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
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[edit]

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 28 March 1978 17 July 1978 Janata Party
12 Prabha Rau February 1979 13 July 1979 Indian National Congress
13 Pratibha Patil 16 July 1979 February 1980
14
Sharad Pawar Baramati 3 July 1980 1 August 1981 Indian Congress (Socialist)
15 December 1983 14 January 1985
21 March 1985 14 December 1986
15 Babanrao Dhakne 17 December 1981 14 December 1986 Janata Party
16 Nihal Ahmed 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 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 Dadar 22 March 1990 12 December 1991 1 year, 265 days 8th
(1990) 		Shiv Sena
20 Gopinath Munde Renapur 12 December 1991 14 March 1995 3 years, 92 days Bharatiya Janata Party
21 Madhukar Pichad Akole 25 March 1995 15 July 1999 4 years, 112 days 9th
(1995) 		Indian National Congress
22 Narayan Rane Malvan 22 October 1999 12 July 2005 5 years, 263 days Shiv Sena
23 Ramdas Kadam Khed 1 October 2005 3 November 2009 4 years, 33 days
24 Eknath Khadse Muktainagar 11 November 2009 8 November 2014 4 years, 362 days 12th
(2009) 		Ashok Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan

Bharatiya Janata Party
25 Eknath Shinde Kopri-Pachpakhadi 12 November 2014 5 December 2014 23 days 13th
(2014) 		Devendra Fadnavis Shiv Sena
26 Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil Shirdi 23 December 2014 5 June 2019 4 years, 164 days Indian National Congress
27 Vijay Wadettiwar Bramhapuri 24 June 2019 9 November 2019 138 days
28 Devendra Fadnavis Nagpur South West 1 December 2019 29 June 2022 2 years, 210 days 14th
(2019) 		Uddhav Thackeray Bharatiya Janata Party
29 Ajit Pawar Baramati 4 July 2022 2 July 2023 363 days Eknath Shinde Nationalist Congress Party
(27) Vijay Wadettiwar Bramhapuri 3 August 2023 Incumbent 260 days Indian National Congress

Leaders of the Opposition (Additional Charge and Acting)[edit]

# 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[edit]

№ 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 260 days Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)
06
(Second) 		Ajay Choudhari 3 August 2023 Incumbent 260 days Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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