Party
Pre-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1937–47)
1		Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi		1937	1939				All-India Muslim League
2		A. A. Khan		1946	1947
Post-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1947–60)
(2)		A. A. Khan		1947	1952				Indian Union Muslim League
3		Tulsidas Jadhav		1952	1955				Peasants and Workers Party of India
4		Shreedhar Joshi		1958	1959				Praja Socialist Party
5		Udhavrao Patil		1958	1959				Peasants and Workers Party of India
6		Vithalrao Deshpande		1959	1960				Communist Party of India
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (born 1960)
1		Ramchandra Bhandare		1960	1962				Scheduled Castes Federation
2		Krishnarao Dhulap		1962	1972				Peasants and Workers Party of India
3		Dinkar Balu Patil	Panvel	4 April 1972	July 1977
4		Ganpatrao Deshmukh	Sangola	18 July 1977	February 1978
5		Uttamrao Patil	Parola	28 March 1978	17 July 1978	111 days			Janata Party
6		Prabha Rau		February 1979	13 July 1979				Indian National Congress
7		Pratibha Patil	Muktainagar	16 July 1979	February 1980
8		Sharad Pawar	Baramati	3 July 1980	1 August 1981	1 year, 29 days			Indian Congress (Socialist)
9		Babanrao Dhakne	Pathardi	17 December 1981	24 December 1982	1 year, 7 days			Janata Party
10		Dinkar Balu Patil	Panvel	24 December 1982	14 December 1983	355 days			Peasants and Workers Party of India
(8)		Sharad Pawar	Baramati	15 December 1983	13 January 1985	2 years, 364 days			Indian Congress (Socialist)
				21 March 1985	14 December 1986
11		Nihal Ahmed	Malegaon	14 December 1986	26 November 1987	347 days			Janata Party
12		Datta Narayan Patil	Panvel	27 November 1987	22 December 1988	1 year, 25 days			Peasants and Workers Party of India
13		Mrinal Gore	Goregaon	23 December 1988	19 October 1989	300 days			Janata Party
(12)		Datta Narayan Patil	Panvel	20 October 1989	3 March 1990	134 days			Peasants and Workers Party of India
13		Manohar Joshi	Dadar	22 March 1990	12 December 1991	1 year, 265 days	8th (1990)		Shiv Sena
14		Gopinath Munde	Renapur	12 December 1991	14 March 1995	3 years, 92 days			Bharatiya Janata Party
15		Madhukar Pichad	Akole	25 March 1995	15 July 1999	4 years, 112 days	9th (1995)		Indian National Congress
16		Narayan Rane	Malvan	22 October 1999	12 July 2005	5 years, 263 days			Shiv Sena
17		Ramdas Kadam	Khed	1 October 2005	3 November 2009	4 years, 33 days
18		Eknath Khadse	Muktainagar	11 November 2009	8 November 2014	4 years, 362 days	12th (2009)	Ashok Chavan Prithviraj Chavan	Bharatiya Janata Party
19		Eknath Shinde	Kopri-Pachpakhadi	12 November 2014	5 December 2014	23 days	13th (2014)	Devendra Fadnavis	Shiv Sena
20		Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	Shirdi	23 December 2014	4 June 2019	4 years, 163 days			Indian National Congress
21		Vijay Wadettiwar	Bramhapuri	24 June 2019	9 November 2019	138 days
22		Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	1 December 2019	29 June 2022	2 years, 210 days	14th (2019)	Uddhav Thackeray	Bharatiya Janata Party
23		Ajit Pawar	Baramati	4 July 2022	2 July 2023	363 days		Eknath Shinde	Nationalist Congress Party
(21)		Vijay Wadettiwar	Bramhapuri	3 August 2023	26 November 2024	1 year, 115 days			Indian National Congress
–	Vacant [2]			26 November 2024	Incubment	282 days	15th (2024)	Devendra Fadnavis	N.A

See also

• List of governors of Maharashtra
• List of chief ministers of Maharashtra
• List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra
• List of chairmen of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
• List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of deputy speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Council
• List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council

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.