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List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

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Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Seal of the state of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Vacant
since 26 November 2024
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
StyleThe Hon’ble
Member ofMaharashtra Legislative Assembly
Reports toGovernment of Maharashtra
ResidenceMumbai
SeatMaharashtra Legislature
NominatorMembers of Official Opposition
AppointerSpeaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Term lengthDuring the life of the vidhan Sabha (five years maximum)
Inaugural holderAli 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.

Leaders of the opposition

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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 241 days 15th
(2024) 		Devendra Fadnavis N.A

See also

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References

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  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.
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