List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

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Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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)
Precursor
Inaugural holderAli Muhammad Khan Dehlavi, Muslim League
(1937–1939)
Deputy
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.

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 Mahadev Joshi 1958 1959 Praja Socialist Party
5 Udhavrao Patil 1958 1959 Peasants and Workers Party of India
6 Vithalrao Devidasrao Deshpande 1959 1960 Communist Party of India
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (born 1960)
7 Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare 1960 1962 Scheduled Castes Federation
8 Krishnarao Dhulap 1962 1972 Peasants and Workers Party of India
9 Dinkar Patil 7 April 1972 July 1977
10 Ganpatrao Deshmukh 18 July 1977 February 1978
11 Uttamrao Patil
उत्तमराव पाटील
28 March 1978 17 July 1978 Janata Party
12 Prabha Rau
प्रभा राऊळ
February 1979 13 July 1979 Indian National Congress
13 Pratibha Patil
प्रतिभा पाटील
16 July 1979 February 1980
14
Sharad Pawar
शरद पवार
(MLA for Baramati Constituency No. 201-
Pune District)
(Legislative Assembly)
3 July 1980 1 August 1981 Indian Congress (Socialist)
15 December 1983 14 January 1985
21 March 1985 14 December 1986
15 Babanrao Dhakne
बबनराव ढाकणे
17 December 1981 14 December 1986 Janata Party
16 Nihal Ahmed
निहाल अहमद
14 December 1986 26 November 1987
17 Datta Narayan Patil 27 November 1987 22 December 1988 Peasants and Workers Party of India
18 Mrinal Gore
मृणाल गोरे
23 December 1988 19 October 1989 Janata Party
(17) Datta Narayan Patil 20 October 1989 3 March 1990 Peasants and Workers Party of India
19 Manohar Joshi
मनोहर जोशी
22 March 1990 12 December 1991 1 year, 265 days 8th
(1990)
Shiv Sena
20 Gopinath Munde
गोपीनाथ मुंडे
(MLA for Renapur Constituency No. 236-
Latur District)
(Legislative Assembly)
12 December 1991 14 March 1995 3 years, 92 days Bharatiya Janata Party
21 Madhukarrao Pichad
मधुकरराव पिचड
(MLA for Akole Constituency No. 213-
Ahmednagar District
(Legislative Assembly)
25 March 1995 15 July 1999 4 years, 112 days 9th
(1995)
Indian National Congress
22 Narayan Rane
नारायण राणे
(MLA for Malvan Constituency No. 269-
Sindhudurg District)
(Legislative Assembly)
22 October 1999 12 July 2005 5 years, 263 days Shiv Sena
23 Ramdas Kadam
रामदास कदम
(MLA for Khed, Ratnagiri Constituency No. 265-
Ratnagiri District)
(Legislative Assembly)
1 October 2005 3 November 2009 4 years, 33 days
24 Eknath Khadse
एकनाथ खडसे
(MLA for Muktainagar Constituency No. 20-
Jalgaon District)
(Legislative Assembly)
11 November 2009 8 November 2014 4 years, 362 days 12th
(2009)
Ashok Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan

Bharatiya Janata Party
25 Eknath Shinde
एकनाथ शिंदे
(MLA for Kopri-Pachpakhadi Constituency No. 147-
Thane District)
(Legislative Assembly)
12 November 2014 5 December 2014 23 days 13th
(2014)
Devendra Fadnavis Shiv Sena
26 Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil
राधाकृष्ण विखे-पाटील
(MLA for Shirdi Constituency No. 218-
Ahmednagar District)
(Legislative Assembly)
23 December 2014 5 June 2019 4 years, 164 days Indian National Congress
27 Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar
विजय नामदेवराव वडेट्टीवार
(MLA for Bramhapuri Constituency No. 73-
Chandrapur District)
(Legislative Assembly)
24 June 2019 9 November 2019 138 days
28 Devendra Fadnavis
देवेंद्र फडणवीस
(MLA for Nagpur South West Constituency No. 52-
Nagpur District)
(Legislative Assembly)
1 December 2019 29 June 2022 2 years, 210 days 14th
(2019)
Uddhav Thackeray Bharatiya Janata Party
29 Ajit Pawar
अजित पवार
(MLA for Baramati Constituency No. 201-
Pune District)
(Legislative Assembly)
4 July 2022 2 July 2023 363 days Eknath Shinde Nationalist Congress Party
(27) Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar
विजय नामदेवराव वडेट्टीवार
(MLA for Bramhapuri Constituency No. 73-
Chandrapur District)
(Legislative Assembly)
3 August 2023 Incumbent 239 days Indian National Congress

Leaders of the Opposition (Additional Charge and Acting)

# Portrait Name Tenure Assembly
(election)
Chief Minister Party
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

Deputy Leaders of the Opposition

Portrait Name Term of office Speaker of the House Party
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 Incumbent 239 days Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)
06
(Second)
Ajay Choudhari 3 August 2023 Incumbent 239 days Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Legislative Assembly Leaders of the Opposition" (PDF) (in Marathi). Retrieved 7 May 2021.